More Collaboration In Ministries

Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz, urged communications practitioners across the various Ministries to collaborate more with each other so that important messages for public information are not overlooked by media outlets. The Minister met with the group at Jamaica House on March 11.

The Government and Extradition Requests

Extract from Statement to Parliament on March 2

Since this Government assumed office in September 2007, we have received 26 extradition requests from the United States. The Minister has issued the authority to proceed in 13 of those cases. In the cases of 9, these requests were made through provisional warrants which went directly to the Courts and therefore were not subject to the Minister's authorization.


One request was based on a provisional warrant which has not yet been executed as the subject has not yet been found. One request was withdrawn as the subject was subsequently arrested overseas. Apart from the Coke case, additional information has been sought in respect of one request and the last request which was received on December 7, 2009 has not yet been submitted to the Minister for a decision.