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‘I need my money’ - HIV-infected nurse still awaiting funds, even after State disburses $10-million interim payment
"I've known only suffering these past few years, and I didn't call it down on myself. I was only doing my job." This is the plight of Lydia James*, a nurse and mother of five who has been living with HIV since September 2007 when she was stuck in...
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RADA boss threatens to punish obeah workers
The CEO of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is threatening to discipline obeah-working employees within the organisation.Several persons have reportedly taken vacation leave, and others have applied to take a break from work at...
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Public Defender questions effectiveness of State of Public Emergency
Public Defender Arlene Harrison Henry is questioning the effectiveness of the states of...
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Three ways the Caribbean can strengthen financing for private companies
by Therese Turner-Jones Growing up in The Bahamas, I remember my grandmother’s asue. There weren’t any banks where she lived on the island of Inagua, and even if there had been, it wasn’t customary for women to frequent them. To adapt, women (and sometimes men) formed their own informal savings groups, known as asues. As her […]
Learning about Jamaica’s Forests by Hiking the Blue Mountains
by Anaitée Mills Panoramic view of the Blue & John Crow Mountains, Jamaica. Xaymaca is the Taino name for Jamaica which translates into “land of wood and water” but how much wood and how much water does Jamaica have today? The Forestry Department figured out a way to teach enthusiastic hikers about the state of […]
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Release of mentally ill persons must be a coordinated effort
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) while optimistic about the efforts to reintegrate persons who may be mentally ill, is concerned that the intended move may exacerbate lethal confrontations with the police.
It is accepted that care at the community level is preferred but this initiative must have the needed resources, such as sustainable development of community health services, adequately trained mental health professionals to assist police operations and the deployment of less lethal weapons when members of the Security Forces are dealing with mentally ill persons. The aim of the reintegration should be to prevent, to the greatest extent possible, a migration from an institution like Bellevue into the criminal justice system, or worst, being killed or injured.
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