Jamaica

Dominican Republic and Jamaica: Malaria Updates

Date: February 1st, 2007 |

Canadian health officials are urging Canadians traveling to the Dominican Republic to take precautions against malaria following three recent cases of the disease in returning travelers. The cases occurred in visitors to resorts in the province of La Altagracia. The best protection is to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, but Canada’s public health agency recommends [read more]

Jamaica: First Malaria Cases in 50 Years

Date: December 13th, 2006 |

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The first outbreak of malaria since the 1950s has occurred in and around Kingston, with 13 cases confirmed. Authorities are testing residents within a one-kilometer radius of all cases and taking action to eradicate mosquitoes in the affected area, including cleaning up places where mosquitoes breed. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends [read more]

Jamaica: Violent Crime Usually Misses Tourists

Date: April 11th, 2006 |

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Most visitors to this Caribbean island do not encounter violent crime, and the tourist and resort areas, especially on the north coast, are relatively crime free. Petty theft and pickpocketing, however, are common at major tourist sites. Jamaica has the highest per capita murder rate in the world, with the bulk of the crime occurring [read more]

Jamaica

Date: November 7th, 2001 |

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Jamaican police have gone overboard in their effort to protect tourists from aggressive hawkers in Montego Bay. Recently police rounded up homeless people under the pretense of offering them medication and drove them fifty miles away, abandoning them in a remote area. There is little dispute about the problem of overzealous hawkers in the tourist [read more]

Jamaica

Date: July 16th, 2001 |

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Main roads from the Norman Manley International Airport into Kingston are now under 24-hour police patrol in an effort to prevent robberies of incoming travelers. The new mobile patrols cover Palisadoes and Rockfort roads, Mountain View Avenue, Michael Manley Boulevard, Harbour Street and Marcus Garvey Drive in downtown Kingston. Unfortunately, the added patrols will be [read more]

Jamaica: Tourism Boost Expected Despite High Crime

Date: December 26th, 2006 |

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Despite a soaring crime rate and a high-profile tourist murder in August in Montego Bay, Jamaica expects an increase in visitors this winter. Most tourists stay in the north coast resorts of Montego Bay, Negril, and Ocho Rios, where there are relatively few murders compared to the Kingston area and the rest of the island. [read more]

Jamaica: Australian Tourist Murdered in Montego Bay

Date: August 15th, 2006 |

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An Australian who had been working in Washington, DC was murdered in his hotel room while on vacation in Montego Bay. Police are investigating but the motive appeared to be robbery. He had been stabbed several times and the room was ransacked. A prostitute has been arrested but not yet charged. Police believe she had [read more]

Jamaica

Date: November 20th, 2001 |

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Three days of gang killings in Kingston prompted soldiers to sweep into the area to contain the violence Nov. 18. A 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. curfew was imposed in the communities of Matthew’s Lane and Tel Aviv, and traffic and public transit were diverted from the areas. Such violence is common in the capital, [read more]

Jamaica

Date: July 25th, 2001 |

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Crime on the island has become so bad that a wide spectrum of Jamaican business leaders met with the prime minister Sept. 1 to insist that decisive action be taken or they would have trouble continuing to operate. Some even encouraged seeking help from other countries, suggesting that the government wasn’t up to the task. [read more]

Jamaica

Date: July 10th, 2001 |

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Several days of gang violence in and around Kingston prompted the prime minister to order the army deployed throughout the countryside to quell unrest. A dozen people were killed during the period of July 7-9 bringing the total to more than 40 in the last two months. While the army deployment suggests an island-wide problem, [read more]

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