In respect to one of our great thinkers and humanist we the Jamaica Partriotic Movement is sharing this analysis by Commandante Fidel Castro ... I have asked the editors of Granma to relieve me of the honor of publishing what I write on the front page of the official organ of our Party, since I am thinking of expressing personal points of view on issues which, for obvious reasons of health and ...

On behalf of the peace loving people of Jamaica and in memory of our National Hero the Rt Honorable Marcus Garvey, the Jamaica Patriotic Movement condemn the killing of innocent civilian by the Military machine of the State of Israel. The occupation of Palestine must end. The United States must end its bias approach and demand Israel conform to the two state solution agreed to by the ...

Bruce Golding, the ex-Prime minister, is right about the United States not having the Moral standard to dictate to other country about human rights. Mr. Golding seems to be posturing for possible re- entry into the political arena after a disgraceful exit. Did Mr. Golding just realize that fact about the United States? Is Mr. Golding cognizant of these other facts that the United States refuse to ...

The Jamaica Patriot, the only online newspaper to predict the deterioration of our economy with the adoption of the prescribe medicine by the IMF. Where are the Jobs being created? Why is the crime rate going up? The private sector was so adamant on having this agreement only so that they could be paid, they knew that employing our people would only limit their astronomical profit margin. The ...

Jamaica’s debt just got larger with the 800million United States loan promised by the international lenders to the Government of Jamaica, a sterling achievement of the Finance Minister. Peter Phillips bonus came after the visit of the head of the International Monetary Fund, Miss Laggard. Mr. Phillip was praised by the IMF chief for his determined effort to meet the fund strict austerity ...

  Albor Ruiz No one can predict the resolution - if there is one – of the humanitarian crisis created by the wave of young children, who despite all odds, cross the border into the United States, coming from Mexico and Central America. Brownsville, Texas. Foto: Eric Gay/AP. What is clear, however, is that if the government decides to resolve the situation with strict enforcement of ...

By Felix SalmonTaken from the Financial Times 06/06/14 The lender faces allegations over business with Iran and Sudan, writes Felix Salmon You cannot send money to Cuba – not from New York, not from London and not from Madrid, Manila or Managua. We all know why: it is because the US has a beef with Cuba. If the US takes an aversion to you, it can cut you off from the international financial ...

Maya Angelou just passed on With her love of us full of imperfections And her love of words and her love Of our strength and goodness And love of our struggle to be Who we were called and created to be Folks to love one another and act with kindness Like most any poet she lived simply, humbly Though on one bitterly cold January day in 1993 She defined America and the American people for us all. ...

  Jorge V. Jaime The African National Congress (ANC) is celebrating 20 years of multiracial, democratic government in South Africa, with another definitive electoral victory, and a second term for President Jacob Zuma. With votes from 20,500 poling stations (of 22,260 in total) counted, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) confirmed the ANC victory in eight of nine provinces in the ...

Would South Africa have been less of an Apartheid state if blacks and whites could swim at the same beaches - but laws like the 1913 Land Act, Group Areas Act, Mixed Marriages Law, pass laws, and Bantu education still existed? Absurd as that argument is, that is exactly what Israel`s apologists are asking us to believe. When Israel is called an Apartheid state, its defenders - including some ...

The former Finance Minister knowing in advance that the mainstream media journalist would not be investigating his previous statements on the IMF issue continues to confused and mislead the Jamaican Public in his quest to gain power. He recently lost to Andrew Holness in his thirst to head the Westminster inspired Jamaica Labor Party. Let me be clear, The People National Party have adopted this ...

Madam Prime Minister gave her budget presentation exhorting Jamaicans to stay the course to ensure better days ahead. These are hard times for the majority of Jamaicans who are being sacrifice at the altar of the IMF/PSOJ austerity program design to reduce the outstanding debt and to satisfy the bondholders. Mrs. Portia Simpson Having taken the drivers seat from the short lived Holness ...

France pulls out of Rwandan genocide commemoration after complicity accusations Published time: April 06, 2014 11:36 Edited time: April 06, 2014 12:38 Get short URL People follow the proceedings during the arrival of the Rwandan genocide flame, known as the "Kwibuka" (Remembering) 20-Years, at the Kicukiro Grounds as the country prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1994 ...

Colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing': UN rapporteur on Palestine blasts Israel Published time: March 22, 2014 11:27    A Palestinian man reacts as he sits atop rubble after his home was demolished in Jabel Mukaber, a village in the suburbs of East Jerusalem (Reuters / Ammar Awad)      The UN Special Rapporteur on occupied Palestine accused Israeli ...

tags: international, U.S. foreign policy, conflict resolution, history, geography It's been interesting to observe the large numbers of people who suddenly think they're experts on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine-both those on the left who blame it on Obama for intervening too much and those on the right who blame it on Obama for not intervening enough. As someone who has spent his entire academic ...

  The Jamaican government should have an emergency meeting within parliament to have both parties discuss and passed a “JOB ACT” as one of the tools in fighting crime. It is utter nonsense to pretend and hide from the reality of the devastating effect of joblessness especially on the youths. Most of the laws are passed in parliament only to satisfy the rich and the powerful. The ...

The organization of American states strongly approved of the elected government of Venezuela handling of the disturbances. The democratically elected government of Venezuela is constantly faced with demonstrations by forces hostile to constitutional order. The late president Hugo Chavez was remove by an organize coup but was freed and reinstall as president by the majority. There is still that ...

    The World Peace Council (WPC) expresses its deep concern about the situation in the Ukraine after the installation of the new government in Kiev by the imperialists of the European Union, NATO and the U.S., hand in hand with reactionary neo – Nazi groups who were active throughout the last time in the country. On the backs of the Ukrainian people the last few months a dangerous ...

Jamaica’s rising soulful reggae singer perform at the residence of the Black imperial representative, Michelle and Barack Obama. Washington DC home of the redskins and the seat of world finance and military prowess. Interestingly it recorded its twenty-eight murders, majority of which are blacks. The honorable Marcus Garvey Statue Still lies at the Organization of American States just couple ...

The rat is out of the bag! It’s fair to say the U.S. and Russia have had their, well, differences in view of what makes responsible foreign policy. And on Tuesday, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin revealed what he really thinks about how the U.S. deals with other nations. Frankly, he’s not impressed: “They sit there across the Pond, and sometimes I think they feel like they’re in a lab ...