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Jamaica: What is there for us in Cuba's rebirth?

3665143770?profile=originalA US and a Cuban flag hang from the same balcony in Old Havana, Cuba, on Friday, December 19, 2014. (PHOTO: AP)

By:Mark Wignall

ONCE Barack Obama took office as US president in early 2009 he was not yet cast in the light of the 'Kenyan socialist' th

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Cuba comes to life in experimental 3D short film

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Julian Yuri Rodriguez, right, and Andres Rivera have produced a "virtual reality" film for the Borscht Film Festival that puts the viewer in 360-degree images of Havana sites with the help of the Oculus viewer on Julian's head. PATRICK FARRELL MIAMI

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High in the Andes, a tenuous haven for Cubans

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Cyndy Corcho is one of the almost 120,000 Cubans who have traveled to Ecuador in the last five years hoping to build a new life. Travel reforms on the island — combined with Ecuador’s lax immigration policies — have made the Andean nation a hotbed f

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A proud moment for Ms Alia Atkinson and Jamaica

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EASILY, one of Ms Alia Atkinson's most endearing qualities is her humility.

Shortly after she created history last Saturday by taking gold and equalling the world record in the World Championship short course 100m breaststroke in Doha, Qatar, Ms At

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Timeless Satisfies All Ages

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Marcia Rowe, Gleaner Writer

From the young to the elderly, persons of all ages braved Saturday's inclement weather to participate in and be entertained at Angels4U's inaugural staging of Timeless, billed as a pre-Christmas senior soirée for the en

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The Collection MoDa Rocked!

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Randy Bowman and Jody-Anne Lawrence, Staff Reporters

Kerry-Ann Clarke of ManWomanHome and her team secured another notch in their fashion belt with the third instalment of The Collection MoDa fashion show held on Friday, November 21, in the ballroo

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Crackdown planned on fake Blue Mountain coffee

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Coffee Industry Board Chairman Delano Franklyn displays what he says is a package of counterfeit Blue Mountain coffee at a news conference yesterday. (PHOTO: MICHAEL GORDON)

THE Coffee Industry Board says it will be cracking down on the sale of f

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Trinidad Focus:Atiba Phillips mover and shaker

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Atiba Phillips is the founder of the Community HUB, a non-profit organisation dedicated to change through the development of youth and communities.
Atiba Phillips is the founder of the Community HUB, a non-profit orga
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Jamaica Focus:A 'Stella' performance

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The culmination of the dramatic Stolen Inner-Sense.

THE choreographers for the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble were indeed very busy as they prepared for their 2014 season of dance.

Of the seven works showcased this year, five were new works with the

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