September 2011
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University of Montreal thinks it's cool if... →
Freshman students participating in a sports event at the University of Montreal covered their skin with black paint, carried monkey mascots and chanted ‘smoke more weed’, while waving Jamaican flags.
The University has defended the students saying the freshmen were assigned an ambassador and sport for the day and had to dress up in costume according to the ambassador.
Keep it...
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Edit: Barbadians apparently make plus-sized...
A scantily-clad, plus-sized female visitor to Barbados was ridiculed a spectacle today in Bridgetown for a mob of camera-toting people, causing rumours to stir by a confused public that she after which she allegedlybroke down in tears and had to be police-escorted away from the scene.
In reality, the joke was on us, because she apparently LOVED it.
According to Barbados Today:
[Shakina]...
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Nation Newspaper: Woman in need may actually be a...
In another epic media fail by the inglorious Nation Newspaper in Barbados, the publication redacted an article it covered two weeks ago, detailing the plight of a woman going by the name of Laura Raphael who claimed that she was poor and suffered from a debilitating illness.
Since then, ‘concerned Barbadians’ alerted the Nation to Raphael’s Youtube channel, featuring her...
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“R.I.P. the 2,976 American people that lost their lives on 9/11 and R.I.P. the...”
– falustniaaxo
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Several Jamaican businesses asking state-owned... →
“A hundred and seventy-seven years after slavery was abolished in the British West Indies, Jamaica’s national training agency - HEART Trust - still has to deal with colour-prejudiced employers who are requesting that trainees be brown or light-skinned as a prerequisite for employment in their firms.”
Man, it was difficult to find tags to describe this post.
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Barbados offers grants to NGOs for HIV/AIDS...
Civil society organisations in Barbados which engage in HIV-related work are now eligible for funding support as part of the National AIDS Programme. The National HIV/AIDS Commission (NHAC) is inviting suitable candidates to apply for $10 000 to $20 000 grants, to pursue HIV-related projects as part of the Second Government of Barbados World Bank HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control...
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"I smell the homosexual agenda..."
According to someone named Lester Carter in the Daily Nation,
Barbadians need to be wary of the pressure being put on this country by certain international agencies. HIV/AIDS is a serious problem in Barbados, but I must ask: is stigma and discrimination really hindering the fight against this pandemic?
Why is there a paradigm shift from the true causation of the spread of this disease to...
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First World man dies of tooth infection due to...
thedailywhat writes:
Kyle Willis, a 24-year-old unemployed father of one from Cincinnati, passed away last week from an easily treatable tooth infection because he didn’t have health insurance and couldn’t afford a simple tooth extraction.
Willis began experiencing a wisdom tooth ache two weeks ago, and was told by dentists he would need to have it pulled. He didn’t have insurance to cover the...
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Racial biases flagged in the ongoing State of...
It’s been a while since I commented on Trinidad & Tobago’s State of Emergency, largely because of how political and controversial the exercise has become.
The Attorney General, who defended the protracted suspension of civil liberties with the rationale that “fundamental civil rights mean precious little if the state cannot ensure your security”, has also made plans...
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UN peacekeepers gang rape Haitian boy. What next... →
A video has emerged that shows four Uruguayan troops from the UN’s mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) drunkenly laughing as they rape an 18 year old Haitian boy.
MINUSTAH, by the way, is in Haiti to “restore a secure and stable environment, as well as to promote and to protect human rights.”
In his excellent commentary, The Guardian’s Mark Weisbrot questioned, “is this...
August 2011
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“Unlike many countries, Trinidad and Tobago were handed their Independence on a...”
– damionlaing
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Joan Smith: Why rape victims must have flawless... →
The Independent’s Joan Smith argues, “the hunt for the ideal rape victim is never-ending but fruitless, for the simple reason that it requires unimpeachable conduct on the part of the victim in every area of her life, past and present. Women who have been drinking, who know their alleged attacker or who’ve ever told a lie to a public official, even in an unrelated...
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“Boasting about a reduction in crime during a State of Emergency is like gloating...”
– Hadyn Dunn, Trinidad & Tobago
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Eddie Long Accusers Risk Losing Settlement Money...
via MagicATL
For the first time since settling sex abuse lawsuits with Bishop Eddie Long, two of his accusers are speaking out about the case in an exclusive interview with WSB-TV.
By speaking out about their alleged relationship with Long, Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande risk losing the unspecified money they were awarded in the settlement.
The young men told WSB-TV that it was...
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Trinidadian journalist Dominic Kallipersad sears...
Trinidadian journalist Dominic Kallipersad cross-examined Attorney-General Annand Ramlogan on his Government’s controversial proclomation of a state of emergency in Trinidad & Tobago, completely infuriating Ramlogan in the process.
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Evangelist Juanita Bynum prays and types in...
While an incoherent string of text in the midst of an otherwise-intelligible paragraph may be weird for normal people, some Christians seem to believe that it’s incontrovertible proof that you’re full of the Holy Ghost.
For reference, please see this exceptionally odd Facebook update from popular evangelist Juanita Bynum, and her fan responses here. You may also find it interesting...
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State of Emergency declared in Trinidad & Tobago →
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has declared a limited State of Emergency in hot spots across Trinidad.
The decision, she said, was made “after much deliberation with the National Security Council and members of the Cabinet” in response to the “spate of murders over the past few days.”
In making the ominous declaration, the Prime Minister added that “the...
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Jamaicans diss anti-homophobia PSA
An awkwardly-produced but nonetheless positive PSA against gay discrimination has, unsurprisingly, been panned by Jamaicans, and is allegedly not being carried on national TV in that virulently homophobic Caribbean country.
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Barbados state TV reports live from Belize,...
As Tropical Storm Harvey approaches Belize, the folks in the newsroom at CBC TV8 in Barbados found themselves in a curious position: not only was their star reporter stranded in Harvey’s direct path, but their only Caribbean map ended at Cuba.
Not to be outdone by the sudden realisation that Belize is also a member of the Caribbean Community along with Barbados, CBC offered this: a 20th...
