Yardie Skeptics (S.03, ep.17): Prospects for an integrated Caribbean

10/04/15 • 119 min

Come hang with the Yardie Skeptics this Sunday, October 4th at 12:30pm EDT (11:30am Jamaica time) while we sit down to explore the prospects and possibilities for an integrated Caribbean . Has that ship already sailed? Is there still room for an integrated Caribbean and what do member states stand to gain from being a part of such a union? With CARICOM receiving so much skepticism from the average Caribbean citizen, and heads of state hesitant to throw their full support behind it, is Caribbean political integration destined to remain a fantasy? Joining us live on air will be Dr. Edward Green, Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies and UN Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean; Sen. Lisa Shoman, Leader of Opposition Business in Belize; Hon. Damian Gomez, Minister of State for Legal Affairs in the Bahamas, and Ed Bartlett, shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica. Feel free to check us out this Sunday and be a part of this important discussion! To listen to this episode live, or catch the archived version afterwards, simply click the link below. Feel free to call in and share your views live on air or interact with other listeners in the live chatroom. Be sure to like our new Facebook page Yardie Skeptics Network! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yardie-skeptics/id655758991?mt=2 "The home of the ackee of rationality and the saltfish of skepticism"?

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Yardie Skeptics (S.03, ep.18): Interrogating the British/Jamaican "Prison Deal"

The Yardie Skeptics come roaring back this Sunday October 11th at 12:30pm EDT (11:30am Jamaica time) following the recent visit to Jamaica of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who entered into a (non-binding) memorandum of understanding with the government of Jamaica to provide a grant of £25M to construct a brand new PRISON! Yes, you heard that right, a spanking new maximum security penal facility - provided we can find the other 60% of the cost. The veritable hurricane of views this has sparked has resulted in no less than a public outcry against the MOU, a parliamentary walk out by the opposition party, and calls for the Prime Minister of Jamaica to have a press conference for full disclosure of the deal. But will that happen? Live in studio to discuss this issue are returning guests Sen. the Hon. Mark Golding, Minister of Justice of Jamaica, and Prof. Verene Sheppard, Director of the Institute of Gender and Development Studies and Reparations Committee member. Rounding out the panel will be Robert Collie, attorney-at-law, and member of the Jamaica Labour Party. You can't miss this one folks, and as Mr. Cameron so eloquently put it, if you don't like this deal you need to "get over it!"