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February is Black History Month. Throughout this month The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history.
Anne Wortham, a prolific academic who has opposed aspects of the t...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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February is Black History Month. Throughout this month The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history
The Spanish colony of Santo Domingo, now the Dominican Republic, wo...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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There is a maxim that says “the tongue is a key to the heart”, which means what you say often reveals what is in your inner thoughts. Certainly, this has become most evident in the latest executive orders signed by President Trump.
He is delivering o...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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February is Black History Month. Throughout this month The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history
The Haitian Revolution has often been described as the largest and ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2017
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What does it mean to be free? To you personally? Well, you think — that’s an easy answer. “I can own and do what I want with my private property, express my opinions, think what I want, vote for who I want, marry whom I choose, I have equal rights ag...
DATE: Jan 28, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Dear Sir,
In the book Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah counsels us on this piece of wisdom:
“Those who seek Independence must be prepared to struggle for it rather than accept it; ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2017
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Letters to the Editor
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In the 1970s as a 20-something, Wilfred “Mose” Allen became a mentor of mine. Mose, also known as “Scrapo”, had been a champion of social justice. While he had limited formal schooling, he was well-read, a paragon of “lifelong learning”.
Notwithstan...
DATE: Jan 07, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Ever since union leader Chris Furbert let slip on Labour Day that someone “very dear to us” had his work permit expire and was waiting to learn if it would be renewed, the saga of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed has been played out like a highly predicta...
DATE: Dec 31, 2016
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Dear Sir,
This is a response to letter published on December 22 under the pseudonym Just Sayin’.
The author contends the examples on this topic given earlier by Clevelyn Crichlow dealt with human rights whereas the airport project was a matter of go...
DATE: Dec 24, 2016
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Sir,
I read Clevelyn Crichlow’s letter with interest in this morning’s Royal Gazette (December 21). I agree with him in that there are instances where it is just to break the law once all other avenues have been exhausted.
Those instances are li...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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Letters to the Editor
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