The Death of the 19 babies, who is responsible?
The public furor and persistent calls for the resignation of the Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, are reasonable in some respects and unreasonable in others. On the one hand if it is that the Minister is responsible for the administration, and management, of the Ministry of Health in totality, and the “buck stops with him” on all matters, then the call for his resignation is ...
US Special Forces deployed as "human shields" to salvage terror assets in Syria"
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Finian Cunningham (born 1963) has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. Originally from Belfast, Ireland, he is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. For over 20 years he ...
PNP and JLP ..........
The People National Party and the Jamaica Labor Party are competing for the title of the defender of the Private Sector/IMF driven austerity program. The ex Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, did mention that some politicians brains are termite infested but he forgot to include himself and others. Bruce Golding simplistic characterization of his partners in neocolonialism is far from the ...
PORTIA SIMPSON,LOST OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOPE JAMAICA.
The PNP under the leadership of MAMA-P have continued the failed policies of both Patterson and the Golding administration. Portia having started out on her first journey as our first female Prime minister sounded the alarm about her dedication to the poor and anointed faithful of the lord only to be subjected to the control by the most conservative arm of the Peoples National Party. She ...
Racist Terrorism in Charleston.
by: Jarvis Tyner People from every state in the nation are sending their deepest heartfelt condolences and solidarity to the families of the nine people senselessly murdered while at Bible study at Charleston's historic Mother Emanuel AME Church. This is the church of former slave and abolitionist Denmark Vesey, who was hanged for organizing a slave rebellion. This is a church ...
Suddenly,Baltimore-Wonder Why?
By Ralph Nader, The Nader Page 10 May 15 uddenly, the mass media is writing about or televising the conditions in West Baltimore. Conditions that Washington Post columnist, Eugene Robinson, summarized as decades long “suffocating poverty, dysfunction and despair.” Suddenly, reporters and camera teams are discovering Baltimore’s inner city—crumbling or abandoned housing; mass unemployment; ...
Time US Leadership woke up to new economic era.
April 5, 2015 7:46 pm Lawrence SummersThis past month may be remembered as the moment the United States lost its role as the underwriter of the global economic system. True, there have been any number of periods of frustration for the US before, and times when American behaviour was hardly multilateralist, such as the 1971 Nixon shock, ending the convertibility of the dollar into gold. But I can ...
Honorable Portia Simpson,stand up for our people.
On behalf of the workers, teachers, students, unemployed, victims of violence, the youths, pensioners, the homeless, the mentally challenge, workers in police uniforms, the nurses, the doctors, unemployed Journalists, the handicap, the hotel workers, the airport workers, the garbage cleaners, the beggars and our professionals workers the call to abandon this austerity program. Madam President ...
Obam's visit to Jamaica,welcome news.
Jamaica, home to over three million people will be for the first time since his presidency has the President of the United States on its scenic shore to meet with the First Female Prime minister of Jamaica, the honorable Portia Simpson. The President visit comes at a time when one of the most rabid member of the Republican Party just announce his presidency and having one of his campaign ...
Greece:debt and memory of war.
by: Conn Hallinan March 23 2015 tags: war, Greece, world, international, analysis Memory is selective and therein lies an explanation for some of the deep animosity between Berlin and Athens in the current debt crisis that has shaken the European Union (EU) to its foundations. For German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, "memory" goes back to 2007 when Greece was caught up in the ...
Bibi's Fear and what really matters.....
The battle over whether the Iran negotiations go forward or are forced to fail is bigger than the terms of any "deal". An agreement won't decide any of the great issues of our time, but it bears on which way the world will turn in this century. The United States, Russia, China, France, Britain, Germany and Iran are at the table negotiating a difficult issue. Sadly, that's a rare phenomenon in a ...
Caribbean Court Of Justice.....
The Caribbean Court of Justice an institution that should have been a reality since our political independence from Britain is the highlight of discussion between the Governing Peoples National Party and the Opposition Jamaica Labor Party. The governing Party under the leadership of The Honorable Portia Simpson is in favor of Voting for its implementation of having the Caribbean Court of Justice ...
"I Do Not Trust the Policy of the United States"
'I Do Not Trust the Policy of the United States'
By Fidel Castro. 29 January 15 idel Castro sent this message to the Federation of University Students on the occasion of an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of his admission to the University of Havana. In 2006, as a result of health issues which were incompatible with the time and effort required to fulfill my duties – which I myself ...
Dr.Trevor Monroe, a relic of the past.
Dr.Trevor Monroe former leader of the now defunct political entity, Workers Party of Jamaica, that played an important episode during the revolutionary period when the majority of the world oppressed were demanding an end to world imperialism. This was the environment that existed. It was popular then to join the people march for better representation and distribution of wealth. Dr. Munroe must ...
Duvalier: Dead but not gone.
Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier, responsible for the death of thousands and the theft of millions, who moved openly in the society of Haitian elites protected by the government, died on Oct. 4 a free man. He reportedly suffered a heart attack at the home of an associate in a wealthy enclave above Port-au-Prince. Meanwhile former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who helped build the movement to ...
UK responsible for current insecurity in Libya.
19:08 GMT, Nov 7, 2014 ‘UK responsible for current insecurity in Libya’Get short URL Published time: November 06, 2014 14:59 Reuters / Esam Omran Al-Fetori 120 Tags Army, Conflict, Human rights, Libya, Military, Politics, UK, Violence Britain should be held accountable not just for the poor security in Cambridge but for the insecurity that it created within Libya and ...
Naom Chomsky calls US 'world's leading terrorist state'
U.S. linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky (Reuters/Jorge Dan) 23.9K2K1 Tags Arms, CIA, Central America, Clashes, Cuba, History, Human rights, Obama, Opposition, Security, Terrorism, UN, USA, Violence, War The United States is the “world's leading terrorist state,” based on its deadly, CIA-run operations in the likes of Nicaragua and Cuba, according to new op-ed by historian and social ...
British Public not interested in fighting America,s wars..
British public not interested in fighting America's wars – former London mayor Livingstone
Published time: November 01, 2014 16:42 Edited time: November 01, 2014 20:27 Get short URL Ken Livingstone (Reuters / Andrew Winning) Download video (84.58 MB) Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone believes that since as far back as the First World War, the United States, with Britain’s help, ...
Jamaica needs a revolutionay change.
Jamaica needs a revolutionary change….. Jamaica needs a revolutionary change in its system of governance to reflect the will and wishes of the majority of our people. This can only be done with the amendment of our constitution. Our present legal structure is design to preserve the dominance of the private sector over the majority of our people. This political architecture craftily designed by ...
Dilma Rousseff reelected President of Brazil.
Following a closely contested campaign, Dilma Rousseff was reelected in the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, October 27, garnering 51.54% of the votes, with 98.82% of the total counted. Voters favored Rousseff’s proposal to further expand social programs, undertake political reform, and reinforce the fight against corruption. The election was marked by the ...