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Donation aids wiring project in Jamaica
Saturday May 25, 2013 JAMAICA -- Bette and Russ Dawson decided to donate funds for underground wiring, which was recently added to the scope of work during sidewalk construction. "We gave it in honor of the Benefit Society," said Bette, who is the treasurer of the organization. "Next year will be the 100th year anniversary." On May 21, the Reformer reported that the burying ...
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One Jamaica Foundation undertakes school project
Gareth Davis Sr, Gleaner WriterBUFF BAY, Portland:THE ONE Jamaica Foundation, a civil society group, directed its resources to the building of a classroom and the erecting of a perimeter fence at two schools in Portland on Labour Day.Headed by Ann-Marie Vaz, the group started its Labour Day activities at the Hart Hill Basic School near Buff Bay, where residents, including tradesmen, turned out ...
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Economic Growth Projected in Jamaica After Months of Contraction
Kingston, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The national economy will grow between 0.5 and one percent in fiscal year 2013-2014, says the director general of Jamaica's Planning Institute, Colin Bullock. He said, however, that during the first quarter of this year the economy shrank 0.7 percent compared to the same period in 2012. He explained that several billion dollar investment projects will help ...
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UPDATE John Boehner’s Daughter Marries Jamaican-born Dominic Lakhan
House Speaker John Boehner's daughter, Lindsay Boehner, 35, and Dominic Lakhan, 38, wed at Sundy House in Delray Beach on Friday, May 10, 2013. ...
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Jamaica comes under foreign media's microscope
Jamaica is a country used to reductionism, the complex island nation has more often than not been reduced to a stereotype of marijuana-infused surfers that say “chill mun” and listen to reggae. Perhaps this is why the recent drug-related violence in the capital has shocked the western media so much, perhaps this is why it has been glorified and dramatized to the extent it has, or perhaps it’s a reflection of the same forces that shaped the beach-stoner stereotype in the first place.
There is more to Jamaica than beaches, Reggae and a ‘chilled’ island lifestyle. Jamaica is not a little island of just a few hundred people living in huts on a white, sandy beach. It’s an island nation of 2.8 million people and it has a history of brutal slavery and colonialism, the legacy of which is still being redressed, like any developing nation it has a number of social ills and many of the population work hard for little pay and live in less than desirable conditions. Read more
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