Posts Tagged ‘News’

BBCCaribbean.com: 2008 Year In Review.

Monday, December 29th, 2008

The BBC has put together a pretty good recap on the goings on in the Caribbean over the past year. Check it out here.

Sign of the Times

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

I saw this on CNN yesterday and thought about how indicative this is of times we are living in… an MBA driving a cab… damn.

Homophobia in Jamaica

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Four years ago the BBC news traveled to Jamaica to see to see the conditions that gays lived under….four years later they returned to see if there have been any improvements. Listen to the report below to find out.

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Escape from Jonestown

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

CNN is going to play a special tonight about the survivors of the Jonestown massacre.

While I was checking for clips of the show I found this SI article about from ‘07 about the adopted son of Jim Jones - Jim Jones Jr. and his “escape” story.
Its pretty interesting story about how basketball saved him from the mass suicide. You can check that out here.

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The Morning After.

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

What a night, eh?

I just wanted post some of the reactions to President-Elect Obama’s victory, from around the Caribbean. Check out some of the quotes and articles below…

JAMAICA GLEANER: OBAMA GIVES JAMAICANS A NEW OPTION

“The other day someone said he would lose because this wasn’t the time for a black man, but I said the time was 500 years ago,” Semaj said.

“His election would be good for the black man if for no other reason than the black man will say, if he (Obama) did it, then I can do it.”

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Respect to Alton Ellis.

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

A big, huge, Rest In Peace to Alton Ellis OD, who passed away this morning in London. For those who don’t know the name, know that the man had a huge influence on Jamaican music, and on the world of music on the whole.

Need proof? Check out the joints after the jump.

For more information on the death of Alton Ellis, click here.

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Pimp My Piragua

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Puerto Rican born artist Miguel Luciano pimped his Piragua as an art project (he put a sound system and video on it) and is now servin’ up some tasty treats in Queens. I think its getting to be a little too cold for frozen icys, so I think I’ll check his exhibit in the Queens Museum.

Dem a Bleach

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

This video shows the illegal practice of skin bleaching in Jamaica. While there have been strides made to stop the practice, it still remains a problem

Nardo Ranks told you about it before.


Usain Bolt And Real Madrid Make A Deal

Friday, September 12th, 2008

The Sun reported that Usain Bolt and soccer giants Real Madrid made a deal for Bolt to train with their team to improve the pace of the team. Check out the interview.

Cuban Gold.

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Better late than never.

I actually had meant to post about this right after it happened, yesterday, but didn’t get a chance to until now. That said, congrats to Cuban wrestler Mijail Lopez, who took the gold in Greco-Roman wrestling yesterday, in dominant fashion. I believe that it’s the first gold for a Caribbean nation in the games so far (I may be wrong though, correct me if I am…) but I’m sure by the end of things, there will be a few more to add to that tally.

Check out this article for further details, and video of the match after the jump…

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