Author: Mark Lee
Usain Bolt is World Sportsman of the Year 2008
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, triple sprint gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics and rated the fastest man on earth has won the World Sportsman of the Continue reading
Dis is My Culcha or Is This My Culture?
The world laughed when it was published abroad that a Jamaican man had attempted to hijack a passenger plane from the island’s tourism capital of Continue reading
Dual Citizenship: Why The Hide and Seek Game MPs?
As the saga unfolds as to which members of parliament are in possession of dual status or not and the continual game of hide and Continue reading
Jamaica’s Sexual Harassment Policy to be Passed Soon
Panos: Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Olivia Grange, has indicated that Jamaica’s draft National Sexual Harassment Policy should be passed within the 2009-2010 financial Continue reading
Manning Challenges Chavez’s Petro Caribe?
Old guard Caribbean integrationists will be pleased at the news that Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has pledged to put his country’s petroleum Continue reading
The Press Can Oppress
“Please stand!” I requested and the 800 or so delegates to the Caribbean Tourism Conference rose to their feet. “Sit!” and they all sat. It Continue reading
The $5,000 Question
The announcement that the central Bank of Jamaica is issuing notes of $5,000 denominations has correctly drawn debate. The question whether the new specie signals Continue reading
Forecasting a Hot Summer
It’s shaping up to be a summer of Caribbean hot hits from VP Records with releases from top reggae, dance hall and soca artists from Continue reading
Reparations Commission Launched in Jamaica
A National Commission on Reparations for slavery has been launched (May 14) by Jamaica’s Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia “Babsy” Grange. Minister Grange Continue reading
Measuring the Cuban Revolution
What has the Cuban Revolution achieved for the people of the country, the Caribbean and the wider world after 50 years in power? That was Continue reading