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Tag was last used: Feb 9, 2011
 
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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 9, 2011

  Caribbean Diaspora yet to be harnessed

By Anton Edmunds: In a recent post, David Jessop, who pens “The View from Europe”, asserted that the Caribbean Diaspora could have a key role to play in lobbying against the increase in the UK’s Air Passenger Duty (APD), which has impacted the booking of travel...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 18, 2011

  Engaged in the Perfection of Love

The Bahama Journal Editorial :     On occasion, time seems to be rushing by; and for sure, as it does, we sometimes get the impression that most of our people have consigned themselves to roles as mere spectators to this passing scene. Happily and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 9, 2010

  Obama in prophecy?

BY MICHAEL BURKE: In the last two weeks, United States President Barack Obama has been in the news a little more than usual. The withdrawal from the war in Iraq has been one reason. Media practitioners have also duly noted Obama's statement that Muslims have equal rights in the USA as...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 4, 2010

  The position of the Catholic Church in the Haitian political saga

By Jean H Charles: To eavesdrop on the locals and gauge the situation on the ground, instead of travelling by plane, I took the long road by bus from Port au Prince to the north of Haiti towards the city of Cape Haitian. My final destination being my hometown, the city of Grand River, where...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2010

  The Harriet Tubman Haiti connection

By Jean H Charles: It is now about one-hundred sixty days since a powerful earthquake shook the southern part of Haiti, causing some 500,000 deaths, with 300,000 burials; still some 200,000 are under the debris. Using the lowest standard of evaluation, the refugees -- some 1.5 million...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 25, 2010

  Jamaica: Casualties of war

Casualties of war BY LLOYD B SMITH: FROM here on, Jamaica's checkered political history will be chronologically categorised as AD - Anno Dudus (in the year of Dudus), BD (before Dudus) and AD (after Dudus). And 2010 will forever be regarded as annus horribilis for all well-thinking,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 15, 2010

  The Diaspora - a tool for nation building

By Jean H Charles: The concept of Diaspora was created by the Jewish population dispersed all over the world after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman Empire in 135 AD. There have been several later forced dispersions creating their own Diaspora, such as the African Middle Passage...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 8, 2010

  Jamaicans overseas and the extradition affair

BY Delano Franklyn: AS it is in Jamaica, the most talked about issue currently among Jamaicans living abroad is the extradition request for Christopher Coke, and how it has been, and is being handled by the Bruce Golding-led administration. This issue has pushed the divestment of Air...... [view]

Posted By:  satisshroff
Posted On:  Apr 29, 2010

  Refugees of Nepali origin from Bhutan leave Nepal for the USA

This is a story about young and old Nepalese families who were thrown out of Bhutan as Lhotsampas in the USA, were granted asylum in poor Nepal where they lived many years and finally sent to the USA by international migration authorities. In the video film you see young people who are full of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 15, 2010

  The new scramble for Africa

Franklin W Knight FOR the past decade there has been a new scramble for Africa. Scrambling for Africa is nothing new. It reached its apogee in 1884 when 13 European powers and the United States convened at the palace of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to carve up the continent into...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 8, 2010

  Dudus jitters hit J’cans in US

NEW YORK, USA — Fearing a major fallout in the relationship between their home country and the United States of America (USA), Jamaican nationals here are demanding a quick resolution to the impasse over the extradition request for reputed Tivoli Gardens don, Christopher "Dudus" Cooke. Fears...... [view]

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  LEADNIGERIA

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Website:  "http://".leadnigeria.org
Phone:  9174886037
E-mail:  info@leadnigeria.org
  Vision:   To inform and inspire young people to take actions on areas and issues they care about most, while building partnerships for sustainable commitments to action. To see young people taking up active leadership roles in the......
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  South Asian Visual Arts Centre

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Website:  http://www.savac.net
Phone:  416-542-1661
E-mail:  outreach@savac.net
  Vision:   Since 1993, SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) has been dedicated to the presentation and promotion of contemporary visual art by South Asian artists. SAVAC presents innovative programming, which critically explores......
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