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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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03SANTODOMINGO4548CARIBBEAN ISSUES CONFERENCE: EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo strongly supports the proposal of a Caribbean issues conference and expects to nominate an Embassy participant. 2. (SBU) In response to para 8 inquiry concerning possible Dominican participants we have the following comments: - - Frederic Emam Zade, Director [...]
2003-08-28 12:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBB BF DR GY JM PINR TD NS
03THEHAGUE1824MARITIME COUNTERNARCOTICS AGREEMENT
[...] With respect to reftel, Embassy's Global Issues Specialist asked the Dutch Foreign Ministry's about the status of the MOU, and was referred to Mr. Th. Sneek, deputy director for international and legal matters in the Defense Ministry. According to Sneek, there is no such MOU being drafted. [...]
2003-07-17 12:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA SNAR PHSA EWWT EAIR JM NL
05KINGSTON1002004 A BANNER YEAR FOR CRIME IN JAMAICA
[...] (C) Summary: For many Jamaicans, crime remained a major preoccupation throughout 2004. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Crime Statistics Report (CSR) for 2004, close to nine thousand major crimes were committed island-wide during the year. By December 31, the number of ho [...]
2005-01-11 19:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1012NOTIFICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE FEDERAL
[...] (U) Econoff delivered the letter provided in reftel to Colonel Torrence Lewis, Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, on March 8. Lewis was pleased to have the letter confirming Jamaica's retention of Category One status, and said he felt it confirmed the understanding he h [...]
2005-04-12 16:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON JM
05KINGSTON1013DHS BANS LIGHTERS ON FLIGHTS TO, FROM AND WITHIN
[...] (U) Econoff delivered talking points to Lt. Col Oscar Derby, Deputy Director of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, on March 14. Derby had no comment. TIGHE [...]
2005-04-12 16:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER JM
05KINGSTON1033CARICOM CIVAIR: CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON A
[...] Econoff delivered the letter provided in reftel to Angela Brown, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on April 11. Brown did not have any immediate comment. 2. Econoff informally conveyed reftel information to Colonel Torrence Lewi [...]
2005-04-14 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR GY XL JM
05KINGSTON1035AIRPORT FUEL FEE - DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED
[...] On March 11, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),detailing the nature of the problem and post's inability to get an answer to Ref A demarche from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) or the Jamaican Customs Agency. 2. In a March 1 [...]
2005-04-14 19:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON1037DEMARCH DELIVERED: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL
[...] Responding to reftel request, Charge on April 5 communicated talking points by telephone to Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, and to Barbara James, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry Tourism. Both were interested in the issue and appreciated the advance [...]
2005-04-14 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM AADP AMGT CASC CMGT CPAS KPAO KCSY KHLS PGOV PREL CA BD XL XM
05KINGSTON1041UPDATE ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN JAMAICA
[...] This cable provides an update on GOJ anti-TIP efforts since Post's initial input (ref A) for the 2004-2005 anti-TIP report. Post will continue to report any substantive developments in advance of the April 30 submission deadline. --------------------------------------------- Senior Official [...]
2005-04-15 13:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TIP
05KINGSTON1042BITTER PROSPECTS FOR JAMAICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY
[...] (U) The sugar industry is on the decline in Jamaica, suffering one of the worst years on record in the 2004-2005 season. Damaged by extreme weather, hampered by inefficiency and labor disputes, the industry will most likely not meet its production targets for this year. To make matters worse, [...]
2005-04-15 13:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR JM
05KINGSTON1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE APRIL 17-19 VISIT TO
[...] Post welcomes the 17-19 April visit to Jamaica of CoDel Kolbe. Jamaica, which has enjoyed a strong democratic tradition since independence from Britain in 1962, is undergoing a significant period of transition as longtime political leaders retire, or prepare to do so. P.J. Patterson, Jamaica's [...]
2005-04-15 21:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS JM
05KINGSTON1062REMITANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR
[...] (U) A steadily increasing number of Jamaican breadwinners no longer live in Jamaica, choosing instead to work overseas and support extended families through payments wired home from abroad. Remittances sent by overseas Jamaican workers remained the most prominent source of external funding fo [...]
2005-04-18 15:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1100KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APRIL 1-21, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Election -- Phillips Steps Up Crime-Fighting Measures -- Tourism Industry Resists Government Price Hikes -- Unions Seek Increased Benefits for Sugar Workers -- Chinese Rai [...]
2005-04-22 21:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID ELAB
05KINGSTON1106PNP INSIDER SHARES PREDICTIONS OF PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] (U) Poloff met on April 18 with Balfour Denniston, member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the People's National Party (PNP). Denniston discussed Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's expected plans for retirement in the next year, and the candidates who are likely to succeed him as par [...]
2005-04-25 16:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALJM PREL PGOV
05KINGSTON1109TERRORIST FINANCE: BILAL AL-HIYARI SUBMISSION TO
[...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13, 2005. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TI [...]
2005-04-26 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1111TERRORIST FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION TO 1267
[...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13, 2005. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TI [...]
2005-04-26 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1112TERRORIST FINANCE: BUISIR SUBMISSION TO 1267
[...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TIGHE [...]
2005-04-26 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR JM
05KINGSTON1113CLIMATE CHANGE: RAISING PROFILE OF INTER-AMERICAN
[...] Econoff delivered the talking points provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 22. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TIGHE [...]
2005-04-26 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV TSPL JM
05KINGSTON1135Request for Speaker on Journalism Ethics
[...] Summary: Post seeks a speaker to direct a three day program of discussions and training on ethics issues for journalists and journalism students. End Summary. 2. Proposed Program Dates: A three-day program in Jamaica in September 2005 (dates are flexible but preferred dates are mid-Septem [...]
2005-04-27 20:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1137JAMAICAN ECONOMY - FIRST QUARTER 2005 - CONFIDENCE
[...] The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with USAID and the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan, has been conducting surveys of both business and consumer confidence levels in Jamaica since 2001. Professor Richard Curtin of the University of Michigan announced his findi [...]
2005-04-28 13:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON JM
05KINGSTON1161JAMAICAN DELEGATION TO THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] Per reftel request, poloff on April 29 delivered reftel points on the OAS General Assembly to Ann Scott, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Scott responded that Foreign Minister K.D. Knight has been proposed to lead the delegation, but that the r [...]
2005-05-02 14:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM AORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM OAS
05KINGSTON1196JAMAICA 2005 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION - DEMARCHE
[...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Esmond Reid, a trade specialist at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on April 29. Reid stated that a Patent Act that would address the problems identified by the Special 301 report has gone through several drafts, and is curre [...]
2005-05-06 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR JM
05KINGSTON1197KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APR 22 - MAY 6, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out the Goodies -- PNP Sources Report Concerns of a Party Divided -- Mexican President Fox Visits Jamaica -- Air Jamaica Settles Labor Dispute ----------------------------- [...]
2005-05-06 20:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB
05KINGSTON1250GOJ DISAGREES ON CHR REFORM SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 18:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM JM UNCHR UNGA
05KINGSTON1251GOJ SUPPORT FOR IACHR CANDIDATE CAROZZA STILL
[...] On April 29, poloff deliverd reftel talking points and CV by telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Brown welcomed the information and replied that she was already aware of the issue a [...]
2005-05-12 18:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM XM JM OAS
05KINGSTON1255 BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION 05-946041
[...] (U) Econoff spoke with Michael Crichton, president of Crichton Brothers, Inc. on May 9. Paragraphs 2-8 (below) respond to questions asked in Reftel, Paragraph 3. 2. (U) The company's typical customers for these weapons are businessmen, farmers, and quite a few policemen who are purchasing [...]
2005-05-12 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JM
05KINGSTON1256 GOJ PROPOSES BALANCED BUDGET FOR 2005/06
[...] (SBU) Finance and Planning Minister Omar Davies proposed Jamaica's 2005/06 fiscal budget on April 14, 2005. The budget, which is formulated within a medium term program aimed at eliminating the fiscal deficit, increasing growth and reducing the debt to GDP ratio, is forecast at USD 5.7 billi [...]
2005-05-12 20:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON12572005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] Embassy Kingston is aware of one investment dispute between a U.S. citizen/entity and the GOJ. This dispute was first described in ref B, was updated in refs C and D, and was included in the 2004 Report on Investment Disputes. 2. Post was last contacted by Claimant via his lawyer in June [...]
2005-05-12 20:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKIDE EINV ECON CASC EFIN PGOV JM OPIC
05KINGSTON1258JAMAICA: POLICE UNDER FIRE
[...] (C) Summary: In seperate incidents, between 9:00 p.m. on May 3 and 7:00 a.m. on May 4, three Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers and one private security guard were murdered while another JCF officer was injured in Kingston. Two of the alleged gunmen were shot and killed in one incident [...]
2005-05-12 20:40:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1273Request for DVC Speaker on post-OAS General
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks a DVC speaker to discuss issues of importance to the Caribbean arising from the Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) in Fort Lauderdale, June 5-7, 2005, with a special focus on corruption. END SUMMARY 2. Proposed Program Date: Preferred dates June 1 [...]
2005-05-16 17:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1274Request for DVC Speaker for World Oceans Day/World
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks a DVC speaker to discuss the issue of coral reef conservation for a program around the date of World Oceans Day, June 8, 2005. This would also tie in with celebrations of World Environment Day, June 5, 2005. END SUMMARY 2. Proposed Program Date: Preferred dates June 8 [...]
2005-05-16 18:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1276GOJ COMMENTS ON OAS RACISM WORKING GROUP
[...] As reported in ref B, poloff on May 6 delivered ref A talking points by telephone and fax to Ann Scott, Deputy Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott welcomed the information and responded that she was not entirely familiar wi [...]
2005-05-16 19:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC JM USOAS
05KINGSTON1289JAMAICA: POLICE OFFICERS CALL OUT SICK
[...] (U) On Monday, May 9, angry Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers blocked Finance Minister Omar Davies from leaving the Ministry of Finance and Planning building in an attempt to force the Minister to respond within 48 hours to the officers, demands for a 47 percent wage increase. Davies, [...]
2005-05-18 17:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ASEC JM
05KINGSTON129SECRETARY INVITED TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT BANQUET
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 5. 2. (U) On January 13, Embassy received by messenger a letter addressed to the Secretary from Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator Bruce Golding (full text at Para. 4). In it, Golding informs the Secretary that JLP parliamentarians are planning [...]
2005-01-13 19:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL JM
05KINGSTON131WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - U.S. MARKET ACCESS
[...] This message contains post's response to reftel request. 2. Jamaica's service markets are generally open, and the GOJ itself welcomes foreign companies that want to set up operations in the country. Foreign service suppliers are permitted to participate in the Jamaican market, and they are [...]
2005-01-13 19:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON1315 ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN
[...] Embassy Kingston has reviewed the proposal contained in reftel and does not believe that this research will have any negative implications from a U.S. foreign policy standpoint. 2. The USG Mission to Jamaica would encourage the researchers to share the study results with the Jamaican Minist [...]
2005-05-20 18:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA JM
05KINGSTON1316WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL DOCUMENT INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica is one of the countries in the Caribbean which exempts U.S. citizens traveling to the island for tourism from the requirement of a passport or visa. Ref (A) announced that effective December 31, 2005, DHS will require all U.S. citizens traveling to and from the Caribbe [...]
2005-05-20 18:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CPAS CVIS JM KFRD TIP
05KINGSTON1318 SPIRITS HIGH WITH ARRIVAL OF LOW COST CARRIER
[...] On May 19, Emboffs attended an Airports Authority of Jamaica press conference announcing the planned launch of scheduled flights between the United States and Jamaica by Spirit Airlines, Inc. (ref A) Prior to the official start of the conference, Emboffs spoke with Guillermo "Bill" de la Torr [...]
2005-05-20 20:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON1319 PRICES REMAIN HIGH IN JAMAICA
[...] Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, rose by 13.2 percent for the Jamaican fiscal year 2004/05 (April - March). While this was below the 16.8 percent recorded for the comparative period, it outpaced the original target of nine percent. Inflationary impulses were fed by a prol [...]
2005-05-20 20:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1321JAMAICA: CRIME SNAPSHOT FOR MAY 9 - 20
[...] Crime Statistics 2. Another Police Officer Slain in the Line of Duty 3. Prime Minister Calls Crucial Meeting on Corruption 4. Gunmen Open Fire on Passenger Bus Filled with School Children ------------------------------ Crime Statistics - Nothing New ------------------------------ Â [...]
2005-05-24 16:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1327 STATUS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN JAMAICA
[...] (U) The issue of intellectual property rights (IPR) continues to be a challenge for the GOJ. Following the announcement that Jamaica has been retained on the Special 301 watch list and expressions of concern from members of the business community, Econoff met with the Jamaica Intellectual Pro [...]
2005-05-24 17:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JM EIPR
05KINGSTON1328NEW RULES FOR PETROLEUM SECTOR
[...] Representatives from ChevronTexaco contacted Emboffs on May 3 requesting an urgent meeting to discuss developments in the Jamaican petroleum market. Econoff, FSN Econ Specialist and FCS Specialist met with Maria Pis- Dudot, Regional Latin American Manager for Policy, Government and Public Af [...]
2005-05-24 17:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ENRG JM
05KINGSTON1337PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATION OF JAMAICA CALL FOR
[...] (C) Protesting against the escalating crime rate, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) announced on Thursday, May 19, their intention to lead a three day protest, commencing with a rally at Emancipation Park, located a block from the Consular Section in New Kingston, on Wednesday, [...]
2005-05-25 13:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1342DIRECTOR FOR CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS MEETS WITH JLP
[...] (U) Visiting WHA/CAR Office Director Brian Nichols, accompanied by poloff, met on May 10 with James Robertson, Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas. Robertson offered his views on the recent spate of police killings in Kingston, JLP le [...]
2005-05-25 20:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1346WHA/CAR DIRECTOR NICHOLS DISCUSSES WHTI WITH GOJ
[...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols and Econoff met with Paul E. Pennicook, Director of Tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board, to discuss the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on Jamaica's tourism industry, as well as the general prospects fo [...]
2005-05-26 16:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CPAS JM
05KINGSTON1349JAMAICA: ANTI-CRIME PROTEST RECEIVES MIXED REACTION
[...] (U) Summary: Across the island, there was mixed reaction as well as turnout to the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica's (PSOJ) May 25 call for businesses to close down in a show of solidarity against the escalating crime rate. Most private sector businesses supported the idea of reduction [...]
2005-05-26 19:20:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1361WHA/CAR DIRECTOR MEETS WITH LEADING PM CANDIDATE,
[...] (C) On May 11, visiting WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Undersecretary for Bilateral Affairs and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti Peter Black to discuss OASGA issues, the situation in Haiti, and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),about which Black registered concern. Nich [...]
2005-05-27 20:58:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PGOV KCRM PINR JM
05KINGSTON1363WHA/CAR DIRECTOR BRIAN NICHOLS GETS DOWN TO
[...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols, accompanied by Econoff, met with American Chamber of Commerce President Anthony Jenkinson to discuss the business climate in Jamaica. While citing the ongoing difficulties caused by the high crime levels and the GOJ's heavy debt [...]
2005-05-31 11:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1405GOJ ISSUES NEW GLOBAL BOND
[...] The GOJ issued a ten-year eurobond amounting to USD 300 million with a coupon of nine percent per year on May 25. This has given the GOJ 60 percent of the USD 500 million it expected to raise on the external capital market this fiscal year. The bond for which Bear Stearns was the lead brok [...]
2005-06-02 14:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1406JAMAICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH REMAINS SLUGGISH
[...] Summary: Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in May 2005 showed that the economy continued to suffer from the residual effects of Hurricane Ivan as well as prolonged drought conditions. The unfavorable weather conditions stymied agricultural production, fueling an incre [...]
2005-06-02 14:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1426JAMAICA: 2005 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD
[...] This message updates progress on objectives identified in the 2004 certification report card (Ref A). Topic order descriptions track (Ref B) for ease of evaluation. LAW ENFORCEMENT --------------- 2. The U.S. encouraged the GOJ to demonstrate its commitment to counter drug activity by co [...]
2005-06-03 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1440WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL JM CTM
05KINGSTON1444GOJ OFFERS MIXED RESPONSE ON TIP, CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) On May 31 and June 2, emboffs met with GOJ officials to discuss the imminent release, on June 3, of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The different meetings yielded varying responses. On May 31, Charge met with National Security Minister Peter Phillips at the Minister's req [...]
2005-06-06 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1446INTEREST RATE DEBATE HEATS UP IN JAMAICA
[...] Summary: Credit starved Jamaican businesses are arguing with commercial banks about the high interest rate regime following the reduction of interest rates on Bank of Jamaica open market instruments, which are at their lowest levels in over a decade. Commercial banks' unwillingness to reduce [...]
2005-06-06 20:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1447NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...]
2005-06-06 20:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC ETRD CU JM TIP
05KINGSTON1449A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES,
[...] Summary: In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),[...]
2005-06-07 13:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1460DIRECTOR OF CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS VISITS USAID-FUNDED
[...] On May 12, WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols toured the USAID-funded Grants Pen Community Policing Facility located in Kingston. Facilitating the tour from the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) was Becky Stockhausen and Bob Olson from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Stockhausen [...]
2005-06-08 15:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1462GOJ SUPPORTS U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE
[...] Per Ref A instructions, Poloff on June 3 met with Pamela Ingleton, International Organizations Department (IOD),Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to again solicit GOJ support for Prof. Paolo Carozza in the June 7 IACHR elections, and to deliver talking points. As reported [...]
2005-06-08 16:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XM JM OAS
05KINGSTON1463URGING SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL FISCAL RESTRAINT ON
[...] On May 25, Poloff delivered reftel talking points by telephone and fax to Sheila Sealy-Monteith, Director, International Organizations Department, Mininstry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Sealy-Monteith responded that her colleague with responsibility for ILO issues was out of [...]
2005-06-08 16:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ELAB JM ILO
05KINGSTON1465A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES,
[...] (C) In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),char [...]
2005-06-08 20:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1472MEETING WITH PAULWELL - NO GUARANTEE OF ACTION IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 6, Charge and Econoff met with Commerce Minister Paulwell to discuss the ongoing blocking of telecommunications circuits by Jamaican carriers. Emboffs communicated USG concern about the tactic of blocking and infor [...]
2005-06-09 15:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM TIP
05KINGSTON1486CURRENT STATUS OF ALLEGED TERRORIST LUIS POSADA
[...] (SBU) On June 8, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Caribbean and Americas Director Joy Wheeler to convey reftel talking points, a copy of which he provided her. He emphasized the USG's commitment to handle the Posada case consistent with U.S. law an [...]
2005-06-10 19:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAIR KJUS CU VE JM
05KINGSTON1511PRIVATE SECTOR'S ANTI-CRIME DECLARATION STIRS MORE
[...] (SBU) In a business sector show of solidarity against Jamaica's escalating murder rate, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) launched a three day crime protest on May 25 (Ref A) that received mixed reactions among the island's population. The May 25 kick-off commenced with a rall [...]
2005-06-15 16:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1519Request for Speaker on Restorative Justice
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks speaker for three-day program on restorative justice by special request from Senior Program Manager at the Ministry of Justice (and Humphrey Fellow alumnus) Leon Dundas. During his Humphrey program in 2003 Mr. Dundas met the proposed speaker, Don L. Johnson (Juvenile Divi [...]
2005-06-16 15:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1523UNESCO NEGOTIATIONS ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] On April 18, poloff deliverd Ref A talking points by telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Brown's initial reaction was that the Cultural Diversity Convention is a UNESCO issue that would be app [...]
2005-06-17 12:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL JM UNESCO
05KINGSTON1524ICJ ELECTIONS - STILL NO COMMENT FROM GOJ
[...] On May 6, Poloff met with Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, to deliver reftel dipnote, talking points, and accompanying c.v. of Thomas Buergenthal. Brown welcomed the information and responded that she would r [...]
2005-06-17 12:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM UNSC UNGA
05KINGSTON1528IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL
[...] On June 15, Econoff spoke with Karl James, General Manager of Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited and, per reftel instructions, inquired whether Jamaica had shipped, or planned to ship additional sugar to the United States for delivery by September 30. James responded that the 2,821 tons that [...]
2005-06-17 18:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM
05KINGSTON1529JAMAICA CIVAIR: QUERYING THE GOJ ABOUT FEES
[...] (SBU) On June 8, Econoff contacted the Ministry of Finance and Planning and was directed to Sheila Gordon, Director of the Taxation Division, who was aware of USG interest in the issue of the customs user fee being charged on jet fuel sold to international air carriers (ref A),in apparent con [...]
2005-06-17 18:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON1531OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER DRIVING JAMAICA'S
[...] (U) Since the June 3 release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (Ref A),the GOJ has not engaged Post on the issue, nor has there been any official reaction to the Tier 3 Action Plan delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 2. However, follow [...]
2005-06-17 18:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1532PATTERSON SEEKS SUGAR RELIEF FROM TONY BLAIR
[...] Summary: On June 10, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson wrote to British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeking support for relief from the European Commission's (EC) planned 39 percent cut in the price guaranteed to Caribbean sugar producers. In his letter, Patterson complained that the cut is unreal [...]
2005-06-17 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR ETRD JM ENG
05KINGSTON1534KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...]
2005-06-17 19:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP
05KINGSTON1537SECTION 579 COUNTRY REPORT - GOJ TAXATION OF
[...] This report summarizes the amounts of taxes paid to the GOJ out of funds earmarked for development in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003, as requested in reftel. 2. Reporting follows the following format (in USD): Account | Total FY 2003 Taxes | Total Reimbursements | Unreimbursed Taxes 3. Trade an [...]
2005-06-17 20:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ECON SENV KREC AFIN JM
05KINGSTON1538THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO GENEVA CONVENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 20:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JM ICRC
05KINGSTON1549ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN
[...] Embassy Kingston has reviewed the proposal contained in reftel and does not believe that this research will have any negative implications from a U.S. foreign policy standpoint. 2. Embassy Kingston would encourage the researchers to share the study results with the Jamaican Ministry of Healt [...]
2005-06-21 12:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA JM
05KINGSTON1559UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-22 15:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO JM UNESCO KSCI
05KINGSTON1572JAMAICA: LAW ENFORCEMENT SNAPSHOTS
[...] Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction 2. PSB Probing Criminal Activity in the JCF 3. Operation Kingfish's Impact on Crime 4. 800 Pounds of Ganja Seized 5. Significant Seizure of Hash Oil ------------------------------------------- Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction ----- [...]
2005-06-23 18:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CASC KCRM ASEC JM
05KINGSTON1578REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: USG
[...] On June 23, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Pamela Ingleton, Acting Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Ingleton accepted the message and said that she would share the information with her depa [...]
2005-06-24 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PREL PGOV UNSC AORC JM
05KINGSTON1579UN REFORM: PROMOTING OUR PRIORITIES
[...] On June 23, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Pamela Ingleton, Acting Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Ingleton accepted the message and said that she would share the information with her depa [...]
2005-06-24 19:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PREL PGOV AORC JM UNSC
05KINGSTON1581Request for speaker on intellectual property rights
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks speaker to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) issues with Jamaicans, including "fair use" by librarians and educators; video, film and music piracy; detection and law enforcement; and pending patent legislation. END SUMMARY. 2. Proposed program dates: August [...]
2005-06-24 20:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1598 LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[...] On June 23, Econoff spoke with Maurice Charvis, Director of Research and Analysis at the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR). He provided the following answers to the questions posed in reftel. 2. Jamaica does not assess any fees in connection with licensing fixed line services in excess [...]
2005-06-27 20:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD JM
05KINGSTON1602Request for Speakers on Information Technology
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks two speakers to participate in a three-day program to include discussions and training for business and media professionals on using information technology to enhance their work. END SUMMARY 2. Proposed Program Dates: A four-day program in Jamaica in early October 200 [...]
2005-06-28 15:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1611A DEFENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER HOSTS TIP
[...] (U) On June 24, at the request of National Security Minister Peter Phillips, Charge, USAID Mission Director, and Poloff (notetaker) attended a meeting hosted by Phillips on the subject of trafficking in persons (TIP) at the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Unfortunately, Phillips used the [...]
2005-06-29 20:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1622CABINET OFFICE HOSTS TIP WORKING SESSION
[...] On June 28, the Cabinet Office hosted a working meeting with USAID Mission Director and Poloff to review actions taken to date by the GOJ to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The meeting had been scheduled as a follow up to a June 24 meeting on TIP at the Ministry of National Security (MNS [...]
2005-06-30 18:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1652KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JUNE 17-30, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Poll Shows Davies Gaining Ground -- Six Closer to Extradition to U.S. -- JCF Recruits Abroad as Crime Soars -- Jamaica to Launch Copyright Campaign -- Trade Deficit Deteriorates -- Jamaica and China Sign Bauxite Agreement -- Thailand Views Jamaica As Possible Hub - [...]
2005-07-05 11:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM KCRM CASC EAGR
05KINGSTON1658 WESTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC FISHERY COMMISSION
[...] (U) Per reftel, Econoff spoke with Stephen Smikle, Director of the Marine Branch Fisheries Division on June 30. Smikle stated that his office was aware of the upcoming Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) meeting, and that he personally had hoped to attend, but that his office [...]
2005-07-05 17:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV JM
05KINGSTON1667EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-06 18:36:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC JM
05KINGSTON1672DEMARCHING CARICOM STATES ON UN REFORM
[...] On June 30, Poloff delivered reftel points by telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). On August 1, Poloff called Brown for a response. Brown thanked Poloff for providing the USG posit [...]
2005-07-06 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM UN UNSC UNGA
05KINGSTON1676 WTO DEMARCHE ON SWISS FORMULA BENEFITS FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel, Econoff met with Esmond Reid and Richard Brown of the International and Economic Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on July 5, 2005 to convey reftel demarche on the Swiss formula benefits for the Caribbean. He left the talking points and su [...]
2005-07-08 12:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV JM
05KINGSTON168USG SUPPORT FOR FLORES OAS/SG CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Charg spoke to MFA Minister of State Delano Franklyn on January 19 and delivered the talking points provided in REFTEL concerning U.S. support for the candidacy of former Salvadoran President Flores for OAS Secretary General. Franklyn responded that although he was aware that at least two [...]
2005-01-19 20:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC JM OAS
05KINGSTON1698USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-11 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL JM UNESCO
05KINGSTON1745HURRICANE SITREP 01, 7/15/05, 1500 HRS - JAMAICA
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met in Kingston at 10:00 a.m. local on July 14 to finalize preparations for the approaching Hurricane Emily. The EAC discussed authorized departure, granted by the Department per Ref A. Although authorized departure has been approved, however, few Embas [...]
2005-07-15 20:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT
05KINGSTON1746HURRICANE SITREP 01, 7/15/05, 1500 HRS - JAMAICA
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met in Kingston at 10:00 a.m. local on July 15 to finalize preparations for the approaching Hurricane Emily. The EAC discussed authorized departure, granted by the Department per Ref A. Although authorized departure has been approved, however, few Embas [...]
2005-07-15 20:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT
05KINGSTON1757JAMAICA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH CHINA
[...] Summary: Recognizing China's emergence as an economic powerhouse and the attendant benefits to be derived, the GOJ led by Prime Minister PJ Patterson has moved to forge closer and stronger ties with the Government of China. The fledgling economic relationship between both countries received a [...]
2005-07-18 20:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1758 BUSINESS CONFIDENCE REMAINS STRONG
[...] Buoyed by improved economic performance and favorable financial prospects for individual firms, Jamaican business confidence remained strong during April to June 2005. In fact, business confidence during the first two quarters of 2005 was higher than at any other time in the four-year histo [...]
2005-07-18 20:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON176 INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-21 13:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM NOTAG
05KINGSTON1782KINGSTON NOMINATES ROBIN GOERTZ FOR OFFICE
[...] Post is pleased to nominate OMS Robin W. Goertz (FP-6) to attend the Department's Worldwide Office Management Specialist Conference to be held October 3-7, 2005 in Washington (Reftel). A second-tour OMS, Ms. Goertz works in the Political/Economic Section and ably supports the Front Office a [...]
2005-07-21 20:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAOMS APER JM
05KINGSTON1784DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISIT KINGSTON TO EVALUATE
[...] (U) On July 14 and 15, G/TIP Reports Officer Rachel Owen and WHA/PPC Senior Labor Advisor Michael Puccetti visited Kingston to assess what actions the GOJ had taken to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the 60-day grace period following the June 1 publication of the 2005 TIP Report (Ref A) [...]
2005-07-21 20:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1802KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 1-21, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Hurricanes Cause More Damage in Jamaica -- Government Leads Opposition in National Poll -- Police Raids Target Trafficking Victims -- Murder Leading Cause of Death in Males -- Jamaica Opens Embassy in Beijing -- President of Ghana Visits Jamaica -- Tranquility Bay Ru [...]
2005-07-22 20:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM CASC JM UNGA TIP
05KINGSTON1803COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 20:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER JM UNGA
05KINGSTON1809DEFEATING THE G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 13:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JM UNGA
05KINGSTON1857HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 20:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JM UNGA
05KINGSTON188 INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-21 20:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD EIND EAGR EMIN KTDB JM
05KINGSTON18842005 CULTURE CONNECT SPORTS ENVOYS
[...] Summary: PAS Kingston hosted Culture Connect Sports Envoys RaMell Ross and Alvin Green. Four basketball clinics were organized mainly for kids between 6 and 12 years of age, although several individuals between the ages of 13 and 25 also participated in each clinic. A total of 240 Jamaican [...]
2005-08-05 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1888PNP INSIDER COMMENTS ON RACE TO SUCCEED PRIME
[...] (U) Summary: On July 28, Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with Balfour Denniston, local businessman and member of the People's National Party's (PNP) National Executive Committee (NEC),the ruling party's highest decision-making body outside of its annual conference. Denniston shared his perspec [...]
2005-08-06 04:31:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JM
05KINGSTON1904ASSESSMENT OF RECENT GOJ ACTION ON TIP
[...] The GOJ has responded energetically to the June 3 publication of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, in which Jamaica was downgraded to Tier 3 (Ref A). Coordinated from the highest levels by the Office of the Prime Minister and various other Cabinet-level officials, a National TIP Ta [...]
2005-08-10 13:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1905IMF GIVES JAMAICA PASSING MARK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Interim Staff Report, issued on June 23, gave the GOJ high marks for stabilizing the economy following the macroeconomic challenges of 2003. By expressing broad agreement with the country's economic policies, the report could have boosted public confidence in Finance Minister [...]
2005-08-10 13:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1919KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 22 - AUGUST 12,
[...] This week's topics: -- U.S. Trafficking Report a Wake-Up Call, Says PM -- Two More Officers Charged in Crawle Case -- Six Police Officers Charged in Flankers Case -- Murder Rate Continues to Soar -- Jamaica to Miss Inflation Targets -- Tourism Bookings Tumble -- Hurricane Damage Near USD 3 [...]
2005-08-12 18:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM PHUM JM TIP
05KINGSTON1920SEEKING COOPERATION ON UN PROPOSALS FOR A HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 19:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPHUM JM
05KINGSTON1924UN DEMOCRACY FUND: AVOIDING DUPLICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 20:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM JM
05KINGSTON1925WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 20:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO JM UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05KINGSTON2003NAS DIRECTOR'S COURTESY CALL ON POLICE COMMISSIONER
[...] (U) Summary: NAS Director paid a courtesy call on Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas on August 19. The discussion focused on the NAS-funded National Intelligence Bureau (NIB),Law Enforcement Development Advisor (LEDA),and the recruitment of foreign officers. End Su [...]
2005-08-24 17:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON2026VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS JAMAICA
[...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Jamaica August 23 to conclude a 16-point agreement with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, including a bilateral Petro-Caribe accord. Chavez arrived the day after U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson called for the USG to assassinate him, raising the profi [...]
2005-08-29 12:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JM
05KINGSTON2052 HURRICANES STALL ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN JAMAICA
[...] Summary: Data published on August 15 by the Planning Institute of Jamaica showed that economic growth, for April to June 2005, continued to suffer from the lagged effects of Hurricane Ivan and drought conditions. The adverse weather conditions wreaked havoc on the country's already ravaged [...]
2005-08-31 17:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2053SOARING INFLATION THREATENS JAMAICA'S MACRO-
[...] Summary: Less than two months after the IMF gave Jamaica high marks for stabilizing the economy, spiraling inflation is again threatening macroeconomic stability. Inflation, which reached almost 14 percent last year and has already jumped to 7.4 percent for the first four months of the fisca [...]
2005-08-31 17:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2054UN REFORM/JAMAICA: PRESSING DIFFICULT COUNTRIES
[...] (C) On August 25, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, conveyed Ref A points to Ambassador Douglas Saunders, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Shortly before Charge was to depart for the MFAFT with Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Sakurai to convey the d [...]
2005-08-31 17:21:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL PGOV JM
05KINGSTON2059GOJ LAUNCHES TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
[...] Summary: The GOJ on August 30 launched a yearlong public awareness campaign to educate its citizens about the dangers of trafficking in persons (TIP). In a move that appears to indicate the GOJ's determination to make sustained efforts against trafficking, the Cabinet Office organized a publi [...]
2005-09-01 16:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON2061BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-01 19:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JM
05KINGSTON2069LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FROM ACTING
[...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from Acting Prime Minister of Jamaica, Dr. The Honorable Peter Phillips, requesting the following condolence message be forwarded to His Excellency George W. Bush, President of the United States. 2. Begin text: The Government and People of Jamaica are [...]
2005-09-02 19:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPDC OPRC PREL JM
05KINGSTON2082JLP ORCHESTRATES ISLANDWIDE DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST
[...] (U) On September 6, the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) carried out an island-wide demonstration against the People's National Party government, on the same day that Prime Minister P.J. Patterson was hosting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and senior delegations [...]
2005-09-07 20:49:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ELAB JM
05KINGSTON2083JAMAICA HOSTS PETROCARIBE SUMMIT IN MONTEGO BAY
[...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and representatives of CARICOM states, the Dominican Republic, and Monserrat, to conclude the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement. Domestically, the summit was oversha [...]
2005-09-07 23:34:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL JM
05KINGSTON211COMBATING TIP IN JAMAICA: PROSECUTION AND
[...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's INCLE-funded anti-trafficking in persons project proposal to G/TIP for funding considering from FY 2005 appropriations. This is a joint proposal with Kingston USAID Mission. Please contact Post (see para 23) for clarification and furth [...]
2005-01-24 21:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SMIG TIP
05KINGSTON2133HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] Per Ref A instructions, Post has since July (Ref B) contacted repeatedly the International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to inquire about high-level GOJ attendance at the UNGA. As reported Ref B, MFAFT confirmed that Prime Minister P.J. [...]
2005-09-13 11:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JM UNGA
05KINGSTON2144BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) On August 22, Poloff spoke with Senior Superintendent XXX of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). XXX explained that the JCF is currently participating in a training course led by London-based Task International (http://www.task-int.com). The technical training includes segments on ho [...]
2005-09-13 21:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JM
05KINGSTON2146COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 12:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID HA JM
05KINGSTON2147U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUNAMI
[...] On September 13, Poloff spoke with Claudia Barnes, Director, International and Economic Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),for a response to reftel questions. Barnes said that tsunami preparedness and the purchase of tsunami warning system (TWS) equipme [...]
2005-09-14 12:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TPHY EAID SENV JM KSCI
05KINGSTON2148ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] Charge on August 25 delivered reftel points to Ambassador Douglas Saunders, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Saunders thanked him for the information but did not offer a substantive response. 2. On August 30, Post faxed a copy of the points to Dr. [...]
2005-09-14 14:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ECON PREL SOCI JM KSTH WHO
05KINGSTON2163TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]
2005-09-15 16:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2164DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 16:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECIN PREL JM UNGA
05KINGSTON2166TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]
2005-09-15 18:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2170INTERPOL'S REQUEST FOR BIOTERRORISM-RELATED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 19:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM TBIO PTER JM
05KINGSTON2220INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY - 2005 (ELEVENTH)
[...] (U) The Eleventh Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 15-26 August, 2005. The majority of the meeting's time was spent on the first detailed review of proposed regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobal [...]
2005-09-23 18:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA TPHY JM
05KINGSTON2224SENIOR FOREIGN POLICE OFFICER REQUESTS EMBASSY
[...] (C) On September 15, at his request, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields visited Embassy Kingston to meet with NAS Director, RSO, TAT, and DAO to discuss expanding cooperation in addressing corruption within the JCF. Shields is a senior officer with the London Me [...]
2005-09-23 19:53:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM ASEC JM
05KINGSTON2225JAMAICA CLEARS ON NIH PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-23 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA GY JM
05KINGSTON2257CARIBBEAN ISSUES CONFERENCE
[...] (C) With regard to proposed panelists from Jamaica contained Ref A, neither Pol/Econ nor OPA was familiar with Freckleton, Figueroa, Osei, or Niaah. Alternatively, per Ref B, we suggested that consideration be given to inviting Dr. Anthony Harriot (a prominent criminologist and head of the U [...]
2005-09-28 20:05:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALOTRA PINR JM
05KINGSTON228COMBATING TIP IN JAMAICA: AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
[...] Per Ref A request, the following text constitutes Post's ESF-funded anti-trafficking in persons proposal to G/TIP for funding consideration from FY 2005 appropriations (Ref B includes Post's INCLE-funded anti-TIP proposal). This is a joint proposal with Kingston USAID Mission. Please contact [...]
2005-01-27 15:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM ASEC ELAB EAID KWMN KCRM KDEM PHUM SMIG TIP
05KINGSTON2290JAMAICA: CRIME ROUND-UP FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) Statistics compiled by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for the period January 1 through October 2 reveal that 1,266 murders were compared to 1,078 committed during the same time period in 2004. Of the 1,266 murders victims, Sixteen were children, ten were police officers and one vict [...]
2005-10-05 13:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM ASEC JM
05KINGSTON2292THE CONTROVERSY OVER EXTRADITION
[...] (C) On October 3, NAS Director spoke with the Legal advisor to the Minister of Justice, Dr. Stephen Vasciannie and Justice Ministry Permanent Secretary Carol Palmer regarding reports that the GOJ is preparing to move extradition cases from the Resident Magistrate Court (RMC) to the Supreme Cou [...]
2005-10-05 17:01:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON2293 GOJ REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE FOR VEHICLES
[...] SUMMARY: This is an ACTION TELEGRAM; see para 9. The GOJ is refusing to license newly imported GOVs and POVs, and will not renew existing official and personal vehicle registrations unless the Embassy and its staff purchase local comprehensive insurance covering the value of duties and tax [...]
2005-10-05 17:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL JM
05KINGSTON2306JAMAICA - ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] On September 27, Pol/Econ Chief, accompanied by USAID Missof, met with Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Grace Allen-Young and Dr. Lynette Peters, MOH Veterinary Services Director, to discuss the state of Jamaica's preparations to confront any outbreak of avian influenza on the island. P/E [...]
2005-10-06 19:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI JM WHO
05KINGSTON2318 MFA&FT MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC CORPS RE
[...] SUMMARY: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFA&FT) officials met with members of the diplomatic corps on October 11 to discuss the GOJ requirement to insure diplomatic vehicles comprehensively for a value to cover duties and sales tax. MFA&FT agreed to resume on an inte [...]
2005-10-11 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL JM
05KINGSTON2332USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]
2005-10-13 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2333USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]
2005-10-13 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2346JAMAICA - DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR WHA
[...] (C) P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister since 1992, has announced his intention to step down no later than March 2006, and possibly as early as late 2005. Four senior members of his ruling Peoples National Party (PNP) will contest an internal PNP election to succeed Patterson as party president an [...]
2005-10-18 11:44:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL JM
05KINGSTON2349BIG MACS NO MORE: MCDONALD'S CEASES OPERATIONS IN
[...] (U) Friday, October 14, effective 8p.m. local time, all McDonald's outlets remaining in Jamaica closed their doors. In a September 29 letter sent to Charge, the President of McDonald's Caribbean Division Jose Hernandez stated that the company's "intent is to continue the search for a qualified [...]
2005-10-18 13:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JM
05KINGSTON2359GOJ'S FISCAL PROGRAM OFF TRACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Data released by the Ministry of Finance on September 30 showed that the GOJ's fiscal deficit of USD 290 million continued to run ahead of the GOJ'S target of USD 270 million. The deficit overrun was primarily due to lackluster revenue generation, reflecting a slump in consump [...]
2005-10-19 17:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2360DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT BUSH LETTER TO PRIME
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 18:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM
05KINGSTON237SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN JAMAICA
[...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's 2004-2005 report on supporting human rights and democracy in Jamaica. 2. Jamaica has a mixed human rights record, with serious problems in some areas. The government is faced with high rates of crime, violence, and drug traffickin [...]
2005-01-28 12:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL
05KINGSTON2382DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KIPR JM WTO
05KINGSTON2383DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO SUPPORT WTO AG
[...] (U) On October 18, Polcouns transmitted reftel talking points and USTR fact sheet to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),by fax. On October 20, Econoff met with Alison Stone, Acting Director of Foreign Trade at MFAFT to follow up. Stone said she would be share USG conc [...]
2005-10-20 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON2397RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR CBERA
[...] Jamaica is in the process of implementing all of its WTO obligations, but the GOJ does not plan to implement any of those obligations ahead of schedule. Patent Law must be updated to be in compliance under the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, but this [...]
2005-10-24 15:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON JM
05KINGSTON24OPPOSITION LEADER SEAGA TO STEP DOWN AFTER 43
[...] Summary. Opposition leader Edward Seaga on December 29 announced his retirement from representational politics after nearly 43 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Western Kingston. Seaga, who had previously stated his intention to step down as party leader by January 31, 2005, surpris [...]
2005-01-04 14:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV JM PREL
05KINGSTON2450PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST PROMINENT FORMER
[...] Summary: Don Crawford, former head of the failed Century National Bank, has lost his appeal to the Privy Council following a 1999 conviction in civil court for financial fraud and has been instructed to repay about USD 45 million to the GOJ. Although the Director of Public Prosecutions has [...]
2005-10-28 19:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2475JAMAICAN BUSINESS CONFIDENCE PLUNGES
[...] Summary: Data published by the Jamaica Conference Board on October 12 revealed that business confidence for the September quarter plunged to its lowest level since the second quarter of 2003. High levels of pessimism about the country's economic prospects underlined the significant decline [...]
2005-11-02 12:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2495PETROCARIBE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Under the bilateral agreement signed between Jamaica and Venezuela on August 23 (ref A),Jamaica receives 21,000 barrels of petroleum products and crude oil daily. While the island pays market price for the products, a portion of the payment can be converted into a concessionary loan for [...]
2005-11-03 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL JM
05KINGSTON2497JAMAICAN CURRENCY UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican dollar is facing its biggest test following a prolonged period of stability dating back to early 2003. Foreign exchange market instability emerged during September 2005, prompting the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to institute new measures aimed at identifying and blacklis [...]
2005-11-03 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2504WTO DOHA ROUND: INCREASING PRESSURE ON THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 14:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR JM
05KINGSTON2505DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DOHA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 14:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON KSUM PGOV JM
05KINGSTON2508TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMANENT
[...] (SBU) Upon receipt of IOM package containing applications for Canadian resettlement for 17 Cubans and one Haitian currently under U.S. protection at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay (Ref A),Polcouns met on November 3 with Carina Parnham, Counselor and Manager (Immigration),Canadian High Co [...]
2005-11-04 20:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCA CU HA PREF SMIG JM
05KINGSTON2509DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) On November 4, Polcouns contacted MFA Bilateral Affairs Department Director Courtenay Rattray to convey reftel points, and to ask whether the GOJ had publicly rejected Iranian President Ahamdi-Nejad's disturbing comments. 2. (U) Rattray replied that the GOJ shared the sentiment behind [...]
2005-11-04 20:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM IR JM
05KINGSTON2528DEMARCHE REQUEST - UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 20:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL JM UNHRC UNGA
05KINGSTON2551JAMAICA AGREES TO CNIES
[...] On September 28, post received an affirmative response to its Dipnote requesting the GOJ agree to the conditions stated in the Cooperating Nation Information Exchange System (CNIES). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Dipnote states in part that it "has the further honour to [...]
2005-11-15 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MOPS PREL JM EARI
05KINGSTON2552JAMAICA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT
[...] The following constitutes Post's submission for Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment, per Ref A instructions. In addition to the information reported below and in Ref B and Ref C, Post has details of recent TIP-related law enforcement actions that are available upon request. ------------------ [...]
2005-11-15 21:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON2568 ARRIVAL OF AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 18:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA JM
05KINGSTON2587DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 17, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to Angella Brown, Assistant Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). In a follow-up cal [...]
2005-11-22 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA JM IMO
05KINGSTON26PM PATTERSON RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S ARTICLE 98
[...] On January 3, Post received by courier a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The dipnote accompanied a letter from Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in response to the Secretary's November 22 letter regarding Article 98 (see Refs A and B). As the Prime [...]
2005-01-04 15:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM MARR OPDC OPRC PGOV XG XH XT KICC
05KINGSTON261WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATING
[...] Per reftel request, Embassy Kingston has compiled the following list of private sector organizations that have an interest in discussions of tariff liberalization, both for and against. The Private Sector of Jamaica Mrs. Beverly Lopez, President psojinfo@psoj.org (876) 927-6957 The Amer [...]
2005-02-01 14:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON2617SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 19:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PTER CO JM OAS
05KINGSTON2618NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...]
2005-11-30 20:06:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL JM
05KINGSTON2634GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR CANDIDATURE OF AMBASSADOR
[...] Response guidance is requested for Government of Jamaica diplomatic note received on November 15, 2005. Note gives notice of the candidature of Ambassador Professor the Honorable Ralston Nettleford OM for election to the Working Group of Experts on Peoples of African Descent as representativ [...]
2005-12-01 20:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM
05KINGSTON2637FY 2006 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT (PD&S)
[...] The following is the program development and support request for Kingston for FY 2006. OBJECT FY 05 NON DISCRETE/ FY06 CLASS OBLIGATIONS RECURRING MANDATORY PLAN ITEMS INCREASES 1112 81,600 31,100 [...]
2005-12-02 14:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN AMGT JM
05KINGSTON2642AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 29 COURTESY CALL ON PORTIA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, Community and Sport, on November 29. Simpson Miller, considered the most popular politician of either party in Jamaica, outlined the responsibilities falling under her portfolio [...]
2005-12-02 20:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JM
05KINGSTON2643RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC
[...] (U) This cable responds to information requested by Department (Ref A). It is a joint State-USAID message. Answers are updated from information provided by post (Ref B). 2. (U) Responses are keyed to Ref A. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has a draft e [...]
2005-12-05 15:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL JM
05KINGSTON2651 JAMAICAN ECONOMY STAGES MILD RECOVERY BETWEEN
[...] Summary: Data released by the Planning Institute of Jamaica on November 15 showed that the Jamaican economy staged a mild recovery during July to September 2005. Output expanded by an estimated 2.7 percent due to the gradual normalization of some sectors of the economy following the impact o [...]
2005-12-06 16:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2661PETROCARIBE - SENIOR GOJ ENERGY OFFICIAL REJECTS
[...] (SBU) In a chance meeting at a function on December 1, Econoff discussed the PetroCaribe accord informally with Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology (MCST, which also handles energy issues). Dixon was positive about the benefits that would accrue [...]
2005-12-07 19:06:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL JM
05KINGSTON2680PRC ACTIVITIES IN JAMAICA
[...] (U) This message responds to Ref A Tasking. Post regrets the lateness of submission. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) It is not surprising that both economic and political calculations underlie the GOJ's efforts to enhance ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC),while Beijin [...]
2005-12-09 12:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG PHUM CH JM
05KINGSTON2682KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER
[...] This week's topics: -- JLP Holds Annual Conference -- Poverty Cut in Half -- GOJ Increases Social Benefits -- Brazilians to Invest in Sugar Industry -- Chinese Government to Finance Mega Projects -- Tourist Arrivals to Surge -- Police Officers on Trial -- Crime Statistic [...]
2005-12-09 19:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINGSTON2697LEADING POLLSTER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) On December 9th, respected veteran pollster Don Anderson (protect) discussed electoral issues with Pol/EconCouns and Poloff. Anderson described Peoples National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament and government minister Portia Simpson Miller as a strong contender to become the next leader o [...]
2005-12-14 12:36:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON2702JAMAICA 2005 INCSR - PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 18:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON2711FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS REPORT
[...] On December 12, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). By phone on December 13, Brown told Emboff that the MFAFT will distribute the names to the Counter-Terrorism [...]
2005-12-16 12:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER LE SY JM
05KINGSTON2714STATUS OF FUNDS AND UNLIQUIDATED OBLIGATIONS REPORT
[...] The following is the information on unliquidated balances for INL funds for Kingston, Jamaica STATUS OF UNLIQUIDATED BALANCES - BASED ON NOVEMBER 2005 FMAR 2. - Unliquidated balances and expected date of liquidation FISC AMOUNT 2005 2006 STATUS/TIMING OF PROJECT YEAR 200 [...]
2005-12-16 18:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN AMGT JM
05KINGSTON2720PROPOSED OPIC INVESTMENT GUARANTY: POST VIEWS FROM
[...] (U) Post is responding to OPIC's request for comments and recommendations regarding the proposed OPIC investment guaranty to the National Housing Trust of Jamaica (NHT) in connection with the plan by NHT to finance mortgages and other costs associated with a low-income housing initiative for g [...]
2005-12-16 20:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON JM OPIC
05KINGSTON2728SIX POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
[...] (C) In late November, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers, all members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit, were put on trial for the unlawful killing of four people at a home in Crawle, Clarendon in May 2003. Chief Judge Lensley Wolfe ruled that the prosecution failed to make a p [...]
2005-12-19 19:20:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON2730JAMAICA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] As requested reftel, Embassy Kingston's 2005 annual terrorism report for Jamaica follows in paragraph 2. Post point of contact is Natasha M. Henderson (HendersonNM@state.gov). ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. There are strong public and private statements of [...]
2005-12-19 19:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON2731JAMAICA PROPOSES FORMAL SIGNING OF 2002 OPEN SKIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade requesting that the United States and Jamaica move forward with the formal signing of the Air Transport Agreement of 2002 ("Open Skies"),which was [...]
2005-12-19 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD KTIA JM
05KINGSTON275GOJ COMMITTED TO RATIFYING COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 20:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL JM
05KINGSTON2784KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER
[...] This week's topics: -- Police Officers on Trial for Murder -- Telecommunications Company Goes Belly-up -- Electricity Thieves Cost Power Company -- Cricket World Cup -- Bauxite Industry Labor Issues -- Weak Christmas Retail Season -- Egg Farmers Seek Duty Protection -- E [...]
2005-12-23 19:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINGSTON2797BOND. JAMAICAN BOND. LESS ATTRACTIVE THESE DAYS.
[...] (C) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave its assessment of the Jamaican economy as part of the conclusion of its yearly Article 4 consultations with the Government of Jamaica (GOJ). Ratna Sahay, the Assistant Director of the Western Hemisphere Department for the IMF, acknowled [...]
2005-12-30 16:47:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON292JAMAICA CIVAIR: INFORMING GOJ OF FAA REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, on January 27 Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with Transport Minister Robert Pickersgill, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Chief Col. Torrance Lewis, and members of their staffs, to advise of the areas in which the FAA found the Jamaica Civil Aviation Autho [...]
2005-02-02 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD PREL JM
05KINGSTON294IN FACT IT'S A GAS: OIL COMPANIES UNHAPPY WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 20. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The petroleum industry has been a source of problems for the GOJ since it was fully deregulated in 1993. There have been several price riots and threats of industrial action in the sector over the pa [...]
2005-02-02 19:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG JM
05KINGSTON297JCAA RESPONDS TO FAA SAFETY ISSUES
[...] On February 2nd, post received a letter, dated February 1st, from Col. Torrence Lewis, Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA). The letter details his organization's actions in regard to three of the safety issues raised by the FAA inspection team during their outbrief [...]
2005-02-02 20:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON363INL MONTHLY REPORT - NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
[...] The following is a combined report for the period November and December 2004. It reflects activities in all INL supported programs and an assessment of progress in achieving mutual goals established in the current Letters of Agreement (LOA). 2. Drug Eradication and Interdiction Program - [...]
2005-02-10 17:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON364LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE RICE FROM JM MINISTER
[...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note with an accompanying letter from K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, requesting it be transmitted to Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State. 2. Begin text: Dr. Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State SIPDIS Washington DC USA D [...]
2005-02-10 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON JM OPDC OPRC PREL
05KINGSTON366JAMAICAN ATTENDANCE AT FEB. 12 SENIOR OFFICIALS
[...] On February 10, 2005, Econoff faxed the agenda and annotated information provided in reftel to Ambassador Gail Mathurin, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade at the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The same day, Econoff made a follow-up call to the MFA to confirm receipt of the agenda [...]
2005-02-10 20:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD OVIP AORC JM WTRO WTO
05KINGSTON379Jamaican Consumers Optimistic About Economy
[...] Summary: Buoyed by expectations of a rebound in economic growth following Hurricane Ivan, consumer confidence surged from October to December 2004. Consumers are anticipating higher incomes and remittances, but still expect spending plans to stagnate. Conversely, business confidence decline [...]
2005-02-11 14:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON382JAMAICA'S RESPONSE TO CICTE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-11 19:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL AORC JM OAS
05KINGSTON386JAMAICA COMMITTED TO STRONGER TIES WITH CHINA
[...] (C) Eager to attract Chinese investment in Jamaica's economy and tourists to its beaches, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Foreign Minister K.D. Knight rolled out the red carpet for Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and his 150-member Chinese trade delegation, which visited Kingston Februa [...]
2005-02-11 20:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL BTIO EAID KPAO CH JM
05KINGSTON390Jamaican Interest Rates Plunge
[...] The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has reduced interest rates on all its open market instruments effective February 7, 2005. While this reduction is the first for 2005, it represents the twelfth such decline in just over a year. Interest rates have moved from 21 percent in November 2003 to the curre [...]
2005-02-11 21:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON393LABOR MINISTER DALLEY ON PNP SUCCESSION, LABOR
[...] Summary: On February 4, Poloff met with Labor Minister Horace Dalley. On the eve of the People's National Party's (PNP) vice-presidential election, Dalley expressed his concern that internal factions could pull the party into conflict. He also shared his predictions for the election results, [...]
2005-02-11 21:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALJM PHUM ELAB PGOV CVIS
05KINGSTON398GOJ Raises National Minimum Wage
[...] After months of deliberation, the GOJ has raised the national minimum wage by 20 percent, the highest increase since 2001. The adjustment, which took effect on January 31, will see affected workers taking home the equivalent of at least USD 40 per week, up from USD 33. With inflation for 20 [...]
2005-02-14 16:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON409JAMAICA: 2004-2005 DRAFT INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] The revised statistics below is submitted for inclusion in the final draft of the INCSR Part I for Jamaica through December 2004. A. Statistics Seizures Unit 2004 2003 2002 Cannabis KG 23,292 33,859 27,137 Cocaine HCL KG 1,736 1,56 [...]
2005-02-14 20:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON41JCF COMMISSIONER FORBES OUT, LUCIUS THOMAS IN
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, January 1, 2005, the Jamaica Police Service Commission (PSC) announced that it had accepted the resignation of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner, Francis Forbes, effective January 19. The PSC communiqu commended Forbes for his accomplishments as Commissi [...]
2005-01-05 20:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON420CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (CCJ): PATTERSON LOOKS
[...] (U) In what amounts to a political setback for Prime Minister PJ Patterson, on February 3 the UK Privy Council, Jamaica's final court of appeal, decided in favor of the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights (IJCHR),the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and other appellants in their [...]
2005-02-15 21:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PREL ECON JM
05KINGSTON421CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) On February 14, Pol/Econ Chief conveyed Ref A points (via fax) to Ambassador Peter Black, Undersecretary for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, who serves concurrently as non-resident Ambassador to Haiti. The following morning, P/E Chief called Black [...]
2005-02-15 21:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL HA JM UNSC
05KINGSTON425JAMAICA'S TRADE DEFICIT DECLINED FROM JANUARY TO
[...] In mid-February 2005, the GOJ released an official statement of the trade deficit numbers for October 2004. Such data is typically released four to five months after the reporting period. 2. Despite the economic impact of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, Jamaica's merchandise trade defici [...]
2005-02-16 18:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON448COPS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGES IN BRAETON 7
[...] (U) Summary: On February 11, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers were freed by a Home Circuit Court judge in the 2001 murder case of seven young men known as the "Braeton Seven". Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewelyn argued the case for the Crown. Llewelyn co [...]
2005-02-18 12:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM SOCI JM
05KINGSTON462DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONCERN OVER MEXICO HUMAN
[...] (SBU) On February 16, Poloff called Sheila Sealy-Monteith, Director, International Organizations Department (IOD),Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),to deliver reftel talking points. Sealy-Monteith accepted the information and then responded at lenghth. First, she asked [...]
2005-02-18 18:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM PHUM CU MX CHR
05KINGSTON465JAMAICA COAST GUARD INAUGURATES NEW
[...] In a brief ceremony on 16 February, attended by the top officials in the Jamaican security establishment, the Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard (JDFCG) dedicated a new station at Black River on the southwest coast of Jamaica. This facility will be manned by both the JDFCG and a contingent of [...]
2005-02-18 22:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON466REQUEST FOR CONTRACT EXTENSION; LAW
[...] Summary. The Law Enforcement Development Advisor (LEDA) position was established in March 2003 in Kingston, Jamaica. LEDA, David W. Purdy, has been working directly with the Commissioner, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),on modernization and reform of the JCF. Mr. Purdy's original contract e [...]
2005-02-22 11:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON4862004 END USE MONITORING REPORT; JAMAICA, PART II
[...] Part II of the End Use Monitoring Report of INL-funded commodities or services acquired and donated by the Embassy Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is submitted in accordance with instructions in referenced telegrams. NAS PD&S inventory was also conducted but [...]
2005-02-24 12:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON4872004 END USE MONITORING REPORT; JAMAICA, PART I
[...] Part I of the End-Use-Monitoring Report is submitted in accordance with Ref A. A. Designation of Employees for EUM Responsibilities: The NAS Program Assistant, under the supervision of the NAS Director, has primary responsibility for End-Use-Monitoring. Two Personal Services Contractors (P [...]
2005-02-24 12:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON533JAMAICANS INTERESTED IN PURSUING PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] On 22 February, after seven months of repeated attempts by Embassy to obtain a reply from the Ministry of Health (MOH) to Ref A request, post received a letter, dated 16 February, containing the MOH response to the US Department of Transportation's (USDOT) invitation to join a disinsection pil [...]
2005-02-28 13:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON576ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JAMAICA
[...] This cable serves as Jamaica's contribution to the fifth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------- Overview Of Anti-Tip Activities ------------------------------- 2. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international traffi [...]
2005-03-02 16:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
05KINGSTON613JAMAICAN ECONOMY DIPS IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 2004
[...] Summary: Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in February 2005 showed that Hurricane Ivan dealt a serious blow to economic performance. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 1.8 percent as agriculture continued to suffer from the effects of the hurricane. The r [...]
2005-03-04 19:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON622GOJ FINANCIAL CRIMES DIVISION PROVIDES HEADS-UP ON
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Ministry Financial Investigations Division (FID) Chief Technical Director Mike Surridge told Pol/Econ Chief March 4 that FID is investigating a naturalized Jamaican of Pakistani origin for suspected narcotics-related money laundering. The suspect, Mohammed Tufail Ahmed, [...]
2005-03-04 22:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC SNAR JM
05KINGSTON623GOJ, IOM, AND UNHCR AGREE MOST HAITIAN MIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) Just after dawn on March 4, a boatload of 58 Haitians arrived in Long Bay, Portland, raising the total of Haitian migrants in Jamaica to 496. During a week which began with the one-year anniversary of former President Aristide's resignation and departure from Haiti, the GOJ continues to [...]
2005-03-04 22:31:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SMIG HA JM
05KINGSTON624GOJ FINANCIAL CRIMES DIVISION PROVIDES HEADS-UP ON
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Ministry Financial Investigations Division (FID) Chief Technical Director Mike Surridge told Pol/Econ Chief March 4 that FID is investigating a naturalized Jamaican of Pakistani origin for suspected narcotics-related money laundering. The suspect, Mohammed Tufail Ahmed, [...]
2005-03-04 22:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC SNAR JM
05KINGSTON63DELIVERED: FINAL INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR JAMAICA
[...] On January 4, poloff delivered reftel text of Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment by fax to Ann Scott, Assistant Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott acknowledged receipt of the fax, and stated that she would pass the informati [...]
2005-01-07 17:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL JM TIP
05KINGSTON640A "NEW VISION" FOR THE JLP
[...] (U) Emboffs met on February 24 with James Robertson, Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),and jointly on February 25 with Ken Baugh, Leader of the Opposition, and Karl Samuda, JLP General Secretary. Robertson shared his thoughts on the outgoing leader, Edward Seaga, and the JLP,s [...]
2005-03-07 21:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALJM PGOV PREL
05KINGSTON655LABOR MINISTER DALLEY ON SEAGA, GENERAL ELECTION,
[...] (U) On February 24, Emboffs met with Labor Minister Horace Dalley, who shared his views on former Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader Edward Seaga's departure from politics and the succession issues within the People's National Party (PNP). He also discussed his view of the party's platform in [...]
2005-03-08 18:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALJM PGOV PREL ELAB CMGT CVIS
05KINGSTON659JCF COMMISSIONER LUCIUS THOMAS ADDRESSES THE
[...] (U) Summary: On Friday, March 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade hosted a briefing by Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas for the diplomatic corps. During the briefing, Thomas described the major causes of crime as gangs, drugs, guns, and money laund [...]
2005-03-08 19:36:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON673JAMAICA LABOR PARTY: FROM THE WILDERNESS TO THE
[...] (U) Summary: The Jamaica Labor Party on February 21 held its annual conference, which had been postponed twice since September 2004 due to Hurricane Ivan and internal disputes. The meeting officially elected Bruce Golding, who ultimately ran unopposed, to the position of party leader. The even [...]
2005-03-09 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJM PGOV PREL
05KINGSTON687DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 19:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM PARM ABUD ES CWC CBW OPCW
05KINGSTON698CHILD MARRIAGE: JAMAICA
[...] Per reftel instructions, this cable addresses the issue of child marriage in Jamaica. 2. A. What is the legal age of marriage in your country? Is it the same for girls and boys? Is there a lower legal age for marriage with parental consent? 3. A. The legal age of marriage, with or with [...]
2005-03-11 16:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN
05KINGSTON755TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT PASSES IN THE LOWER HOUSE
[...] After a five-hour, heated debate on the Terrorism Prevention Act in Parliament on March 15, the GOJ secured the support of the Opposition and the act was passed in the lower house that evening. The debate commenced with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade K.D. Knight spending over a [...]
2005-03-16 19:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON759MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 2005
[...] The Jamaica Defense Force Air Wing (JDF/AW) spent approximately 10 hours transporting members of the "Kingfish" operation, narcotics police and The Jamaica Defense Force Headquarters Intelligence team to the parishes of St James, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland to gather information on narcotraf [...]
2005-03-17 14:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON772REQUEST FOR FY- 2005 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDING
[...] Background In 2003, the U.S. Government provided Economic Support Funds to assist Jamaica in building a more professional police force. A Law Enforcement Development Advisor position (LEDA) was established within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to implement recommendations from the Pol [...]
2005-03-17 21:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON797KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAR 5-17, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shooting at Funeral; Finance Minister Unharmed -- JLP Councillors Sue Government over Toll Bridge -- 11 Cubans Rescued Near Jamaica -- Jamaica Hosts African Diaspora Conference - [...]
2005-03-18 21:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID
05KINGSTON806HCOC DEMARCHE - JAMAICA
[...] (SBU) On March 14, Pol/Econ Chief conveyed reftel talking points to Shorna-Kay Richards, of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),leaving talking points as a non-paper. Richards carefully reviewed the points, as well as The Hague Co [...]
2005-03-21 23:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA JM MTCRE
05KINGSTON810DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-22 16:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO IR JM
05KINGSTON829NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER (AND PM-HOPEFUL)
[...] (U) Summary: Prompted by an escalating murder rate, on March 17 Minister of National Security Peter Phillips, in an address to graduates of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) training academy announced: "We are at war. The criminal gangs that have been spawned by the illegal drug trade have [...]
2005-03-23 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON830JAMAICA'S INTEREST RATES DROP TO RECORD LOW
[...] The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ),on March 7, reduced the rates on open market instruments for the second time this year. This is a continuation of the trend started in 2004, when interest rates were slashed eleven times. Interest rates have now moved from a high of 36 percent on 365-day instrument [...]
2005-03-23 20:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON831CIVAIR: FAA TEAM HOLDS FINAL CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 16, an FAA team led by FAA Flight Standards Southern Region Division Manager Frederick Walker, held final consultations with Transport and Works Minister Pickersgill, Jamaica Civil A [...]
2005-03-23 21:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD JM
05KINGSTON832JAMAICA: A NATION SADDLED BY DEBT
[...] (U) Summary: Despite GOJ efforts to lower its gargantuan public debt, Jamaica still has the unenviable record of being the second most indebted country in the world, after Lebanon, in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio. At the end of 2004, Jamaica's stock of public debt stood at USD 12.5 billion [...]
2005-03-24 11:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON893DISCOVERY OF FINANCE MINISTRY'S ISSUES ILLEGAL
[...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican Ministry of Finance (MOF) used deferred financing to support development projects without going to Parliament for approval. Following an amendment to the Financial Administration Act (FAA) in 2002, the MOF modified their "comfort letters" to financial institutions, turni [...]
2005-03-31 18:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON895RESPONSE TO APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: GE
[...] (U) Embassy Kingston understands that OPIC, per reftel, is interested in an assessment of the market for GE Mexico's products to replace hurricane-damaged or destroyed infrastructural equipment in Jamaica. At the present time, given the overall success of the post- hurricane rebuilding effort [...]
2005-04-01 13:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV JM GJ BH BB
05KINGSTON934Request for DVC Speaker for World Press Freedom Day
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks a DVC speaker in recognition of World Press Freedom Day. The discussion should focus on the increasingly complicated role of the modern journalist, who must balance the demand of generating original, breaking news stories with the need to gain the public's trust and provi [...]
2005-04-06 16:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
06BELIZE506BELIZE: DEMARCHE TO BENEFICIARIES OF CBTPA
[...] Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Ambassador Amalia Mai, CEO of Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nancy Namis, Director General of the Belize Directorate for Foreign Trade. Post will report any substantive GOB response. DIETER [...]
2006-06-07 19:12:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BB GY GJ JM NS TD WTRO BH
06BRIDGETOWN151COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARMBRISTER AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown - Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) requests clearance for, IRG/OFDA-LAC Consultants Mrs. Beryl Armbrister and Mr. Clive Lorde, employed by/contractor for OFDA, to travel to Kingston, Jamaica on/about February 6-10, 2006 to be Instructors at the Initial Damage Ass [...]
2006-01-23 20:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB JM XL
06BRIDGETOWN829MALAYSIA PRIME MINISTER VISITS ST. VINCENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines over the course of four days in April and May for what was touted by St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as a follow-up to his successful March visit to Malaysia and Singapore. Whil [...]
2006-05-15 16:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JM MY VC XL
06GENEVA2348ILC - JAMAICA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR PROFESSOR
[...] U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica requesting USG support for the candidacy of Professor Stephen Vasciannie for election to the International Law Commission at elections to be held in New York during the 61st session of the United Nations Genera [...]
2006-09-22 11:45:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA UNSC JM XL
06GUATEMALA1526GUATEMALA: SECOND REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 21:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS GT JM
06GUATEMALA1831GUATEMALA: END-USE ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF UH-1
[...] On September 11, post received a diplomatic note from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry that provided end-use, retransfer, and security assurances for the transfer of one U.S.-origin UH-1 helicopter frame and 261 lines of spare parts from Jamaica. The text of the diplomatic note is unchanged f [...]
2006-09-14 20:45:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS GT JM
06KINGSTON1006GOJ REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF JUSTICE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. On May 1, Embassy received via diplomatic note dated April 27, the following request to support the re-election of Justice Lloyd Ellis to the Board of Governors of the Justice Studies Center of the America's (JSCA). Text of note and accompany [...]
2006-05-22 19:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OAS JM
06KINGSTON1007CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...]
2006-05-22 19:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1044COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL ROGER
[...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA Office of International Affairs official Roger Gorke to travel to Kingston May 30 to June 2, 2006, to attend a water safety plan exercise in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer John Morgan who can be reached at [...]
2006-05-26 19:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON1045DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MAY 27 NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] (S) On May 26, P/E Couns and Poloff delivered reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, Multilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Given staffing gaps on the Ministry, this was the earliest the meeting could be scheduled. Brown read the poi [...]
2006-05-26 20:22:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR JM
06KINGSTON1051KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 13 - May 30, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- BOJ Reduces Interest Rates -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Jamaican Company to Expand to the Caribbean -- Major Investment Project on the Horizon -- Cement Troubles Continue -- Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (Finally) -------------- [...]
2006-05-30 14:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1054COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE
[...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement Advisors Nyron Davidson, Carlos Correa, Susan Thetford and Lydia Bulas for travel to Jamaica, June 7 - June 15, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to attend and participate in the Bank of Jama [...]
2006-05-31 15:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA JM
06KINGSTON1055COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DINT/FWS OFFICIAL
[...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to DINT/FWS Deputy Project Leader Joseph Schwagerf to travel to Kingston June 11 - June 16, 2006, to participate in a conference on restoration of subtropical dry forests. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer John Morgan who can be reached at [...]
2006-05-31 15:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TBIO JM
06KINGSTON1064U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Upon receipt of Reftel on May 31, the Ambassador attempted to contact Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who was campaigning outside of Kingston and unavailable by phone. With Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton abroad on official travel, the Ambassador telephoned Minister of State for For [...]
2006-06-01 11:58:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR JM
06KINGSTON1076COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: LORETTA MCNEIR
[...] Post grants country clearance to Loretta McNeir (TSAR) and TSA Security Inspectors Beverly Laners and Herman Smith for travel to Jamaica, June 22 - June 27, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to conduct an assessment of security measures at the Norman Manley International Airport in King [...]
2006-06-01 19:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA JM
06KINGSTON1086DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
[...] (SBU) On June 1, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). On the issue of the "trade and investment" resolution, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated that she would take our concerns to the dele [...]
2006-06-02 15:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL JM
06KINGSTON1097DEMARCHE TO "RECONFIRM" SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and six aides May 30 to ascertain GOJ voting intentions vis-a-vis Guatemala's bid for a non-permanent UNSC seat. The PM was unable to answer the question but said she would consult with Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton [...]
2006-06-05 12:05:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC PINR JM
06KINGSTON1103DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA
[...] (U) On May 4, Poloff faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on Jun [...]
2006-06-05 19:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM
06KINGSTON1104COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY
[...] Post grants country clearance to Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) Representatives Cara Ison and Joseph McRae for travel to Jamaica, June 11 - June 17, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to attend and present material at a training workshop on money se [...]
2006-06-05 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1117AMBASSADOR RAISES NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN STATEMENT,
[...] (C) On June 5, the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton to follow up on Guatemala's candidacy for a UNSC seat (Ref A),and to express disappointment with the recent NAM statement on Iran (Ref C). On Guatemala/UNSC, Hylton denied that Jamaica or CARICOM had yet decided how to v [...]
2006-06-07 18:26:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC AORC IAEA KNNP IR JM
06KINGSTON1118GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...]
2006-06-07 19:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
06KINGSTON1122JAMAICAN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN 2005: A YEAR OF
[...] Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica at the end of April shows that the country missed its main economic targets during 2005. Real GDP growth of 1.4 percent was below the original target of 3.6 percent, due to weather-related and oil price shocks. These contributed to rising p [...]
2006-06-07 20:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1123COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY
[...] Post grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy Mr. William SIPDIS Larry McDonald and to Mr. Gerard Livigni of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control for travel to Jamaica, June 11 - June 14, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to attend [...]
2006-06-07 20:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA JM
06KINGSTON1124COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE
[...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement Advisors David Chainer, Karl Oroz, Ronald Cleaver and John Anderson for travel to Jamaica June 12, 2006 through June 30, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to present OTA's Financial Investigat [...]
2006-06-07 20:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN JM
06KINGSTON11442006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] Embassy Kingston is aware of one investment dispute between a U.S. citizen/entity and the GOJ. This was first reported in ref. B, and was updated in refs. C, D and E. This dispute has been included in past Reports on Investment Disputes. 2. A) Claimant A. B) 1996 C) Case status: As n [...]
2006-06-09 18:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKIDE EINV ECON CASC EFIN OPIC PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1161COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA EMPLOYEE MCKAY
[...] Post grants country clearance to Gordon Michael McKay for travel to and from Montego Bay, Jamaica on June 21, 2006. Post understands the traveler will not be staying in Jamaica overnight. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, telephone number (876) 935- [...]
2006-06-13 15:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1169COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA EMPLOYEE JOSEPH DONALD
[...] Post grants country clearance to Joseph Donald Fusco for travel to Jamaica June 27 - June 29, 2006. Post understands traveler will be staying at Sunset Beach Resort in Montego Bay. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, telephone number (876) 935-6028; F [...]
2006-06-15 12:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1186COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE FINANCIAL
[...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Financial Enforcement Advisor Charles K. Sciarini for travel to Jamaica July 16 - July 21, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to work with REDTRAC on developing a course on advanced criminal intelligence. 2. The Control Officer for this visit w [...]
2006-06-16 12:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA JM
06KINGSTON1187COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE ADVISOR J.
[...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Financial Enforcement Advisor J. Joseph Cohen for travel to Jamaica July 2 - July 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to speak at the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Anti-Money-Laundering Conference. 2. The Control Officer for t [...]
2006-06-16 12:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA JM
06KINGSTON1199CONTROVERSIAL POLICE OFFICER BACK ON THE FORCE
[...] (U) Senior Superintendent Renato Adams, the controversial former head of the disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU),has been reinstated to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Adams was taken off active duty in 2004 pending the outcome of the trial in which he and five other members of the CMU [...]
2006-06-16 20:44:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM CVIS JM
06KINGSTON1209DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM
06KINGSTON1231COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS
[...] Post grants country clearance to Luis A. Thompson and Walter Wheeler, Aviation Safety Inspectors, for travel to Jamaica July 10 - July 13, 2006. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, telephone number (876) 935-6028; Fax no. (876) 935-6029. 3. Post co [...]
2006-06-22 12:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1252COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: US SEC REPRESENTATIVE HAIMERA
[...] Post grants country clearance to US SEC representative Haimera Workie for travel to Jamaica July 5, 2006 through July 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to speak at the CFATF Plenary on behalf of the Department of Treasury Office of Technical Assistance. 2. The Control Officer for th [...]
2006-06-23 19:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1253COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE ADVISOR DAVID
[...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement Advisor David Chainer for travel to Jamaica July 9, 2006 through July 22, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to work with Redtrac on the intelligence gathering instructor course. 2. The Contr [...]
2006-06-23 20:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1256KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 31 - June 23, 2006
[...] This month's topics: -- Chilean President Visits -- GOJ Concerns with Increasing Food Imports -- Diaspora Conference Held in Kingston -- Bank Executive Highlights Benefits of Migration -- Businesses Hurting From Anti-Drug Efforts -- Huge Demand for Scrap -- Inflation Moderates -- IMF Says [...]
2006-06-26 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1260COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIALS STEPHANIE
[...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA Office of International Affairs official Stephanie Adrian and OW Representative for the PAHO/CDC/EPA Partnership Roger Gorke to travel to Kingston July 10 to July 15, 2006, to attend a water safety plan exercise in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Embass [...]
2006-06-26 17:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON1261COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - DOE/NNSA TIMOTHY HAMLIN AND
[...] Post grants country clearance for proposed travel by DOE/NNSA travelers Timothy Hamlin and Jeremiah Harlin to Cayman Islands, Cayman, July 12-19, 2006, conditional on concurrence by Embassy London. (The Cayman Islands are a United Kingdom Overseas Territory.) 2. Post understands the trav [...]
2006-06-26 18:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA CI JM
06KINGSTON1263COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC'S RICHARD DAVIS FOR
[...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to Richard Davis, Management Analyst, NCEH, HHS/CDC, to travel to Kingston, Jamaica July 10, 2006 to July 14, 2006. Traveler will conduct a second site visit for PAHO and HHS/CDC on the EPA Water Safety Plan Demo Project. 2. Embassy point of cont [...]
2006-06-26 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA US CDC JM
06KINGSTON1269STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP
[...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...]
2006-06-27 12:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1280REMITTANCES SURGE, BUT FACE SCRUTINY
[...] Summary: Remittances solidified their position as the leading foreign exchange earner in Jamaica, rising 12.6 percent to USD 1.65 billion at the end of 2005. At this level, Jamaica has the largest per capita level of remittances in the region, with inflows accounting for almost 18 percent of G [...]
2006-06-28 19:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1282COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: DOL OFFICIALS EDWIN ROBISON AND
[...] Post grants country clearance to Supervisory Mathematical Statistician Edwin Robison and Economist Karen Kosanovich for travel to Jamaica July 9, 2006 through July 15, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to conduct a training program on household and establishment surveys, sponsored by th [...]
2006-06-28 20:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ELAB JM
06KINGSTON1286 CEMENT CRISIS TRIGGERS SHOCKWAVES IN JAMAICA
[...] Summary: An ongoing cement shortage has caused immense social and economic fallout, with potential negative implications for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's fledgling administration. In 2004, despite strong opposition from interest groups, the GOJ yielded to pressure from the Caribbean [...]
2006-06-29 13:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND JM
06KINGSTON1297CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. NR009919 01
[...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Age-Discordant Relationships Among Teen Girls in Jamaica" involving an institution in Jamaica. [...]
2006-06-30 13:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1298PETROCARIBE SAVINGS NOT (YET) A SLUSH FUND
[...] (SBU) In an informal discussion with Ruth Potopsingh, Chairwoman of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Group of Companies (PCJ Group) on June 27, Potopsingh offered some clarification of the mechanism through which PetroCaribe Agreement savings are held, as well as the uses to which the savi [...]
2006-06-30 14:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PREL JM
06KINGSTON1299DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points by fax to Esmond Reid, Assistant Director in the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Reid apologized for being unable to meet in person, noting that his office was operating with a "skeleton staff" due to u [...]
2006-06-30 14:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDWTRO ETRD ECON JM
06KINGSTON1301COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: US SEC REPRESENTATIVE HAIMERA
[...] Post grants country clearance to US Treasury representative Austin Roger Wiehe for travel to Jamaica July 5, 2006 through July 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to participate in the CFATF Plenary on behalf of the Department of Treasury Office of Technical Assistance. 2. The Contro [...]
2006-06-30 18:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1342JAMAICAN ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONFIDENT BUT ALSO
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Audley Shaw, opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Spokesman for Finance and Public Service, Shaw predicted that national elections would be called for late August or early September. He said that a series of scandals could open the door for the first JLP [...]
2006-07-07 20:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR JM
06KINGSTON1343AMBASSADOR JOHNSON HANDS OVER KEYS TO REFURBISHED
[...] During a widely publicized ceremony at Jamaica's Coast Guard base in Port Royal on July 6, U.S. Ambassador Brenda Johnson formally presented the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) with the keys to a refurbished Sea Ark Dauntless Class vessel recently refitted/refurbished using NAS/INL funds. JDF Chi [...]
2006-07-07 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR JM
06KINGSTON1346CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT
[...] On July 5, Embassy received diplomatic correspondence (No. 8/802/7 dated July 4, 2006) from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) forwarding an Independence Day congratulatory message. 2. Text of Diplomatic Note: Begin Text: 8/802/7 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade pres [...]
2006-07-07 20:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT JM
06KINGSTON1359CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. DK075018 01
[...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Kwashiorkor," pending human subject approv [...]
2006-07-10 20:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1360CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. TW007596 01
[...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Rural and Urban Dwellers in Jamaica," pending human subje [...]
2006-07-10 20:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1370GOJ LETTER TO SEC STATE RICE RE UNSC SEAT
[...] On July 11, Embassy received a letter dated July 10, 2006 from G. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),to Dr. Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States of America. 2. Text of GOJ Letter: Begin Text: Dear Dr. [...]
2006-07-11 19:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS UNSC CARICOM JM
06KINGSTON1387JAMAICA/US AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On July 5, Embassy received diplomatic correspondence (No. 358/505/50 dated June 28, 2006) from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) providing comments on the USG message of February 3, 2006 proposing amendments to the Jamaica/United States [...]
2006-07-12 16:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD KTIA JM
06KINGSTON1412REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING:
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed cand [...]
2006-07-19 14:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1423JAMAICAN FINANCE MINISTER NOT READY TO QUIT (YET)
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies will not/not resign just yet, despite widespread media reports last week indicating that Davies was preparing to leave the cabinet, his Parliamentary seat, and representational politics. Embassy contacts had confirmed that his rumored [...]
2006-07-21 15:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL JM
06KINGSTON1437DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING COMMISSION FOR FREE CUBA
[...] (U) On July 11, 2006, Political Section delivered reftel points and Compact Report to the Director of Caribbean and Americas Department, Joy Wheeler, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Wheeler had no immediate comment. 2. (U) On July 20, Political Officer spoke with Shere [...]
2006-07-24 16:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CU PHUM PREL JM
06KINGSTON1439DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE
[...] (U) On July 6, 2006, Political Section delivered reftel points and the White House statement to the Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Angella Brown, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) ON July 24, 2006, PolOff followed up with Brown who stated [...]
2006-07-24 18:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KN KNNP PARM PREL
06KINGSTON1441KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: June 24 - July 24, 2006
[...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit Postponed -- West Indies Alumina Company Cutting Jobs -- More Competition in Mobile Market -- Finance Minister Heads Team to the UK -- Cement Imports Increase -- Airline Starts Service to Jamaica -- Prices Jump in June -- Opposition Spokesman Predicts [...]
2006-07-25 11:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1465REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post urgently requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Post regrets t [...]
2006-07-26 20:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1482PORTIA'S CLOCK IS TICKING: JAMAICAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 13:21:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1485REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed candi [...]
2006-07-28 20:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1498DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
[...] (U) On July 20, 2006, Political Section discussed reftel with Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) On July 28, 2006, PolOff followed up with Brown who stated that the GOJ has not yet decided who [...]
2006-07-31 20:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1499DEMARCHE DELIVERED: P5 + 1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR
[...] (U) On July 24, 2006, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) On July 28, Poloff followed up with Brown who said she was preparing briefing materials for the GOJ del [...]
2006-07-31 21:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC JM
06KINGSTON1500U.S.-CARICOM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: JAMAICAN URGES
[...] (C) Summary: According to a Jamaican official at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM),there is tension within CARICOM regarding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. The larger economies appear to desire an FTA, but the smaller Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (O [...]
2006-07-31 22:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EINV PREL ETRD JM
06KINGSTON1504COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: ISA REPRESENTATIVES CONSTANCE
[...] Post grants country clearance to ISA representatives Constance Arvis and Patricia Kraniotis for travel to Jamaica August 6, 2006 through August 19, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to participate in the ISA Twelfth Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority in Kingst [...]
2006-08-02 16:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC ISA JM
06KINGSTON1526DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING OAS MLAT AND OPTIONAL
[...] (U) In a letter dated July 24, 2006, addressed to Joy Wheeler, Director Caribbean and Americas Department with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Acting Pol/Econ Counselor urged the GOJ to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention at the earliest possible [...]
2006-08-03 20:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM
06KINGSTON1546OPPOSITION LEADER TAUNTS PRIME MINISTER TO BRING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bruce Golding, the opposition leader for the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) continues to dare Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the leader of the ruling Peoples National Party (PNP),to call general elections now. The JLP has swept over all parts of the island in a vigorous [...]
2006-08-04 21:47:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1553COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA EMPLOYEE LITTAU
[...] Post grants country clearance to Inspector Erwin Littau, ASI/AW, for travel to Montego Bay, Jamaica August 21 - 22, 2006. Post understands the traveler will conduct airport station inspection for U.S. air carrier. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, [...]
2006-08-09 13:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1560COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FINANCIAL ENFORCEMENT ADVISOR
[...] Post grants country clearance to US Treasury representative Fred Borakove for travel to Jamaica September 4, 2006 through September 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to present a financial profiling course for the tax administration department (TAAD). 2. The Control Officer for this [...]
2006-08-10 13:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1579LIKELY ISSUES IF ELECTIONS CALLED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),leader of the Peoples National Party (PNP),remains silent on the timing of the next general election. If elections are not called soon, PSM will have to wait until after Cricket World Cup (CWC) (scheduled to begin in March 2007),du [...]
2006-08-14 11:34:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON JM
06KINGSTON1587FALSE OPTIMISM? GOJ FINANCES IMPROVE IN FIRST FISCAL
[...] Summary: Government finances for April-June 2006 (the first quarter of the Jamaican fiscal year) improved due to strong revenues and lower-than-projected capital spending. For the review period, GOJ operations generated a fiscal deficit of USD 115 million, lower than the targeted deficit of U [...]
2006-08-14 18:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL JM
06KINGSTON1588COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
[...] Post grants country clearance to US Customs and Border Protection representatives Shani-ola Fletcher and Alyce Modesto for travel to Jamaica August 15, 2006 through August 28 2006. Post understands the travelers are to coordinate efforts related to implementing the Container Security Initiativ [...]
2006-08-14 19:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1589DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE LEBANON
[...] (U) Political Officer delivered demarche regarding UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon to Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Hylton, Minister of State Delano Franklyn, and Deputy Director of International Organisations Angella Brown. 2. (U) On August 14, DCM Heg telephoned Minister o [...]
2006-08-14 20:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE JM
06KINGSTON1592VENEZUELA/JAMAICA: USD 563 MILLION ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) On August 14, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, accompanied by Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Energy and Petroleum Minister Raphael Ramirez, made a one-day stop in Jamaica during which he signed agreements with the GOJ totaling USD 563.3 million. Of that figure, USD 290 million pur [...]
2006-08-15 19:47:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1605UNSC VOTE: MIXED SIGNALS FROM JAMAICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-17 15:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1606COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: DOT JOSEPH TRAINI
[...] Post grants country clearance to Joseph Traini, International Transportation Specialist of the Office of the Secretary, Office of International Transportation and Trade SIPDIS of the U.S. Department of Transportation for travel to Jamaica August 21, 2006 through August 27, 2006. Post under [...]
2006-08-17 16:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1624UNSC VOTE: JAMAICA "UNDECIDED"?
[...] (C) On August 18, Poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),who reported that Jamaica was "undecided" regarding the UNSC seat vote and that Jamaica would make its decision based on "national in [...]
2006-08-18 18:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1630FOLLOW UP ON 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH LEVEL
[...] On August 18, Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, indicated the following regarding the Jamaican delgation to the High-Level events at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA). A. Attendance of the Head of [...]
2006-08-18 21:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1637US CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
[...] On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel Diplomatic Note to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ms. Brown stated that she would recommend supporting Wedgwood's candidacy and she expected that Jamaica would be able [...]
2006-08-21 15:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHCR JM
06KINGSTON1644DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON
[...] On July 31, 2006, PolOff delivered the reftel talking points related to International Migration to Claudia Barnes, Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) and to Angella Brown, Deputy Director of International Organizations at MFAFT. 2. Neit [...]
2006-08-21 20:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SMIG UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1645KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: July 25 - August 21, 2006
[...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit -- Jamaican Delegation in Venezuela -- National Elections in 2006 Unlikely -- Telecom Company Cuts Staff -- Prices Inching Up -- Bankers Submit Credit Bureau Proposal -- Several Apply for Commercial Bank Licenses -- Jamaica Files Debt Shelf with US Sec [...]
2006-08-22 11:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1646COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA KRISTA BERQUIST
[...] Post grants country clearance to Krista Berquist, FAA, for travel to Jamaica August 22, 2006 through August 27, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to participate in a meeting of the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) and a Maritime Working Group (MWG) meeting. 2. The C [...]
2006-08-22 14:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON16512006 BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE
[...] Embassy Kingston's designated contact responsible for oversight of the Blue Lantern Program in Jamaica is Ms. Kara V. French, Political Officer; telephone: 876-935-6079; fax: 876-935-6029; email: FrenchKV@state.gov; ETD: 11/1/2006. 2. Effective November 1, 2006, the designated contact for [...]
2006-08-22 19:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC KSEP US JM
06KINGSTON1657COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL GODWIN
[...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA David Godwin, Environmental Engineer, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency, to travel to Jamaica August 25 to September 5, 2006, to attend a workshop on "Alternative (Ozone-Friendly) Technologies" in Kingston, Jamaica. Em [...]
2006-08-23 15:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON1662JAMAICA: WINDOW TO CALL ELECTIONS CLOSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's (PSM) window to call general elections is quickly closing. Under an informal agreement with CARICOM countries not to hold elections within six months of Cricket World Cup (CWC),PSM must hold elections before October 11 or wait until after [...]
2006-08-23 19:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1666COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
[...] Post grants country clearance to US Customs and Border Protection representative Alyce Modesto to travel to Jamaica August 24, 2006 through October 1, 2006 and Winston Johnson to travel to Jamaica August 24, 2006 through August 28, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to coordinate efforts [...]
2006-08-23 20:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1704CORRECTED SUBJECT: KINGSTON WELCOMES EMBASSY SCIENCE
[...] This is a joint State-FAS message. This cable responds to ref. A action request. 2. Post is pleased to welcome Dr. Thomas Schiefer and Dr. Bradley Turner to Kingston to assist the Government of Jamaica's Ministry of Health to develop a National Avian Influenza Surveillance and Response Pro [...]
2006-08-29 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV JM
06KINGSTON1705COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: THOMAS SCHIEFER AND BRADLEY
[...] Post grants country clearance to Bradley Turner and to Thomas Schiefer, Embassy Science Fellows. Post understands the travelers will be assisting the GOJ Ministry of Agriculture in implementing an avian influenza surveillance and response plan. 2. The Embassy point of contact will be Mr. Sy [...]
2006-08-29 20:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL AMGT APER SENV EAGR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1737KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: August 22 - September 1, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 20:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB IDB KIPR JM
06KINGSTON1751JAMAICAN PM WILL NOT ATTEND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
[...] On September 6th, the Front Office verbally delivered reftel invitation to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's office. Unfortunately, the date of the Women's Empowerment Working Group conflicts with the People's National Party Annual Conference in Kingston and, therefore, the Prime Ministe [...]
2006-09-07 18:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM UNGA PREL JM
06KINGSTON1789SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM: JAMAICA
[...] This cable responds to reftel request. Responses are keyed to template provided. ------- Context ------- 2. USAID/Jamaica Economic Growth Strategic Objective Program for FY2005 through FY2009: Under USAID/Jamaica's FY2005 to FY2009 strategy of "Increased Trade Competitiveness in Targe [...]
2006-09-11 19:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EAID PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1798 JAMAICA: ECONOMIC GROWTH EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS,
[...] Jamaica's economy is estimated to have grown by 2.8 percent between April and June 2006 -- twice the rate projected by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ),and this despite a shock to the construction sector from a recent cement crisis (ref. A). Growth has been largely the result of touris [...]
2006-09-12 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND PREL SOCI JM
06KINGSTON1805JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 20:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL
06KINGSTON1842JAMAICA: PARTICIPATION IN 2006 CARIBBEAN ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 20:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1851(C) UNGA RELATED QUESTIONS
[...] (C) Post provides answers to reftel A questions below: (C) Q. 2.A. General professional and personal background information on Permanent Rep to the UN Wolfe, including previous positions (include dates),foreign travel, relevant job experience, education, marital status, and English capabili [...]
2006-09-18 19:39:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR UN JM
06KINGSTON1859REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 3 OCT
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) The names of the propos [...]
2006-09-20 12:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1978DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: UNSC RACE
[...] (SBU) On October 4, PolOff met with and conveyed reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and left a copy of the Non-Paper on President Chavez' Statements. 2. (SBU) Brown stated tha [...]
2006-10-04 20:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALUNSC GT VE JM
06KINGSTON1992JAMAICA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING
[...] Post provides to following information in response to reftel: A) The Political/Economic Section has responsibility for economic monitoring and reporting. The section consists of one Political/Economic Counselor, one Economic Officer, and one FSN Economic Specialist. Commercial diplomacy effor [...]
2006-10-06 12:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JM
06KINGSTON2020JAMAICA: TRAFIGURA SCANDAL MAY AFFECT TIMING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) The Trafigura scandal delineated septel has forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and Development and PNP General Secretary, and may cause the Prime Minister to wait to call elections until late next year. Prior to this latest imbroglio, many observers had spec [...]
2006-10-12 12:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET KCOR XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2021JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER
[...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]
2006-10-12 12:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2022JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER
[...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]
2006-10-12 12:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON203AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] Summary: During the Ambassador's January 17 courtesy call on Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding and senior Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) MPs Karl Samuda (JLP Chairman) and Ed Bartlett (shadow tourism minister),Golding lamented what he described as Jamaica's diminished importance to the USG, [...]
2006-02-01 17:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL WHTI JM
06KINGSTON204DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS
[...] (U) On January 31, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Claudia Barnes, Director of the Economic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Gillian Guthrie, Director of Projects and Enforcement at the Ministry of Land and Environment (MLE),and Glori [...]
2006-02-01 17:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON2065JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT DEFEATS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION
[...] (U) On October 17, Parliament debated for eight hours a no-confidence motion brought by Bruce Golding, leader of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),against the ruling People's National Party (PNP),in response to the controversy surrounding the USD 500K in political funding donated to t [...]
2006-10-18 20:45:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2075REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 15
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2006-10-19 15:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2083REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 18
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name(s) of the proposed c [...]
2006-10-20 18:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2145DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON2146DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: ISRAEL AT UNGA - OPPOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS JM
06KINGSTON2147DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL UNGA JM
06KINGSTON2151JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]
2006-10-31 20:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2167DIP NOTES RECEIVED ON NOVEMBER 1, 2006
[...] American Embassy Kingston received the following two Diplomatic Notes on November 1, 2006 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade: (1) Ref. 50/140/51 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America [...]
2006-11-03 16:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECPS JM
06KINGSTON2189JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION
[...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]
2006-11-07 19:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON2200JAMAICA: TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] (C) This message responds to questions raised in reftel. Answers are keyed to the format given. A) Primary Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Lloyd Moss Political/Economic Counselor Telephone: (876) 935-6083 Fax: (876) 935-6029 E-mail: mosslw@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO: Joh [...]
2006-11-08 19:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON2213REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requets the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candida [...]
2006-11-13 12:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2251JAMAICA: OPPOSITION JAMAICAN LABOUR PARTY STAGES
[...] (C) With music blaring and clouds of ganga floating in the air, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) staged its 63rd Annual Conference November 18-19 at the National Arena in Kingston. Local media estimated the crowd of green-clad supporters in the "tens of thousands," with the vast majority watchin [...]
2006-11-20 16:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EDU PINR SOCI XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2275COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to Regional Environmental Specialist Andrea Borel to travel to Jamaica November 28 to December 1, 2006, to attend a meeting on the action plan for the Caribbean Environment Program, as well as the White Water to Blue Water Council meeting in Montego Bay [...]
2006-11-27 15:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV CS JM
06KINGSTON230"A TWO-HORSE RACE": PHILLIPS AIDE HANDICAPS
[...] (C) On January 30, a close confidant of National Security Minister Peter Phillips discussed the campaigns of Phillips, Local Government, Community and Sport Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Finance Minister Omar Davies, and former Water and Housing Minister Karl Blythe to succeed P.J. Patterson [...]
2006-02-03 19:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PINR JM
06KINGSTON2303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 18:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON231 JAMAICAN ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Signs of recovery have started to emerge in the Jamaican economy following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Real GDP rose by 2.9 percent during the period from July to September 2005, reflecting robust growth in the productive sectors. Declining oil prices and [...]
2006-02-03 19:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON2313PNP CAGEY OVER LOCAL ELECTION DATE
[...] (C) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) continues its evasiveness on when elections will finally be called. During two recent private meetings with Emboffs, however, PNP officials strongly suggested that local elections would be held in January. General elections would be held, contacts [...]
2006-11-29 19:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JM XL
06KINGSTON2314(C) AIR JAMAICA: REPORTS OF MY DEMISE ARE NOT
[...] (C) The GOJ simply does not grasp the dire predicament faced by Air Jamaica. The carrier literally could cease operations at any time, much like the situation with Swissair in October 2001. A cocktail of enormous and growing debt, a lack of political will to make painful and expensive choices [...]
2006-11-29 19:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV JM XL
06KINGSTON2320REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistane in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candida [...]
2006-11-30 15:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2328JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),the Millennium Challenge Corp [...]
2006-12-01 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL
06KINGSTON2377JAMAICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Since the determination that the Jamaican-owned "SuperClubs" brand of all-inclusive resorts was operating in Cuba in violation of Title IV of the Libertad Act, and subsequently divested itself of assets there (ref. B),Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jam [...]
2006-12-07 20:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL JM CU
06KINGSTON2379JAMAICA: TERRORIST LIST
[...] In private conversation with EmbOff on Dec. 7, Major David Anderson of the Ministry of National Security indicated the following: (A) The Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Immigration Department and the Special Branch of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) both maintain informal watch lists, [...]
2006-12-08 13:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER ASEC JM
06KINGSTON2384JAMAICA: MALARIAL OUTBREAK UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Jamaican malaria outbreak (reftel) will likely get worse before it gets better, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Country Director Dr. Ernest Pate. In private discussions with Embassy officials on December 8, Pate said that there are 53 confirmed cases, but [...]
2006-12-08 18:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
06KINGSTON2396JAMAICA: INPUT FOR 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is keyed to reftel, para. nine: General Assessment ------------------ No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Jamaica in 2006. Safe Haven Assessment --------------------- Jamaica is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organiz [...]
2006-12-14 16:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JM XL
06KINGSTON240KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JANUARY 20, 2006 -
[...] This week's topics: -- Formal Inauguration of CARICOM Single Market -- Fiscal Deficit Worsens -- Fiscal Situation Worries International Investors -- GOJ Exploring Fuel Tax Increase -- Bauxite/Alumina Expansion Project On Track -- Crime Rates Down --------------------------- [...]
2006-02-03 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON2426REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2006-12-22 13:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2428REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2006-12-27 14:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2437REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2006-12-28 13:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2438REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2006-12-28 13:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON268SUGAR TARIFF RATE QUOTA: JAMAICAN RESPONSE
[...] (U) On February 1, Econoff delivered reftel talking points by fax to Ambassador Derrick Heaven, Executive Chairman of the Jamaica Sugar Industry Authority (SIA). Ambassador Heaven replied by fax on February 2. 2. (U) Ambassador Heaven,s response was as follows: Begin text: The Sugar I [...]
2006-02-07 20:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM
06KINGSTON278JAMAICAN SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Delroy Brown, official at the Spectrum Management Agency (SMA) of the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology (MCST) on December 21, 2005. Brown requested that the specific questions be left with him so that he might direct them to the appro [...]
2006-02-08 19:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS JM
06KINGSTON294RECENT ALLEGED HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE DEFIES EASY
[...] (C) In November and December 2005, two murders in Jamaica were labeled by some gay activists as homophobic hate crimes, although senior police contacts described the killings as resulting from common robberies. On November 30, 2005, a leading HIV/AIDS activist, Lenford "Steve" Harvey, was fou [...]
2006-02-10 20:19:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI JM PHUM
06KINGSTON30NOMINATION FOR PE-220 FSN ECONOMIC TRAINING:
[...] (U) This nomination cable is in response to reftel requesting nomination of FSNs for PE-220 FSN Economic Training, May 1-12, 2006. Answers are keyed to the format provided in paragraph 8. A. Name and Grade of FSN: Elvis Melton James. Grade 11. B. Date of Birth: 27 September 1971. C [...]
2006-01-06 18:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON AMGT AFSI AFSN ETRD JM
06KINGSTON310JAMAICA ADDS MUSCLE TO GUN LICENSING PROCESS
[...] (SBU) On January 18, NAS Director met with Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas to discuss the status of a 2004 investigation of widespread fraud in the issuance of gun licenses. In March 2004, due to intense media inquiries, a probe centered on the St. Andrew North Division revealed rampant [...]
2006-02-14 20:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC JM
06KINGSTON317JAMAICAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] SUMMARY: On January 19, 2006, the Jamaican National Security Ministry initiated an inquiry into allegations of daily acts of rape committed against inmates at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, where American prisoners are regularly incarcerated. The inquiry followed published comp [...]
2006-02-15 19:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PHUM JM
06KINGSTON318MURDER OF SPANISH TOWN CRIMINAL LEADER AGAIN CALLS
[...] (C) The February 8 murder of Andrew "Bun Man" Hope, the leader of Spanish Town's One Order gang, while Hope sat in a vehicle registered to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Olivia "Babsy" Grange, again drew attention to the deceased man's ties to Grange. Witnesses alleged that it [...]
2006-02-15 19:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
06KINGSTON330WHA- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR ESF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 20:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON331NAS PROGRAM REVIEW: JAMAICA FUGITIVE APPREHENSION
[...] Summary: This report provides an update on the work of the Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team (JFAT). 2. The Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team (JFAT) is a unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the unit performs its duties in collaboration with the United States Marshals Servi [...]
2006-02-16 22:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KCRM JM
06KINGSTON336KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 4, 2006 -
[...] This week's topics: -- New Governor General -- Economic Prospects Favorable -- First Supplementary Estimates to Be Tabled -- Tourism Back In Earnest -- Jamaica's Hunt for Oil -- Sugar Industry Developments -- Jamaica-Cuba: Light Bulbs and Cement -- International Arrest [...]
2006-02-17 15:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON393DEMARCHE: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 18:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC VE JM
06KINGSTON394DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT U.N.
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 24, Pol/EconCouns took advantage of a meeting on various topics with Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the Multilateral Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade ( [...]
2006-02-27 18:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN JM
06KINGSTON395DEMARCHE ON IRAN, IAEA, AND UNSC
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 24, P/ECouns met with and conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director, Office of Multilateral Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),leaving the p [...]
2006-02-27 18:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC JM
06KINGSTON396DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM
[...] This message is also an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 5. 2. On February 23, P/ECouns called on Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),to convey reftel points on the way forward on [...]
2006-02-27 18:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PHUM UN ADCO JM
06KINGSTON402PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER WINS PNP RACE TO SUCCEED
[...] (C) On February 25 Peoples National Party (PNP) delegates elected Portia Simpson Miller to succeed P.J. Patterson as party president and Prime Minister (the latter subject to the expected confirmation by the PNP parliamentary majority, followed by ratification by the Governor General). Patters [...]
2006-02-27 20:57:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM
06KINGSTON405FOLLOW-UP ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Following several unavoidably aborted meetings, Pol/EconCouns met on February 23 with Michelle Walker, Chief Legal Counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) and Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the MFAF [...]
2006-02-27 23:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PARM JM
06KINGSTON406MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In a February 24 meeting with Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director, Multilateral Affairs Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel points, as well as a [...]
2006-02-27 23:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IS JM
06KINGSTON415THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 18:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON418CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007: URGENCY REQUIRED, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seeking to assess the state of Jamaica's preparations to host the opening ceremony and some competitive matches for the 2007 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, Ambassador and Econoff met seperately with three top organizing officials: Chris Dehring, Managing Direct [...]
2006-02-28 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAIR ECON PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON420 JAMAICA RECORDS STRONG GROWTH DURING OCTOBER TO
[...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican economy weathered the storms of 2005 to record growth of 1.8 percent during the year. The expansion in output was largely due to robust growth of 4.1 percent during the final quarter, reflecting a recovery in agriculture and tourism. Declining oil and food prices al [...]
2006-02-28 20:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON45KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 23, 2005 -
[...] This week's topics: -- Chinese "Aid" Pipeline Deepens -- Venezuelan "Aid" Also Deepens -- Fiscal Deficit Widens -- Remittances Remain Buoyant -- Income Tax Threshold to Increase -- International Arrests -- Jamaica - The World's Murder Capital ------------------------------ Chin [...]
2006-01-09 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON475KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 18, 2006 -
[...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Chosen -- Rating Agency Maintains Jamaica's Rating -- Expansion of Oil Refinery Underway -- GOJ Seeking Consultation on Explosive Tax Proposal -- Crime Rates Down -------------------------- New Prime Minister Chosen ----------------- [...]
2006-03-08 20:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON537FIRST SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES FOR 2005/06 TABLED
[...] The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced its supplementary estimates for the 2005/06 fiscal year, which closes on 31 March. The estimates, tabled in Parliament on March 7, will reduce the original expenditure budget for the full fiscal year by USD 13.5 million (JMD 0.9 billion) to USD 5 [...]
2006-03-17 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON539JAMAICA: THREE LARGE GANJA SEIZURES IN TWO WEEKS
[...] On February 21, during a routine examination of a 20-foot container located at the Kingston wharves, the Contraband Enforcement Team (CET),accompanied by the Narcotics police found 294.55 kilograms of processed marijuana inside 27 tins of sealed cheese. The shipment belonged to Paul Bennett o [...]
2006-03-17 19:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM JM
06KINGSTON542AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 15 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador called on a visibly weary Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),at Jamaica House. Minister of Commerce, Science, Technology, and Energy Phillip Paulwell and former Foreign Trade Minister Tony Hylton were also present. In their first formal meeting since the latter's tr [...]
2006-03-17 20:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PINR JM
06KINGSTON553KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 7 - MARCH 17, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister on March 30 -- Delta Call Center Contract -- Tax Debate Heats Up -- New Player in Telecom Industry -- Tough Cement Problem -- Crime Rates Down ------------------------------ New Prime Minister on March 30 --------------- [...]
2006-03-20 18:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON558DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 20:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE JM
06KINGSTON563GOJ'S RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) March 16, Poloff delivered reftel talking points via facsimile to Joy Wheeler, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. On March 20, Poloff received a response from Karl Hamilton, Ministry of National Security, through Claudette Francis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-03-21 14:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM
06KINGSTON614JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO STATUS OF FORCES
[...] Late on March 20, Embassy Kingston received Diplomatic Note 358/803/3 from the Government of Jamaica accepting the amended Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Tradewinds exercise in response to our Diplomatic Note 085/06 dated March 17, accepting the Government of Jamaica's proposed amen [...]
2006-03-27 21:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM
06KINGSTON633 JAMAICA BRACING FOR STORMY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Jamaica is bracing itself for one of its most tumultuous years regarding industrial relations. With approximately 48 unresolved wage disputes carrying over from 2005 and with many contracts expiring in March, work stoppages may prove common in 2006. Already seen in the bauxite s [...]
2006-03-30 16:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON634 JAMAICA OVERHAULS PENSION SYSTEM
[...] Summary: The Senate has approved the contentious Pensions (Superannuation Funds and Retirement Schemes) Act to reform and regulate the pensions industry in Jamaica. The Act was passed in 2004 and came into effect on March 1, 2005, but the regulations supporting the Act were sent to a Senate [...]
2006-03-30 16:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON644BANK EXPLAINS CUBAN ACCOUNTS DECISION
[...] (SBU) The Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Gisela Garcia Rivera, responded with outrage to recent media reports that the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited (BNS) would cease holding U.S.-dollar-denominated accounts maintained in Jamaica for the Cuban Embassy. Garcia announced that the Cuban Emba [...]
2006-04-03 14:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV JM
06KINGSTON645MARCH 30 INAUGURATION OF PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER AS
[...] On March 30, Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller became Jamaica's seventh Prime Minister (and the first woman to hold the office) when she was sworn in by Governor-General Kenneth Hall at King's House, in front of an estimated crowd of 6,000-10,000 guests. Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson submit [...]
2006-04-03 16:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV JM
06KINGSTON647KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 18 - MARCH 31,
[...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Sworn In -- Economic Policy Stability -- Cement Industry Developments -- Labor Relations -- Revised Sugar Production Target for `05/`06 ------------------------------ New Prime Minister Sworn In ------------------------------ 2. [...]
2006-04-03 18:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON682CODEL ISSA'S MARCH 30 MEETING WITH NEWLY INSTALLED
[...] Codel Issa met with newly installed Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on March 30, shortly after the PM was sworn in at King's House. The cordial meeting lasted nearly one-and-a-quarter hours. Simpson-Miller expressed determination to move quickly to address Jamaica's joblessness and high [...]
2006-04-06 16:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KCRM SOCI JM
06KINGSTON69DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AGENDA ITEM
[...] (U) On January 5, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to the office of Ambassador Wolfe, Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Wolfe then transmitted the points to Dr. Barrington Wint, Chief Medical Officer at the Mi [...]
2006-01-11 14:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TBIO JM WHO
06KINGSTON693JAMAICA'S FISCAL POLICY 2006/7: MORE OF THE SAME?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ expenditure budget for FY 2006/7 is expected to be announced on April 12. Against this background, emboffs met with Ministry of Finance (MOF) officials on March 30 to discuss the GOJ'S fiscal program. The GOJ, as expected, will miss its FY 2005/6 balanced budget targe [...]
2006-04-07 17:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON725NOMINATION FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM
[...] This is a joint State-FAS-USAID message. 2. The growing global threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to human and domestic animal health, agricultural industries, and entire economies, has generated interest among Government of Jamaica (GOJ) officials and private sector stakeho [...]
2006-04-12 18:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV JM
06KINGSTON745KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 1 - April 18, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder -- Buoyant Tourism Season -- Sluggish Economic Growth in 2005 -- Inflation Slows During First Quarter -- Estimates of Expenditure Tabled ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder ---------------------- [...]
2006-04-18 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON748 LABOR TURMOIL CONTINUES IN JAMAICA
[...] (U) Summary: There is no end in sight to the spate of industrial disputes rocking Jamaica (reftel). During the last week the country has had to address unrest at the Jamaica Aluminum Company (JAMALCO) and strike action at three GOJ-operated sugarcane factories. The ongoing dispute at JAMALC [...]
2006-04-18 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB JM
06KINGSTON758THE NEW PRIME MINISTER'S CABINET
[...] (C) Summary. This message provides biographic sketches on members of new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her Cabinet, which she announced at midnight on March 31. Apparently, in order to build party unity before the next general elections believed to be forthcoming by Fall 2006, the [...]
2006-04-19 18:19:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JM
06KINGSTON770 JAMAICA'S CURRENT ACCOUNT WORSENS
[...] Summary: Influenced by the surge in the prices of oil and food imports, Jamaica's current account deficit almost doubled during 2005. The current account deficit increased by USD 465.1 million to USD 974.5 million, just under ten percent of the country's GDP. The 20 percent jump in imports [...]
2006-04-20 18:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON771 JAMAICAN BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGES
[...] Summary: Data released by the Jamaica Conference Board on April 4 showed that confidence soared to record levels during the first quarter of 2006. Consumer confidence was underpinned by improvements in economic conditions and expectations for further output growth and job prospects, while bu [...]
2006-04-20 18:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON839TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: JAMAICA 2006 SPECIAL 301
[...] On April 28, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Marcia Thomas, Acting Senior Director of the Foreign Trade Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Thomas stated that Jamaica's continued presence on the Watch List comes as no surprise to the GOJ. They a [...]
2006-05-01 15:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR JM
06KINGSTON846NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (C) Since the determination that the Jamaican-owned "SuperClubs" brand of all-inclusive resorts was operating in Cuba in violation of Title IV of the Libertad Act, and subsequently divested itself of assets there (ref. B),Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jam [...]
2006-05-01 20:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL JM
06KINGSTON854KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 19 - May 2, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed -- MOU on Slippery Slope -- Electricity Bill to Increase -- Public Debt Jumps ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed ---------------------------- 2. The sentencing of PNP linked inner-city Kingston "a [...]
2006-05-03 11:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON884CORRECTED COPY: NOMINATION FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE
[...] This is a joint State-FAS-USAID message. This cable corrects and updates ref. A, please see paragraph 6. 2. The growing global threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to human and domestic animal health, agricultural industries, and entire economies, has generated interest among [...]
2006-05-08 13:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV JM
06KINGSTON885COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL STEPHANIE
[...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA Office of International Affairs official Stephanie Adrian to travel to Kingston May 29 to June 2, 2006, to attend a water safety plan exercise in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer John Morgan who can be reached [...]
2006-05-08 13:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON90 INVESTMENT CLIMATE SURVEY - JAMAICA 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-12 19:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD EIND ELAB KTDB PGOV JM OPIC USTR
06KINGSTON925JAMAICA'S FY 2006/7 BUDGET DEBATES: MORE THAN
[...] (C) In the just-concluded yearly Parliamentary sparring match that Jamaicans refer to as the "budget debates," the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) presented sharply divergent views on the best way to pull the country out of the economic dold [...]
2006-05-12 14:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON930VISIT OF WHA/DAS PATRICK DUDDY TO KINGSTON,
[...] (U) Summary: On April 27 and 28, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Patrick Duddy SIPDIS visited Kingston, Jamaica. On April 27, Duddy met with GOJ officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the details of which are reported in ref. A. On April [...]
2006-05-12 20:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ECON EAID PREL KMCA JM
06KINGSTON939KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...]
2006-05-15 11:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON976COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: CHARLES STALLWORTH
[...] Post grants country clearance to Charles Stallworth, Executive Director, Foreign Operations Division, Office of International Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, for travel to Jamaica, May 18 - May 20, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to attend the Caricom Ministers Meeting, locate [...]
2006-05-17 18:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA JM
06RIGA691LATVIA: BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ANNUAL UPDATE
[...] Post has designated Thomas (Les) Johnston, Pol/Econ Officer, as the contact responsible for oversight of the Blue Lantern program in-country. 2. Contact information: Thomas (Les) Johnston Phone: 371-703-6287 Fax: 371-782-0047 [...]
2006-08-29 10:15:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC JM
07BRIDGETOWN189AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur assured the United States of his commitment to continue building a strong and warm bilateral relationship. PM Arthur and Ambassador Ourisman discussed trade, disaster risk man [...]
2007-02-12 19:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR ECON ETRD BB JM XL
07GENEVA114Jamaica Candidature - Rights of the Child
[...] (U) Mission has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica informing us that the Government of Jamaica will present the candidature of Mrs. Mary Clark for election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at elections to be held in New York in February 2007. 2. ( [...]
2007-01-17 16:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC AORC UN JM
07KINGSTON100JAMAICA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON1001JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-27 17:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1011USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] Bilateral trade between Jamaica and the U.S. rose to USD 2.3 billion or 37 percent of Jamaica's total trade at the end of 2005. At this level, the U.S. remained Jamaica's major trading partner. But while trade between both countries has grown in absolute terms, the U.S. share of trade has falle [...]
2007-06-28 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON1012JAMAICA: "SHADOW" MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: NAS Director met with Derrick Smith, Shadow Minister for National Security, on June 26. Smith was confident that the opposition JLP party would win the next election. He expressed the JLP's disappointment that the U.S. has not come out in favor of a JLP administration, levie [...]
2007-06-29 12:57:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON1036JAMAICA: JLP'S GENERAL SECRETARY SPEAKS FRANKLY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Director for WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff recently met with Karl Samuda - MP and General Secretary for the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP). Samuda spoke SIPDIS frankly about the state of Jamaica and proposed changes to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) should the JLP win. [...]
2007-07-03 19:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON1043JAMAICA: NEW HEAD OF POLICE ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Mr. Justin Felice, current Senior Director of Investigations for the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, has accepted the Government of Jamaica's offer to become the head of a new Anti-Corruption Division within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) beginning in September 2007. [...]
2007-07-05 18:01:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON1071JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION
[...] (U) Ending months of speculation and prophecizing, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) called faithful People's National Party (PNP) members to rally in Kingston on July 8 ostensibly to introduce the 60 PNP candidates running for election. After hours of standing and waiving PNP [...]
2007-07-09 20:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SNAR XL
07KINGSTON108REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 4
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-01-22 15:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1089JAMAICA'S TOURISM BOOM
[...] Summary: Tourism figures for 2006 show tourists flocking to Jamaica in record numbers. Visitor arrivals for 2006 broke the psychological three million barrier for the first time, while earnings of USD 1.9 billion also soared to new heights. The diversion of a number of visitors from Cancun fo [...]
2007-07-13 11:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ECON EFIN EINV SOCI JM
07KINGSTON110JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON111JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1116JAMAICA: ENDORSEMENT OF FY08 SECTION 1206 NDAA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 19:03:00Embassy KingstonSECRET//NOFORNPTER MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON112JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1125JAMAICAN TOURISM: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) Summary: The breakneck pace of development on the northern coast of Jamaica threatens the fragile ecosystem there. The GoJ has aggressively pursued foreign investment in the tourism sector, but has been slow to upgrade the infrastructure to handle the glut of new hotels and resorts. In ad [...]
2007-07-20 10:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND EINV SOCI SENV JM
07KINGSTON1126JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 11:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1127JAMAICA'S "FINANCE MINISTER IN WAITING" ROLLS OUT
[...] (C) In a private meeting with DCM and EMBOFFS, JLP Shadow Finance Minister and member of Parliament Audley Shaw outlined a slew of policies, including a new debt management program and tax reforms, to restructure the Jamaican economy. After 18 years in opposition, "Jamaica's Finance Minister in [...]
2007-07-20 11:59:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL XL JM
07KINGSTON113JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]
2007-01-23 14:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1131JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...]
2007-07-20 16:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON1132JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR BLANKET RETRANSFER END-USE
[...] Per reftel, Emboffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations Courtenay Rattray and Assistant Director Shauna-Kay Richards at midday on July 20 to determine the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s interest in participation in the blanket en [...]
2007-07-20 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS JM
07KINGSTON1133JAMAICA: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI)
[...] Per reftel, Emboffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations Courtenay Rattray and Assistant Director Shauna-Kay Richards at midday on July 20 to invite the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s endorsement of the Proliferation Security Init [...]
2007-07-20 19:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC KNNP JM
07KINGSTON1144JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-23 20:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1161JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 20:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1170JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]
2007-07-27 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO
[...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]
2007-07-27 14:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1209JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT
[...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]
2007-08-07 17:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1211JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT
[...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]
2007-08-07 18:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1237A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...]
2007-08-09 21:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO
07KINGSTON1247JAMAICA/BRAZIL: LULA OPENS ETHANOL PLANT, GIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 12:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EAGR EFIN EPET PGOV PREL EAIR JM
07KINGSTON1250JAMAICA: CRIME STATISTICS TRENDING IN THE WRONG
[...] (C) Summary: NAS Director and RSO met with Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields on August 3 to discuss the current crime statistics and the Jamaica Constabulary Forces' preparations to prevent major politically motivated violence during the run up to the August 27 election. Shields agree [...]
2007-08-14 19:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSANR PREL ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1252JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 12:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1264JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1266TFJM01: JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 23:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC JM KFLO MARR PINR PREL XL XK
07KINGSTON1269JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 19:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1270JAMAICA: POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 22:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI ASEC CASC JM
07KINGSTON1271JAMAICA: Sitrep #3
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 12:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1273JAMAICA: Sitrep #4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 18:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1288JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER 5
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 20:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1301JAMAICA: COMPARING THE PARTY MANIFESTOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 11:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1302JAMAICA: SEVEN (7) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-08-29 15:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1306JAMAICA: THIRTEEN (13) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following thirteen (13) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The proposed gr [...]
2007-08-29 17:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1307JAMAICA: OPPOSITION DRAWS EVEN WITH RULING PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 12:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1309REQUEST FOR TWO (2) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTINGS FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: N [...]
2007-08-30 13:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON131REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-26 13:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1311JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR THREE (3) HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: Na [...]
2007-08-30 18:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1314JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR FIVE (5) HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates for OAS/CICAD - NAS funded Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montegto Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...]
2007-08-30 19:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1317JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 14:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON132COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KINGSTON CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] Post grants country clearance to the following individuals for travel to Jamaica, 29 January, 2007 to 2 February, 2007: John Haralson, James McVerry, Paul Baldwin, Marshall Derks, Joseph Chamberlain, Ann Jackson, AnneMette Lavery, Keith Sims, and Major Louis Poore. The purpose of this travel i [...]
2007-01-26 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA JM XL
07KINGSTON1321JAMAICA: THREE (3) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following OAS/CICAD - NAS candidates funded for Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montego Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informatio [...]
2007-08-31 14:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1323JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 21:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1325JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1326JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN
[...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1335JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidte of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Information regarding the candidate: [...]
2007-09-04 18:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1336JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1348JAMAICA: AMEMBASSY KINGSTON PARTICIPATES IN OAS OBSERVER
[...] On September 3, 2007, National General Elections were held in Jamaica. The Organization of American States (OAS) was present at the invitation of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to serve as impartial observers for the electoral process. OAS fielded 38 volunteers in two-person teams and cover [...]
2007-09-05 16:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOAS CASC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1369JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING TO BE SWORN-IN AS PRIME MINISTER ON
[...] On the afternoon of September 6, Embassy received an advance facsimile of the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of Diplomatic Note 8/802/380) ---------------------------------------- "The Min [...]
2007-09-07 19:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON OVIP JM XL
07KINGSTON1381JAMAICA: ONE (1) REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for trainnig in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Name: EVERALD, Mort [...]
2007-09-10 20:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1389JAMAICA: NEW PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-12 14:08:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1416REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has not derogatory information. Name of proposed candidate: Nam [...]
2007-09-17 18:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1418REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following five (5) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in San Salvador, El Salvador, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of [...]
2007-09-17 20:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1423JAMAICA: THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 18:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1425JAMAICA: MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 19:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
07KINGSTON143REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2007-01-29 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1445JAMAICA: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 17:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID JM XL
07KINGSTON1464JAMAICA: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, EXPECT FEW
[...] (C) Summary: On September 19, NAS Director met with Anne-Marie Barnes, Senior Advisor on Policy to Minister of National Security Derrick Smith. Despite her earlier indications that she would not serve under a Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) lead Ministry, Ms. Barnes appears well-entrenched in her [...]
2007-09-26 12:24:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR JM
07KINGSTON1470JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 16:25:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON148REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-30 16:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1490JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE
[...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...]
2007-10-01 18:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1491REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-10-02 12:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1496JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Port Security Corps, who are presently in management positions and have been nominated for training in Kingston, Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...]
2007-10-02 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1515JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS
[...] On October 2, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Office Director for Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton. 2. Ms. Ingelton said she would consult with the Permanent Secretary, and other government agencies on the draft resolution. SIPDIS Ms. [...]
2007-10-09 20:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1525JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1570JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELAYED
[...] On October 23, PolOff had an appointment to meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office Director of Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Unfortunately, Ms. Ingleton was diverted by urgent business and thus was unable to meet as schedule [...]
2007-10-23 20:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1585JAMAICA: APPOINTMENT OF WELL KNOWN ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: As anticipated, on October 22, the Jamaican Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, appointed Col. Trevor MacMillan as a Special Advisor on Revenue and Corruption. The Prime Minister asked the Finance Minister to appoint MacMillan as a Special Advisor to provide him with an official sta [...]
2007-10-24 19:12:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL ASEC TRSY JM
07KINGSTON1586JAMAICA: OPERATION KINGFISH'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC PARM SOCI PHUM TRSY JM XL
07KINGSTON1602JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comment in response to the demarche. Poloff left talking points as a non-paper, and Ms Ingleton p [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU JM XL
07KINGSTON1603JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comments, but promised to pass the information on to the appropriate people in the Ministry. Post will [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1604JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1605JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1609JAMAICA: DEMARCHE CANDIDACY
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton promised to give the U.S. talking points to her superiors prior to the vote on Mr. Walker's candidacy. Post wil [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN UNGA JM XL
07KINGSTON1610JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton stated that Jamaica believes this is an issue best left to the UN. However, she promised to give the U.S. talkin [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1611JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to the U.S. position that Jamaica should join the Hague Abduction Convention, and promised to brin [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON1625JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL
07KINGSTON1626JAMAICA/BAHAMAS: ARGENTINA IS APPROACHING HOST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 20:59:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPTER ASCEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR JM XL
07KINGSTON1640Canadian Ministry of Justice to conduct assessment of
[...] Summary. As a follow on to a cooperative effort between the Canadian Bar Association and the Jamaican Justice System Reform Task Force, and to correct some gaps identified by Canada in the recently concluded Justice Sector Reform Project, the Canadian Ministry of Justice will conduct a compreh [...]
2007-11-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1641JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" -- A TICKING FINANCIAL TIME
[...] (U) Irrational exuberance abounds among Jamaica's less experienced investors, many of whom deposit their fortunes with Cash Plus Limited in exchange for promised annual returns of 120 percent. Through a series of advertising campaigns over the last five years, Carlos Hill, the principal owne [...]
2007-11-07 15:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1656JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF JAMAICAN CANDIDATE TO IMO
[...] Per Reftel B, on October 30, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) requesting the U.S. officially support the Jamaican candidate for Category "C" of the Council. 2. On November 5, the Embassy received a follow-up phone call from the Bilat [...]
2007-11-09 16:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1665JAMAICA: CLEARANCE FOR R/V CORWITH CRAMER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 18:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT JM KRVC TPHY XL
07KINGSTON1680JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] Per reftel (C),Charge' delivered demarche, and provided copies of country-specific background, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on November 16. 2. At midday on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]
2007-11-19 19:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON1686JAMAICA:LOCAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Fresh from their first successful Parliamentary elections in 18 years the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is poised to carry that success over to local elections. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding recently announced that the local elections for over 200 local government seats will be held on De [...]
2007-11-21 15:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCOR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON169REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF NOMINEES TO
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act for the ILEA TIP course in Salvador. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Proposed candidates for screenin [...]
2007-02-02 15:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1706Jamaica: Ambassador meets with Minister of Justice
[...] Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Johnson, the Deputy Chief of Mission and NAS Director held their first meeting with Jamaica's new Minister of Justice, Dorothy Lightbourne. Also in attendance was Carole Palmer, the Ministry's Permanent Secretary. The Minister, who comes from the private ba [...]
2007-11-26 19:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1730JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CUBA LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba or any Jamaican firm with a commercial presence in Cuba. However, Jamaicans generally oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate investment [...]
2007-11-30 16:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALTRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1739JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 15:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1743JAMAICA: NON-PAPER ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DELIVERED
[...] On December 3, PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper on the National Intelligence Estimate for Iran to Ambassador Vilma McNish, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Post will report any substantive response. HEG [...]
2007-12-04 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMNUCH PARM KNNP JM
07KINGSTON1749JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" UPDATE, GOJ GETTING WORRIED,
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) estimates there are two dozen alternative investment schemes in the country, although many are much smaller than Cash Plus and have different characteristics. Support for the schemes is driven by Jamaicans who feel they have been shut out from the services [...]
2007-12-05 18:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1770JAMAICA: WAITING FOR A POLITICAL DECISION ON
[...] (SBU) on December 7, prompted by reports of the strident commentary from the Jamaican Ministry of National Security Special Advisor on Policy Anne-Marie Barnes (REFTEL),and by a continued lack of forward movement by the Government of Jamaica towards opening bilateral talks with the Internatio [...]
2007-12-10 20:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR JM
07KINGSTON1803JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1805JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 21:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1810JAMAICA WILL NOT ACCEPT DEPORTEE REINTEGRATION
[...] Summary: (SBU) On December 20, the Jamaican Prime Minister rejected the U.S. offer of assistance for returning deportees through the pilot Deportee Reintegration Program. This decision was based on adherence to a reported collective decision by CARICOM Heads of Government to discuss the prog [...]
2007-12-21 21:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM JM
07KINGSTON186JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY FADES AMONG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 16:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON215JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI CARICOM KCOR JM
07KINGSTON221JAMAICA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - EMBASSY INPUT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list, due to its continuing failure to pass a WTO TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards and enforcement efforts over the past year [...]
2007-02-13 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD USTR JM
07KINGSTON25JAMAICA: MALARIA UPDATE
[...] (U) Malaria infections (refs A and B) continue to be detected with the latest number of confirmed cases standing at 192 as of January 3. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues to fog and distribute mosquito netting to at-risk communities. In addition, the MOH has been assisted by USAID which [...]
2007-01-05 18:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
07KINGSTON250REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 05
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-02-20 17:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON251REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-02-20 18:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON252JAMAICA: SEEKING A 505 AGREEMENT THAT MAY APPLY TO
[...] Per Reftel, PolOff and MLO met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Amb. Maxine Roberts, and MFAFT Legal Counselor Michelle Walker on the afternoon of February 12, and provided text of proposed new agreement. 2. [...]
2007-02-20 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON253REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-02-20 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON254REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 29
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-02-20 20:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON256JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE TERRORIST
[...] DCM raised the problem of illicit cash courier activity during a meeting with Financial Secretary Colin Bullock of the Ministry of Finance and Planning on February 15, and provided background information paragraphs seven through thirteen of Reftel. 2. Bullock expressed thanks, assured us [...]
2007-02-22 11:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER JM
07KINGSTON271KINGSTON: LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Para 2, A-H, Reftel: (A) Almost all participants consider the form and conduct of the exercise to have been outstanding, and four hours to have been sufficient to meet the objectives. Understandably, some participants (RSO and CONS) would have welcomed the opport [...]
2007-02-26 14:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMER CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM OTRA KESS JM
07KINGSTON287JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 11:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON292JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 18:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 12
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-03-02 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON307COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. JEANNE BAILEY, USDA FAS
[...] Country Clearance is granted to Ms. Jeanne Bailey, Area Director, Western Hemisphere, USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington D.C. to travel to Kingston, Jamaica for a supervisory site visit arriving Monday, March 5 and departing Wednesday, March 7. 2. The in-country contact person fo [...]
2007-03-02 18:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA JM DR
07KINGSTON342 JAMAICA: LIQUID NATURAL GAS PROJECT IN DOUBT; SIGNIFICANT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ostensibly because of production constraints, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) reportedly will renege on its promise to supply Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Jamaica, thus jeopardizing a USD 1.6 billion expansion of Alcoa's alumina operations in Port Esquivel. Jamaica's lead role in the n [...]
2007-03-12 19:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL CARICOM JM TT XL
07KINGSTON343ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: CONTRACTOR GENERAL OF
[...] Summary: Please see the action request in paragraph 12. Currently, the Mission is exploring mechanisms for encouraging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to curb corruption. In keeping with the Mission's evolving strategy plan on anti-corruption, we are meeting with heads of Jamaican governmen [...]
2007-03-12 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV
07KINGSTON35REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 16
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-08 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON351JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 20:34:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY JM
07KINGSTON352JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] Per Reftel, EmbOff delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Ms. Angela Brown, during a private meeting on the afternoon of March 8. 2. Ms. Brown expressed appreciation, and said that MFAFT would consider the [...]
2007-03-13 20:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JM
07KINGSTON353JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF POINTS RE INITIAL ACTIONS
[...] Per Reftel, EmbOff delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Relations Angela Brown in the course of a private meeting on the afternoon of March 8. 2. Ms. Brown expressed appreciation, and said that the Government of Jamaica [...]
2007-03-13 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KN KNNP JM
07KINGSTON379MARITIME MARIJUANA SMUGGLING METHOD
[...] (SBU) In the past several weeks, Jamaican security forces have seized several canisters that had been attached to hulls of maritime vessels intending to depart Jamaica. The canisters contained compressed marijuana. So far, vessels have had the U.S. and the Eastern Caribbean as their destinat [...]
2007-03-19 12:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR JM
07KINGSTON380ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 14:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINGSTON382REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 26
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-03-19 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON385CONTRABAND ENFORCEMENT TEAM DISCUSSED WITH CUSTOMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting NAS Director (NASDIR) followed up earlier conversations with Assistant Commissioner Cecil Brown and Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) Director Karl McKen (reftel) by meeting with Commissioner of Customs Hector Jones on March 9. The purpose was to get the Commissioner's [...]
2007-03-20 15:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV JM
07KINGSTON389ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
[...] (U) Begin Summary: On March 8, Acting Narcotics Affairs Director (NASDIR) met with Kent Pantry, Jamaica's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),principally to acquaint him with the embassy's interest in assisting the Government of Jamaica to fight official corruption. NASDIR also wanted to get [...]
2007-03-20 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON393JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION LEADER DEEPLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 13:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON EINV EPET MASS CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON394ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: AUDITOR GENERAL
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMBASSY'S PLAN TO PROMOTE ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES, ACTING NARCOTICS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR (NASDIR) CALLED ON JAMAICA'S AUDITOR GENERAL, ADRIAN STRACHAN, IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ROLE IN COUNTERING CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS. N [...]
2007-03-21 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR KJUS PGOV JM
07KINGSTON43JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (CWC) CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Reftel, paragraph six: A. POST'S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ---------------------------- Monday, Jan. 29 --------------- -- arrival of CMT Team Leader John Haralson in Kingston Tuesday, Jan. 30 ---------------- 0900-0950: In-brief with Ambassador, DCM/Chair EAC, an [...]
2007-01-10 20:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA PTER JM XL
07KINGSTON434JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...]
2007-03-28 11:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON439REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-03-29 14:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON482JAMAICA: REMITTANCES PROVIDING LIFELINE
[...] Last year, expatriate Jamaicans sent home almost USD 1.8 billion in remittances, making the country the highest per capita recipient in the region. This source is the country's second-highest foreign exchange earner, and vastly outpaced foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Most of the f [...]
2007-04-03 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG JM
07KINGSTON486REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 15
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-04-04 13:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON49REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-11 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON51JAMAICA: TIC FOLLOW UP RESPONSE
[...] Summary: Post engaged GOJ and private sector contacts per instructions in ref. A. There was broad support for the concept of USG assistance, whatever form it might take, although some believed that DVCs may prove unwieldy and inefficient, as CARICOM member states must reach consensus on any [...]
2007-01-11 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD XL JM
07KINGSTON534JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT, WASHINGTON
[...] Per Reftel, PolOff provided the proposed agenda and notional schedule to the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Caribbean and American Affairs, Mrs. Joy Wheeler, on April 12, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to a successful, positive, outcomes-based US [...]
2007-04-12 19:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM PREL OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON544JAMAICA: MEETING WITH CRNM DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) On April 11, DCM and Econ met with Ambassador Richard Bernal, Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM). Bernal said that regional leaders recognized that the upcoming Conference on the Caribbean presented an "historic opportunity," that can put the region on [...]
2007-04-13 17:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PREL ETRD USTR JM
07KINGSTON56JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S
[...] Per Reftel, on the morning of Jan. 11 Charge' provided background on the President's new Iraq strategy to the Permanent Secretary of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Amb. Douglas Saunders. 2. Post will report any GoJ response. HEG [...]
2007-01-12 12:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ JM
07KINGSTON560REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Organized Crime Fugitive Team and Special Branch who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2 [...]
2007-04-18 15:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NAS USMS JM
07KINGSTON569JAMAICA: BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGE, BUT WILL
[...] Business and consumer confidence surged in the first quarter of 2007, reflecting declining prices and interest rates and the euphoria surrounding the Cricket World Cup (CWC). Consumers were more confident about their economic prospects at the start of 2007 than at any other time since 2001, wh [...]
2007-04-19 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON57JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (C-AL6-01777)
[...] (U) This message responds to the information requested in ref. A; answers are keyed to paragraphs. A. (C) Econoff sent the updated Regional Security Plan (including threat and risk assessments) electronically to Michael Fortin (ref. B). To access, open the document, type 'rsplan', then sel [...]
2007-01-12 19:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON584JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT JUNE 19-21;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM PREL ENRG MARR PHUM OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON588JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, April 20, Charge and NAS Director, along with the British and Canadian COMs, met with Peter Phillips, Minister of National Security at his request. In this session, one of an ongoing series of conversations with his international partners, (Reftels A and B) Phillips o [...]
2007-04-24 12:58:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL KFIN JM
07KINGSTON589JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, April 20, Charge and NAS Director, along with the British and Canadian COMs, met with Peter Phillips, Minister of National Security at his request. In this session, one of an ongoing series of conversations with his international partners, (Reftels A and B) Phillips o [...]
2007-04-24 12:58:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL KFIN JM
07KINGSTON590REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]
2007-04-24 13:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON591REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]
2007-04-24 13:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON593JAMAICA: LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON613REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-04-27 19:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON624JAMAICA: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] In Embassy's estimate, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has neither the will nor the ability to contribute military or civilian resources to Iraq. Given Jamaica's severe crime problem, the risk of violence in the run-up to impending national elections, and the country's heavy debt burden (app [...]
2007-04-30 19:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER JM
07KINGSTON637JAMAICA: ELECTION VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Commissioner of Elections Danville Walker, the Commissioner noted that he believes the risk of political violence during elections is low. He also revealed his belief that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) did not call elections earlier in order [...]
2007-05-02 17:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON640JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE
[...] Summary: (SBU) Post would like to add its voice to the chorus from the English-speaking Caribbean (refs. A,B) respectfully requesting that the Commercial Service reconsider its proposal to close its office in Kingston, Jamaica. Our concerns mirror those from our regional counterparts: -- T [...]
2007-05-02 20:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON70REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-17 15:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON700REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-05-10 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON705JAMAICA: BUDGET DEBATE PRESAGES UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Each year, the budget debates captivate Jamaicans as each party presents its vision for the country, thinly veiled as a presentation of the budget for the fiscal year. With elections due to be called by October 2007, this year was expected to be particularly grandiose. The oppos [...]
2007-05-11 16:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON706JAMAICA: PREPARING FOR CITES CONFERENCE OF PARTIES
[...] Post delivered reftel talking points on May 3. On May 8, Dr. Elaine Fisher of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA),responded, saying that Jamaica had not yet completed its deliberations on any of the proposals and documents for CITES Conference of Parties 14 (CoP 14),and that [...]
2007-05-11 16:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA JM
07KINGSTON709JAMAICA: NEW PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT TO GO INTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8, as promised, (reftel),Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, moved the new Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) through its final parliamentary approval and announced that the legislation will go into effect on May 15. With POCA's enactment, for the first time, the [...]
2007-05-11 19:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN PREL JM
07KINGSTON712006/2007 OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR EFIN JM
07KINGSTON741JAMAICA: JAMAICAN RESPONSE ON BELARUS CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Angella Brown, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to ascertain whether the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) was planning to vote for Belarus to join the Human Rights Council. Without explicitly stating that they would vote for [...]
2007-05-15 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM RPEL UNHRC JM
07KINGSTON771JAMAICA: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY REMAINS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the contrary view provided by the Jamaican Commissioner of Elections, (reftel),the Ministry of National Security remains very worried about violence prior to and on election day during the upcoming elections. High level Ministry staff have concluded that as both the curr [...]
2007-05-21 15:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON773JAMAICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jamaicans, including businesspeople, oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate data. A contact at Jamaica Trade and Invest (JAMPRO) stated off-the-record that she felt that Jamaican b [...]
2007-05-21 19:20:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL JM CU
07KINGSTON803JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES TO WIN AT LEAST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 16:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON807JAMAICA: WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATURE TO COUNCIL OF
[...] Post received a diplomatic note, dated 26 April 2007, from the GoJ stating that it wishes to withdraw its candidature for election to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The elections are scheduled for the 36th session of the ICAO Assembly from 18-28 September [...]
2007-05-24 19:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ICAO JM
07KINGSTON820JAMAICA: GOJ OFFICIALS RAISE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS
[...] (C) Deputy Director of WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders on May 22. Williams raised the issue of the Government of Venezuela's attempts to enlist OAS support in calling for the e [...]
2007-05-25 14:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI OAS XM XL JM
07KINGSTON843JAMAICA HOSTS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: The first outreach event on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) in the Caribbean was held in Kingston, Jamaica on May 29-30, 2007. Representatives from 11 Caribbean states attended. The workshop was successful in increasing participants' kno [...]
2007-05-31 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PTER XL XM JM
07KINGSTON887JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]
2007-06-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON897JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...]
2007-06-07 20:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL
07KINGSTON900JAMAICA: 2007 MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION SCORE CARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jamaica has neither demonstrably failed to meet the certification requirements outlined in Reftel A, nor has it demonstrably failed to meet the USG 2007 Benchmarks for Jamaica (Reftel B). Jamaica, despite the increase in marijuana eradication operations and record seizures of [...]
2007-06-08 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON903JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER
[...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...]
2007-06-11 13:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL
07KINGSTON91JAMAICA: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 19:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREF JM XL XR
07KINGSTON92REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-18 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON927JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 7TH ANNUAL TIPS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the 7th Annual TIP country report on Jamaica to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) National Anti-Trafficking Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 11. The task force is headed by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice Ca [...]
2007-06-13 16:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON949REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-18 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON953JAMAICA: MOUNTING POLITICAL TENSIONS WITH APPROACH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
07KINGSTON962JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-20 18:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON975JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-22 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON985REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The following supervisory law [...]
2007-06-25 18:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON994JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-26 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON998JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-27 13:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON999JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-27 13:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07PARAMARIBO233DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) April 18, 2007. Craig said that he was unaware of our desire to issue a joint statement to begin cooperative efforts to combat illicit trafficking in arms. Poloff share [...]
2007-05-10 19:55:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM BB GY TD NS
07PORTOFSPAIN233T&T MEDIA FIRES BACK ON JAMAICA LNG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The media dogfight between Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago over liquefied natural gas has escalated in response to Jamaican private sector calls for retaliation against trade with T&T. Tensions between the two CARICOM members have implications for momentum on regional integration [...]
2007-03-15 19:49:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ETRD ECIN PREL CARICOM JM TD
07SANTODOMINGO1049JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE
[...] //// PLEASE CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SANTO DOMINGO 1050 REPEAT 1050 - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - The vagaries of inter-island travel will make regional coverage less than optimal. - Without [...]
2007-05-03 19:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1050CORRECTED COPY - SANTO DOMINGO: REQUEST TO
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo concurs fully with issues raised in Refs A, B, C, and we urge Commerce's reconsideration of its proposal to close its offices in the listed countries. - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - Th [...]
2007-05-03 20:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1988R/V CORWITH CRAMER MARINE RESEARCH VESSEL
[...] Per reftel action request, a diplomatic note requesting clearance of the R/V Corwith Cramer was delivered on August 17. Confirmation of clearance will be sent as soon as received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For additional information or follow-up please contact Economic Officer Ha [...]
2007-08-23 19:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KRVC TPHY AC CJ HA HO JM MH NL SC UK
07SANTODOMINGO2181R/V CORWITH CRAMER CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 15:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KRVC TPHY AC CJ HA HO JM MH NL SC UK
07STATE117348TFJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0845EDT
[...] NORAD does not expect hurricane force winds in any of the main tourist areas of the Yucatan (Cancun, Cozumel, or Merida). As of 0700 EDT, Consulate Merida and Embassy Belmopan report no visible damage and no reports of Amcit injuries. ------ MEXICO ------ 2. Consulate Merida reported [...]
2007-08-21 17:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC JM MX BH KHLS
07STATE138214PREARRANGEMENT FOR MEDEVACS OF PROTECTED MIGRANTS
[...] This is an action message, please see paragraph 2. 2. Department appreciates Embassy's effort to obtain GOJ advance concurrence to bring protected migrants from Guantanamo to Jamaica for medical treatment, as necessary. In response to the suggestion of MFAFT Director of Bilateral Relation [...]
2007-10-01 17:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL SMIG CU JM
08KINGSTON1001FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCKS JAMAICA
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's fragile economy has begun to feel the effects of the global financial meltdown, with the contagion effects already evident in the financial market. The local currency has depreciated by more than six percent since the beginning of October, due largely to margin calls from overse [...]
2008-11-24 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY JM XL
08KINGSTON1014JAMAICAN OFFICIALS ADDRESS PREVENTION, PROTECTION, AND
[...] On November 22 poloff spoke at a panel discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) hosted by local NGO Woman, Inc. The discussion, one of several themed talks over a two-day trade fair/fundraiser for the NGO, featured Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lisa Palmer Hamilton, Director of the N [...]
2008-12-01 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PGOV KTIP JM XL
08KINGSTON1017REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the International Military Student Prep Course (IMSPC),Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth KS, January 8, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign A [...]
2008-12-01 20:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON1023JAMAICAN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: THE VIEW FROM A VISA WINDOW
[...] (SBU) The Consular Section offers a unique perspective on economic patterns and sheds light on the individual economic situations of average Jamaicans. As seen from the perspective of a visa window, the economic situation of most Jamaicans appears tenuous and inconsistent, reflected in part in [...]
2008-12-04 16:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD SOCI PREL KFRD CVIS TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON1028JAMAICA: INFINITY ETHANOL DEAL TO CLOSE IN DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) plan to sell the assets of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) parastatal to Brazilian-based Infinity Bio-Energy missed the original target of September 31, but should be completed by December 31. Infinity blames contract negotiations and the global credi [...]
2008-12-08 13:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAGR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON104JAMAICA: JAPANESE REQUEST THAT U.S. EMBASSY CHAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 19:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC DHS JA JM XL
08KINGSTON1042JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III,
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On July 23 while speaking at an event hosted by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) on the theme "Cuba and its Neighbors: The Challenges of Change," Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding said: "My hope is that within a s [...]
2008-12-11 15:08:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALTRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON1043REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Patrol Craft Ops River Env Course, held at US NAV Small Craft INSTR and TECH TRNG SCH STENNIS, January 9, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance A [...]
2008-12-11 15:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON1053JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO
[...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...]
2008-12-12 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL
08KINGSTON1068REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STUDY
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE ON NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY MAKING, HELD in Washington, DC JANUARY 3, 2009 THROUGH FEBRUARY 15, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy A [...]
2008-12-16 23:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON1082JAMAICA: RESPONSE BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 050134831
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Post has provided the following information to establish the bona fides of A & A Dealers in Spanish Town. Econoffs and members of the U.S. Marshals Service and Department of Homeland Security visited A&A's offices on December 18. Reftel indicated purpose i [...]
2008-12-18 18:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JM
08KINGSTON1086AIR JAMAICA: FUTURE PLANS AND BUYERS
[...] (SBU) On December 17 Econoff met with Air Jamaica (AJ) CEO and President Bruce Nobles, who outlined his plan for restructuring the beleaguered airline in a lead up to divestiture. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is still hoping to have a buyer lined up by March 31, although the actual deal may [...]
2008-12-19 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL
08KINGSTON1090JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 20:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA JM XL
08KINGSTON1103November NARCOTICS REPORT-KINGSTON
[...] Buccaneer Eradication ------------------------- Buccaneer and other land operations seized five hundred and sixty six (566) kilograms of cured marijuana. Additionally, 26.99 hectares of matured marijuana plants, 1.81 kilograms of seeds, and 40,300 units of seedlings were destroyed. During the [...]
2008-12-29 14:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN ASEC JM
08KINGSTON13JAMAICA: REPLY TO FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST
[...] In response to post's diplomatic note no. 2007-019 of January 30, 2007 (reftel),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the below GoJ diplomatic note no. 358/803/3, dated 4th December, 2007. The GoJ's note contains a number of prop [...]
2008-01-07 20:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PTER KTIA JM XL
08KINGSTON130URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
08KINGSTON131JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for Advanced Management course in international law starting from March 24 to April 18, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2008-02-11 19:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON140JAMAICA: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 21:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM
08KINGSTON147JAMAICA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it is able to pass a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards, and enforcement efforts over the past year have been com [...]
2008-02-15 12:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR USTR ETRD XL JM
08KINGSTON159JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE RECOGNITION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 18:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM XL
08KINGSTON17JAMAICA: 2008 WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (U) In response to reftel A, Econoff delivered invitation letter to Clive Mullings, Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications. The GOJ had said it will send a delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) in March 2008, but it has not decided its membe [...]
2008-01-08 13:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SOCI EINV SENV XL JM
08KINGSTON172FIREARMS SMUGGLING INTO JAMAICA
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paras five and six. Summary: Ref (A) reported on a January 11 meeting between the Ambassador and Minister of National Security Derrick Smith. During that meeting, MNS Permanent Secretary (PS) Gilbert Scott voiced concern about illegal firearms entering [...]
2008-02-26 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PREL
08KINGSTON176JAMAICA: PNP MP KERN SPENCER ARRESTED IN CUBAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of public speculation, Peoples National Party (PNP) former state minister and current Member of Pariliament Kern Spencer was charged and arrested, on February 26, for his alleged involvement in the Cuban Light Bulb scandal. Reftel initially reported the sca [...]
2008-02-27 18:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR KCRM PGOV JM
08KINGSTON185JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY DELIVERED
[...] On February 27, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...]
2008-02-29 12:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JM
08KINGSTON190JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNIT COMMANDERS OF JAMAICA DEFENSE FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 18:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM PGOV PHUM
08KINGSTON192JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 13:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
08KINGSTON196JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Jamaica defence Force (JDF) to meet with Bahamian counterparts on March 17 and discuss joint interdiction efforts, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2008-03-05 18:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON21AIR JAMAICA STILL BLEEDS CASH, GOJ SEEKS BUYER
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is aggressively searching for a private sector partner to take over ailing Air Jamaica. The airline lost nearly USD 120 million in 2007 with expectations that losses for 2008 will be USD 160 million. Air Jamaica has struggled with profitability for years [...]
2008-01-08 16:44:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SOCI ETRD EAIR ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON228JAMAICA: FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS AND EXTRAJUDICIAL
[...] (U) Local Human Rights NGO Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) released a joint study with George Washington University (GWU) law school on fatal police shootings in Jamaica. According to the report, there were over 270 victims of police killings in 2007, nearly a fifth of all murders committed last ye [...]
2008-03-14 11:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ELAB SOCI KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON233JAMAICA: PROPOSED RE-OBLIGATION OF INCLE FUNDS TO
[...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (SBU) In response to the GOJ,s request for urgent security assistance (see reftel),the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) has developed an immediate procurement plan for which we would like INL concurrence. The plan was prepared in close consultation with C [...]
2008-03-14 20:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC JM
08KINGSTON244JAMAICA: WITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL PARTY?
[...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...]
2008-03-19 14:12:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL
08KINGSTON245CORRECTED JAMAICA: WHITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...]
2008-03-19 18:09:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL
08KINGSTON25JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 13:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM
08KINGSTON264JAMAICA: 2008 DEMARCHE ON MAJORS LIST COUNTRY
[...] (U) This message responds to reftels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Johnson and Acting NAS Director (NASDIR) met with Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith, on March 26, and presented the Majors List demarche outlining counter-narcotics benchmarks for 2008. The meeting was cordial. [...]
2008-03-28 18:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KRIM PREL SNAR JM
08KINGSTON271JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) for International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program April 9 to April 11, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2008-03-31 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON276JAMAICA: NON-PAPER REGARDING 2008 DEMARCHE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCOR KCRM PREL SNAR
08KINGSTON277JAMAICAN BUDGET TECHNOCRATS OPTIMISTIC
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) released a USD 7 billion estimated expenditure budget on March 27. The fiscal deficit is 5.5 percent of GDP, but should return to the 4.5 percent of GDP target for next year. The GOJ is focusing on increased tax compliance and taking tougher measures agai [...]
2008-04-02 12:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EAIR JM CH VZ XL
08KINGSTON279JAMAICA'S BOOMING REAL ESTATE MARKET
[...] (SBU) Jamaica is undergoing a historic real estate boom, with five straight years of price increases in real terms. Prices in the residential sector jumped by more than 20 percent in the last year, and show no immediate signs of abating. Resort properties, which have become the most dynamic s [...]
2008-04-02 20:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD SENV EINV JM XL
08KINGSTON280JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...]
2008-04-03 13:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL
08KINGSTON282JAMAICA: CNIES INFORMATION SHARING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 17:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM PREL SNAR
08KINGSTON283JAMAICA: ACTING NAS DIRECTOR CALLS ON CHIEF OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 2, Acting NAS Director (NASDIR) called on Major General Stewart Saunders, Chief of Defence Staff, and on Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, Commissioner of Police, to review several outstanding issues. These included the GOJ request for FY-10 assistance to counter a likely [...]
2008-04-03 20:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJM PREL SNAR
08KINGSTON286JAMAICA: ELECTRIC ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Minister of Mining, Energy and Telecommunications Clive Mullings is focusing the country's attention on support for renewable energy (reftels). A few ethanol /biofuel projects are currently being negotiated by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),and the Office of Utilities Regulation releas [...]
2008-04-04 12:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON290JAMAICA: NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 14:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
08KINGSTON292JAMAICA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RELEASES CONDEMNATORY REPORT
[...] (U) "Let them kill each other: Public security in Jamaica's inner cities," is the title of a comprehensive report on public security released by Amnesty International during a press conference on April 2. The 50 page report is the result of research and interviews conducted in Jamaica from De [...]
2008-04-04 16:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ELAB SOCI KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON310JAMAICA: DUAL NATIONAL MP NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN
[...] (SBU) In the afternoon of April 11, Chief Justice Zaila McCalla of the Supreme Court announced her judgment in the first case of election petitions filed alleging that an elected Member of Parliament (MP) had been improperly nominated; as he had sworn allegiance to a foreign power. The case w [...]
2008-04-14 19:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CACS CPAS JM XL
08KINGSTON329JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST
[...] Post has received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated April 15, 2008: (Begin text of GoJ's diplomatic note no. 220/701/23) --------------------------------------------- ------ The Ministry of Fore [...]
2008-04-17 19:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PTER KTIA JM XL
08KINGSTON339JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] On April 18, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...]
2008-04-22 16:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON342JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for the Caribbean Defense and Security course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information [...]
2008-04-22 21:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON343JAMAICA PURSUES "DEVELOPMENT WITH EQUITY"
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's newly appointed Minister of Finance and Public Service Audley Shaw delivered his maiden budget presentation on April 10. The key speech, entitled "Development with Equity, with the People at the Center of Our Concern," was the first government budget address by a Jamaica Labor [...]
2008-04-23 12:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV SENV ECON ETRD IBRD IADB JM XL
08KINGSTON345REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING IN
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of [...]
2008-04-23 12:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON351(C) IN ITS FIRST THREE MONTHS THE NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: In its first three months, the new Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force has arrested 27 officers and two civilians for corruption, a 100% increase over last year,s moribund performance by the Branch,s predecessor organization. The new Branch Chief, Justin F [...]
2008-04-24 15:33:00Embassy KingstonSECRETSNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON353JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS IN ADVANCE OF NPT
[...] Per reftel, Post delivered papers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Mrs. Taylor Roberts, on April 24. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. HEG [...]
2008-04-24 18:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG IAEA JM KNNP MNUC NPT PARM PREL XL
08KINGSTON354JAMAICA: PM GOLDING GAMBLES ON CASINOS AS PART
[...] (SBU) Despite strong opposition from the powerful church lobby, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced his government's decision to issue two casino licenses. The conditional licenses will be issued to real estate projects by Celebration Jamaica (Palmyra Resort) and Tavistock Gro [...]
2008-04-24 20:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV EIND SENV ECON ETRD IBRD IADB JM XL
08KINGSTON358JAMAICA REQUESTS INCREASE IN HIV AIDS FUNDS
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission is requesting to increase HIV/AIDS funding for Jamaica from USD 1.25 million to USD 2.5 million beginning in FY 2008. An estimated 2/3 of Jamaicans infected with HIV do not know their status. The highest rate of growth in transmission is among youth aged 10-19. Back [...]
2008-04-25 17:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI TBIO KHIV JM XL
08KINGSTON363JAMAICA: 301 WATCH LIST MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Econoff discussed 301 Watch List points listed in reftel with representative of Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO). Carol Simpson, Executive Director of JIPO told Econoff she believes Jamaica will be successful in passing its draft Patents and Design Act this year, to comply with i [...]
2008-04-28 16:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR USTR JM XL
08KINGSTON364JAMAICA: APRIL POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (SBU) It's budget time in Jamaica, and presentations on the budget from both parties in Parliament dominated the media this month. The only story bigger than the first new JLP budget in over 18 years is the ongoing saga of dual nationals serving in Parliament. The first test case was complet [...]
2008-04-29 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON EFIN JM XL
08KINGSTON370JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] Per reftel, Post delivered points in the form of a non-paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Mrs. Taylor Roberts, on April 30. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. HEG [...]
2008-05-01 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG IAEA JM KNPP MNUC NPT PARM PREL XL
08KINGSTON386JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)for the upcoming FBI National Academy Retrainer, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed can [...]
2008-05-05 18:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON387JAMAICA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN
[...] Post believes that, in Jamaica, an objective, factual Op-ed outlining human rights violations, detentions of political prisoners, and the lack of a genuine democratic process in Cuba would be the most effective means of expressing solidarity with the Cuban people on May 21. 2. Post requests [...]
2008-05-05 19:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL EUN KPAO CU JM XL
08KINGSTON391REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS MAY 18, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 17:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON392REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS MAY 18, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 17:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON394REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS MAY 18, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 18:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON398JAMAICA: MORE BACKLASH AGAINST U.S. PASSPORT
[...] (SBU) On May 5, Director of Elections Danville Walker announced his immediate resignation. Walker's resignation marks the latest casualty in the dual citizenship imbroglio that already has forced at least three Members of Parliament to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship (Ref A). Under [...]
2008-05-07 12:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI CVIS CPAS JM XL
08KINGSTON401JAMAICA: USTDA TO HELP PRIVATIZE AIR JAMAIACA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken another major step to sell the financially distressed national carrier, Air Jamaica. On May 5, it signed an agreement with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for USD 820,000 in grant funding. The funding will assist with technical service [...]
2008-05-07 18:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL
08KINGSTON402JAMAICA:: IMPLOSION AT FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In early April, when the NAS Director was absent from Post, the Government of Jamaica removed the Director, Deputy Director, and key investigative staff from the Financial Investigative Division (FID). The reason given for the decision was that the &international community had [...]
2008-05-07 20:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON409JAMAICA: VETERAN OPPOSITION PARTY ORGANIZER
[...] (C) Dave Anderson, the former Special Advisor to ex-Minister of National Security Peter Phillips and a veteran People's National Party (PNP) political organizer: (A) predicts that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding will call a snap general election in July, and that his ruling Jamaica Labour [...]
2008-05-09 17:42:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR KHUM KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON414JAMAICA/CUBA: PM GOLDING'S VISIT TO HAVANA; BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 13:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP EIND SOCI SNAR KPAO JM CU XL
08KINGSTON417JAMAICA: MURDER MOST FOUL -- 564 DEAD FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of May 11, 2008, murders to date have reached 564. There have been nearly 100 people killed, mostly in the Kingston Metro area since the beginning of May. Half are attributed to gang violence. There is some concern that the violence could be political overtones, given the [...]
2008-05-12 20:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL JM
08KINGSTON421JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY REPLACED.
[...] (C) Summary: May 9, the UK High Commissioner informed Charge that Prime Minster Bruce Golding was pulling the plug on Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith, replacing him with the anti-corruption advocate Col. Trevor MacMillan. On May 11, the story broke in the press regarding Smith's [...]
2008-05-13 15:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON422JAMAICA'S CENTRAL BANK WARNS OF PRICE INSTABILITY
[...] (SBU) Spiraling inflation is complicating planning for Jamaican policy makers. Inflation for the first three months of 2008 is running at 5.2 percent and the central bank is warning that prices could jump by a further six percent in the next three months. This would bring prices for the first [...]
2008-05-13 18:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAGR EINV ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON425FRAUD SUMMARY JAN-MAR 2008 KINGSTON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In the second quarter of FY 2008, the Fraud Prevention Unit focused on public outreach and interagency cooperation, particularly with our law enforcement colleagues. FPU organized an interagency roundtable, conducted three offsite field trips for officers, and gave presentations [...]
2008-05-14 17:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08KINGSTON427(C) JAMAICA/SPAIN: ZAPATERO REFUSES TO MEET WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 12:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EIND OVIP EINV SOCI SENV ECON JM SP XL
08KINGSTON442REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS JUNE 2, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 14:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON450JAMAICA: AGRICULTURE MINISTER ADDRESSES FOOD SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Minister of Agriculture Dr. Christopher Tufton on May 19 to discuss Jamaica's continuing priorities in light of the current food security issues and to advocate measures to liberalize pork trade with the United States. Tufton said he would consider sending two veterin [...]
2008-05-20 14:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL EAID ENRG JM
08KINGSTON453JAMAICA FOOD SECURITY: GOJ ACTS QUICKY TO SECURE
[...] (SBU) Fear of potential rice shortages has led the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to act quickly to secure additional rice imports from beyond its CARICOM partners. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding met with President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana to obtain a waiver from CARICOM external tariff in ord [...]
2008-05-20 18:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL EAID XL ENRG JM
08KINGSTON454JAMAICA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN
[...] Post confirms the following activities in observance of Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People: * Linking to Solidarity Day websites on post's website; * Providing op-ed to three major Jamaican newspapers and to radio stations; * Inviting Jamaican journalists to view interactive DVC with A/S [...]
2008-05-20 19:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU JM XL
08KINGSTON457JAMAICA RE-EMBRACES THE WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) After more than a decade of strained relations, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) led-government has followed through on its promise to renew the government's relationship with multilateral lending agencies. The World Bank's Country Representative in Jamaica, Badrul Haque, told emboffs, in [...]
2008-05-21 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL EINV IADB IFC ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON470JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: May 19, Ambassador Johnson met Jamaica's new Minister of National Security, Col. Trevor MacMillan. MacMillan, who is usually quite talkative, was surprisingly taciturn. In addition to providing MacMillan with brief snapshots of our current law enforcement, military and counter [...]
2008-05-22 19:08:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM PGOV
08KINGSTON477(C) UPDATE TO REQUEST FOR INL SUPPORT OF JCF
[...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to reception of Ref. A, INL/LP requested additional detail on the nature and cost of the proposed long-term detail of two U.S. officers to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Anti Corruption Division. In addition, based on advice of INL/LP, Post has also recalibrated the [...]
2008-05-27 18:18:00Embassy KingstonSECRETSNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON482JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, accompanied by Mrs. Golding, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kenneth Baugh, Minister of Tourism Ed Bartlett, Minister of Health Ruddy Spencer, Minister of [...]
2008-05-27 20:53:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALTRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON483(C) UPDATE TO REQUEST FOR INL SUPPORT OF JCF
[...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to reception of Ref. A, INL/LP requested additional detail on the nature and cost of the proposed long-term detail of two U.S. officers to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Anti Corruption Division. In addition, based on advice of INL/LP, Post has also recalibrated the [...]
2008-05-27 21:30:00Embassy KingstonSECRETSNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON487JAMAICA: INPUT FOR CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 12:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MASS MOPS ASEC SNAR PBTS DHS JM XL
08KINGSTON5JAMAICA: CEASE AND DESIST, CASH PLUS IS IN TROUBLE
[...] (SBU) Serious cracks are forming in the dubious investment scheme Cash Plus as it faces its first liquidity crisis and a Government of Jamaica (GOJ) cease and desist order (reftels). After several weeks of late interest payments to participants, Cash Plus is asking participants to roll over t [...]
2008-01-03 20:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON51JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT/WORKS RE:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 12:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EAIR SENV PREL ECON IMO JM XL
08KINGSTON514Jamaica: mid-year report card for 2009 Major's List
[...] (SBU) Summary: In March, Ambassador Johnson presented then Minister of National Security Derrick Smith with the 2008 U.S. Benchmark for certification (ref A). Jamaica remains a major producer of marijuana and marijuana derivative products, which continue to affect the United States. This mar [...]
2008-06-06 15:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON538JAMAICA: HEADS OF KEY DONOR COUNTRY MISSIONS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU): Summary: At a June 10 breakfast hosted by UNDP representative Minh Pham to discuss the deteriorating crime and violence situation in Jamaica, heads of key donor country missions and UN agencies agreed that the international community in Jamaica should support Jamaica Constabulary Force [...]
2008-06-11 16:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI UNDP XL
08KINGSTON539JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS NO MORE LIP SERVICE
[...] (U) Jamaica's Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, spoke to a crowd of investors at the Jamaican Money Market Banking (JMMB) financial forum June 10. He highlighted ongoing efforts to improve Jamaica's tax efficiency, but also spoke about energy security and expanding commercia [...]
2008-06-12 19:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EINV SENV ECON ETRD EFIN XL JM
08KINGSTON549JAMAICA: AID FOR TRADE IN THE CARIBBEAN
[...] (U) On June 16-17 the Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) held a symposium in Kingston entitled "Aid for Trade for the Caribbean: Making It A Reality." The event emphasized that trade is a powerful engine for economic [...]
2008-06-17 18:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAID IADB IMF OAS TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON561JAMAICA: RESPECTED THINK TANK DISCUSSES
[...] (U) The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) held a public meeting on June 12 to discuss the state of Jamaica's exorbitant public debt as a follow up to their report entitled "Jamaica's Debt: Causes and Constraints." CaPRI hoped the meeting would bring about solutions on how Jamaicans th [...]
2008-06-19 19:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAIR EINV ECON PREL TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON566JAMAICA: THE ALMOST RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER OF
[...] Summary: (C) On June 2, Commissioner of Police Hardley Lewin tendered his resignation, setting off a firestorm of protest from Jamaica's international partners, the Jamaican Police Services Commission, the general public, and some elements of the Police Force. (Ref A) According to Lewin, the [...]
2008-06-24 16:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON569JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) for Counter Drug (CD) Program Training pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candidates are: [...]
2008-06-25 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON571JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 15:19:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN ETRD EAIR EPET KCRM JM
08KINGSTON575REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET ON JULY 8
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2008-06-25 17:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON576REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2008-06-25 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON587April 2008 Narcotics Report-Jamaica
[...] Summary ----------- Cocaine statistics for the period January to April indicate peaks and troughs in seizures, with upward spikes in February and April. Between February and April, one thousand six hundred and ninety seven persons were arrested and fifteen motor vehicles were seized over the [...]
2008-06-30 12:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN ASEC JM
08KINGSTON593JAMAICA, MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY EAGER TO
[...] (C) Summary: June 27, using the ongoing CARICOM Heads of State meeting as a catalyst, the CDA met with Jamaica's Minister of National Security (MNS),Trevor MacMillan to urge Jamaica to engage more fully with CARICOM on regional security, particularly with a focus on the troublesome ganja for [...]
2008-07-01 16:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MASS MOPS ASEC SNAR PBTS DHS JM XL
08KINGSTON596JAMAICA: BRAZEN MURDER OF TRANSIT COMPANY OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Douglas Chambers, chairman of the Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC),was brazenly assassinated on June 28. A respected accountant and partner at the auditing firm Chambers, Henry and Partners, Chambers had taken on the daunting job of restructuring the corrupt and inefficient JUTC la [...]
2008-07-03 18:45:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KCOR KCRM ETRN SOCI ASEC ELAB XL JM
08KINGSTON597REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) Firearms who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...]
2008-07-03 20:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON598REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) MIU who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2008-07-03 20:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON599REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) FAT who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candida [...]
2008-07-03 20:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON60JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING REQUESTS MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 18:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV JM XL
08KINGSTON600REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JDF) OCID Intel who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...]
2008-07-03 20:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON603JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
[...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica requesting transmission of the following congratulatory message from the Honorable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica, to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the USA, on the occasi [...]
2008-07-07 17:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON606(C) JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO REQEST FOR POST INPUT TO
[...] (S) The Inter-agency working group reviewed reftel and believes it to be a very thorough reporting directive. None of the reporting agencies identified in reftel had concerns about their ability to fulfill the directive's key subject areas as much of the information sought is collected during [...]
2008-07-09 21:28:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPINR PKPRP KCRM SNAR PTER JM
08KINGSTON617JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...]
2008-07-11 14:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON621JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...]
2008-07-11 20:13:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON627JAMAICA: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2002 FARM BILL FOOD SECURITY AND
[...] In response to inquiries made per reftel, Post has received the following letter, dated July 10, 2008, from Mr. R. Karl James, General Manager, Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited: (Begin text) "Jamaica projects to use approximately 62,000 tons of raw sugar during the FY 07/08. Jamaica [...]
2008-07-15 19:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EAID JM XL
08KINGSTON628REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidates: [...]
2008-07-16 12:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR JM
08KINGSTON629REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidates: [...]
2008-07-16 12:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR JM
08KINGSTON640JAMAICA: RESPONSE BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 050106560
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Post has provided the following information to establish the bona fides of SASCO Distributors Ltd., (SASCO) in Kingston. EconOff and members of the U.S. Marshals Service visited SASCO's offices on July 18. Employees and Principals ----------------------- [...]
2008-07-18 16:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JM
08KINGSTON648JAMAICA: FALL OF OLINT INVESTMENT SCHEME COULD
[...] (C) Following in the path of several other alternative investment schemes (Cash Plus, CAREIF, World Wise, see reftels),foreign currency trader Olint appears to have collapsed. Led by CEO David Smith, Olint built a strong following in Jamaica promising returns of ten percent per month. Unlik [...]
2008-07-22 12:03:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM
08KINGSTON653JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE PRESSURE ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 16:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCOL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON677JAMAICA: EXTRADITION OF DRUG KINGPIN NEMBHARD --
[...] (C) Summary: On the morning of July 4, Drug Kingpin Norris "Dido" Nembhard and four co-conspirators lost their final appeal and were eligible for extradition. Following maneuvers by defense attorneys to delay the extradition long enough to mount what would likely have been an unsuccessful ap [...]
2008-07-28 19:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL SOCI KCRM JM CO XL
08KINGSTON678JAMAICA: SANDRA GRANT GRIFFITHS APPOINTED AS
[...] On July 25th, post received the following diplomatic note, dated July 22nd, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (Begin text of MFAFT DIP NOTE 358/801/66) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United Sta [...]
2008-07-28 21:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM OFDP OVIP PREL
08KINGSTON681JAMAICA: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI)
[...] Per reftel (D),on July 17 Charge provided summary of the May 29 PSI Outreach Workshop to the following officials of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ): -- the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations, Courtenay Rattray; -- Minister of National [...]
2008-07-29 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL KNNP JM
08KINGSTON692JAMAICA: 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL
[...] According to the Deputy Director of the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s International Relations Office, Ms. Diedre Mills, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has not yet finalized its proposed attendance at the 63rd UNGA General Debate; however tentatively, both Pr [...]
2008-07-31 15:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JM
08KINGSTON702Jamaica: PM Golding concerned Justice System will Collapse
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Bruce Golding, was briefed on a USAID-sponsored assessment of the impact of Corruption in Jamaica on July 29. Golding has asked for a follow on meeting in three weeks with principal stakeholders, namely Customs, Police, Finance, National Security, Attorney and S [...]
2008-08-04 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN PREL ASEC SOCI KCOR KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON707JAMAICA: POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, CHARGED WITH EXTORTION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 21:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SENV PHUM SOCI AID ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON709JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE
[...] Per reftel (D),Post delivered diplomatic note, together with a Word copy reflecting tracked changes, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on the afternoon of August 7. 2. Post will report further developments. JOHNSON [...]
2008-08-08 14:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PTER ASEC KTIA JM XL
08KINGSTON710JAMAICA: DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE AMERICAS (DMA
[...] In response to DCM's inquiry per reftel, the Permanent Secretary in the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of National Security, Gilbert Scott, has provided the following information: (A) The Minister of National Security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, will represent the GoJ at the DMA VII [...]
2008-08-08 19:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON726JAMAICA: OLINT AND CASH PLUS, PARTY IS OVER, BUT
[...] (C) The Jamaican Financial Services Commission (FSC) has identified up to 30 unregulated investment schemes, with the three biggest being Cash Plus, Olint, and World Wise (reftels). Acting FSC Director George Roper met privately with Econoffs on August 13 to discuss the latest developments i [...]
2008-08-19 18:26:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM
08KINGSTON727REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING IN
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of p [...]
2008-08-20 13:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON731JAMAICA: OLYMPIC TRIUMPHS IN BEIJING IGNITE
[...] Spectacular performances by Jamaican athletes at the Beijing Olympics have enthralled this nation of 2.7 million, dominating the media and igniting widespread spontaneous celebrations. In Kingston and Montego Bay, normal commerce and traffic have slowed to a crawl as thousands have remained gl [...]
2008-08-21 17:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL PGOV ECON EINV SOCI KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON739JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST
[...] In response to Embassy's diplomatic note delivered August 7 per reftels (D) and (E),on August 21 Post received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 13, 2008. For ease of reference, points at whi [...]
2008-08-22 18:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON741JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF POINTS RE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 19:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL RU GG JM XL
08KINGSTON743JAMAICA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 20:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN TRGY IR GM JM XL
08KINGSTON750NEW COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his first three months on the job, the new Commissioner of Jamaica Customs, Danville Walker, has shown that he has no trouble upsetting the status quo. Performance highlights from his first one hundred days include: a 25 percent increase in customs' revenue collected, the re [...]
2008-08-26 13:01:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN TRSY SNAR JM
08KINGSTON753JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER ACEEDS TO U.S. DEMAND TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Johnson on August 21, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade acceded to the joint U.S./UK/CAN request to conduct an additional layer of internationally sanctioned vetting, to include a polygraph, of the current Director of [...]
2008-08-26 18:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR EFIN JM
08KINGSTON755JAMAICA: ETHANOL SECTOR, FULL OF HOPES AND FEARS
[...] (SBU) The Jamaican ethanol sector is seeing profitable growth as exports to the U.S. market rise, benefiting from trade preferences provided by the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has agreed to the sale of its former sugar estates to Brazilian firm Infinity Bi [...]
2008-08-27 18:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON ETRD TRSY IBRD WTO XL JM
08KINGSTON759AMBASSADOR JOHNSON ENCOURAGES JAMAICA TO TAKE A
[...] (C) Summary: As a follow on to the Charge's June 27 conversation with the Jamaican Foreign Minister, (Ref A) Ambassador Johnson again raised USG aspirations for Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados to come together and take a more proactive role in setting regional security priorities. Ambassador Jo [...]
2008-08-28 12:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON760JAMAICA: CAT 1 STORM GUSTAV SITUATION REPORT 1
[...] The predicted track and intensity of Category 1 Storm Gustav shifted significantly overnight, and was now predicted to pass just south of Jamaica during the day at winds approaching hurricane force. DCM invoked emergency telephone tree at 0645 local time. Normal embassy and consular operations [...]
2008-08-28 15:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC EAIR ECON CASC PINR XL JM
08KINGSTON761JAMAICA: GUSTAV STORM SITUATION REPORT 2
[...] The Consular section has issued a Warden Message at 11AM entitled, "Tropical Storm Gustav Update - U.S. Embassy Suspends Normal Operations" to alert U.S. citizens residing in and traveling to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands that the U.S. Embassy in Kingston has suspended normal operations on Aug [...]
2008-08-28 18:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC EAIR ECON CASC PINR XL JM
08KINGSTON762JAMAICA: GUSTAV OFDA FUNDING CITATION REQUEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACTION REQUEST: THIS CABLE REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ADVICE ON A FUNDING CITATIONS FOR USD 100,000 TO BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA'S OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO ASSESS AND RESPOND TO DAMAGE SU [...]
2008-09-02 13:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID AEMR ASEC ECON CASC PINR XL JM
08KINGSTON764JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REJECTING RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 13:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MARR GG RU JM XL
08KINGSTON765JAMAICA: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA; REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 13:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNGA KV JM XL
08KINGSTON772JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: REFORM NEEDED, BUT OPPORTUNITY
[...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture held a workshop to present findings from a 2008 USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry. The assessment found that Jamaica's cocoa beans are some of the finest in the world and are in high demand as a [...]
2008-09-03 18:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON SENV EINV AID ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON785REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of [...]
2008-09-08 20:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON786REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),Training, for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the LEAHY Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2008-09-08 21:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON787REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...]
2008-09-08 21:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON795JAMAICA: RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR STORM GUSTAV
[...] (SBU) Jamaicans are again picking up the pieces from the ninth major natural disaster in seven years. Two weeks after Tropical Storm Gustav hit, the country is still assessing damage, but agriculture and infrastructure suffered most. Embassy and USAID staff traveled on September 8 to the thre [...]
2008-09-10 18:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAIR AID EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON807JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 18:45:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN JM XL
08KINGSTON808JAMAICA DOES NOT EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF
[...] Jamaica does not plan to participate in the Community of Democracies (CD) meeting scheduled for September 26 on the margins of the UN General Assembly, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Deputy Director for International Organizations, Diedre Mills. Speak [...]
2008-09-15 19:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA KDEM JM
08KINGSTON809BLACK EYE FOR JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE -- AMMO
[...] Summary: (C) After sitting quietly on the website of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida for four months, a one-page press release regarding the indictment of convicted arms dealer, Lance Brooks, for the attempted illegal sale of 270,000 rounds of ammunition to the Jamaica [...]
2008-09-16 14:57:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM JM
08KINGSTON819JAMAICA: REVIEW OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR CARICOM LEADERS'
[...] Per reftel, Ambassador reviewed the agenda items on the afternoon of September 17 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Dr. Kenneth Baugh, who will accompany Prime Minister Bruce Golding to the CARICOM Leaders' meeting with the Secretary on September 25 in [...]
2008-09-18 14:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MASS JM XL
08KINGSTON823REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...]
2008-09-18 19:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON838JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING'S RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 20:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN JM XL
08KINGSTON858REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Evaluation Workshop for the IOM Human Trafficking Investigation Course held in San Salvador, October 21 - 23, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign As [...]
2008-09-26 19:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON864FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is Kingston's first report on the new semi-annual schedule, covering April-September 2008. In the second half of FY 2008, the FPU focused on NIV petition-based visa fraud, as well as enhanced cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions. [...]
2008-09-30 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08KINGSTON867JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The GOJ's USD 4.5 million deal with American Airlines to guarantee airlift to the island has faced criticism in the press; others see it as an important hedge against the failing national carrier Air Jamaica. -- Air Jamaica appears to have found a new CEO after the one s [...]
2008-10-03 14:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON870REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Basic Officer Leadership & Military Intel Courses held at Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, OK, November 7, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...]
2008-10-03 17:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON871DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA ON UNGA FIRST
[...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of the International Organizations Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on September 24. 2. As of October 3, Jamaican officials had offered no substantive response. JOHNSON [...]
2008-10-03 17:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CDG PREL UNGA JM
08KINGSTON872REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the International Defense Transformation Course, Civil-Military Relations NPS Center, held in Monterey, CA, October 27, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign [...]
2008-10-03 17:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON875CRIME IN JAMAICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gruesome headlines of multiple murder and discoveries of the mutilated bodies of children are all too common in today's Jamaica. Despite the Prime Minister's announcement of the urgency to pass new crime legislation, the draft bills are taking a pounding in Parliamentary hearin [...]
2008-10-06 18:21:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR KCRM PREL JM
08KINGSTON883WILL FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCK JAMAICA?
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's heavy dependence on global economic fortunes exposes the country to the ongoing financial meltdown, a serious concern for the year-old Golding administration. Finance Minister Audley Shaw, in an apparent move to avoid a crisis of confidence, has been reassuring Jamaicans that t [...]
2008-10-09 16:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD XL JM
08KINGSTON91FRAUD SUMMARY OCT-DEC 2007 KINGSTON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the first quarter of FY 2008, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a ring of C1/D fraud that resulted in specific information about the applicants' smuggler in New York. FPU also investigated ten H-1B cases of Indian nationals who provided fraudulent employment [...]
2008-01-29 16:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08KINGSTON917JAMAICA: SUPPORTS EXPANDING BIOFUELS ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) In response to the action request in reftel, Econoff met with Minster of Energy Clive Mullings to deliver points. Mullings said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) welcomes the biofuels cooperation and he said he was very appreciative of this offer of assistance to Jamaica. He said he looks [...]
2008-10-24 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON SENV ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON935REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET FOR UNIT VETTING TRAINING AND/OR RECEIVING EQUIPMENT FROM U.S., KINGSTON, JAMAICA, JANUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 15:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON936JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) signed the Open Skies Agreement with the United States on October 30. -- Ministry of Energy rolls out E-10 at gas stations and considers investment in a castor bean biodiesel project. -- Energy Ministry also announces plans to invest in c [...]
2008-11-03 20:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON94JAMAICA: UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S PROSPECTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 12:05:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM
08KINGSTON949JAMAICA: IPR WORKSHOP BRINGS OLYMPIC GOLD
[...] (U) Three-time gold medal winner Usain Bolt emphasized the importance of protecting intellectual property rights at a three-day workshop on Combating Piracy of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) held at the U.S. Mission in Kingston. The workshop held November 4-6 was organized by the Political [...]
2008-11-07 13:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR SOCI PGOV SCUL USTR KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON95(S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW
[...] (S) The text below is taken directly from an internal briefing document drafted by the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Bilateral Relations Department. The document was dated October 1 2007 and prepared for the then-newly elected Prime Minister Bruce Golding. [...]
2008-01-30 17:50:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON950EMBASSY KINGSTON CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR HURRICANE
[...] Embassy Kingston's EAC met on 11/6/08 and 11/7/08 to discuss contingency plans for Hurricane Paloma. The storm is expected to pass west of the island of Jamaica, possibly bringing heavy rains to Negril and Montego Bay, Jamaica. However, this forecast path will take the storm over the Cayman Is [...]
2008-11-07 19:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC CI JM
08KINGSTON969REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the International Officer Intel Course, held at Intelligence School, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, December 15, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post [...]
2008-11-14 21:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON97(S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 19:57:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON972JAMAICA: FATAL SHOOTING MARS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RULING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 19:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON98JAMAICAN THINK TANK ANALYZES INVESTMENT SCHEMES
[...] (U) The Jamaican think tank Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) based at the University of the West Indies has released the first independent analysis on alternative investment schemes which have proliferated on the island. A range of schemes promising annual returns of up to 180 perce [...]
2008-01-30 20:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD EFIN PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON981JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Post has received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)?s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated November 8, 2008: (BEGIN TEXT OF JAMAICAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE) ---------------------------------------- Ref No.: 358/801/3) The Ministry of Fo [...]
2008-11-19 16:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON984JAMAICA: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 12:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR TSPL TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON985REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the ANACAPA training course held Orlando, Florida, December 8-12,2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2008-11-21 14:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON987JAMAICA: ENDORSEMENT OF SOUTHCOM'S FY09 OEF-CCA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 16:28:00Embassy KingstonSECRET//NOFORNPTER MASS MARR ASEC JM XL
08KINGSTON989CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CRIME AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: WHA Director for Caribbean Affairs Velia De Pirro visited Kingston October 29-31. Crime and corruption colored every discussion between Jamaican interlocutors and De Pirro. In meetings with Jamaican officials and Canadian and British diplomats, she affirmed the U.S. commitm [...]
2008-11-21 19:06:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON996REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Unit Vetting, Mobile Training Team, January 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propose [...]
2008-11-21 20:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON998UPDATED TO REFLECT CORRECT TRAINING/TRAINING DATE:
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Unit Vetting, Mobile Training Team, January 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propose [...]
2008-11-21 21:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
08PANAMA120PANAMA: URGENT MEDEVAC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) "Let me raise this request with (First VP and FM) Samuel Lewis," Lewis' Senior Advisor Adolfo Ahumada told POLCOUNS on February 8 in response to reftel request for GOP assistance. Ahumada underscored (twice) in a brief conversation the "political sensitivities" that would need to be overc [...]
2008-02-08 19:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM SMIG BF CO CS CU DR JM MX PM
08SANJOSE146 TOOLS FOR A GREEN ISLAND: ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENT AND
[...] SUMMARY. While in Kingston October 21-24, 2007, REO met with UNEP, GOJ environmental officials, and U.S. Mission environmental partners to discuss priorities and potential tools. UNEP's Franklin Macdonald shared his views on WW2BW's future. Jamaica's National Environment and Planning Agency [...]
2008-02-22 17:09:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ENRG JM
08STATE129448BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050134831 for the export of pistols to Jamaica. Post is requested to complete this [...]
2008-12-09 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JM
08STATE70444BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050106560 for the export of ammunition to Jamaica. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...]
2008-07-01 13:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JM
08STATE98698MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP
[...] At 1530 EDT on September 15, 2008, The Executive Secretary disbanded the Hurricane Monitoring Group. 2. Public inquiries regarding American Citizen Services issues may be referred to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services 888-407-4747, or from overseas at 1- 202-501-4444. Inquiries fro [...]
2008-09-15 22:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC AMTG CASC JM KFLO MARR MX PINR PREL
09KINGSTON1000Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...]
2009-11-25 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1022Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) - DISAM INTL-PURCHASER (IT) course with starting date of 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2009-11-27 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1024JAMAICA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, the following is suggested narrative input for Jamaica: (begin text) Jamaica's proximity to the United States, well developed sea lanes and air links, and the transit of over two million travelers annually between the United States and Jamaica make the country a poten [...]
2009-11-27 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS JM XL
09KINGSTON1040Jamaica Outlines Position For Copenhagen Climate Change
[...] (SBU) As the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) prepares to attend the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, they are also finalizing the Second National Communication (SNC) on the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) as required by treaty signatories. The GOJ reports their [...]
2009-12-02 20:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV UNEP ENRG EINV PREL PINR SOCI KGHG XL JM
09KINGSTON1046JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA "DEFAMATION OF
[...] (U) Per reftels, Emboff delivered demarche on the potential dangers of the "Defamation of Religions" resolution and solicited the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s commitment to vote against or to abstain on the resolution when it comes to the UNGA plenary session for a final vote. Demarche was de [...]
2009-12-03 16:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL PHUM KIRF UN UNGA XL JM
09KINGSTON1060Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Crime Scene Investigators Course with the starting date of 5 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidat [...]
2009-12-08 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1062Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -International Officer Captain Career course with starting date of 22 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory info [...]
2009-12-08 17:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1072Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Maneuver SLC Course with starting date of 05 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name [...]
2009-12-09 18:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1074Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Criminal Investigation DIV Special Agent Course with starting date of 04 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...]
2009-12-09 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1088Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...]
2009-12-10 20:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1098Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Naval Staff College Course with the starting date of 06 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2009-12-14 19:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1106JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Per Reftel, CDA delivered demarche via telephone urging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to vote "yes" on the upcoming Iran human rights resolution in the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Demarche was delivered to Ambassador Evadne Coye, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2009-12-15 17:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HURI PREL KISL ISCON UN UNGA JM XL IR
09KINGSTON1118JAMAICA: SENIOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SENTECED TO 18 MONTHS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 21:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC SNAR AID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON113JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...]
2009-02-12 19:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON1142Jamaica: J1 Validation Study Shows Good Usage and Returns
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit conducted a validation study on Jamaican J1 applicants who received J1 visas between May and August 2009. In our study, we concentrated on summer work and travel students, who make up the majority of J1 applicants seen at Embassy Kings [...]
2009-12-21 16:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SMIG KFRD OEXC JM
09KINGSTON115JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS
[...] Per reftel, EmbOffs delivered demarche regarding liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in the course of a meeting on February 11 with Ministry of Agriculture International Trade Specialist Karl Hyatt and Special Advisor Dr. Wayne Henry. 2. Hyatt reconfirmed that Jam [...]
2009-02-13 15:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JM XL
09KINGSTON1160Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Officer Course with the starting date of 08 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2009-12-22 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1162Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Hull Maintenance Course with the starting date of 15 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...]
2009-12-22 15:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1164Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Combat Engineering Officer Course with the starting date of 26 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candi [...]
2009-12-22 15:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON117JAMAICA:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 20:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL
09KINGSTON1176JAMAICA: FR RESULTS FORCE APPLICANTS TO FACE THEIR DUAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues its work in detecting and combatting fraud by using existing technologies, building partnerships, and documenting trends. In this regard, we are pleased to report that thus far in FY 2010, we have intercepted several applica [...]
2009-12-28 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SMIG KFRD JM
09KINGSTON118JAMAICA: UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 20:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL
09KINGSTON119JAMAICA: INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] The responses in this cable are keyed to the questions in Reftel. 2. 23 A. Information on trafficking in persons (TIP) is available from the Department of the Public Prosecutor (DPP),police anti-TIP Unit, and the national anti-TIP task force. These are reliable sources that provide veri [...]
2009-02-17 12:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON131URGENT REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) and Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the IDEC pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]
2009-02-20 14:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON14CORRECTED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in an Army-provided Infantry Training, February 20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propos [...]
2009-01-09 14:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON140REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Fire Protection Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON141REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Air Traffic Control Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candida [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON142REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Advanced Engineering Aid Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON143REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON144JAMAICA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATURE FOR RE-ELECTION TO
[...] Post has received the following diplomatic note, dated 4 February 2009, from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of diplomatic note 50/140/19) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the/ [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA PBTS EFIS AORC IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON149REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Builder Class 1 Advance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-02-26 12:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON150REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Information Technology Specialist Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]
2009-02-26 12:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON151REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Military Police Investigator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate [...]
2009-02-26 12:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON157JAMAICA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Significant p [...]
2009-03-02 13:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KCOR KIPR TRYS IADB IBRD IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON167JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA)
[...] The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has high expectations for the 2009 SOA to be held April 17-19 in Port-of-Spain. Post is implementing a number of public diplomacy outreach initiatives, and the SOA has begun to receive attention in the local media. End Summary. Foreign Minister's Expectations [...]
2009-03-04 16:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL KPAO KSUM JM XL
09KINGSTON183CLEARANCE FOR VESSEL R/V CORWITH CRAMER
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (MFAFT) has granted clearance for the vessel R/V Corwith Cramer to conduct maritime scientific research in areas subject to the jurisdiction of Jamaica from 27MAR2009 to 04MAY2009. 2. A copy of the original diplo [...]
2009-03-11 11:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT SENV PBTS PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON184JAMAICA: CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND
[...] (U) From February 20-22, a CODEL led by WHA sub-committee Chair Eliot Engel was in Kingston, Jamaica, meeting with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss energy, environmental, and law enforcement cooperation issues. In addition to Chair Engel, the CODEL included R [...]
2009-03-11 17:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON187REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR VIP
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the VIP Security Training Course, being offered by DS/ATA, April 27 - May 15, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogato [...]
2009-03-12 14:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON192JAMAICA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE
[...] In response to reftels (A) and (D),and consistent with reftel (C),to the best of Post's knowledge Jamaica has no record of child labor or forced labor in the production of goods. HEG [...]
2009-03-12 20:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON208JAMAICA: (C) DESPITE RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY, THERE
[...] (C) Summary: When asked by the NAS Director on March 13 if the rumors of his departure were true, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, current Commissioner of Police just laughed. While nothing is beyond the realm of possibility, Lewin's response seems to confirm the learned opinions of the current Pe [...]
2009-03-19 19:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL JM
09KINGSTON22REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Aircraft Flight Equipment (Sys) Apprentice Course, Sheppard AFB, TX, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2009-01-12 17:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON224REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in Basic and Advance I2 Training Courses, being offered April 1-6 and April 7-9, respectively, held here at the U.S. Embassy Kingston, pursuant to the Leahy Act [...]
2009-03-24 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON226REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the MILITARY INTEL OFFICER BASIC COURSE, INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL, FT. HUACHUCA, ARIZONA, APRIL 29, 2009 . pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post ha [...]
2009-03-24 19:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON227REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Boatswains Mate A Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...]
2009-03-24 19:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON228REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Small Arms/Towed Artillary Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-03-24 19:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON23REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics Technician Course, US Coast Guard Training Center, Petaluma, CA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...]
2009-01-12 17:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON230REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Criminal Invest Division Special Agent Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...]
2009-03-24 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON231REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-03-24 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON253FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09)
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...]
2009-04-02 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON255REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 2009
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the 2009 International Fugitive Investigators Conference, being held May 5-7, 2009 in Toronto, Canada, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. P [...]
2009-04-02 18:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON260JAMAICA: NOT TO FILE BRIEF WITH ICJ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 19:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL ICJ KV JM XL
09KINGSTON268JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 11:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON269JAMAICA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Representatives from the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank conducted a site visit with Emboffs to a USD 225 million wharf redevelopment project to bring Genesis-class cruise ships to the city of Falmouth; -- U.S. Treasury provided technical assistance to help the Governmen [...]
2009-04-07 14:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS IBRD XL JM
09KINGSTON27JAMAICA ON TRACK TO RATIFY MONTREAL CONVENTION
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Janice Miller, Assistant Director of Economic Affairs at Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),on January 8. 2. Miller indicated that the Jamaican Parliament must vote to ratify the Montreal Convention. The Minister of Transpo [...]
2009-01-12 18:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ICAO JM XL
09KINGSTON270JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...]
2009-04-07 14:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM
09KINGSTON271JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Post's response to questions listed in reftel regarding fiscal transparency in Jamaica. 2. (U) Jamaica's fiscal transparency and accountability is constitutionally mandated and legally enforced. The national budget is publicly available and fiscal numbers are published [...]
2009-04-07 14:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL JM
09KINGSTON277REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the International Sea Cargo Interdiction Training 2, being held April 27-May 8, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Po [...]
2009-04-08 14:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON278LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM PRIME MINISTER BRUCE
[...] (SBU) Under cover of the following Government of Jamaica Diplomatic Note No. 5/504/1 of April 6, post has received the below letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to the President: (Begin Text of Diplomatic Note) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its [...]
2009-04-08 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL SNAR ASEC KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON28REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Colombian Military, Colombia, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...]
2009-01-12 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON294JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING SHUFFLES CABINET
[...] (SBU) At the Prime Minister's request, Trevor MacMillan, Derrick Smith and Clive Mullings all resigned their cabinet positions Security, Telecommunications, and Energy respectively, on April 6. MacMillan, Smith and Mullings were replaced by three Ministers without portfolio already within the [...]
2009-04-15 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON295JAMAICA: CARICOM Multilat at FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 16:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV JM XL
09KINGSTON296JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTIONS ON KOSOVO'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 18:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL IBRD IMF KV JM XL
09KINGSTON297JAMAICA: UPDATE OF INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM
[...] Information for Embassy Kingston's TFCO and Deputy TFCO is unchanged: TFCO: Lloyd Moss, Political-Economic Counselor, tel. 876-702-6083 (IVG 929-6083),e-mail MossLW@state.gov, class e-mail MossLW@state.sgov.gov Deputy TFCO: Nathan Carter, Economic Officer, tel. 876-702-6028 (IVG 929-6 [...]
2009-04-17 18:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER JM XL
09KINGSTON298JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 19:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON301JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 19:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON31REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Columbian Military, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post [...]
2009-01-14 14:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON318REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT Maritime Law Enforcement Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...]
2009-04-27 18:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON319REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics ADV Digital OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candi [...]
2009-04-27 19:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON321REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combat Engineer Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-04-27 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON324KINGSTON EAC REACTS TO DEMONSTRATIONS AND
[...] (U) This cable contains information that is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) A number of sporadic roadblocks and demonstrations occurred today in Kingston, possibly in response to recent increases in gasoline taxes announced by the Government of Jamaica (GO [...]
2009-04-29 11:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC JM
09KINGSTON328REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-04-30 16:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON329REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-04-30 17:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON330REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Damage Controlman/OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-04-30 17:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON331REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Dental BNCOC Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...]
2009-04-30 17:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON332REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Machinery Tech ADV/Refrigerator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-04-30 17:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON348JAMAICA: IPR AND 301 WATCHLIST FOLLOW-UP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with Carol Simpson, Executive Director of the Jamaican Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) on May 4 to discuss Jamaica's continued listing on the IPR 301 Watch List and the status of the proposed Patent and Design Act. Simpson explained the legislative process is tim [...]
2009-05-05 17:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TRSY XL JM
09KINGSTON355JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NARCOTICS BENCHMARKS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 19:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PINR PREL EWWT EAIR PTER ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON373JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTION ON KOSOVO'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 19:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL IBRD KV JM XL
09KINGSTON377JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, MAY 2009
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, &We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba,s relations within [...]
2009-05-14 19:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON ETTC PREL JM
09KINGSTON390JAMAICA: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 14:20:00Embassy KingstonSECRETEFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN JM
09KINGSTON394CHINAQS PERM MISSION INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY DIPNOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Post received the following dipnote from the Permanent Mission of the PeopleQs Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority. BEGIN TEXT: The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority presents its complimen [...]
2009-05-20 15:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA EWWT PBTS SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI CH XE XL JM
09KINGSTON408JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A
[...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...]
2009-05-22 15:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON409JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A
[...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...]
2009-05-22 15:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON417JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR REMAINS A PROBLEM; CONVICTION RATE
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken significant steps to pass and enforce legislation on child labor, although conviction rates in this field, as in others in Jamaica, remain low. Conoff accompanied Tina McCarter and Linda Bermudez of the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of [...]
2009-05-22 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM CVIS PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON418JAMAICA: JCLO APPEARS TO CHARGE JAMAICAN GUEST WORKERS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes that the mandatory payroll deductions imposed on Jamaican H2A and H2B guest workers to fund the activities of the Jamaican Central Labour Organization (JCLO) are duplicative of services provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Jamaican Embassy a [...]
2009-05-22 19:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PHUM SOCI PREL ELAB JM XL
09KINGSTON429REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT.Officer Captain Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-05-27 18:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON431REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the US Sergeant Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...]
2009-05-27 19:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON436JAMAICA: PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 16
[...] (U) Summary: On May 29, Jamaica's two major political parties announced their candidates to contest the June 16 by-election in the North East St. Catherine constituency. The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) selected its incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Desmond Gregory Mair, who earlier th [...]
2009-05-29 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON437JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLANS TO
[...] (C) In his May 27 address to the Annual Conference of the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF),National Security Minister Dwight Nelson defended police officers accused of official misconduct and promised to recruit lawyers for their defense, eliciting a firestorm of controversy and demands for an [...]
2009-06-01 12:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC ELAB XL JM PGOV
09KINGSTON438Jamaica: ICE launches of Operation JOLT to target lottery
[...] (U) Jamaica -- May 27-28, the Charg d'Affairs and ICE Attach opened the first JOLT Task Force joint training session and operation - that's the Jamaica Operations Linked to Telemarketing. In 2008, it is estimated that more than USD 30 million was transferred to Jamaica by victims of the lottery [...]
2009-06-01 13:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL
09KINGSTON439JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES RETRACTION,
[...] (U) National Security Minister Dwight Nelson has withdrawn his May 27 statement before the annual conference of the Jamaican Police Federation (JPF) that seemed to reflect government tolerance of police misconduct. The retraction followed two days of criticism from human rights groups, the opp [...]
2009-06-01 14:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB PGOV JM XL
09KINGSTON452JAMAICA: GOVERNING PARTY TO CHALLENGE PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) Summary: In reaction to protracted legal challenges against the qualifications of four of his ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Members of Parliament (MP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding indicated on May 29 that he would consider mounting similar efforts against "several" sitting MPs f [...]
2009-06-08 14:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON453REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Training of the Trainers Course, being held mid June 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory in [...]
2009-06-08 14:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON459JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: VERY SWEET REFORM
[...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) held a workshop to present findings from a USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry (reftel). The assessment found that although there are significant economic opportunities to be derived from coc [...]
2009-06-09 19:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON SENV EINV AID SOCI KCOR ETRD JM XL
09KINGSTON462JAMAICA: Mid-year report card for the 2010 Major's List
[...] (U) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) continues to make progress in combating the significant flow of illicit drugs, fighting public corruption, and assisting in the extradition of wanted fugitives from U.S. Justice. Although the GOJ expresses a desire to combat criminal activities and continues [...]
2009-06-10 19:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL
09KINGSTON466JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Post has confirmed the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) will send Marcia Forbes, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Kathryn Phipps, Chairperson of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, to participate in the June 15-16 Lima event. GOJ participants are aware [...]
2009-06-12 11:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG KGHG ENVT EAGR SENV SOCI ETRD KSUM XL JM
09KINGSTON467JAMAICA: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CUBA MUST
[...] (U) Summary: In an informal June 5 press conference in Kingston, Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) Albert Ramdin of Suriname described as "historic" the recently-concluded 39th General Assembly (GA) session in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that saw the rescindi [...]
2009-06-12 13:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ASEC SOCI PGOV OAS JM
09KINGSTON471AIR JAMAICA: TWO BIDDERS, NEW LOANS, PRESSURE
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ's) efforts to privatize Air Jamaica (AJ) have gone through numerous changes and setbacks. As the deal enters its final stage, Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines and U.S.-based Spirit Air appear to be the two remaining bidders. The GOJ hopes to have the deal s [...]
2009-06-12 18:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PINR PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON478JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2009 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche advising Jamaica of its tier ranking and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's imminent release to Mr. Samuel Blake, Director of the Office of Organized Crime and Defence in the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of National Security and Chair [...]
2009-06-16 11:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JM
09KINGSTON480JAMAICA: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EFFORTS FOR HIV
[...] (U) On June 11 the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS hosted the 4th Pan Caribbean Business Coalition Forum on HIV/AIDS (forum) for business and NGO leaders in the Caribbean. At the event the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) highlighted that Jamaica has more than 30,000 people living with HIV/AI [...]
2009-06-16 20:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID SOCI PREL KHIV TBIO JM XL
09KINGSTON481JAMAICA RESPONSE TO 2009 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
[...] (U) The following is Post's response to questions listed in reftel regarding staffing and employee data at International organizations. 2. (U) Staff of the International Seabed Authority are listed below by name, title, nationality, category and level: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL --- [...]
2009-06-16 20:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO JM
09KINGSTON482REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]
2009-06-17 15:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON483REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Captains Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...]
2009-06-17 15:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON490JAMAICA: JLP WINS BIG IN NORTH EAST ST. CATHERINE BY
[...] (U) Gregory Mair, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP),won handily a court-ordered by-election over the opposition People's National Party's (PNP) candidate, Granville Valentine on June 15. Mair almost tripled his margin of victory in the 2007 general election and p [...]
2009-06-18 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON493REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID COMET Gang Investigation Training, being held in July here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...]
2009-06-19 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON495JAMAICA: WORKING HAND IN GLOVE LEADS TO CUFFS
[...] (C) Thanks to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),Kingston Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has assisted in the location and arrest of several fugitives in Jamaica. In accordance with Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222f to further the administration and [...]
2009-06-19 19:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS CPAS CMGT SOCI PREL KFRD KCRM ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON496JAMAICA: H1N1 14 CONFIRMED CASES, STATUS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has confirmed fourteen cases of influenza A (H1N1) on the island. The first two cases were from two people who arrived from New York on May 19 (reftel). In the first week of June, five cases were detected, all related to people who traveled from the Unite [...]
2009-06-22 17:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC TBIO SOCI PREL PINR KFLU XL JM
09KINGSTON503 OAS-CARICOM UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP
[...] Washington interagency representatives participated in the Domestic Export Controls and Maritime Security Workshop in Support of the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) in Kingston June 15-17. This workshop was the result of regional response to UNSC resolutions [...]
2009-06-25 18:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
09KINGSTON504JAMAICA: FSN WAGES STAGNATE AMIDST HIGH INFLATION; ACTION
[...] (SBU) Jamaica has a long history of price instability influenced largely by currency depreciation. Prices rose on average by 13.4 percent annually during the past six years. Although inflation has moderated to below 2 percent for the first four months of 2009, it is expected to increase for t [...]
2009-06-26 12:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN AMGT APER XL JM
09KINGSTON508JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS AND DETAINED PATTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 15:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD JM OPIC PGOV PREL TRSY XL
09KINGSTON512REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Training July, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. N [...]
2009-06-29 17:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON518JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to urge Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to undertake specific actions to ensure immediate and robust implementation of financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 in order to prevent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from using Jamaican jurisdictions to [...]
2009-07-02 16:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP JM XL
09KINGSTON526REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the JCF to participate in the Police Role in Combating Terrorism held here in Jamaica, July 27-31, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of prop [...]
2009-07-07 19:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON528JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated June 30, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/101/41) "Ref. No: 50/101/41 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of J [...]
2009-07-08 15:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDACABQ AORC PHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON530JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS
[...] Post appreciates receipt of Reftel, and will provide comments on the proposal regarding country clearances, and on other questions vis-a-vis the Cayman Islands, in coming weeks. MOSS [...]
2009-07-08 18:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC APER CMGT KCOM PBTS EFIN PREL JM
09KINGSTON531JAMAICA: CRIME ON THE RISE; 5733 MAJOR CRIMES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major crimes are up 20 percent for the first seven months of the year, a majority of the increase is related to property crimes, according to Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson, who addressed the issue at a breakfast meeting of the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) o [...]
2009-07-08 19:31:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC SOCI SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR XL JM
09KINGSTON536JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...]
2009-07-13 14:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON539REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JDF) to participate in the Community-based Policing training pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-07-14 17:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON543REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-07-15 21:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON545REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for ANG, Pre-Ranger/Ranger training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of propo [...]
2009-07-16 14:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON549REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Counter-Terrorism Mobile Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]
2009-07-17 14:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON550REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-07-17 14:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON559REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Methods Workshop to be held here in Jamaica August 19-20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derog [...]
2009-07-22 17:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON560JAMAICA: HONDURAN EMBASSY DIPNOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC OAS UN JM HO XL XK
09KINGSTON561JAMAICA: NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 16:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KV JM XL
09KINGSTON566REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-07-24 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON605JAMAICA: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 11:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP JM XL
09KINGSTON606JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE UNESCO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 15:31:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALUNESCO JM XL
09KINGSTON609JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT LBS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche request on Land-Based Sources (LBS) Protocol, Emboff met with Pat Sinclair McCalla, Permanent Secretary in the Office of The Prime Minister on August 11. McCalla said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is in strong support of the LBS protocol and will look to [...]
2009-08-14 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS SENV PHSA EIND JM XL
09KINGSTON610 JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITS OF
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following units from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) for Mobile Team Training, FMF and 1206, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the unit battalion unit comm [...]
2009-08-17 13:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON611JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING
[...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...]
2009-08-17 13:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL
09KINGSTON622JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: ENERGY AND PETROCARIBE, WHERE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Jamaica continues to suffer under the global economic recession, but the island has been hit harder than other nations because of its high energy costs and reliance on petroleum for electricity. The lack of viable short-term solutions, and increasing dependence on the [...]
2009-08-21 12:36:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV JM XL
09KINGSTON629REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR USAID TRAINING - COMMUNITY POLICING WORKSHIP SEPTEMBER 1, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON631JAMAICA: STEWART TO LEAD JAMAICA TEACHERS UNION, EDUCATORS
[...] (SBU) As Michael Stewart takes the reins of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA),one of the island's largest public sector unions, he finds himself caught between: a public education system in disarray; an Education Ministry facing severe fiscal restraints, demanding greater accountability [...]
2009-08-24 20:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON643REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following cadidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET),pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...]
2009-08-27 16:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON644REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of [...]
2009-08-27 16:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON645REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]
2009-08-27 19:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON646REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]
2009-08-27 19:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON647REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of p [...]
2009-08-27 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON648JAMAICA: AUGUST LABOR REVIEW, PUBLIC SECTOR UNREST GROWS
[...] (U) -- Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding reiterates promise not to cut public sector jobs despite Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s worsening financial prospects. -- National Workers Union (NWU) President Vincent Morrison expresses skepticism toward PM's promise, expects GOJ austerity measures to [...]
2009-08-28 17:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON EIND EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON649REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in USAID-funded Non-geographical Community Policing Workshop pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...]
2009-08-28 17:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON651REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USMS-funded Defensive Tactics Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...]
2009-08-28 18:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON653REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...]
2009-08-28 21:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON654CORRECTION - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...]
2009-08-28 21:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON655JAMAICA: FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER HESITANT ON EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) Charge', accompanied by EmbOff, paid an introductory courtesy call on Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on the morning of August 28. Charge' requested assistance from Baugh on a recent dipnote regarding the extradition request for [...]
2009-08-28 21:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON CJAN ETRD EAID SNAR AID DEA JM XL
09KINGSTON656REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON66JAMAICA: REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
[...] The intense interest and excitement surrounding the inauguration of Barack H. Obama as 44th President of the United States grew steadily in the run-up to January 20. Prior to inauguration day, the volume of newspaper columns, radio and television reports and commentary had steadily grown. Wit [...]
2009-01-22 13:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL ECON SOCI KPAO JM XL OIIP
09KINGSTON661JAMAICA: GOJ VIEWS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Although Jamaica does not manufacture or export weapons of mass destruction (WMD),the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is active in international disarmament fora and is proud of its leadership role in establishing Latin America and the Caribbean as the first nuclear weapon-free zone in the w [...]
2009-09-01 12:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV UNGA JM XL
09KINGSTON667JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. CONSENT OF NOMINATED
[...] Post received the following Diplomatict Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 24, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 324/801/65) Ref. No.: 324/801/65 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaic [...]
2009-09-02 19:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON668JAMAICA RATIFIES CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 20, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 8/807/530) "Ref. No.:8/807/530 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]
2009-09-02 19:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON669JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 27, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/141/3) "Ref. No. 50/141/3 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica p [...]
2009-09-02 19:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SOCI PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON679UPDATED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 14:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON681REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USG-funded Critical Incident Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...]
2009-09-09 18:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON682JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign T [...]
2009-09-09 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL
09KINGSTON685JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 23:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD EAGR OVIP UNGA JM XL
09KINGSTON686JAMAICA: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 23:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP JM XL
09KINGSTON689LACK OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTRAINS JAMAICAN JUDICIARY,
[...] (SBU) Jamaican Chief Justice Zaila McCalla expressed frustration with the state of the Jamaican judicial system during ChargQ Parnell's September 11th introductory meeting. Since the 1960s, crime rates in Jamaica have increased dramatically, yet the court system has not responded with adequate [...]
2009-09-15 13:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR CJAN SOCI EAID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON695JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-17 20:59:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON699JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-18 18:26:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON700UPDATED: Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following three (3) candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF)who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...]
2009-09-17 19:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON701JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 22:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON704JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Kenneth Baugh on September 18, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated September 18, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (Begin text of MFAFT DIP NOTE) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of [...]
2009-09-18 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON705British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request
[...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...]
2009-09-25 21:53:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON71JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] Summary: This cable answers questions from reftel and outlines Jamaica's progress on eliminating the worst forms of child labor. During the reporting period, the Jamaican government trained fifty police officers on child labor/exploitation issues. In addition, the Department of Public Prosec [...]
2009-01-26 11:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON712JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY
[...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...]
2009-09-22 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN
09KINGSTON731JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 30, 2009
[...] (C) On October 30, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated October 30, from the Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ): (Begin text of MOJ DIP NOTE) Re: Request for extradition of Christopher Coke I have the honour of addres [...]
2009-11-02 18:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON733JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS
[...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...]
2009-11-04 18:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON735JAMAICA: IMF TEAM SEES GOJ'S CLARITY OF PURPOSE, BUT TIME IS
[...] (C) Trevor Alleyne, Division Chief and head of the a six-person International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Jamaica, said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears to have a "clarity of purpose" in regard to current negotiations for a Standby Agreement. Alleyne met with Emboffs on November 5 [...]
2009-11-06 13:02:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN TRSY IDB SOCI IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON737Jamaica: Private Sector Nervous Over Delay in IMF Deal; Risk
[...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding's lack of political courage in making difficult decisions has created a crisis of confidence in the private sector. His promise of an imminent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement worth USD 1.2 billion has set him, as well as his Jamaica L [...]
2009-11-19 14:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD SOCI PINR PREL IADB IMF TRSY JM
09KINGSTON743AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE
[...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ),the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...]
2009-11-30 13:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON746JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff presented a diplomatic note and delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the U.S. candidacy in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council election at the 26th IMO Assembly, to be held in London, November 23-December 4, [...]
2009-09-25 19:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL PREL
09KINGSTON747JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in Reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba's relations withi [...]
2009-12-02 17:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETTC SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON749EXTRADITION JAMAICA: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL COKE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 12:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC SOCI CJAN KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON753JAMAICA: OPPOSITION GRILLS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT ON
[...] (SBU) The continuing controversy over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition request exploded into partisan rancor and bitterness in Jamaica's Parliament on December 8, as Peter Phillips, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People's National Party (PNP) and former Minister for Nation [...]
2009-12-10 17:45:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON759JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...]
2009-12-14 19:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON767CORRECTED COPY: JAMAICA: DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 12:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON79REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Light Infantry Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-01-28 16:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON790Fraud Summary - Kingston March 2009 - August 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the second half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FP [...]
2009-10-06 16:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON798JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 18:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC APER CMGT PBTS EFIN BEXP PREL KCOM JM CJ
09KINGSTON80REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Basic Officer Leaders/INT Student Prep Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...]
2009-01-28 16:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON806JAMAICA: EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR CASH PLUS INVESTORS?
[...] (SBU) Investors in the failed alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, could have an early Christmas, if liquidator Hugh Wildman is able to reclaim USD 25 million discovered in an offshore account in a Swiss bank in Dubai. The accounts were in the names of Carlos Hill, the embattled head of C [...]
2009-10-09 14:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR JM XL UK AE
09KINGSTON826Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]
2009-10-13 19:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM ASEC
09KINGSTON830Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]
2009-10-13 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON838Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidate: Name: [...]
2009-10-14 14:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON844Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of pr [...]
2009-10-15 15:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON852Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]
2009-10-15 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON86JAMAICA: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 13:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN UNESCO JM XL
09KINGSTON886JAMAICA: PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE RELATED TO
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered diplomatic note and text of proposed Jamaica reply note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s USA Desk Officer, Ms. Lisa Bryan-Smart, on the morning of October 22. Post will fax copies to Washington per reftel para. 7, and will report [...]
2009-10-23 16:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL DOE JM XL
09KINGSTON890JAMAICA: LETTER TO U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION re
[...] Under cover of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s diplomatic note 50/140/19 dated 16 October 2009, Post has received the attached letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and signed by the GoJ's Minister of Transport and Works L. Michael Henry, with the request that it be [...]
2009-10-23 18:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA EWWT PBTS EFIS AORC PTER IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON900JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche expressing USG concerns that the Government of Haiti (GOH)'s recent removal of tourist visa requirements for nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC) would lead to increases in alien smuggling and human trafficking networks and encourage intend [...]
2009-10-27 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS KFRD KTIP KCRM HA CH JM XL
09KINGSTON906Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending a
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for a NAS/USMS sponsored surveillance course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2009-10-28 20:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON914JAMAICA: CAUGHT IN A DEBT TRAP-- CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Derick Latibeaudiere, during the middle of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations may be a sign that the time has come for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to face the severity of the situation and negotiate a solution with pr [...]
2009-11-03 12:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PINR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
09KINGSTON922JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 15:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN ETRD EAIR ENRG PREL XL JM
09KINGSTON926JAMAICA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche regarding the Goldstone Report to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the morning of November [...]
2009-11-04 16:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL
09KINGSTON928FOR RELEASE: Jamaica FY10 Section 1206 Proposal
[...] (SBU) Post fully supports the FY10 proposal submitted by USMLO Kingston to USSOUTHCOM. This $2,827,728 program is specifically designed to equip and enhance the Jamaican Defense Force's (JDF) effort to establish a viable counter-terrorism capability. 2. (SBU) Equipment purchased under t [...]
2009-11-09 22:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MCAP JM
09KINGSTON948: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Charg???? delivered demarche on upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. As directed, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) was solicited to vote "no" on "no action" motions and "yes" on substantive resolutions highlighting human rights abuses in these countries. D [...]
2009-11-16 12:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL
09KINGSTON958Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for International Military Education and Training (IMET) with starting dates of 30 Nov 09 and 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and F [...]
2009-11-17 12:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON966JAMAICA: WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" AND IRAN RESOLUTIONS,
[...] (U) Per reftels, on November 13 Charg???? delivered demarche to Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) regarding upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. At that time, Charg???? received assurances that the GOJ's Permanent Represent [...]
2009-11-19 13:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL KN BM IR
09KINGSTON974NOMINATION OF ICE SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN PANGANIBAN AS ICE CSI
[...] Embassy Kingston concurs with proposed assignment of ICE representative Kevin Panganiban. 2. Please coordinate an acceptable arrival date with ICE/Kingston and our Embassy's Management Officer. Parnell [...]
2009-11-19 20:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER JM
09KINGSTON990KINGSTON: SCHEDULING ICASS POST-SPECIFIC TRAINING
[...] Post welcomes ICASS Post-Specific Training during the week of March 15, 2010, as proposed reftel. Parnell [...]
2009-11-23 12:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICA JM XL
09KINGSTON992JAMAICA: RULING PARTY BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR CURRENT FISCAL
[...] (U) At its scaled back November 22 annual party conference, an embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defended its two years in office and attributed much of the nation's economic and fiscal travails to the "inheritance" left by the opposition People's National Party (PNP). In a somber and serio [...]
2009-11-24 13:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ASEC ECON EFIN CJAN CVIS KCOR KCRM IMF JM
09KINGSTON996JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche and delivered nonpaper expressing U.S. concern regarding the number of UNGA resolutions reflecting an anti-Israel bias. Demarche was delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government [...]
2009-11-24 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE JM XL
09KINGSTON998JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO
[...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff presented demarche and diplomatic note to solicit support for U.S. candidacy for WHO executive board. Demarche and dipnote were delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Minis [...]
2009-11-24 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO JM XL
09STATE121336BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050201597 and 050201795 for the export of pistols to Jamaica. Post is requested to complete this Bl [...]
2009-11-24 23:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JM
09STATE18402COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - JAMAICA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 13:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC JM
09STATE48810(C/NF) JAMAICA'S ECONOMIC SITUATION (C-AL9-01026)
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS READ WITH INTEREST POST'S REPORTING ABOUT POSSIBLE DEBT RESTRUCTURING OR FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS IN JAMAICA. ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW JAMAICA'S ECONOMIC SITUATION, AND AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE FOLLOW-UP REPORTING ON ANY DEBT FORGIVENES [...]
2009-05-13 15:12:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR EAID ECIN ECON JM
09STATE60552JAMAICA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JM
09USUNNEWYORK1060SINGAPORE ON MODERATE NAM MEMBERS AND NPT/NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-21 00:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCI CO GT JM MG PARM PREL SN
10BEIJING232JANUARY 28, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TALKS WITH DALAI LAMA
[...] Key points at the January 28 MFA press briefing were: -- Chinese officials will meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama for talks in the "near term." -- The EU arms embargo against China was the result of "political prejudice" and China demanded that it be lifted. -- Requests for inf [...]
2010-01-28 10:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MASS EINT TINT SENV CH AF JM
10KINGSTON1RECALL 10 KINGSTON 1
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 14:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC JM
10KINGSTON118Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM
10KINGSTON168Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training on Deployment of Electronic Surveillance Devices with the starting date of 23 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Na [...]
2010-02-04 17:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
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