America’s diminishing greatness
By CALIBE THOMPSON America today has a fundamentally flawed outlook on “greatness.” It’s directly tied to money, but apparently not to human decency. A strong …
Posts in category Caribbean News
Jamaican Singer Jack Radics hailed as national treasure
Staff Report Black PR Wire ATLANTA, Ga – Platinum-selling Jamaican recording artist Jack Radics has been hailed as one of Jamaica’s finest cultural ambassadors and …
Now that we are officially “Other”…
By CALIBE THOMPSON I am a passionate advocate of the movement to flip the election outcome. Last week, I shared one of the many posts …
A final rant about false equivalency
By CALIBE THOMPSON ‘False equivalency’ is a term we didn’t hear nearly enough in this election cycle, but it was the term I believe was …
Roswell Park to conduct trial of Cuban lung cancer treatment
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) _ Buffalo’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a clinical trial of an …
A play about the shame of sexuality in Christian Jamaica
By CALIBE THOMPSON Debra Ehrhart is a Jamaican woman who happily accepts the title of “drama queen.” An accomplished actress and playwright, she skillfully creates …
FPL’S charitable foundation donates to hurricane relief
Staff Report MIAMI– On the evening of Oct. 24, the South Florida Haiti Relief Group, received a $25,000 contribution from Florida Power & Light Company’s …
Remote Area Medical sends relief to hurricane-hit Haiti
By KRISTI L. NELSON Knoxville News Sentinel KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Remote Area Medical founder Stan Brock has been coming to Haiti since the 1970s. …
Hurricane’s destruction puts schools on hold in Haiti
By DAVID McFADDEN The Associated Press MERSAN, Haiti — School always provided a sense of security for 12-year-old Love Manie Simeus. The studious Haitian girl …
Nearly a week after hurricane hit Haiti, UN appeals for aid
By DAVID McFADDEN and BEN FOX Associated Press MARFRANC, Haiti – At a cramped police station serving as a makeshift clinic, Darline Derosier fastened IV …