Trench Town Politics – Politiques à Trenchtown

On August 24, I was in Trench Town, a ghetto in Kingston made famous by Bob Marley. The reggae star grew up there in the 60es and made his big break on the reggae scene there. I had to work long and hard to gain access to get to Trench Town. To be able to [...]

After Dean

Dean is long gone but large parts of Jamaica are still without power and running water. People seem to cope well.
After spending three days in the Western part of the island, I was was yesterday deep inside Cocpit Country a tropical forest in the heart of Jamaica. The road to get there was in terrible [...]

The choice to face Dean

The choice
 
I am on my way to Montego Bay. I am sitting in the plane and see my son looking at me from the other side of the street. I see my wife hoping that I will not get on the plane. It was this morning, a couple of hours ago. I had scheduled this [...]

tpinews.com in Jamaica – tpinews.com en Jamaïque

Expect fewer U.S. news on this blog until Aug 28. I will be in Jamaica from tomorrow to cover the elections for the.point.is. news agency, 24heures and Tribune de Genève and do a series of in-depth stories for Swiss Public Radio. I will try to keep a daily blog of the Jamaican elections. This might [...]

Jenna Bush stays in the family – Jenna Bush reste dans la famille

A few days ago, I wrote about Rudy Giuliani’s daughter who had just pledged allegiance to his democratic rival Barack Obama is the race for the White House next year. George Bush must have done something better than poor Rudy, who his running for president as a Republican . The president’s daughter Jenna Bush, 25, [...]

Bye bye Karl, we’ll miss you – Bye bye Karl, tu vas nous manquer

Life under George Bush will never be the same again. His “brain” Karl Rove is gone. Democrats have lost their nemesis. Congress might lose sight of an important witness for its investigations into the Bush administration. Lawmakers had been unable to for make him testify under oath anyway. And we, journalists, will lose somebody who [...]

Poor Rudy Giuliani -Pauvre Rudy Giuliani

Imagine if your own daughter does not want you to be president of the United States. George Bush never had that problem with his twins. But this is the latest issue former NYC mayor Rudy Giulian has had to deal with. On her Facebook profile, 17-year-old Caroline Giuliani listed herself as a member of Obama’s [...]

Polluters, save the date: George Bush wants to talk to you on September 27 2007 – Pollueurs, sortez vos agendas: George Bush veut vous parler le 27 septembre 2007

George W Bush issued today invitations to he world’s biggest polluters to seek agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 11 countries plus some EU countries and the UN have been invited to attend a high-level conference on global warming on 27-28 September in Washington. The goal of the meeting is to work towards setting a [...]

Sad verdict for the camel jockeys – Triste verdict pour les enfants jockeys

Thousands of children who accused the Dubai emir of enslaving them as jockeys for camel races, will not have their day in court in the U.S. On Monday July 30, a federal judge ruled in Miami that the U.S. did not have jurisdiction U.S. to hear a class action lawsuit accusing Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed [...]