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                                                                      The Caribbean Is One Nation. Barbados Independence Church Service, Brooklyn,  New York                                                               by Michael Headley St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn,NY. As temperatures hovered in the fifties, on December 01, 2013, many Barbadians made their trek to St Paul’s Episcopal Church, located at 157 St. Paul’s Place, Brooklyn, New York   11226.  The church is only a stone’s throw away from the popular Bobby’s department store but Bajans bypassed it, today, because they were focused on going to the Service o...

                                                         The Caribbean Is One Nation. Climate Change and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia by  Pachamama The recent devastating and unusual weather in the Eastern Caribbean represents the latest manifestations of the effects of human induced climatic disruptions that will only get worse. It should be fairly clear by now that these new normal weather events, in scale and scope, are equal opportunity harbingers of dangers which will leave few on earth unharmed. We have had extreme weather events from places like New York, the Philippines, Iran, England, China, Russia, Turkey and most world countries. Whether earthquakes, unusual flooding, hurricanes, tropical storms, hail storms, snow storms, tornadoes, cyclones, or droughts, Pachamama seems determined to correct a hu...

The Poet's Corner                             The Caribbean Is One Nation.     Lost Barbados I am looking for my country, O where can my country be? Where do you have it hidden? And why am I now forbidden? I looked up hill and down vale, Barbados appears a distant tale, All I can do now is reminisce, About the country I greatly miss. “Help me, help me,” is my cry, “Find my country, I often sigh.” Give me back my country, fair Let me express to her my care. Was last seen in a moral stance, But now lost in a maze or trance, This is more than mere diatribe, So now my country I’ll describe. Under two hundred square miles, Coast to coast of friendly smiles, Listen well as I make the contrast Barbados present, Barbados past. The following description is key, What once was is not what you see, Once a country close to the church, Now a people terribly ...

                                                         The Caribbean Is One Nation. The Poet's Corner Outlook It is dark in here Outlook next year My greatest fear Is how will I fair Post-script, prescript I write, you write However, tell me Where is the light? My side, your side I guide, you guide Who is to say? Who knows the way? Wondering, wandering Pondering, pandering Guessing and stressing Struggling and failing Three thousand and counting Huge debt and mounting Whose claim to fame? Who is to blame? Not me, it is you Remember you did it too Voted out, voted in Same thing, same sin Arguing and blustering Debating and fussing Bickering and battering I hurting and lacking Economizing, accounting Politicking and doubting Fooled me, fooled you I seeing red, ...

                                                                         The Caribbean Is One Nation.                         Bunji Garlin is one of Mahogany Coconut's Caribbean Citizens of Note 2013..... Enjoy !

                                                                   The Caribbean Is One Nation. HEALING HERBS - Natural remedy for impotence BY ANNETTE MAYNARD WATSON | MON, JUNE 14, 2010  BLESSINGS! I am joyful. "In my Father's house there are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you" appeals to us because collectively we know we have to revert to nature and her remedies. The "place" has already been prepared to assist with impotence. Would our Creator create males to add unique vibrant sparks to life and leave them to battle with impotence alone? Oh no! Through this article I can also assist you. Additionally, because men are "holy gems" in the cosmic creation our Barbadian "silent doctors" once used correctly will absolutely heal. As I provide these recipes to assist with impotence, I wa...

                                                             The Caribbean Is One Nation.                                                 Caribbean Citizens of Note 2013 The Mahogany Coconut Think Tank and Watchdog Group is proud to announce its Caribbean Nation  Citizens of Note 2013. They are as follows: Sports : West Indies Batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul for equaling Sir Don Bradman’s total of 29 test centuries. In the midst of all our cricketing trials and tribulations, Chanderpaul continues to be an inspiration; an oasis in the current West Indies cricket desert. Afra Raymond Blogger/Blogs :   Afra Raymond.com- A Thinking Man’s Blog. One of the few blogs that attempts to exp...

                                                                          The Caribbean Is One Nation. Hark! The Herald Sparrow Sings By Sunity Maharaj Story Created: Dec 21, 2013 at 7:58 PM ECT Story Updated: Dec 21, 2013 at 7:58 PM ECT   Now that the prime minister has done her bit to boost the economy of China or whichever country her toys are imported from, distributed enough plastic to keep her memory alive in landfills for centuries to come, reinforced gender stereotypes through gift-giving to yet another generation, racked up new debts to political financiers and made her contribution to obesity by incentivising the purchase of flour, oil and rice, we can now turn to the real glad tidings of the season. The fighting voice of the Sparrow came as we were summoning our collect...

                                                                        The Caribbean Is One Nation.                                                                      Three days before Christmas , A short story by William Skinner I must have been around nine or ten years old, although childhood friends believe it could have been even much younger. I recall that Christmas in the island was about deadlines. Talk about productivity and creativity all blended into one production that you could never forget. Believe me, when people say they miss the ole time Christmases it is really another way of saying they miss hard work! The en...

                                            The Caribbean Is One Nation.                                                                  Barbados In Deep Financial Crisis by William Skinner Barbados National Flag  I am fully aware that the decision to get rid of over 3000 civil servants will be met with great applause by those citizens who for decades have believed that our civil servants are not up to scratch with their service to the public. It is a position that I do not share personally. I am also aware that those calling for privatization will now feel they were justified. In my humble opinion, that is nothing more than bunkum because our economy is already heavily privatized and we are still in t...

                                                   The Caribbean Is One Nation. Flags of The Caribbean Nations    We  extend greetings to all those who contribute and are keeping democracy alive throughout the Caribbean. The MCG  is not, as we have said on many occasions, interested in “I told you so…” pontifications. However, we are extremely proud that we have been in the forefront of several issues : violence against women, children and the elderly; exposing the incestuous and visionless political parties in the region; finally getting others to recognize that there can be no sustainable development without a reformed approach to education; defending the right to freedom of expression;exposing the complicit role that major corporations such as Neal and Massey ,and other mega corporate groups have played, in wrecking regiona...

The Caribbean Is One Nation.                                                                Fire the Pimps on the WICB(C) West Indies Cricket Team Emblem by Pachamama We recall well, between sleep and wake, nightmares of the slaughter of our teams, by the great Australians of the 60’s and 70’s. But this New Zealand team of 2013 is the opposite of the Australians, and yet, the expectation of capitulation remains our constant companion, in this battlefield of dreams, especially at this time of the year.  Last night the West Indies Cricket Team succumbed for the umpteenth time, over the last two decades, to a less than viable opposition. This cultural rot will only stop when we properly locate its causation firmly in the laps of the administration of the West Indies Cricket Board (of Control) (WICB) and take conc...

                                                                   The Caribbean Is One Nation. "During my life time I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." Nelson Mandela 1964: speech he gave during his trial. The Mahogany Coconut Group extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Nelson Mandela and join with all freedom loving people throughout Africa and the entire world in recognizing his unsurpassed contribution to the betterment of humanit...

                                                                         The Caribbean Is One Nation.                                         BLOOD ON ALL OUR HANDS The Mahogany Coconut Group is saddened by the violence that continues against our women and children. We have been in the forefront, of calling for archaic laws and the inability of law enforcement agencies to act, as the main culprits, in combating the chilling reality of these atrocities.  While we will not intentionally pour cold water on any effort to rid the Caribbean nation of the scourge of these horrific crimes , we sadly note that the ever present talk shops and grand standing by the collective political managerial class i...