Month: March 2009
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UPP Creates History in Taking Antigua Election
Following Thursday’s election marred by a late start at some polling stations, Baldwin Spencer was sworn in Friday morning as Prime Minister of Antigua and Continue reading
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Anansi, Miss Lou and the Raw Chaw Argument
Rigidly upstanding citizens are quite upset with me because I’ve brought the uncomfortable issue of language into the conversation about dancehall culture and public morality. Continue reading
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Bahamas Gears up to Address Climate Change
The Bahamas government is moving to put measures in place to help the extremely vulnerable islands adjust to what one government official calls a possible Continue reading
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Why The PNP Can and Will Win West Portland
General public perception is that the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Daryl Vaz is a strong candidate in the West Portland by election resulting from the Continue reading
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The Antigua Election – Enter the Obama Era
The first significant general election in the English-speaking Caribbean in the post Obama campaign era is showing that it has learnt a lesson from the Continue reading
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Jamaica Tackles Violence Against Women
The Jamaica Government has taken a step towards combating violence against women through the passage of a new Bill to create a Sexual Offences Act Continue reading
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WAND’S Int’l Women’s Day Message
The following message was issued by the University of the Weest Indies’ Women and Development Unit in recognition of International Women’s Day, 2009. Today, the Continue reading
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Need to Rebuild Productive Capacity
Jamaica seems to have some dark economic clouds on the horizon and that has been so for a long time wherein our economy has been Continue reading
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Women Not Quite Equal
From Michelle Obama’s sleeveless arms to Rihanna’s battered face, as the 98th anniversary of International Women’s Day arrives March 8, it is obvious that women Continue reading
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A Critique of Gender as Religious Ideology
Prof Hilbourne Watson in his capacity as a member of the online think tank, Caribbean Dialogues, responds to Dr Judith Soares’ article Religion as Gender Continue reading