The eruption of social protest in the USA after the killing of George Floyd is a reflection of the lost opportunity of America to live up its ideal that they falsely promoted abroad. It is a combination of social neglect, exclusion, blatant racism, and police brutality!!! It is a policy that is exported abroad along with America,s economic agenda, the strangulation of country sovereignty and ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states its strong rejection of the slanderous inclusion of Cuba in a US State Department list of countries that are allegedly not cooperating fully with US efforts against terrorism that was made public on May 13, 2020, and that was strongly rejected by President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Bermúdez.  It is a unilateral and arbitrary listing without any base, ...

Cuban medical brigade in Jamaica performs active and vital work before COVID-19 The bilateral technical collaboration agreement on health renewed last February for another three years constitutes an irrefutable sign of the acceptance of the work of Cuban brigade members in the Jamaican nation Author: Digital Writing | internet@granma.cu May 30, 2020 11:05:34 The work of ...

What will the world be like after the pandemic? Every kind of imaginative audacity travels around the world and returns. Some claim to "return to normal". Others cherish the illusion that "the virus is dead, the rage is over" of capitalism. Some paint their ecclesiastical tones in a more ecologically sound way, and, of course, there is no lack of preachers who understand the ...

We stand with solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the USA against racism and hate that have resulted in countless unarmed blacks murdered at the hands of policemen. Donald Trump through coded messages and his racist policies has inflamed an already racist society that has policemen legally protected when they commit murder. It is reported in media circles that Bob Marley's song , ...

The trade union’s primary role is to protect the rights of workers from employer abuse and the violation of their rights. Each sector will be allowed to choose their union of choice. Currently, unions operate ineffectively due to the lack of governmental support for our workers. Our government has yet to sign the most relevant section covenant of the ILO charter. They subscribe to the free ...

The International Monetary Fund just released on May,15,2020 the sum total of 520 million us dollars to our government to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus. The IMF is well known worldwide as the financial arm of the United States foreign policy. Its stated objective as part of the strategy of financial control of a country finances by supplying loans when it is short on funds to satisfy the ...

The Central Intelligence Agency was created on July 26, 1947, when Harry Truman signed the National Security Act into law. The CIA is the intelligence arm of the United States government which is the most budgeted agency of all security apparatus. It has been involved in numerous nefarious activities around the world without punishment or imprisonment, they are above the law. History has recorded ...

Running away, jogging, selling cigarettes, driving, staying at home, showing your license as a weapon carrier, a churchgoer, a President, and a Congressman or Congresswoman gives you no respect or freedom to live as a black person. Trump and his swamp hatred and division are not restricted to domestic policies only but to its foreign policies. The visit by  Pompeo to Jamaica, a ...

As stated in our previous commentary, our healthcare system is dysfunctional. Is it because our government rushed into privatization? without having a modern national health care system in place. How things change in just a few months after the media blast of prosperity and success mirroring the style of the Donald trump governance.  Our government will have to focus on putting money in our ...

The denying of our people to land in Jamaica should come as no surprise to us. Our government practices against black people have been noted in our history. There is no love for our people, only during elections!!! They use our political power to advance the interest of the elites and non-blacks. The tried and tested use of dis-unity is employed against us so as to prolong their governance. It is ...

Post Michael Manley we saw the gradual erosion of the State structure through privatization. The leaders of both the JLP and the PNP touted the miracle workings when things are run solely by the private sector but with the advent of the coronovirus the reality is shocking. It must be embarrasing to Andre Holness to see his fake prosperity promises goes up in smoke!! He was never prepared for this ...

 The confinement of inner-city residents although the intent is plausible will cause the Covid19 to spread more rapidly because of the congestion and dilapidated environment. The policymakers themselves are unaware of the dire conditions because they don't reside in the constituency, they lack the understanding of our citizen's needs. Most dwelling share one bathroom and shower(Tenement ...

Our movement since its launching at the University of the West Indies has called for the cancellation of the IMF debt and the funds saved to stem the rate of the impoverishment of our people. The Covid19 that is causing havoc around the world will inflict more pain on poor and developing countries, it is time Mr, Holness exerts pressure on Trump to cancel the debt. Our mainstream media have never ...

Miss Coleen Waker became the latest statistic on our murder chart which sees no end in sight. Our society have been in a decline when our government decides to implement the IMF/Private sector economic program that saw a decline in investment towards the social sector and the rapid-fire sale of our National Assets. The majority of our people saw a steady decline over the years of their disposable ...

Our health care system is so inefficient babies die because of non-functioning equipment. Patients are kept in makeshift tents, few doctors are station at the major health care centers, skilled nurses are forced to migrate to New York and other major American cities. Most of the inputs within the healthcare system are outsourced to private interest and theft by some workers is rampant. This is ...

On behalf of the descendants of Garvey, Nanny, Sam Sharpe, Bogle, Norman Manley and Bustamante, the Jamaica Patriotic Movement, call on our leaders in Parliament to condemn the racist and fascist loving white supremacist, Donald Trump, to end the warmongering against the Homeland of Hugo Chavez.  We call also for the unfreezing of the billions of Venezuelan funds in US banks, the ending of ...

The Cuban revolution ushered in a new dynamic within the backyard of the United States' imperial dominance. It garnered the hate and despise by the worst elements of the ruling elite especially the white nationalist of both the Republican and Democratic Party. Fidel Castro did the impossible when he initiated as part of his revolutionary program to eradicate poverty, a health care a education and ...

Our culture is riddled with individuals from the inner cities that become famous as gunmen, dons for a particular constituency, soccer stars, athletic stars, and reggae icon. It is a known fact that Reggae Music from the inner cities was the forum used to describe the harsh conditions of the communities, the cost of living, relationship issues, etc, it was the heartbeat of the downtrodden. Any ...

The coronavirus has exposed globally the weakness and faultline of western capitalist systems that had worshiped the privatization of everything including one of the basics of human welfare, healthcare.  Many wars were conducted to export this economic system under the pretext of democracy to enslave the world by a few greedy billionaires. Jamaica health care system was stripped to the bones ...