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Poll: Fighting Crime
Tougher policing is all that is needed to control crime in the Caribbean.
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Jamaica Experiences Gustav

Eastern Jamaica was feeling the full force of Tropical Storm Gustav Thursday afternoon as the National Hurricane Center in Miami forecast that the system would

Hip-Hop Republicans

Most would say that the terms "hip-hop" and "Republican" don't go together, and that a "Hip-Hop Republican" is an oxymoron. However, Richard Ivory and Tiffany ...
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A Deteriorating Justice System

No less a person than the highly respected police officer, assistant commissioner Owen Ellington on July 10, 2008 reported to the audience attending the Jamaica ...
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Electricity Self-sustainability - The Region's Challenge

Final in a three part series on how the Eastern Caribbean can can rid itself of dependence on fossil fuels for electrical power....
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The Week That Was -- August 2-9

Last week went by faster than Usain Bolt's hundred-meter dash. With the potpourri of events swirling around, some of us were left bedazzled, and need
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Writing in the Sand

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Long Bench takes a critical look at the sand heist and issues beyond...
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Wanted: Education for Development and Progress

I write in reference to the standard of the secondary education system in Jamaica. As a university lecturer, and former CAPE (Caribbean Advanced Proificiency
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Obama Tells Berlin of the Need for Global Partnership

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A two mile long audience estimated at more than 200-thousand turned out Thursday to hear Barack Obama speak in Berlin about the importance of cross-Atlantic and global partnership, saying "there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one."
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Marley statue unveiled in Serbia

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A statue of late reggae legend Bob Marley has been unveiled in a small Serbian village during a rock festival as a token of peace
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Rhone's POSITIVE tours St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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Director and Lyricist fabian thomas and a cast of seven Jamaican actors will be doing five performances of the highly-acclaimed HIV awareness
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Dear Cousin Babs - a Letter from 'Farin'

Dearest Cousin Babs: Hope all is well under the circumstances, with the high crime rate and folks criticizing cassava as replacement for rice.
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Ikael Tafari - a man of the Caribbean Reformation

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The years between 1968 and 1980 represented a loss of innocence for the anglophone Caribbean. The four most populous territories, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana
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Implementing Caribbean Renewable Energy - The Policy Problem

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Over the past year, it has become clear that the world is in the midst of a so-called “perfect storm” of high energy, food and
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Caribbean Tourism Soars Again

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Tourism has caught the attention of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government - and we're not sure if it's again or at long last.At
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Scenes From the Biggest Street FĂȘte in North America

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They say Caribana, the annual Caribbean carnival in Toronto, is North America's biggest street festival. More than a million visitors are said to converge on
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World Record!

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Jamaica set a new world record or 37.10 seconds in the men's 4x100 meters relay at the Beijing Olympics. Trinidad and Tobago captured silver, while
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