FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025
VOLUME 119, No.02
Murder charge laid Page 3
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Fatal accidents increase Page 5
Hall of Fame Page 11
FISHERFOLK PRESIDENT AND OTHERS LEFT OUT
EC$1.50
Hairouna Hope Pages 12&13
Liberty Lodge fracas Page 24
Winsbert Harry, President of the National Fisherfolk Organization (NFO), continues to question his and others exclusion from list of income support recipients.
by DAYLE DA SILVA
WINSBERT HARRY, President of the National Fisherfolk Organization (NFO), said that his name and that of eleven
other fishers would not be included in the list of recipients, when the next round of disbursement of assistance to fishers affected by Hurricane Beryl comes around.
HOMICIDES IN CARICOM IN 2024 Data: Kevin O’Brien Chang, Political Analyst, Jamaica
MURDERS IN JAMAICA, historically considered the ‘murder capital of the English-speaking Caribbean, declined 18% in 2024 over 2023. Only Guyana had a bigger drop (27%). Both Jamaicans and Guyanese will be anxious to keep the figures in a descending mode. Most countries saw increases with Barbados registering the highest percentage increase (172%), though its actual number (52) in 2024 paled against the figures for Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, with the latter seemingly heading for the 1000-
mark. (Percentage rate is calculated as per 100,000 of population.) Haiti experienced widespread, some say, politically motivated protracted attacks against the citizenry by organized, wellarmed gangs, who were also known to turn on one another. The situation there warranted the introduction of a Multinational Security Support Continued on Page 3.
During the presentation of the income support for farmers, fishers Supplementary Estimates back in July and persons working in the hospitality 2024, Finance Minister Camillo sector. Gonsalves announced that EC$20 Continued on Page 3. million would be made available in