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DECEMBER 21 -27, 1986 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
ew developments for. Jamaica
GSTO - Jamaica' De
puty Prince ini er, Hugh
S earer, called for an inter
national If ern of rvices
hich would allo developing
cuntries full acce to mark t ,
without barriers to the tran er
of technology or to manu
f cturin .
"De eloping countries are not
content to be only u r of
rvice; condition mu be
created to allow us to parti
cipate fully in all age of th
rvi e indu ry,' Shearer id
in remar before a conference
on inve ment opportunities in
the Caribbean Basin.
th t the rvice in
ch s banking, in
con taney, in alla
ruction telecomrnuni-
cation and tourism were grow-
fa , Mr. Shearer 'd the
Caribbean region wa ell-
equipped to deal ith these
rvices.
Former Governor of the Bank
of Jamaica and alternate Ex
ecutive Director of the' World
Bank, Horace Barber, ho also
addre the conference, urged
fore' in stor to enter into
joint venture with Jamaican
businesses.
r. Barber said that by col
laborating with domestic finan
cier and entrepreneurs, foreign
inve on would have more
able ba to meet local re-
Jamaican go er
o casino gambling
KJNGSTO - Prime inis
ter Ed ard Se announced
today that casino gambling will
be introduced into Jamaica.
The Prime ini ter' announce
ment followed a meeting ith
pice project is
$ 2.2 million venture
KI STO - The P rish
of St. Jame i to be the locat
. n of the 1 e horticultural
and spice project ever attempt
ed in J amaic .
Spice Intern tiona! ncorpor
ated Jam' c n firm ith
he d offici in ontego Bay,
ill start the US 2.2 million
proj ct on the Sweet ter pro
perty in the parish.
bout 400 re of the 1,000
ere property are to be planted
in gin er and ornamental corp
by ye I 3 of the project.
The proj ct will employ 50
orker initially and, t full
. development in three year,
Spice Intern tionaI ill h ve
the potential to hire 300 work
er .
On hundred acre of
Ha aiian ginger re to be
planted at Sweetwater as well
50 ere of Jamaican Gin-
r, 50 a re of Leather Leaf
Fern, 20 ere of Anthurium
and 100 ere of other orna
mental crop .
ro 21, along with Jam i
ca ational Inve tment Pro
motion Limited initit ted the
project after the Corporation
wa appro ched with the pro
posal by the chairman of a
Pennsylvani firm H&S Inter
national ciate, Dr. S.A.
allathambi. H&S i the parent
company of Spice Interna
tional.
Dr. allathambi and hi
ciate Steve W efield y
that of the total inve tment of
US 2.2 million, 50 percent
wa put up by Spice Inter
national' parent company and
th other half repre nts a loan
from the U.S. Over a Private
Inve tment Corporation.
n:
church leaders at Jamaica Hou
this morning.
Our decision re s entirely
on the country' feeling," r.
Se a ide "The go ernment
doe not intend to gi e further
con 'deration to proposals
hich have been submitted on
casino gambling."
Among tho pre nt at the
meeting at Jamaica Hou were
repre ntative of the Jamaica
A ciation of Evangelical,
the Jamaica Pentecostal Union
postolic, Whole Life Mini trie ,
the Jamaica Bapti Union, the
e Te ament Church of God,
the Open Bible In itute the
Seventh Day Advent' I, the
Caribbean Conference of
Churches, and the Youth for
Chri . oel Levy ,
Keith Brent-Harris, Robert Hum
phreys and Charle Randle re
pre nted the Betting Gaming
and Lotteries Commi ion.
OUNCEMENT
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are needed on a
Volunteer Ba .
Six to Eight Hours a ee
CO TACT: Harold Wright
739-5422
u egonHeight City Hall
Blac
Cauc
ea
re
y Larry A. S ill ference, 0
NNP A Correspondent specific action wa reported on
WASH GTO , D.C. - Ap- the Iranian- icarauguan d es,
proximately 200 members of although opening pe er, Rep.
the ational Blac Caucu of Walter E. Fauntroy (D-D.C.
State Legislators and the 24- said he wa 'outraged and em-
member Congre ional Black brarra d" by the revelation.
Caucus elected ne leaders ew CBC chairman Dyrnally
here during a hectic ee of and Rep. George Cro ett (D-
political activity highlighted by ich. Ie members of th
debate on the latest White Hou Foreign Affair commit-
Hou scandal. tee which began holding public
U.S. Rep. ervyn Dymally and clo d hearing on the
(D-Calif.) , was voted chairman Iranian-U.S. host e ne otia-
of the expanded CBC group Both CBC member
in the historic tOOth se sion expre d disappointment at
of the Hou of Representa- Pre idenrial appointee John
tives convening next month and Poindexter, ational Security
Pennsylvania State Rep. David Advi r, and Lt. Col. Ollie
Richard n of Philadelphia sue- orth special . tant, for
ceeded founder-pre 'dent, Mary- taking the Fifth Amendment
land State Sen. Clarence Mit- to avoid te ifying before Con-
chell, III, at the 10th annual gre.
conference of the BCSL. Dym ally , Croc ett and Rep •
Paying tribute to Mitchell's Louis Stokes D-Ohio, pa
leadership in developing the CBC chairman, and a mem
minority ate legislators from of the Hou Intelligence a
90 original members to over Ethics committee are like
1,000 of the nation's 6,000 candid tes for membership
Blac elected officials, Richard- the lect congre sional
son was joined by Alabama mit tee being cho n to inv 1
State Rep. Patricia Davis, ne gate the Iranian-White H IJ.
BCSL vice-president; Georgi connection when the 100 mel I
State Rep. Calvin Smyre, third bers of the l00th Con e
term cretary, and Michigan meet in January.
State Sen. David S. Holmes, The Blac member of Con-
fourth term treasurer. e gre urged the est blishment of
Jer y A mblyman illie - a special committee and in-
Brown was elected parliamen- dependent pro cutor' to prob
tarian. the action of th Reagan
The BSCL will continue admini tration and it ational
it chell' program, with greater Security Council. Retiring
empha is on cooperation with CBC chairman, Rep. Mi key
the organization's Corporate and Leland (D-Tex) said "The flag-
Labor Roundtable supporters to rant di egard for Congre 'on
provide more economic develop- intent and legislative hi tory
rnent, employment and cial ha pI ced Arneri an intere
welfare, ccording to me 40 at ri orld-wide."
Covert schoo s s
AIDS policy
dy
By . in L. Hay
COVERT - The Covert
School Board i studying a
policy to deal with Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIDS) and other communi
cable dl ases,
The propo d policy
introduced Monday, Dec. 8
and will be acted upon Jan.
12.
The di a outlined in the
policy include AIDS; AIDS
related complex; Hepatitus B
and tuberculo is,
The proposed policy su-
e ed by the State Depart
ment of Education ates that
the superintendent may ex
clude a udent or staff mem
ber who i su cted of having
a reportable communicable
di
A review panel compri d
of repre ntatives from the
Van Buren County Health
Department, the local hospital_
and the hool will decide
under the proposal ho
should have knowledge about
an individual s ca and' hi or
her right.
In another health related
area, the board introduced a
propo d policy again tobac
co smokin as required under
a state la banning smoking
in public places except in
de ignated area
Accordin to Sup rinten-
dent Alfred Ha in, smo ing
loun and non-smokin
loun es will continue to b
available durin hool hour
under the propo d policy.
Ho ever th policy pr -
hibit 0 in in all school
building after hour at in
door athletic event dinner
cone ert other hool ctivi
tie nd in all ho 1 vehicles.
The proposal if p s d ill
t e effect Jan. 1.