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Anti-corruption in Jamaica and Dougie Chamber’s death

What is Jamaica doing, asks the Economist magazine. After all corruption has been draining this country. The new government made it a central theme of their election campaign and so Dougie Chambers was given his remit at JUTC: Remove padded staff and stop them stealing fares. He got killed for it.
Is there hope for us, [...]

Caribbean to expect more deportees from the British

The number of foreign criminals sent home from the UK has gone up by 22 per cent this year as authorities work harder to meet a new quota.
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Source: Pine Hill News

OAS dodges ‘interference’ in Haiti crisis

With Haitian President Rene Preval trying to get the country’s Parliament to accept his third choice for Prime Minister – after they turned down the previous two – the OAS is refusing to get involved in what the regional body says is an internal matter.
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Source: Miami Herald

Shock news: WWE wrestling star is a fake Jamaican

We know pro-wrestling is staged but did nobody realise his twang sounded, a little African
White people in those rasta hats is one thing, but this guy… Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah is keeping up the act despite his mother confirming he’s from Ghana.
Already with a nice desk job in the US ‘Kofi Kingston’ knew wrestling was for him [...]

Some old newsreel footage – ‘Our Jamaican Problem’

“Already their coming has caused a national controversy but one point must always be borne in mind, whatever our feelings we cannot deny them entry for all are British citizens and as such are entitled to the identical rights of any member of the Empire.”
Windrush-era news footage with the narrator in Part I doing his [...]

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