{"id":29949,"date":"2018-01-20T15:52:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T20:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29949"},"modified":"2018-01-20T15:52:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T20:52:19","slug":"military-deployed-as-jamaica-officials-declare-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29949","title":{"rendered":"Military Deployed As Jamaica Officials Declare State Of Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-01-20\/military-deployed-jamica-officials-declare-state-emergency\">Military Deployed As Jamaica Officials Declare State Of Emergency<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Foreigners are being asked by their respective governments to exercise extreme caution and stay within the\u00a0perimeter of their resorts in Montego Bay, Jamaica, after a wave of out of control violence has overpowered local authorities. On Thursday, the country\u2019s\u00a0prime minister, Andrew Holness, declared the state of emergency in the St. James parish to \u201crestore public safety,\u201d and also thwart a mass exodus of international investment and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the government deployed the Jamaica Defense Forces onto the city streets in what is\u00a0described as a \u201cmajor military operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen. Antony Anderson, Jamaica\u2019s national security advisor, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/canadians-urged-to-exercise-caution-during-state-of-emergency-in-montego-bay-1.3766495\">CTV News Channel<\/a>\u00a0on Friday that authorities imposed a military lockdown of the area, following 335 homicides in 2017, and as reported by CTV that is \u201ctwice the tally of any other parish\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"_ytid_65072\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__\" title=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Okjlqe0e4Dk?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;rel=1&amp;showinfo=1&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;autohide=2&amp;controls=2&amp;playsinline=0&amp;\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anderson noted that the number of shootings and homicides have been growing for some period of time, but last year, the surge in deaths could not be ignored rolling into 2018. He said much of the problem resides on the outskirts of Montego Bay and that\u00a0\u201cJamaica is still open for business.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 440px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 181.8000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset MediaCard-mediaPlaceholder NaturalImage NaturalImage--fill js-playableMediaInterstitial\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaicaState\/status\/954747378828959744\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video_thumb\/954743944901832704\/pu\/img\/KT8rpewPbEOFadqh?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video_thumb\/954743944901832704\/pu\/img\/KT8rpewPbEOFadqh\" data-scribe=\"element:poster_image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaicaState\/status\/954747378828959744\" data-tweet-id=\"954747378828959744\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaicaState\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"State of Jamaica (screen name: JamaicaState)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/949035368350969857\/E-ZMwPF-_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/949035368350969857\/E-ZMwPF-_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/949035368350969857\/E-ZMwPF-_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"State of Jamaica\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">State of Jamaica<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@JamaicaState\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@JamaicaState<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Life in a state of\u00a0emergency. <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MontegoBay?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">MontegoBay<\/span><\/a><a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JLPGovernment?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">JLPGovernment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: January 20, 2018 16:08:08 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-01-20T16:08:08+0000\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaicaState\/status\/954747378828959744\" data-datetime=\"2018-01-20T16:08:08+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">11:08 AM &#8211; Jan 20, 2018<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><del><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/del>The recent crime surge in\u00a0Jamaica has been driven by conflicts\u00a0between criminal gangs over the control of the lottery trade, drug wars, and even turf wars.<\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen. Anderson describes the state of emergency\u00a0which gives military\u00a0troops\u00a0\u201cmore freedom of action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, they can do searches without a warrant, so if they get information that something is occurring somewhere, they can respond rapidly to it. They can respond to a series of intelligence-driven operations to target and capture the people who are doing these things and generally disrupt the gangs in their activities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Deployed As Jamaica Officials Declare State Of Emergency Foreigners are being asked by their respective governments to exercise extreme caution and stay within the\u00a0perimeter of their resorts in Montego Bay, Jamaica, after a wave of out of control violence has overpowered local authorities. On Thursday, the country\u2019s\u00a0prime minister, Andrew Holness, declared the state of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17572,18037,18039,18038,1217,854,4318],"class_list":["post-29949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-ctv-news","tag-jamaica","tag-jamaica-defense-forces","tag-montego-bay","tag-state-of-emergency","tag-violence","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29950,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29949\/revisions\/29950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}