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	<title>Caribbean Comment: a collection of views from a native son</title>
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		<title>Posting on a different site</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/posting-on-a-different-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until further notice I will not be making new posts on this site. My commentaries can be found on my Living in Barbados blog (http://livinginbarbados.blogspot.com).
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		<title>What does it mean to be a citizen?</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-citizen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of commentators in various media have focused on the possible legal action against some of the victorious candidates in the recent general election in Jamaica, because of allegations that they might have made pledges of allegiance etc. to foreign powers. This comes from a requirement in the Jamaican Constitution (1962) 40 (2 a), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaica&#8217;s elections open a new chapter</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/jamaicas-elections-open-a-new-chapter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Parliamentary elections, which were held on September 3, have left the country in yet more confusion. The initial results gave JLP a 31-29 seat victory over incumbent PNP, but the PM has not accepted these results and requested recounts. Director of Elections, Danville Walker, said the official recount begins at 9 o&#8217;clock this morning. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a difference a day makes: Where now Jamaica?</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/08/25/what-a-difference-a-day-makes-where-now-jamaica/</link>
		<comments>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/08/25/what-a-difference-a-day-makes-where-now-jamaica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribbeancomment</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jamaica was sailing along towards elections on August 27. Opinion pollsters and ordinary citizens were making their calculations about who would come out ahead on voting day. The various debates between PNP and JLP heavy weights, culminating in the debate between PM Portia Simpson-Miller and JLP leader, Hugh Golding, seemed to have given JLP an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to embrace Africa</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/trying-to-embrace-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Beginning August 23, Barbados will be the venue of a 10 day Bicentennial Global Dialogue, an African Diaspora conference that will include discussions on economic, political, historical, social, and cultural issues that link the Caribbean with Africa (see report). The conference is supposed to help preparation for interministerial meetings of the Caribbean and African Union in South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Dean</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/hurricane-dean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have focused my attention on my other blog (Living in Barbados), and the need to pay attention to preparations for Hurricane Dean as it approached Barbados, quickly turned to concern for my family in Jamaica as Dean moved on with greater ferocity towards that island. Gladly, the eye of the storm stayed offshore, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaica celebrates 45 years on independence</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/jamaica-celebrates-45-years-on-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribbeancomment</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jamaica celebrated 45 years of Independence on August 6. The debate about what the country has achieved since the end of British rule is not one that can have a definitive conclusion. There are enough statistics that show progress in many social and economic areas. There are also many statistics that show a worsening of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Health Travel: Possibilities for the Caribbean?</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/international-health-travel-possibilities-for-the-caribbean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribbeancomment</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A fascinating book was published recently, entitled Patients Beyond Borders (see also http://www.patientsbeyondborders.com/), written by Josef Woodman. Mr. Woodman gives us the benefit of three years&#8217; research into medical facilities available to foreign travelers in a range of countries. He has produced what is described as &#8220;Everybody&#8217;s Guide to Affordable World-Class Medical Tourism&#8221;.  Mr. Woodman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Caribbean neighbour is not my friend</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/my-caribbean-neighbour-is-not-my-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/my-caribbean-neighbour-is-not-my-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribbeancomment</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Caricom heads of government start their 28th conference in Barbados, the gathering storm in Barbados around a possible take over of its largest company, Barbados Shipping and Trading (BS&#38;T) has to be a important signal in the move toward making the Caribbean Single Market Economy more than a slogan. In Barbados, news broke in mid-May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on the Caribbean: A Participant&#8217;s Perspective</title>
		<link>http://caribbeancomment.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/conference-on-the-caribbean-a-participants-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During June 19-21, Caricom heads of state and its secretary-general attended a conference in Washington DC, hosted by the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the Organisation of American states (see conference web site). The heads of state had an historic summit with the US government (see White House statement); long overdue many agreed, but [...]]]></description>
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