Tag: Carol Narcisse

15 civil society organisations would like to see the Jamaican Government sign the Samoa Agreement: Here’s why

November 15, 2023

Civil society activist Carol Narcisse has sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith and State Minister Alando Terrelonge, requesting that Jamaica considers signing the Samoa Agreement. The document is signed by fifteen Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and 21 individual civil society actors, and was released to the public … More 15 civil society organisations would like to see the Jamaican Government sign the Samoa Agreement: Here’s why

Open Letter to the Jamaican Parliament from civil society organisations regarding the Child Care and Protection Act proposed amendments

July 5, 2023

The full text of an Open Letter to Jamaican parliamentarians from civil society groups and individuals, raising concerns about proposed amendments to the Child Care and Protection Act. … More Open Letter to the Jamaican Parliament from civil society organisations regarding the Child Care and Protection Act proposed amendments

Don’t stifle our voices, says citizens’ group to parliamentary committee

January 17, 2023

Is our democracy being watered down? I am beginning to wonder. On Thursday, January 19, 2023, the Parliamentary Committee on Infrastructure and Physical Development will meet at Gordon House in Kingston. The committee (which last met in November 2022 after a hiatus of one whole year) will consider the 2017 Provisional Development Order for Kingston … More Don’t stifle our voices, says citizens’ group to parliamentary committee

Citizens Associations call for Moratorium on High Density Developments in Low Density Communities

January 26, 2022

It has become a nightmare in many areas of uptown Kingston. Many of our old single-family homes have been torn down, to be replaced with cold, ugly high-rise apartment blocks, squeezed into small spaces. And no. This is not just about upset, better-off citizens who are seeing their once quiet, green neighborhoods transformed almost overnight … More Citizens Associations call for Moratorium on High Density Developments in Low Density Communities

Putting Community Heads Together in the Golden Triangle

December 18, 2019

Community is still important, even in our confusing old city of Kingston. More important than ever. Kingston Creative is doing it in their own way, downtown, through the arts. Up here in Golden Triangle, we still believe in it, too. We also have many concerns (see this open letter to the Prime Minister, co-signed by … More Putting Community Heads Together in the Golden Triangle

A Vision, and a Plan: Visitors from Medellin Partner with Residents to Help Build a “Liveable Community for All”

October 21, 2018

The recent tendency to redesign the city of Kingston (especially uptown areas) for automobiles rather than people is a deeply worrying trend. I have written and spoken on this topic many times in the past year or so, as have others. The so-called “Golden Triangle” (actually, Seymour Lands) is my neck of the woods. It … More A Vision, and a Plan: Visitors from Medellin Partner with Residents to Help Build a “Liveable Community for All”

Stakeholders Petition Jamaica House to Save Cockpit Country

August 22, 2017

As I mentioned recently, Jamaica House has opened a new petition portal – rather like President Obama’s White House petition page. Jamaica Environment Trust and a range of civil society/environmental advocates have opened a  petition to Save Cockpit Country. Yes, I have written about this many times before, and there have been public consultations, many … More Stakeholders Petition Jamaica House to Save Cockpit Country

51% Coalition Speaks Out on the Murder of Mickolle Moulton

August 10, 2017

What a strange and difficult week it has been. In the early hours of Independence Day, gunmen fired on two girls (sisters, aged seventeen and twelve) as they slept, pushing their guns through a louver window, in the inner city area of Arnett Gardens. The seventeen year-old, Mickolle Moulton, is dead and her sister is … More 51% Coalition Speaks Out on the Murder of Mickolle Moulton

Advocacy and Policy Monitoring Go Hand in Hand For Civil Society Organizations

December 31, 2016

On the eve of Human Rights Day (December 10) there was a small but meaningful gathering at the coziest small hotel in town, the Alhambra Inn. Earlier this month, 22 representatives of ten civil society organizations graduated from a critical training session that focused on Policy Monitoring and Advocacy. The seven-month training, organized by the … More Advocacy and Policy Monitoring Go Hand in Hand For Civil Society Organizations