Even as food prices have been rising, production in the Caribbean has been falling. Certainly in Jamaica agriculture has suffered neglect from politicians and business

Would it be liberal bias if a photograph of George W Bush was run with redneck as a caption? Well just today Fox News branded potential First Lady Michelle Obama, “Obama’s Baby Mama”.

Unintentionally, this beautifully filmed trailer for an British anti-gun TV series portrays just how far they are from the level of gun crime that Jamaica suffers: kids shooting each other with their fingers.

Medellin was once considered the region’s most dangerous city. Today it isn’t. In the even tougher neighbourhood of Santo Domingo Savio a five-story library now stands where gangs used to. Is there hope for us here in Kingston?

One of the most important rights of socialism, that is to do as little work as possible and still get paid, comes to an end with Cuba’s decision to introduce performance related pay.

The decision by the United States Congress not to renew the seasonal work programme is being severely felt in some Jamaican communities.

Hosting a delegation from the Jamaican government, Cuba has declared relations between the two countries to be at a high point. Kind of interesting given that its the JLP that’s in power here and that they are historical opposed to Fidel Castro, a big friend of the opposition PNP.

A United Nations panel has backed a motion pressuring the United States to grant Puerto Rico the right to decide on independence.

Yesterday we joked about the economics of local farmers choosing to grow ganja not tomatoes.

South Africans are preparing in the capital of Pretoria to march against the high crime rate today, which unsurprisingly, has been a major worry with the country is hosting FIFA World Cup 2010.