This week's headlines in Jamaica are about 90% unrelated in all three media sources I have been following; The Gleaner, The Observer and RJR News. Most stories are about local issues, including some feature stories. There was some reporting about shifts in government and political activity, but many stories covered, especially in the Observer are human interest stories.
The featured story for today in The Observer's "News" section was "Ex-gangster has a peace vision for Jamaica". It's about Courtney Morris' journey from being an ex-gangster who finally turned his life around after the death of a friend and nearly losing his mother. Nowadays, he is campaigning to fight gang violence and activity in his small town of Jarret Lane.
Click here to view full story.
In The Jamaica Gleaner, the Ministry is beginning to regulate pharmacies because of suspected use of methamphetamine. It is suggested that people are purchasing drugs from pharmacies to extract pseudoephedrine, an ingredient used in the creation of meth. See more on
Ministry regulating drug use.
Regionally, the sources discuss Trinidad's new sex offender registry, Haiti's cholera spread to Asia, and what I found most interesting, is the new effort toward free press in the Caribbean, as reported in RJR News. Apparently, this past Tuesday was "World Press Freedom Day", so the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) took this day as an opportunity to change libel laws. They also mentioned that most Caribbean countries still do not have access to all information. Read the
full story here.
Although it's a short story, it describes the universal nature of press laws and politicians, which is an issue even the US continues to battle with.
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