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INSPIRING JAMAICA - The dignity of labour 

In the fertile plains of Westmoreland lies a place etched into Jamaica’s national conscience: Frome Sugar Estate. Long before Labour Day became associated with community beautification projects and…
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ROAD TO ANIME PICNIC 2026 - Finding courage through cosplay

Her story also reflects the broader cultural shift driven by Anime Picnic itself. Once a small gathering defined by casual conversations and shared interests, the event has grown into a major cultural…
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK - Be ‘telegraphic’

Modern life has become full of noise. We are talking all the time — with others, on phones, on social media, and even inside our own minds. If there is nobody around to speak to, we immediately open…
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He’s Royal: Kingsley George Lawton Cooper

On April 29, the 19th Annual African American Fiber Art Exhibition opened in Charleston, South Carolina. More than 70 artists from 22 states are featured in the juried exhibition.  This year’s theme…
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Matthew Smith, Matthew Stallard and Frankie Chappell | Narrating stories of the enslaved people of Jamaica

For 200 years, the most extensive records of pre-Emancipation Jamaicans have sat in London – originally in the old Public Record Office at Kew and now in The National Archives, UK. These Registers…
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Donna Scott-Mottley | A united CARICOM is a necessity

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools,” said Martin Luther King Jr. It is a truth that speaks directly to the Caribbean today. Geography alone is not enough to define…
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Gordon Robinson | Ain’t it wondrous?

So Chris Tufton’s Review Committee appointed to do UHWI’s Board’s work has submitted its report. The Committee was asked to: Review and identify gaps and/or weaknesses in UHWI’s Corporate Governance…
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Kimberly Stewart | Whose job is it to fix the spending gap for children? 

Blame is not a useful response to a structural problem. A problem is structural when it is built into the rules, the incentives, and the institutional design of a system; it persists regardless of who…
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Mark Wignall | Stone-cold killers

Most or just all of us saw that video of the police shooting in Granville, Jamaica, this past weekend, which resulted in the horrible death of a woman. To say the least, it was chilling. Excessively…