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Wednesday, August 27 2008
Jamaica celebrates gold - bones
Jamaicans will have a September to remember as the plans for their Olympic athletes homecoming have already been drawn up by a special Olympic Homecoming Planning Committee.The four days of celebration will include motorcades through the Corporate Area...

FEATURES

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TOP TEN OLYMPIC HOPEFULS


Who will bring the Caribbean Olympic glory in Beijing?
Kwame Laurence assesses the regional hopefuls

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Sharon Millar speaks to Jamaican artist Roberta Stoddart and admires her ability to find beauty in the uncommon and forgotten

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An excerpt from Gary Steckles' new Marley biography, relating how the singer and his Wailers colleagues recorded their first hit

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Carifesta returns to Guyana after the first festival was held there 36 years ago. Ruth Osman looks excitedly at what’s planned to revive the spirit of that first event

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Caribbean Cookup
THE CITY WHERE YOU CAN EAT THE WORLD


Caribbean cuisine abounds in London, yet it’s not as popular with the locals. Franka Philip explains why

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Trinidad and Tobago can offer the perfect backdrop for almost any feature film, explains the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company

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