Author: Peta-Gaye French
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Fidel Castro, former Cuban President, dies at 90
Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro, has died. After overthrowing then Cuban president, Fulgencio Batista, Castro governed Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976. Then he was President from 1976 to 2008, when he handed over the reigns to his brother, current President, Raul Castro. Politically, Castro was a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist and a long-time…
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5 in a row for Calabar, 3 in a row for Edwin Allen
#Champs2016 is over with a celebration akin to “New Years eve/night” without fireworks with Edwin Allen Comprehensive and Calabar winning the Girls and Boys Champs respectively. Calabar High School, heavy favorites going into the 2016 Boys Athletic Championships, shook of challenges on the final day from Kingston College and Jamaica College to lift their 5th…
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JLP wins elections in Jamaica
Andrew Holness is now Jamaica’s Prime Minister-elect as his opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) won the February 25 elections over the ruling People’s National Party (PNP), winning 33 of the 63 seats. Interestingly, the PNP had an ~ 4% lead in the polls when Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller called the elections. Congratulations to Mr. Holness and…
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Opposition PNM defeats PP in Trinidad & Tobago general elections
The Keith Rowley-led opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) party defeated the incumbent Kamla Persad-Bissessar‘s People’s Partnership (PP) coalition of parties yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) general elections. Though losing the popular vote by an estimated 100,000 votes, the PNM was able to capture 23 of the 41 constituencies (“seats”) and re-take hold of the twin-island nation after…
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Edwin Allen has won Jamaica’s Girls Champs 2015
Edwin Allen has won Jamaica’s Girls Champs 2015