US lifts travel alert
Published:Thursday | June 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Information Minister Daryl Vaz said yesterday that the Golding administration was encouraged by news that the travel alert issued on Jamaica last week by the United States Department of State has been lifted.
The travel alert, which ended yesterday, was implemented on June 14, replacing a similar warning issued on May 24, cautioning US citizens about civil disturbances in Kingston and "sporadic violence" between the State and gang elements.
"It is a very positive sign for tourism and business," Vaz said.
It has been more than a month since Attorney General and Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne signed the extradition request for ousted west Kingston strongman, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, on May 18. The signing of the order was followed by the issuance of an arrest warrant for Coke, who is wanted by the United States to face gun- and drug-trafficking charges.