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As young children and as cousins, persons such as Dwayne Caines, Wayne Michael Caines, Roxanne Christopher, myself and many others were labelled in the negative, based solely on our mothers or fathers coming from the West Indies.
With total disregard...
DATE: Aug 28, 2020
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Christopher Famous
“The power of the fish is in the water”
“The power of the politician is in the people”
— African Proverbs
The above was taught to me by a guest worker who resides in Devonshire. The lesson he conferred that day was clear and succinct: to be an effec...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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Christopher Famous
Life in the Atlantic-Caribbean region is often equated to living in paradise or the closest thing to heaven on earth.
Who could disagree?
No matter where one lives in the region, we have the following going for us; almost 365 days of warm sunshine, ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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Christopher Famous
It is amusing when persons attempt to portray themselves as experts on subject matters that suit their particular personal narrative.
Even more amusing is when the written accounts of the actual experts lay to waste the false narratives of the self-...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Christopher Famous
In racist America, we have seen a long history of voter suppression in many different forms for hundreds of years.
In racist Bermuda, we have seen a long history of voter suppression in many different forms for hundreds of years.
At one point in time...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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Christopher Famous
It has been election time in some of our sister islands over the past few months. On June 29, there was a General Election held in our fellow British Overseas Territory of Anguilla.
Anguilla has a total population of approximately 15,100 persons, wit...
DATE: Jul 17, 2020
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Christopher Famous
With the island now moved into Phase 4 of our new norm or alternative norm, people are allowed to gather and visit others.
As such, for all elected Members of Parliament, it is now time to put back on those walking shoes and go visit constituents acr...
DATE: Jul 10, 2020
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Christopher Famous
Christopher Famous
About one month ago, I received a notification on Facebook that Dexter Smith had tagged me in a post.
My first instinct was that somehow he was going through delayed withdrawal symptoms and was yearning to talk about the “greatest ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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Christopher Famous
Up ye mighty race, accomplish what you will — Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Last week on national television, the Premier, David Burt, stated a few harsh truths about our historic and present-day, systemic racial issues. Not surprisingly, some folks got upse...
DATE: Jun 26, 2020
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Christopher Famous
As we are being “open and honest’ about racial issues worldwide and locally let us take a moment to discuss race and politics.
Should be a peaceful discussion devoid of negative comments.
During the lead-up to the 2012 General Election, I had the op...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous