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One Caribbean Nation. The badly scalded hand of the youth before it was bandaged. (GP) It was far from fun and games at the Nature Fun Ranch in Bruce Vale, St Andrew, on Monday as a young former rancher was badly injured. His mother, Tara-Mahalia Smith, said she was hoping charges would be brought against the ranch after her 14-year-old son was beaten and scalded by a group of six mostly older campers who were looking after the facility in the absence of chief rancher Corey Lane. The incident left large blisters in the boy’s palm. However, Lane said while he did not condone what occurred, the reality was different than what was being portrayed. (CA) MCG Comment The Mahogany Coconut Group, always supports those engaged in guiding our regional youth to productive citizenship.Within the region, there are thousands of people , who give freely of their services to our youth, with or without state assistance. We must therefore call for a full investigation, to charges of alleged abuse suff...

One Caribbean Nation. Jamaica told: Repeal buggery laws KINGSTON – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the Government of Jamaica should immediately repeal the country’s buggery laws. The ruling that has been deemed historic also said that the Andrew Holnessled administration is responsible for violating the rights of two gay people. The ruling, that was handed down in September 2019, but had to be kept confidential until Wednesday – sets a precedent for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender (LGBT) rights across the Caribbean and is the commission’s first finding that laws that criminalise LGBT people violate international law. While decisions from the IACHR are not binding, it is widely believed that the recommendations will give hope to LGBT communities in the nine Caribbean countries that still have colonial-era laws criminalising same-sex intimacy on their books. The two Jamaicans who brought the case – Gareth Henry and Simone Edwards – convinced ...

One Caribbean Nation.   During this Black History Month, we will be highlighting , Caribbean citizens, and others with Caribbean roots, who have contributed to the Civil Rights movement and other struggles, of our Afro American brothers and sisters. Today, we feature Kwame Ture (Stokley Carmichael) who was born in Trinidad and Tobago. The former civil rights warrior died in Guinea in 1998 at age 57, of prostate cancer. And while he's no longer a household name in most places, Peniel Joseph says, Stokely Carmichael's legacy is the very notion of black power, "which was enormously successful in redefining the contours of African-American identity but also race relations in the United States — and globally."  Stokley Carmichael quotes:                                                  "  It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recog...

One Caribbean Nation. “As a people and as a country, we still prefer to ignore that racism exists in our beautiful country.” “Like I said, racism in Barbados is just swept under the carpet, appearing at times and causing push -back in a country that is more than 90 per cent black.” “It is time to deal with the matter once and for all.”                             Carol Martindale, Executive Editor Nation Barbados, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Racism Alive and very well in Beautiful Barbados The Mahogany Coconut Group takes note of the recent racist outburst of white Barbadian, Clifford Corbin. Corbin has familial connections to one of the most prominent business families on the island. We are not going to immerse ourselves, in pseudo intellectualizing about racism in Barbados. Pseudo and armchair psychologists and psychiatrists are a dime a ...

One Caribbean Nation. During this Black History month, we will highlight , Caribbean citizens and citizens with Caribbean roots, who have contributed to the Civil Rights and other struggles of our Afro American Brothers and Sisters. Today we offer quotes from Marcus Garvey. “The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.” “If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. ”   “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” “Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden...” “The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.” “God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow a...