The Disabilities Act was passed in the Jamaican parliament on October 10th, 2014 and on February 14, 2022, it finally came into effect. The Act seeks to makes provisions to safeguard and enhance the welfare of persons with disabilities in Jamaica and prevent discrimination against them. With the legislation intended to protect and promote equal rights for the disabled and to prohibit discrimination against them, The Yaad spoke to Dr. Christine Hendricks, executive director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). She spoke to us on the process involve in passing the legislation, how the act will change the attitudes of Jamaicans toward persons with disabilities, the disability certificate that the Act allows and much more. 

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Content Warning: This episode contains mention of rape and sexual assault. 

In February of 2022, The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that a man can rape another man in Barbados. The finding from the Caribbean appellate court, which was the view of six members of the seven-judge panel, arose out of an appeal by the Barbados commissioner of police who had challenged a decision by a Barbadian magistrate who had dismissed a rape matter, claiming that a man could not rape another. The court, in allowing the appeal starting on the 9th of November 2021, ruled that the rape case against Stephen Alleyne, which was initially dismissed, is to be remitted to the magistrate’s court for a preliminary hearing. On this episode, we spoke to Jeniece St. Romain, an attorney at law from Antigua and Barbuda, where she gave a brief overview of the case, clear up many public confusions over the legal jargons used in the media when discussing the case as well as give her opinion on the ruling; and what this ruling means for countries where the CCJ is the highest ruling court and the Buggery Act is enforce. 

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The Reform of Education in Jamaica 2021 Report was launched on Thursday January 14, 2022. Developed by the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), which is headed by renowned sociologist Dr. Orlando Patterson, the Report is a blueprint for the establishment of a comprehensive strategy to improve student performance and educational productivity across the sector. The 342-page document has 54 prioritised recommendations which include governance and accountability; early-childhood education; teaching curriculum, and teacher training; tertiary education; technical and vocational education and training (TVET); infrastructure and technology; and finance. On this episode, a follow up to our previous episode on what the report has to say about secondary schools, we speak to Ms. Christina Williams, president of the Jamaica's Union of Tertiary Students (JUTS) and current law student at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. She spoke on the report's recommendations to improve Jamaica's tertiary education sector and some of the challenges tertiary students are currently facing in the wake of covid.

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The Reform of Education in Jamaica 2021 Report was launched on Thursday January 14, 2022. Developed by the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), which is headed by renowned sociologist Dr. Orlando Patterson, the Report is a blueprint for the establishment of a comprehensive strategy to improve student performance and educational productivity across the sector. The 342-page document has 54 prioritised recommendations which include governance and accountability; early-childhood education; teaching curriculum, and teacher training; tertiary education; technical and vocational education and training (TVET); infrastructure and technology; and finance. On this episode, we speak to Ms. Danyelle Jordan Bailey, assistant Vice President of National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC) representative of Region 1 of the NSSC and student council president-elect at St. Hugh’s High School for Girls. She spoke on the report's recommendations to improve Jamaica's secondary education sector and some of the challenges high schools students are currently facing in the wake of covid. 

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Come the 30th of November 2021, Barbados is poised to become the fourth anglo-republic in the Caribbean region following behind Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica. The world will see the island move from a democratic constitutional monarchy to a republic where Sandra Mason, the current Governor General, becoming the first president of the country and Mia Mottley, staying on as Prime Minister. We spoke to Roshanna Trim, youth development specialist and president of Barbados Youth Development Council about the country's monumental feat. 

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On Friday November 5, 2021, an emergency briefing over amending the 1938 Road Traffic Act took place in the Jamaican parliament. The issue was brought to light by a class action suit brought by software engineer, Maurice Housen, against the attorney general and the commissioner of police, that he had been denied due process as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. Housen is contending that fixed penalties for road traffic offences under the 1938 Road Traffic Act have not been increased by the Parliament or the Minister of Transport in accordance with Section 116 of the Act. The Yard spoke to one of the attorneys of Mr. Housen, Gavin Goffe, on the issue at hand, the events that led up to the emergency parliamentary session and what the amendments to the 1938 Road Traffic Act means for vehicular road users. 

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On this episode, The Yaad speak to Trinidad and Tobago's economist Marla Dukharan. Ms. Dukharan is a point of reference for monitoring regional developments and country-level economic performance, and is known for leading discussions and publishing reports on the Caribbean implications of global geopolitical developments. On this episode, she spoke to The Yaad about her predictions of debt default that some Caribbean economies will resort to and how other countries who were in the same predicament, handled debt dafault. She also went into details behind her 2020 statements, "The EU as an institution has adopted a discriminatory stance against some of the world’s smallest and most disadvantaged countries”.

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On this episode, The Yaad spoke with Minister of State in the Jamaica Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan. On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, the ministry launched the 211 Helpline which is to provide an avenue for children to report cases of child abuse. The State Minister went details about the program and its difference with the other helpline programs that exist. Mr. Morgan also gave an update of repealing Section 24 of the Children Care and Protection Act which labels children as "uncontrollable"; and an update on the Adoption Act of 1958 which was last amended in 1982. The Minister was also given the opportunity to speak on the government's drive to get more children between the age of 12 to 18 vaccinated and how the ministry is engaging with youths organisations. 

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On this episode, The Yaad speaks to Kristoff Ayala-Strachan, a current student at Old Dominion University studying Political Science and History, as well as the one of the analyst on The Bahamian Political Podcast, Spectrum Politics.  On the 16th of September, Bahamians will have their general election and Kristoff spoke on the manifesto of the major political parties: the Arinthia S. Komolafe led - Democratic National Alliance (DNA); the Hubert Minnis led - Free National Movement(FNM); and the Philip Davis led - Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). He also spoke on the current political mood in the country and the different factors, including Covid - 19 and tourism, that has the potential to impact the election outcome.

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On this episode, The Yaad spoke to Eleanor Terrelonge, executive director and founder of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council (JCCYC) about the ongoing issue of mining in the Cockpit Country. Throughout the episode, she expound on the repercussions that mining in the vulnerable area will have on the entire Jamaica. The Yaad also spoke to her about the recent IPCC report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations mandated to provide objective scientific information relevant to understanding human-induced climate change, its natural, political, and economic impacts and risks, and possible response options. Their recent report spoke on the catastrophic reality the world is in, as it regards to the current and future effects of climate change. Eleanor went into details of how this reality will impact Small Island Developing States (SIDS), like Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. 

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