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  The Rio Minho in Jamaica provides much more than a setting for this potent, accomplished debut by Jamaican-born Donna Hemans.

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  Selected articles for your information - Interesting Bits of Information      2/7/99

bulletWorld food prices skyrocket causing riots and grave concern ....May 2008
bulletT&T PM sacks Minister ....May 2008
bulletObama speech at biggest rally yet in Philly ....May 2008
bulletRepublican congressman calls Obama ‘boy' ....May 2008
bulletJamaican arrested at Fla airport with explosives ..........April 2008
bulletObama supporter bests critical interviewer..........April 2008
bulletGovernment implements free health care in Jamaica..........April 2008
bulletCash Plus investment club in receivership..........April 2008
bullet2 brutal massacres shock Guyana .........Feb/March 2008
bulletCaribbean US citizens rally behind Obama. hear Sparrow and Cocoa Tea
bulletJLP and PNP unite in tributes to Fidel Castro.........Feb/March 2008
bulletAntigua won but gets ‘peanuts’ in US compensation.........Feb/March 2008
bulletMorning-after pill hard to get in Jamaica and Barbados.........Feb/March 2008
bulletMichael Manley inducted into Walk of Fame.........Feb/March 2008
bulletInvestment clubs in Jamaica promise bonanza but ......Jan 2008
bulletJLP win again in Jamaica ..Jan 2008
bulletBanco del Sur challenges World Bank, IMF ..Jan 2008
bulletUWI opens fourth campus in Montego Bay, Jamaica ..Jan 2008
bulletGay cruises ok to dock in Grenada ..Jan 2008
bulletCrime Jamaica's worst problem ..Jan 2008
bulletPALS tackles trauma in Jamaican schools ..Jan 2008
bulletDominica government to ban toy guns ..Jan 2008
bulletHerb McKenley, Jamaica’s greatest athlete dies ...Dec 2007
bulletMalaysian lumber firm agrees to pay fine to Guyana ...Dec 2007
bulletAssistant police commissioner gunned down in Jamaica ...Dec 2007
bulletPoverty decreasing in Latin America and the Caribbean...Dec 2007
bulletManning wins again in T&T general elections......Nov 2007
bulletDual citizenship issue plague Caribbean politicians......Nov 2007
bulletJamaican Practical nurses flock to seek jobs in Canada......Nov 2007
bulletSri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti sex scandal......Nov 2007
bulletJamaican women workers outdo males too......Nov 2007
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Banana pesticide cause ‘health disaster’ in French Caribbean ...Oct 2007

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Jamaica regains malaria-free status...Oct 2007

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US passport law goes into effect...Oct 2007

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Barbados least corrupt in WI as Jamaica’s rankings plunge 23 places...Oct 2007

bulletJLP win Jamaica general elections ...Sept 2007
bulletHurricane Dean carves path of death and destruction ...Sept 2007
bulletSt. Lucia’s Sir John Compton dies ...Sept 2007
bulletBahamas ranked richest country in the Caribbean ...Sept 2007
bulletLets start reward fund to catch brutal child killers in Jamaica ..Aug 2007
bulletJamaica to hold elections August 27..Aug 2007
bulletAntigua seeks $3.4 billion in trade sanctions against US..Aug 2007
bulletBoth Bob Marley song and album voted best of the century..Aug 2007
bulletGrenada releases 3 leaders of 1983 coup .....July 2007
bulletAnother Brit top cop for Jamaica job .....July 2007
bulletT&T’s Chief Justice suspended again .....July 2007
bulletGuyana accuses US of worst forms of human trafficking .....July 2007
bulletMother and child die when gunmen firebomb home .....July 2007
bulletCARICOM leaders refuse to back down on Cuba, Venezuela .....July 2007
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3 Guyanese and Trini arrested in JFK bomb plot .....June 2007

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‘Conference on the Caribbean’ seeks to improve US ties ....June 2007

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Jamaica’s Petrojam oil deal with Venezuela .....June 2007

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Jamaica-Cuba energy project to save billions.....June 2007

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Gunmen attack Guyana newspaper office again.....June 2007

bulletMirant sells off Jamaica and other Caribbean power companies ...May 2007
bulletBahamas voters oust ruling party...May 2007
bulletExiled Aristide receives doctorate in South Africa...May 2007
bulletEcuador and Venezuela say bye to IMF...May 2007
bulletUS frees anti-Castro ex-CIA terrorist killer...May 2007
bulletAntigua wins WTO case against the US .....April 2007
bulletFormer T&T PM’s conviction overturned on appeal.....April 2007
bulletIMF says shutdown Air Jamaica.....April 2007
bulletCricket World Cup comes to the West Indies ......Feb/March 2007
bulletBWIA shareholders lose everything ......Feb/March 2007
bulletBush proposes huge increase in citizenship fees ......Feb/March 2007
bulletNew GG for Jamaica ......Feb/March 2007
bulletShock upset in St. Lucia elections .....Jan 2007
bulletMalaria outbreak hits Jamaica .....Jan 2007
bulletBanana war heating up again .....Jan 2007
bulletPrivy Council rules against T&T Chief Justice .....Jan 2007
bulletSave Jamaica’s Cockpit Country .....Jan 2007
bulletBerbick's own nephew charged in former champs death ...Dec 2006
bulletIDB to cancel debt of Guyana and Haiti ...Dec 2006
bullet90% special education graduates leave Jamaica ...Dec 2006
bulletTrinidad and Tobago unveils new airline  bye bye BWIA ...Dec 2006    
bulletChristian Taliban- American style .........Nov 2006
bulletJamaican ex-world heavy-weight champ killed in Jamaica .........Nov 2006
bulletFormer T&T PM loses parliamentary seat .........Nov 2006
bulletMoney scandal rocks ruling PNP in Jamaica .........Nov 2006
bulletYvette Clark wins tough NY primary.........Oct 2006
bulletVote for the Lesser of two Evils.........Oct 2006
bulletFormer St. Lucian PM to switch parties.........Oct 2006
bulletVenezuela money to build eye clinic in Jamaica.........Oct 2006
bulletUS bribes journalists to write Anti-Castro news.........Oct 2006
bulletBye-bye BWIA, hello Caribbean Airlines.........Oct 2006
bulletPPP/C sweeps to victory in Guyana elections .......Sept 2006
bulletPrivy Council blocks arrest of T&T’s Chief Justice .......Sept 2006
bulletBrutal murders at Guyana newspaper company .......Sept 2006
bulletJamaica government owes billions to pension funds .......Sept 2006
bulletT&T to divest BWIA .......Sept 2006
bulletThe one and only Miss Lou is dead ...July/Aug 2006
bulletChief Justice plunges T&T judiciary in turmoil...July/Aug 2006
bulletFormer Haitian PM freed...July/Aug 2006
bulletJamaica electric company up for sale...July/Aug 2006
bulletCARICOM to back Venezuela for UN Security Council...July/Aug 2006
bulletMontserrat volcano erupts violently again....June 2006
bulletGovernment budget crisis cripples Puerto Rico...June 2006
bulletJamaica cement crisis worsens economic woes...June 2006
bulletPreval sworn in as president of Haiti...June 2006
bulletUN torture panel tells US to close Guantanamo
bulletT&T opposition leader Panday found guilty ....May 2006
bulletJamaica turning to ethanol ....May 2006
bulletPopular Jamaican "don" Zekes found guilty ....May 2006
bulletBoth Barbados and T&T claim victory in sea dispute ....May 2006
bulletPortia takes over  ....April 2006
bulletHistory-making gold rush for Jamaica in Commonwealth Games  ....April 2006
bulletT&T opposition party continues to self-destruct  ....April 2006
bulletMassive demonstrations for immigrant rights sweep US  ....April 2006
bullet500 tons of bad cement creates crisis in Jamaica  ....April 2006
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Jamaica PM to quit February 25, 2006 .......Feb 2006

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 Contenders to succeed PM .......Feb 2006

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Rain wreaks havoc on Caribbean .......Feb 2006

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Hail Roger Toussaint! union leader extraordinaire ....Jan 2006

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Reneto Adams and other cops found “Not Guilty” ...Jan 2006

bulletT&T Soca Warriors head for Germany... Dec 2005
bulletPoverty level plunges 50% in Jamaica ... Dec 2005
bulletT&T slaps terrorism charge on Abu Bakr ... Dec 2005
bulletOpen Letter to the Killers of Sasha Kay Brown ....Nov 2005
bulletCaribbean on alert for Bird Flu....Nov 2005
bulletLIAT becomes low cost airlines ....Nov 2005
bulletBad weather and ‘Wilma’ bring misery to Caribbean ....Nov 2005
bulletCaribbean, home of the worst most vicious cold-blooded killers  ...Oct 2005
bulletDominica 'Iron Lady' dies at 86...Oct 2005
bulletSevere sugar shortage hits T&T ...Oct 2005
bulletJLP staged protests disrupt Jamaica ...Oct 2005
bulletCCJ opens midst bomb scare .....Sept 2005
bulletAnother explosion rocks Port of Spain .....Sept 2005
bulletJamaica seal oil deal with Hugo Chavez .....Sept 2005
bulletFree health care in Cuba and Venezuela for Jamaica .....Sept 2005
bullet‘Goodwillie’ Iraq Withdrawal Plan ........... Aug 2005
bulletBomb blast rocks Port-of-Spain ........... Aug 2005
bulletRumblings for more democratic UN Security Council ........... Aug 2005
bulletSt. Kitts End Sugar Production ........... Aug 2005
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G8 Group forgives Guyana debt...July 2005

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New US ‘passport required’ rule could dampen tourism ..July 2005

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Hugo Chavez offers  low priced oil for Caribbean ..July 2005

bulletA crime wave of despair in Jamaica .....June 2005
bulletFormer T&T PM arrested for corruption .....June 2005
bulletPPM wins Cayman elections .....June 2005
bulletSkerrit wins Dominican elections .....June 2005
bulletThe demolition of Haiti continues .....June 2005
bullet‘Groundings’ tribute to Rodney in Guyana .....June 2005
bulletAir Jamaica forced to suspend flights as debts increase..(April/May 2005)
bulletCCJ finally launched..(April/May 2005)
bulletDrought scorches Caribbean..(April/May 2005)
bulletJLP’s Golding by a landslide..(April/May 2005)
bulletSir John Compton back in St. Lucian politics..(June 2005)
bulletBy-election loss forces NDM head in Ja to quit Golding quits as another 3rd party fails     (April 3, 2001)
bulletOur Political System, the real villain it's not the politicians, its the system (April 3, 2001)
bulletMarc Rich and Jamaica..Clinton pardon ok with Jamaica  (March 7,2001)
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Caribbean reactions to mad cow and hoof and mouth diseases  (March 7,2001)

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Pest threaten Jamaica’s most beautiful plants (March 7,2001)

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Patois gets language status in NY City  "ah wha dem a do?"(March 7,2001)

bulletChiquita Bananas announces bankruptcy ...blame Caribbean bananas (Feb 8, 2001)
bulletPanday wins T&T general elections but hits bumpy road  (Jan 7, 2001)
bulletUS Drug war drags on all over the Caribbean winning or losing?  (Jan 7, 2001)
bulletCaribbean takes precaution against mad cow disease  (Jan 7, 2001)
bulletUS Elections – Bogus Bush subverts democracy   (Dec 6,2000)
bulletPolice vs citizens confrontations continue in Jamaica slows crimefighting 
bulletPentecostal church winning over Hindus in T&T battling for souls(Dec 6,2000)
bulletProtest-happy Jamaicans undermining the country  enough already!(Nov5, 2000)
bulletVenezuela oil deal for  CARICOM but not Guyana? (Nov5, 2000)
bulletWiretap scandal in Jamaica .. even PM phone bugged! (Nov5, 2000)
bulletUN and US elections UN integrity at stake (Nov5, 2000)
bulletUtah man is king of corn maze but no king of sugarcane maze yet   (Nov5, 2000)
bulletA-maze-ing corn, why not cane? seems like a sure profitable venture (Oct 8,2000)
bulletJa growing genetically modified food but is it safe? (Oct 8,2000)
bulletUS elections loom Cheney a disgraceful, insulting choice ... (Sept 7,2000)
bulletButch Stewart leads cry for foreign help to fight crime calls for resignations(Sept 7,2000)
bulletVenezuela’s claim to 3/5 of Guyana heats up caught in squeeze(Sept 7,2000)
bulletUS aid to Jamaica killing Guyana.. sinister aid threatens CARICOM.. 8/5/00
bulletMove over MacDonalds for Island Grill of Jamaica ...fast food goes abroad...8/5/00
bulletBig Crisis in Volunteer Caribbean Overseas Organisations .."whey dem  dey?.."8/5/00
bulletNew Crime Plan in Jamaica fight against crime continues ..........8/5/00
bulletHow the Caribbean ranks worldwide in healthcare ..some surprises
bulletGuyana-Suriname border dispute. both neighbors want a piece of Guyana
bulletOminous sign - Jamaica imports bananas could we lose local market too?....6/9/00
bulletWTO rules menace new Jamaican law protecting our own risks sanctions.....6/9/00
bulletJa. Gov’t gives prostitutes money management help..put it in the bank! ...6/9/00
bulletBernie Grant, Guyanese –born British activist MP dies.  fighter for justice.......5/7/2000
bulletClinton advisor hired by T&T’s ruling party Panday hires James Carville......5/7/2000
bulletThe Elian Gonzales lesson for West Indians in US   ........2/5/2000
bulletShould Ja adopt the US dollar? Equador causes rexamination of that debate. ........2/5/2000
bulletDWP - essential for reducing crime in Jamaica...8/28/99
bulletTrade Agreements, the WTO & CARICOM...............(6/1/99)V
bulletWI Apathy and Priorities...."Whe dem deh?" (6/1/99)
bulletIntroduction to PWP - the real economic solution for the Caribbean (1/17/99)
bulletUS Banana War Against the West Indies - Chiquita money to Republican and Democratic Parties fuels US war on West Indies banana trade even though this might lead to the collapse of some of these countries.
bulletThe cute Chiquita is ugly United Fruit Co. -instigator of the banana war has a ugly record in the Americas (2/7/99)
bulletSome Startling Stats and Priorities about World Conditions- Hot Calaloo just had to include this information by guess who . (1/17/99)
bulletCaribbean Trade Advantageous for US
bulletAlmost Crime Free Bermuda
bulletFree Trade vs Fair Trade...free trade, a noose for the WI  4/4/99
bulletChernoble Kids Get Medical Treatment in Cuba

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