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» 2008Nov 25, 2008
Active Voice wants to let you know “that despite the global financial meltdown and the downfall of another wall–Wall Street–WE ARE NOT IN PANIC MODE in Jamaica.”
Tagged: politics, americas, english, humor, finance, roundups, economics, jamaica, governance, cyber activism
Nov 25, 2008
Jamaican Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has been chosen as the International Athletic Foundation's ‘Athlete of the Year'; regional bloggers congratulate him.
Tagged: sport, americas, english, general, media, roundups, youth, jamaica, barbados, trinidad and 038 tobago
Nov 20, 2008
Barbados Free Press comments on two regional mainstream media articles about abortion.
Tagged: politics, health, americas, english, law, media, roundups, children, jamaica, gender, barbados, cyber activism
Nov 17, 2008
A Jamaican schoolboy is sodomized and murdered, prompting Carlos King at Abeng News Magazine to write an open letter to the Prime Minister and Long Bench to address the issue of “the sexism and deep-seated and …
Tagged: politics, human rights, americas, english, law, media, religion, ideas, roundups, children, youth, jamaica, gender, lgbt, cyber activism
Nov 14, 2008
A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah posts photos of some humourous scenarios that could be “ONLY IN JAMAICA, MON!”
Tagged: americas, english, humor, environment, photos, roundups, jamaica
Oct 23, 2008
Diaspora bloggers from Cuba ( Uncommon Sense ) and Jamaica ( My View of JamDown from Up So ) talk about where their respective countries fall in the recently-released Reporters Without Borders 2008 press freedom index.
Tagged: politics, human rights, americas, english, media, freedom of speech, cuba, roundups, jamaica, diaspora, international relations, cyber activism
Oct 23, 2008
As a Defence Force corporal already under investigation is involved in another shooting incident, Long Bench says: “This episode ought to go down as a classic case of how police brutality in Jamaica is aided and …
Tagged: politics, americas, english, law, media, roundups, jamaica, cyber activism
Oct 21, 2008
“The government and the security forces just seem powerless in the face of these heartless crimes that are being committed in our small island”: Jamaican blogger Stunner says that the violence is hitting too close to …
Tagged: politics, human rights, americas, english, law, media, roundups, jamaica, gender, cyber activism
Oct 10, 2008
Antilles , the blog of the Caribbean Review of Books, notes that “the Caribbean is well represented” among the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award winners: “Three of the four categories were won by Caribbean books.”
Tagged: americas, english, roundups, literature, jamaica, haiti, dominican republic, trinidad and 038 tobago
Oct 9, 2008
As the Jamaican Olympic medalists implore their compatriots to “stop the violence”, A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah says: “I hope someone listens to them.”
Tagged: sport, americas, english, law, roundups, olympics, jamaica, cyber activism