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The Caribbean Is One Nation. Grenadian sisters recount ‘humiliating’ experience in Barbados BY:   LOOP NEWS 10:27, January 13, 2017 5943 VIEWS Barbadian law enforcement has this week come under fire in a neighbouring Caribbean country. CC6 News in Grenada this week reported on the experience of the Gilbert family, which was shared on Wednesday night television talk show ‘You Decide’. According to siblings Lynell and Tamika Gilbert, their trip to Barbados in October 2016 to renew their US visas took a terrible turn after they were accused of theft, taken into police custody and strip searched. The sisters recounted that after completing their business with other family members at the US Embassy here, they went into Bridgetown to do some shopping. After making some purchases in a store in Mall 34, they left and went into another mall across the street. However, not long afterwards, the store owner from Mall 34 followed them to the other mall and ask...

The Caribbean Is One Nation.            Caribbean Natural Beauty: Kaieteur Falls, Guyana Kaieteur Falls is the world's largest single drop waterfall by the volume of water flowing over it, located on the Potaro River in the Kaieteur National Park, in Essequibo, Guyana. Let us all ensure that our Caribbean's natural beauty and environment is treasured and protected for future  generations to enjoy.

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The Caribbean Is One Nation. End of Year Comment Submitted by the Mahogany Coconut Group “What then is the future of the Caribbean? Given its past history, the future of the Caribbean can only be meaningfully discussed in terms of the possibilities for the emergence of an identity of the Caribbean peoples. The whole history of the Caribbean so far can be viewed as a conspiracy to block the emergence of a Caribbean identity-in politics, in its institutions, in economics, in its culture and values. Viewed in its historical perspective, the future way forward for the peoples of the Caribbean must be one which would impel them to start making their own history, to be the subjects rather than the objects of history, to stop being the playthings of other people. In this respect, the Caribbean has so far been the “outsider” of the New World.” Eric Williams from Columbus to Castro page 504 “Once there is true integration among all units of the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico f...

The Caribbean Is One Nation. Jamaican scientist creates history Dr Gavin Jones among Foreign Policy magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers BY VERNON DAVIDSON Executive editor – publications davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com Tuesday, December 13, 2016     Jamaican scientist Dr Gavin Jones with his IBM research colleague Jeannette Garcia who were both named among Foreign Policy Magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers for developing a process to chemically recycle plastics while preventing BPA from leaking. (Photo: IMB Research) Scientist Dr Gavin Jones created history last night when he became the first Jamaican named among Foreign Policy magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. Jones shared the award with his IBM research colleague Jeannette Garcia for developing a process to chemically recycle plastics while preventing BPA (bisphenol-A) — a chemical that is added to many commercial products, including food ...

The Caribbean Is One Nation. By Deborah Gabriel Queen Nanny Background Jamaica's True Queen: Nanny of the Maroons Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons has largely been ignored by historians who have restricted their focus to male figures in Maroon history. However, amongst the Maroons themselves she is held in the highest esteem. Biographical information on Queen Nanny is somewhat vague, with her being mentioned only four times in written historical texts and usually in somewhat derogatory terms. However, she is held up as the most important figure in Maroon history. She was the spiritual, cultural and military leader of the Windward Maroons and her importance stems from the fact that she guided the Maroons through the most intense period of their resistance against the British, between 1725 and 1740. Queen Nanny is presumed to have been born around the 1680’s in Africa’s Gold Coast (now known as Ghana). She was reported to belong to either the Ashanti or Akan tribe...

The Caribbean Is One Nation. Theophilus Albert Marryshow ( 7 November 1887 - 6 October 1958 ) Theophilus Albert Marryshow Theophilus Albert Marryshow, CBE Albert Marryshow was one of the key figures in the political history of Grenada and the West Indies Federation, in earlier years a radical reformer who ended his days well respected by all segments of the society, including the Establishment. Early life and education He was born on 7 November 1887 and registered as Theophilos Maricheau, son of P.I. Maricheau, a small planter, and Eugenia de Souze. His mother died in 1890, and the boy was brought up by his godmother, Christine, housekeeper and later wife of Antonio Franco, a Portuguese merchant. After a brief apprenticeship to a carpenter, in 1903, Franco obtained a job for the young Maricheau in the printing establishment of W.G. Donovan, initially to deliver newspapers. Donovan produced notably radical newspapers, advocating representative government and a Federat...