EXTRA DOOM WIKILEAKS: US EMBASY IN JAMAICA REQUESTED OBAMA TO INCREASE THEIR SALARY

[link to jamaica-gleaner.com]



Burnt by rising prices in Jamaica, the United States Embassy in Kingston appealed to Washington to increase the salaries of the Jamaicans it employs.

In a June 2009 diplomatic cable acquired by The Sunday Gleaner through the whistle blowing entity WikiLeaks, embassy officials complained that the wages of its Jamaican staff or Foreign Service Nationals (FSN) were stagnating amidst high inflation in Jamaica.

"Jamaica has a long history of price instability influenced largely by currency depreciation. Prices rose on average by 13.4 per cent annually during the past six years," the cable quoted embassy officials as complaining to Washington.