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Forum: Caribbean

Jun 28th 2018, 7:18 pm

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Murder in Jamaica

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Murder in Jamaica

Nobody minds paying what they consider "fair taxes", Pete; but there is quite a difference between what those clueless politicians reckon is "fair" and what foreign investors reckon. The latter tend...

Forum: Caribbean

Jun 27th 2018, 8:11 pm

Replies: 13

Murder in Jamaica

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Murder in Jamaica

When Jamaica became independent in 1962, its "Dependency" of the Cayman Islands was allowed to remain a colony of Britain. Cayman continued to use the Jamaican Dollar until 1972, when it (Cayman)...

Forum: Caribbean

Jun 26th 2018, 7:31 pm

Replies: 13

Murder in Jamaica

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Murder in Jamaica

When I first got to Nassau in 1967, all the British banks' expats were employed on the African model: three months' home leave every two years (airfares paid), and three weeks' local leave in...

Forum: Caribbean

Jun 26th 2018, 5:08 pm

Replies: 13

Murder in Jamaica

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Murder in Jamaica

Nice response from UK_Grenada! (Incidentally, Scot, I presume you meant "expats" or maybe "expat retirees" when you wrote "people".) But as with every place in the world, there are safe areas and...

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