Jamaica has been undergoing tremendous Economic pressure especially with the introduction of the International Monetary Fund structural adjustment program. The IMF program when instituted is really a no –growth policy thus when the Government call for growing the economy it is deceiving the general public. This program of economic destruction calls for foreign and local investors to drive the ...

The main street media in Jamaica, thirsty for any news that can ignore the disastrous effect of the IMF medicine on the majority of our people, welcome achievements of our artistes and athletes as if they had just appear on the Scene. One wonders if they are planning to have a Shaggy and friend concerts to fund all our government neglected responsibilities. No doubt the rich were out regally to ...

The honorable Michael Manley in his book “Struggle in the Periphery” describes lucidly the contentious issues he had with the International monetary fund at the time of his stewardship. The then prime minister,  fervent opponent at the time of the apartheid regime, a anti-imperialist and sympathizer of the poor in the Jamaica emphasize three important aspect of  a well defined ...

The international monetary fund was created in 1944 along with the World Bank as a means to promote monetary co-operation between countries. The chief of the IMF is usually headed by a European while the head of the World Bank is headed by an American, an agreement between the European and the American. The international monetary fund serves the interest of the powerful financial interest in the ...

PRETORIA, South Africa.— For the Cuban delegation, December 12 was filled with incomparable emotions. The first came early in the morning when President Raúl Castro arrived at the Union Building, the government headquarters in Pretoria, to honor Nelson Mandela....

In 1991, Nelson Mandela traveled to Cuba to thank Fidel Castro and the Cuban people for supporting the fight against apartheid and colonialism in southern Africa. "The decisive defeat of the aggressive apartheid forces [in Angola] destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the white oppressor," Mandela said. "The defeat of the apartheid army served as an inspiration to the struggling people of ...

The world mourns the physical removal from our natural environment the Honorable Nelson Mandela. His principle and his determine struggle against one of the worst social experiment conducted on a majority race by a racist minority. The word democracy became the standard bearer for Mandela with these famous words “one man, one vote”. Never have democracy exposed its true meaning when the ...

 On behalf of the people of Jamaica we want to extend our condolences and regret of the passing of our great leader for democracy,human dignity, world peace and equality.The Jamaica Patriotic Movement Salute you Honorable Mandela for Showing the world that one should not abandon one,s principle in the fight for  for a better world..We salute you!!

By:Claudia Fonseca Sosa ON November 11, 1975, President Antonio Agostinho Neto proclaimed before Africa and the world the birth of the People's Republic of Angola (now the Republic of Angola). After 14 years of armed struggle, the last Portuguese colony was finally achieving its independence. However, the Angolan people were initially unable to enjoy the fruits of freedom. After learning of the ...

It would be interesting to see our statistician do a research on the amount of people killed, robbed, raped, maimed, became homeless/hungry and became mentally disturbed during the campaign for the leadership of the Jamaica Labor Party. Our country just pass another round of IMF distressing test, testing to see how much more profit can be squeezed from our people. The mainstream media since ...

The news just kept pouring in , from England over eight hundred thousand people lonely, from Canada the mayor admitted to smoking crack, within the United States, the frequent gun violence and shooting at schools and public places, in Israel the constant language of war, In Greece and Jamaica the disastrous impact of IMF policies on the poor, in Libya, the return to ethnic violence, in congress, ...

The Jamaica labor party just decided on the leadership of a party that has yet to represent the true meaning of its title "labor party". It is well known within the Jamaican electorate that the party tends to represent the interest of the rich and powerful and was partly to be blamed for the roll back of the self reliance and Nationalist program of the Michael Manley's government. One of the ...

The intense struggle within the Jamaica labor party for leadership reveal the infantile and corrugated mindset that has no understanding of what our country is undergoing. Both Holiness and Shaw is servant of the Private Sector and the western interest that want Jamaica to forever stay within the orbit of underdevelopment and indebtness. There is no discussion of the erosion of the living ...

On behalf of our people, the Jamaica Patriotic Movement fully endorses the will of the majority at the United Nation to call for the removal of this monstrous economic sanction place on the Cuban people. Every Country has the right to choose their path forward in governance without foreign interference. The United States should abide by the rule of International law and not to use its selfish ...

Dalia González Delgado WHAT could lead the most powerful country in the world to invade a nation of only 110,000 inhabitants? Three decades ago, some 7,000 U.S. marines and parachutists occupied Grenada, in an operation labeled Urgent Fury. The capital of this Caribbean island was bombarded by aircraft, helicopters and warships. Some 7,000 U.S. marines and parachutists invaded Grenada October ...

The youths of Jamaica under the economic policies of the both political parties Since the Abandonment of the Michael Manley policies of Self Reliance and Economic independence have been decimated economically under the impact of the austerity programs endorsed by both political entities. The youth in the inner city is left with choices of migration, gangs, political overseer, prison or death. ...

A civilizing crusade against Africa? THE African Union (AU), an intergovernmental organization involving the majority of countries on the continent, held an extraordinary meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss their relations with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Of the 54 African nations, 34 are represented in the ICC. However, many of them have criticized the court for its ...

  AFTER criticizing the film The Fifth Estate, based on his life story, for not adhering to the facts, Julian Assange has revealed the truth about his life in the Ecuadoran embassy in London, which granted him political asylum. In a 90-minute Skype interview, reported by the UK Telegraph newspaper, a pale and slim Assange stated, "Of course it's difficult to wake up for 500 days and see the ...

By Nicole Ostrow - Oct 21, 2013 3:00 PM ET Children raised in poverty or in orphanages experience chronic stress early in life that can have long-lasting effects on the brain, setting them up for future mental and physical ailments as adults, two studies found. The stress of poverty may affect regions in a child's brain that control emotion, according to research published today in the journal ...

The Jamaica labor party is trying hard to decide which one of these two gentlemen is best suited to give the bitter medicine to the Jamaican people. Audley Shaw in various interviews opined that the government should use the IMF funds to pay the bond holders (Private Sector) while Mr. Holness warned the country to prepare for the bitter taste that will follow after taking the IMF medicine. The ...