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  [...] Jamaica: Political advice from Lifehacker – B.art hacks an article from the personal productivity blog Lifehacker about ways to become politically involved to make it relevant to a Jamaican audience. Jamaica: Thoughts on MLK Day – Jamaican Leon Robinson presents his thoughts on Martin Luther King Day (observed on January 15th in the US): “Though Martin Luther King Day is an American celebration, I think blacks everywhere should celebrate it, as we are one race, and a victory for one is a victory for all.“ Jamaica: 30 years on, critique still holds water – The latest installment in Geoffrey Philp’s “In My Own Words” series, which focuses on Caribbean writers, is a critique of the Caribbean’s failure to give recognition to the arts written 30 years ago by Jamaican poet/playwright/screenwriter/journalist Olivier Stephenson. Geoffrey kicks off the comments with the words: “Although it’s sad that something you had written over [...]Jamaica: New year crime spree – Jamaica experiences a spate of murders just as the new year begins, six of the victims police officers. Leon is outraged that the government seems more concerned about solving the crime problem for the sake of protecting the country’s tourist industry than for the well-being of its citizens, and expresses support for capital punishment. Jamaica: ?Dem too tief? – Francis Wade looks for the rationale behind what he perceives to be a tendency among Caribbean consumers to “when confronted with what seems to be an unreasonable price, . . . .claim that the person selling it is a thief.” [...]

  # 18 January 2007, 0:01 am

  
  

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