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By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 31, 2026

It is amazing how appealing evil still is in the 21st century

The title for this opinion piece came out of a discussion with my brother. It was he who had posited the idea from what he had obtained from another source. The …

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It is amazing how appealing evil still is in the 21st century

July 31, 2026

It’s a crying shame

July 31, 2026

The West Indies Federation – revisiting the crash site

July 31, 2026

To the political cynics – you cannot have your cake and eat it

July 17, 2026
By Indi McLymont September 29, 2017 9 years 807 words

Climate change, gender and persons with disabilities in small island developing states

(This article was originally published by Indi McLymont-Lafayette and Petre Williams- Raynor in a booklet produced by FES Panos Caribbean )   Climate change is perhaps the single most devastating challenge …

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By James Moss-Solomon September 29, 2017 9 years 908 words

Small Island Developing States beyond the disasters

I am writing this on Sunday, September 24 in the cool and green mountains of St. Andrew, and I can hear the warm-up sounds from the church across on the hillside …

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By Danny Roberts September 15, 2017 9 years 1,289 word

Emancipendence hasn’t made us ‘free indeed’

There is, on the face of it, seemingly no parallel, no connection or relation between the happenings in Charlottesville, Virginia in the United States last month, and the celebration of Jamaica’s …

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By The Strategist September 15, 2017 9 years 1,708 word

Certainty of uncertainty

The last 10 years, particularly the recent 18 months, featured unprecedented world events — political surprises, economic shocks, and revolutionary technologies to name a view — and considerable uncertainty. Our interconnected …

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By Olive Nelson September 15, 2017 9 years 994 words

The ascendancy of anarchy

It was bound to happen. Murderers and violence peddlers of all types are popping up everywhere on the national landscape. Undaunted by the fear of capture, our newly minted gun-toting criminals …

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By The Laird September 15, 2017 9 years 486 words

Revenge of the nerd

As a young lad growing up in the 1970s and attending an all-boys traditional high school, there were few epithets worse from your peers than being described as a nerd. A …

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By Alexander Scott September 15, 2017 9 years 1,348 word

Yes Jamaica sucks, but we’re not all that bad

This may come as a surprise to those (few) persons who read what I post, but Jamaica actually isn’t doing badly. Now, before you start thinking that I have been smoking …

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By James Moss-Solomon September 15, 2017 9 years 1,501 word

Disaster response: Free advice for the last time

A well-researched diary of a natural disaster is an essential tool at this time, but in various parts. Firstly there is a need to deal with the conditions precedent and conducive …

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By Nikoyan Roberts September 1, 2017 9 years 557 words

Integrated climate change adaptation approaches in Grenada

According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ocean acidification is the reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time. This is caused primarily by …

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By Alexander Scott September 1, 2017 9 years 745 words

Conquering our personal Everests is our choice

The world can seem to be an awful place at times. The young die early, the good suffer while the bad, it seems, live happy and contented lives. Those who try …

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