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Portion of Leonard Percival Howell's Estate - Pinnacle, St. Catherine, Jamaica - declared Rasta Heritage Site
It is with bitter-sweet thanks-giving that I report that we finally have 6 lots declared on PINNACLE as RASTA Heritage Site on my father's land in Pinnacle Estates, St. Catherine, Jamaica. W.I
Sweet - because it is a great victory for our people afte
Read more…Responding to Haitian Citizenship Issue, DR Prez said: DR doesn't accept anyone, tiny or large, that threatens us.
In a speech to the CELAC summit in Havana Wednesday, Dominican Republic addressed the ongoing controversy over the country’s high-profile immigration ruling.
Medina said he was responding to statements made “by some CARICOM” countries that he said so
Read more…Caribbean governments ready to pursue their case for reparations over slavery
"Urgent call for Caribbean statesmen and patriots" - David Comissiong, Clement Payne Movement.
URGENT CALL FOR PATRIOTS AND STATESMEN (PARTS 1 - 5)
In this era of crisis, when virtually every single Caribbean country
seems destined to end up in the clutches of the dreaded International
Monetary Fund, it would do well for the people and nations
Calls for Jamaica to withdraw from CARICOM
AMID the resounding calls for remedial action to redress the numerous shortcomings that have brought the regional grouping to a nearly disastrous standstill, officialdom has recently become aware of the clear and present danger of Caricom’s possible
Read more…Diplomat insists citizenship is not automatic for persons (Haitians) born in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic, facing international criticism over a ruling by its Constitutional Court that could render stateless thousands of persons of Haitian descent, has said it does not grant citizenship to every person born in the Spanish speaking
CARICOM agreed a commission to consider demanding compensations for slavery and genocide against the indigenous populations
The leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed to shape up a regional commission to demand compensations from former mother countries for slavery and committing genocide against the indigenous population, the media reported today.
During
Read more…Minister Farrakhan visits Trinidad and Tobago: Teaching and Touching Lives
Minister Farrakhan continues Caribbean tour with a special visit, special message
Three generations of her family were present when Maria Meraj came to hear the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan speak at the beautiful glass and steel National
The Sligoville Initiative - transforming Jamaica's first free village.
Sligoville is the first established free village in Jamaica, as well as the cultural cornerstone of the Rastafarian “One Love” movement - a rich source of historical significance that can be harnessed to foster local enterprise. Like many other comm
Read more…The National Coalition declares that Jamaica is facing 'a crisis of moral leadership'
NATIONAL COALITION DECLARES 'A CRISIS OF MORAL LEADERSHIP
The National Coalition is declaring that Jamaica is facing 'a crisis of moral leadership', that the
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have now demonstrated throug
Read more…Ian Fleming Airport? What a shame!
Storm over airport name
St Mary residents believe outstanding J’can better choice than Ian Fleming
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Sunday Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, January 23, 2011
"People are extremely upset over the name, we
Read more…JAMAICA'S MAROONS DEMAND RECOGNITION AND AUTONOMY
Maroons demand autonomy
'We want to be recognised by Jamaican Constitution', says Maroon chief
ACCOMPONG TOWN, St Elizabeth — Colonel Fearon Williams of the Accompong maroons last week renewed calls for the autonomy of Jamaica's Maroons to be recogni Read more…
TIVOLI-STORIES - The Truth They Tried To Twist
Jamaica is a hotbed of news activity - most surrounding the recent Wiki Leaks. suprisingly Desmond McKenzie the mayor of Kingston was hit between the eyes when he was named in the Dudus affair as a wall builder. Whew..
so many folks are getting hit
Read more…Something new in Dominican Republic, Billboards in Kreyol
Something new: Billboards in Creole
"Nou pa't janm kon pale anpil konsa". Oh - you don't understand?? Well perhaps that is because the billboardannouncing the cell phone service is in Haitian Creole or Kreyol as it is called
there. This is something
A discussion on War, and Democracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWVorQIat70You all may enjoy this
Read more…JAMAICA: Scrutiny of Muslim cleric to become an issue at home
DR: Preparing for Preval's visit
Dominican Ambassador in Haiti Ruben Silie is meeting Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive of Haiti to prepare for President Rene Preval's visit to the DR next week. Preval and President Leonel Fernandez are scheduled to take part in a ceremony marking t
Read more…DR: Billions for health of Haitians
Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said that over the last 3 years, the government spent RD$1.5 billion on providing health services for Haitians who visit or reside in the DR. Almost all Haitians requiring public health services are in the
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