BBCCaribbean.com explores the candidates beyond those being covered most. Check an excerpt from their story below…
Under Haiti’s constitution, candidates must meet seven constitutional requirements….
…They must be a native of Haiti, be at least 35 years old, have never renounced their citizenship, have never been sentenced for a crime, own property and a “habitual residence” in Haiti, not currently be handling public funds and have resided in the country for at least five consecutive years before election day.
Mr Jean’s candidacy was believed to have been rejected on the grounds that he was not resident in Haiti in the past five years.
He said he would appeal the ruling.
Now that the hip hop star is out of the race, the main contenders are likely to be Mr Alexis, Mr Neptune and Mr Celestin….
No lie, but Distant Relatives is my father’s favorite album right now. He’s 63.
That said, I know he’d be happy to hear this right now. This is from their BBC 1Xtra Taping last week. Check out the audio below…
Nas & Damian Marley - “Road To Zion” (Live at Maida Vale, BBC Radio 1Xtra)
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Nas & Damian Marley - “As We Enter” (Live at Maida Vale, BBC Radio 1Xtra)
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Interesting story on the Olympic aspirations of dominoes players in Jamaica. Could dominoes ever overtake Track & Field as their national sport? Only time will tell.
Check out an excerpt from the article below…
Domino competitions see players setting up from daybreak and going through until the early hours playing Cut Throat and Partner, the names of the two most popular local styles played.
A “Q”, or quarter-litre bottle of white rum, is often a key element of the event, making the job of getting the game more professional even more of an uphill battle.
“I’d say seven of 10 of us play,” says Rey Smith, head of the National Association of Domino Bodies in Jamaica.
“We play it as a social game and we’re now playing it competitive level. It’s that level that we’re talking about with the Olympics.”
In January an earthquake in Haiti killed up to 230,000 people and left more than one million homeless.
As the rainy season began, photographer Jake Price traveled to a number of the many camps that house some of those left homeless and presents his impressions of those struggling to rebuild their lives.
On Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, BBC 1Xtra headed down to St. Thomas, JA to docuemnt the event that was Sting 2009. The all-day affair included performances from Bounty, Vybz, Mavado, Kiprich and many more. For a taste of what went down, check out the gallery below….
1Xtra was at Sting 2009, bringing you all the best of the on-stage and backstage action.
An incredible line-up, electric atmosphere, amazing performances and a few on-stage clashes. One night that can make or break your career - it’s that important.
And be sure to check Robbo Ranx’s recap of the event on BBC 1Xtra tomorrow morning from 8-10AM EST and on BBC’s streaming audio thereafter. Click here to stream the show.
Interesting article from the BBC on the recent G20 Conference in Copenhagen and how the decisions made there affect Caribbean nations. Check out an excerpt below…
The message from small island states in the Caribbean was so simple, it could be reduced to song lyric form.
“1.5 to stay alive” was the song written and performed by Barbadian performance poet Adisa “AJA” Andwele.
AJA is also the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Spokesperson for Peace and Poverty Eradication for Barbados and the Organisation of Eeastern Caribbean States (OECS).
The theme of the song refers to the centigrade degree limit to which global surface temperatures can rise before Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are severely compromised in their ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
But, with world leaders failing to provide a binding solution to climate change at their just-concluded summit in Copenhagen, small states such as those in the Caribbean are left to assess where this leaves them….
BBC has always been great with their photography and we’ve highlighted some of the their work around the Caribbean before. Now comes a new photo-essay highlighting the fight to end hunger in Haiti, after the string of natural disasters this year. Check out the details below…
A year after a series of natural disasters and civil unrest rooted in increasing food prices ravaged Haiti, people there are still struggling to recover. A third of the population - 1.9 million people - still do not have a guaranteed supply of food.
BBCCaribbean.com has put together a nice summary of the dominance of Caribbean teams at this year’s Track & Field championships. Check out an excerpt below…
…The peerless Bolt, who turned 23 years old on Friday, broke both his individual world records - in the 100 and 200 metres - and left the world grasping and gasping for superlatives as attention turned rightly to Jamaican performances on the track and field.
But this was no one man-show as, after six days of this nine-day event, Jamaica led the gold-medal count with five.
That was one more than the United States, two of whose winners have come from Caribbean-born athletes…
Through the music blog Ears Of Green, I stumbled on this video documenting the history of reggae music. Check out part one of this 5+ hour documentary, “Revival,” below…
‘Revival’ is the first episode of the six part series ‘Deep Roots Music’ - 1982. All of the episodes are narrated by Mikey Dread and are focused on the history and culture of reggae music. ‘Revival’ contains extremely rare footage of Toots and The Maytals, Count Ossie and The Skatalites. There also are some interviews with cultural historians which make it more interesting.
Check out the rest of the episode after the jump. For the full documentary, with all six episodes, click here.
