Island Tips » Crime http://islandtips.com Caribbean news, Cruise news, photos and tips. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 UN study finds crime spike damaging economies across the Caribbean – Washington Post http://islandtips.com/un-study-finds-crime-spike-damaging-economies-across-the-caribbean-washington-post/ http://islandtips.com/un-study-finds-crime-spike-damaging-economies-across-the-caribbean-washington-post/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:08:14 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/un-study-finds-crime-spike-damaging-economies-across-the-caribbean-washington-post/ UN study finds crime spike damaging economies across the Caribbean Washington Post The report's recommendations are based partly on a survey of 11555 people in seven countries: Antigua , Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad. Nearly half of those surveyed said they worried about being crime victims, … and more??

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]]> http://islandtips.com/un-says-caribbean-crime-hurting-economies-the-associated-press-3/feed/ 0 Gang violence takes rising toll in lives, threatens Caribbean economies, says UNDP – San Francisco Chronicle (press release) http://islandtips.com/gang-violence-takes-rising-toll-in-lives-threatens-caribbean-economies-says-undp-san-francisco-chronicle-press-release/ http://islandtips.com/gang-violence-takes-rising-toll-in-lives-threatens-caribbean-economies-says-undp-san-francisco-chronicle-press-release/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:02:02 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/gang-violence-takes-rising-toll-in-lives-threatens-caribbean-economies-says-undp-san-francisco-chronicle-press-release/ Gang violence takes rising toll in lives, threatens Caribbean economies, says UNDP San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The Caribbean Human Development Report reviews the current state of crime as well as national and regional policies and programmes to address the problem …

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