Month: August 2020

A room of one’s own is bittersweet in this children’s tale

“The Shared Room” by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrations by Xee Reiter c.2020, University of Minnesota Press $16.95 / higher in…

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The Charter of the United Nations: Ideals for shaping our reality

NEW YORK, July 31, 2020 (IPS) — “Reconciling the requirements of the ideal with the possibilities of the real”: this…

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Updated: Three-vehicle Corentyne accident leaves three dead

Three persons succumbed to injuries sustained during a late night accident along the Whim, Corentyne Public Road yesterday. The article…

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Commonwealth reaffirms willingness to help with inclusive governance

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland today congratulated President Irfaan Ali on his swearing in yesterday and reaffirmed the group’s commitment…

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‘Terminator’ and ‘Hitler’ among six gangsters killed in Jamaica

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six reputed members of what the police call “a very big and dangerous” criminal network were killed in…

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‘I couldn’t recognise my wife’ – emerging from coma can bring more darkness than light

(Jamaica Gleaner) A coma can leave both patient and despairing family in the dark. The article ‘I couldn’t recognise my…

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‘He was my everything’ – Jamaican farm worker collapses, dies in US

(Jamaica Gleaner) Marcia Edwards of Crooked River, Clarendon, has a sense of regret that she never pressed her husband, Earl,…

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No public risk from CPL, assures Rowley

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Teams and officials are set to start arriving here Monday for the Caribbean Premier…

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