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Purcell said applications were coming
from Asia, East and North Africa
and India.
Data on the the Ministry of Finance’
s website show that between 2017 and
2021, more than 3,000 people were
approved for citizenship under the CBI
program.
JAMAICA
Prime Minister
Andrew Holness has said
that a new Firearms Bill
will be brought to Parliament
this year which
will outline the harshest consequences
for the possession of illegal guns.
He said possessing an illegal weapon
increases the means and likelihood of
the possessor escalating to committing
murder or other serious crimes adding
that all Jamaicans should speak with
one voice against the illegal possession
of firearms, on his New Year’s Day
message.
He told the nation that an estimated
85 percent of all homicide in Jamaica
are committed using an illegal firearm.
Holness said that his administration
intends to expand the use of Zones of
Special Operations (ZOSO) to control
crime and homicides in selected communities.
The Enhanced Security Measures
Bill is being refined and should be
brought to Parliament during the next
financial year.
Figures have not yet been officially
released for the murder toll of 2021, but
the island recorded 1, 215 killings from
Jan. 1 to Nov. 6, compared to 1,101 during
the corresponding period in 2020, a
10.4 percent increase.
The number of people murdered in
the country in 2020 was 1, 323, slightly
down from 1,339 victims a year earlier.
TRINIDAD
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has
announced the appointment of a committee
that will look into the country’s
health to investigate the conditions and
standard of care for COVID-19 patients.
Professor Terrence Seemungal, dean
of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at
the University of the West Indies will
chair the five-member committee.
Rowley made the announcement on
Saturday as he lamented
that some people
were of the view that
the standard of care
at the hospital led to
the high numbers of COVID-19 deaths
being recorded.
As of last week the country recorded
more than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths out
of 100,600 confirmed positive cases.
The majority of deaths were people
who were unvaccinated.
Government data up to Jan. 11 indicated
that 94 percent of deaths occurred
in hospitals, while six percent occurred
at home.
An average of 20 people die every day
with the highest number being 37 in
one day.
Rowley said the committee has been
given one week to in which to complete
its work, from Jan. 17, at the end of
which it will report its findings, which
will be made public.
Meanwhile, public servants have
been given another month to get vaccinated
against COVID-19 or face being
sent home without pay.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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