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IMF Welcomes New Jamaica Debt Swap Medicine
It seems a step has been made towards Jamaica reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. The head of an IMF mission wrapping up Continue reading
‘Jump up’ with Reflection: Jamaica on a Mission
In this the year of the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence, we note two publications which have relevance to the country’s celebrations and which are Continue reading
Jamaica, Cuba Likely Giant Slayers at the Olympics
When the medals are tallied, will Jamaican and Caribbean athletes be giant slayers at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, July 27 to August 12, where Continue reading
Akwantu: Celebrating the Jamaica Maroon Freedom Fighters
Freedom fighters who escaped the Spanish, defeated the British and became the first liberated Africans in the Western Hemisphere. That’s the story in a nutshell Continue reading
The New Slavery
Slavery is alive and well all over the globe, if we go by the 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report issued by the U.S. Department of Continue reading
Drive on to Exonerate Marcus Garvey
A petition has been launched addressed to President Barack Obama for the exoneration of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, leader of the first and largest economic justice Continue reading
Jamaica in the NFL – A Gridironist Dreams
I have a gridiron dream. Well, actually it is more like a daydream – a fantasy. Here’s how that dream unfolds: Streamers – black, green Continue reading
Trinidad & Tobago Economy Turns Corner Says IMF
Recording a tenfold increase in inflation between August 2011 and January 2012, the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is in recovery and should see growth Continue reading
Child Killer Zimmerman Arrested 46 Days After Slaying
George Zimmerman who shot dead unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26, was arrested by Seminole County law men in Florida, Wednesday, April 11, after Continue reading
The Wild Wild West Killing of Trayvon Martin
A teenager is sheltering in a neighbourhood home from heavy rain as dusk has settled. He wanders out and ambles in the rain with the Continue reading