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Penny Drops for Sunak or Truss to Lead the Tories

Posted on July 21, 2022 by africanherbsman1967

Well it’s a Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss face off for the Tory leadership. Penny Mordaunt, the candidate I had picked to challenge Sunak in the final 2 for Tory members to decide, fell at the last big hurdle. But … Continue reading →

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Sanctions Against Putin Inc: 2 Decades too Late?

Posted on March 13, 2022 by africanherbsman1967

The sanctions pushed by Western governments in recent weeks against Russian president Vladimir Putin and his circle of oligarchs, after decades of investments and extravagance in the West, was long overdue. Such vast levels of financial investments into the UK … Continue reading →

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World Press Freedom Index – Jamaica Safe at Number 8?

Posted on May 1, 2019 by africanherbsman1967

The RSF (Reporters Without Borders) recently released the latest annual world press freedom index. Norway came in at number 1 with Finland and Sweden ranked number 2 and 3 respectively. Jamaica was ranked number 8 out of the 180 countries … Continue reading →

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Jamaica’s Sports Reporting Needs Less Administration Talk

Posted on February 14, 2019 by africanherbsman1967

Jamaica is blessed with some of the best sport journalists you will find anywhere across the globe. In countries like Canada, UK and US many UK sports journalists tend to stay in their lane and focus on just one or … Continue reading →

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World Press Freedom Index – Jamaica ranked 8

Posted on May 9, 2017 by africanherbsman1967

World Press Freedom Index for 2017 was recently published and out of the roughly 180 countries analysed Jamaica was ranked 8. (In 2016 Jamaica was ranked 10.) Number 1 was Norway followed by Sweden. The British and US media came … Continue reading →

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Al Jazeera America – Off!

Posted on April 14, 2016 by africanherbsman1967

Al Jazeera America is no more. The closure of the television news channel this week is sad for those of us into hard news. The timing of the closure is baffling. Here in Jamaica most cable television package includes news channels … Continue reading →

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Gayle’s Poor Shot at Female Interviewer

Posted on January 7, 2016 by africanherbsman1967

Chris Gayle’s sexist antics during an interview with Ten broadcaster Mel McLaughlin this week was awful. If only McLoughlin had responded to Gayle flirtatious date request by saying  “can we stick to talking about cricket please?”. Then she would have put the … Continue reading →

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