Jamaica the Undesirable

This facinating article places Jamaica as second only to Haiti as the most most undesirable place to live in the Caribbean.

Barbados and Bahamas came in first and second, while other countries are to be found somewhere in between.

Click here to be taken to the article in Caribbean360.com entitled: Barbados/Bahamas ranked in top 50 places to live.

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3 newspapers with 80 pages each

Trinidad has 3 daily newspapers, each of which have 80 or so tabloid size pages.

They also have some 11 TV stations and countless radio stations.

By contrast, here in Jamaica we have 2 newspapers of about half the size each, and 5-7 television stations (most of which only play music.)

Their progress has vaulted them past Jamaica in these very visible terms (in addition to the traffice and construction.)

With regards to the newspapers, it's not that there is more news in Trinidad to report... the many extra pages are made up of advertisements of all kinds.

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Richest Countries in the Caribbean

Here is an updated list of the Caribbean's richest countries.

Interestingly, Trinidad has just passed Barbados in per capita GDP.

Richest Countries in the Caribbean Rank Country GDP - per capita
1 The Bahamas $ 21,300
2 Trinidad and Tobago $ 19,700
3 Barbados $ 18,200
4 Antigua and Barbuda $ 10,900
5 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 8,200
6 Dominican Republic $ 8,000
7 Saint Lucia $ 4,800
8 Jamaica $ 4,600
9 Cuba $ 3,900
10 Grenada $ 3,900

Thanks to Barbados Free Press for the information, taken from the CIA Factbook.

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2 great Jamaican online comunities

There are two excellent Jamaican online communities that both have very active message boards: http://www.jamaicans.com and http://www.everytingjamaican.com/ They are the best places to get answers for any and everything Jamaican.


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Adopting from Jamaica

Here is a page of links for those who might be interested in adopting a Jamaican child. http://www.myadoptionlinks.com/Jamaica.html


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Migration Project - UK

I came across the following website, which is committed to preserving the migration stories of immigrants to the U.K. Here is a link to the website for Caribbean stories on the site: http://www.movinghere.org.uk/stories/stories.asp?projectNo=41&SubmitProject=Go


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