Raymond Phillips

[Jamaica Observer @JamaicaObserver]

A suggestion from Government Member of Parliament (MP) Everald Warmington that Jamaica should seek answers from the Africans who captured and sold their fellow citizens to their white enslavers instead of pursuing reparations from Britain, was swiftly corrected and shut down by Opposition MP Damion Crawford.

This unfolded during Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives shortly after Culture Minister Olivia Grange informed that Britain’s King Charles has referred Jamaica’s petition for reparation
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[Weather Jamaica @weatherjamaica]

⚠️ Flash flooding is possible this afternoon in Hanover, St. James & Trelawny. Ground's already soaked from 3 days of trough rain. Stay off flooded roads.

Full breakdown 👇
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#JamaicaWeather #FlashFlood

[Professor Floyd Morris @floydmorrisja]

I see duppy stories resurfacing in Jamaica again. Having referenced some of the progressive social programmes and policies that the Most Hon. Michael Manley pursued in the 1970s,, Mark Golding is being attacked by labourites about failed policies of that era. The truth is that we in the PNP have nothing to be ashamed of in the transformational programmes that were implemented in that period of our history. Coming out of the 1960s where there were major social protests, Michael Manley had to initiate change to empower the masses. One area, that I will focus on in this post is that of housing. Because upon taking over government in 1972, the housing stock was in a deplorable state. Wattle and daub, bamboo houses and thatch houses were the order of the day. The vast majority of Jamaicans were living in houses that could be best described as decrepit. As a part of his response to this social crisis, the transformational National Housing Trust (NHT) was established. Since its inception, the NHT has built over 300,000 houses for the working class people of Jamaica, radically improving the housing stock of our country. Some one million individuals have benefitted from this monumental institution, established by the PNP administration. NHT has been a solid institution that has transitioned political administration and is easily the most successful statutory institution in the country, so much so, that I heard the Prime Minister wanting to give claim to the JLP for the formation of the institution. If everything that Michael Manley and the PNP did in the 1970s constituted a failure, then why is the Government hugging up the NHT and continue to plunder the institution that Michael Manley established to provide affordable houses for the people? We make no apology about the radical social programmes that we established for the people of Jamaica as they have transformed many lives as seen in the works of the NHT!

[Cristiano Kicks @cristianokicks]

@ofootball__ It felt like the whole world was cheering for Cape Verde, we all wore blue and white. They played a beautiful, fantastic match and have absolutely nothing to hang their heads about.

[ernessssttt @DS_RivanEM]

@ofootball__ Thank you legend!

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[Raymond Phillips @Raymond02531018]

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[Raymond Phillips @Raymond02531018]

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[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

On the evening Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, he didn’t rush off to the loud celebrations.

Instead, he stayed inside a hotel room in Chicago playing Scrabble with his daughters — Malia Obama and Sasha Obama.

A simple moment.

But it revealed a great deal about the man who entered history that night.

While millions of Americans celebrated his victory, Obama wanted his daughters to remember the evening not as a political spectacle, but as time spent with family.

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States, placing his hand on the same Bible used by Abraham Lincoln in 1861.

For the first time in American history, an African American became president.

But Obama’s story was never only about grand speeches and historic ceremonies.

During the campaign, he still made time to read Harry Potter to his daughters before bed.

As a child growing up between Hawaii and Indonesia, the future president loved comic books and superhero stories.

Even his political career began in an unconventional way: in 1996, he won his first seat in the Illinois Senate after a difficult legal battle over the signatures submitted by his opponents.

Then came the White House.

But even there, Obama refused to abandon simple habits.

He personally read letters from ordinary Americans and often replied to them himself — sometimes late at night. He believed a president should hear people directly, not only through statistics and reports.

Obama is left-handed — like only a handful of U.S. presidents before him.

He wore nearly identical dark suits and the same style of shoes every day so he wouldn’t waste energy on unnecessary decisions.

And he had one tradition he never broke: on Election Day, he always played basketball. The only election he had ever lost happened when he skipped it.

Michelle Obama once shared that even in the White House, her husband made his own bed every morning — a habit taught to him by his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, whom he lovingly called “Toot.”

Even while living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, he never forgot who he had been before becoming president.

And perhaps that is why millions of people around the world saw in him not just a politician —

but a human being.

A man who, amid power, fame, and history-changing decisions, tried to preserve the things that mattered most:

family,
simplicity,
humanity,
and a connection to the people for whom all of it was meant to matter.

[Love Music @khnh80044]

During the London 2012 Olympic Games, Jamaica’s men’s team set a new world record in the 4x100 meter relay.
The race was incredibly close right up until Usain Bolt received the baton and pulled ahead, making history.

[Usain St. Leo Bolt @usainbolt]

New Watch Alert @hublot

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

A TRUE LEADER‼️ RESPECT‼️ AMAZING 8 YEARS‼️

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

Khadija "Bunny" Shaw, Greatest-ever #Jamaican footballer, born 29 years ago today on 31 Jan 1997 in Spanish Town. One of world’s best strikers. #Jamaica's all-time top goalscorer for women & men (60 goals/45 games); CONCACAF Player of the Year 2022; PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year 2023–24; FWA Women's Footballer of the Year 2023–24; Women's Football Awards Player of the Year 2024; Manchester City's all-time top goalscorer; record for most hat tricks in the WSL; Top scorer France Division 1 Féminine 2020-21. #BunnyShaw #Jamaica #Caribbean
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[Lisa Hanna™️ @LisaHannamp]

We spend a lot of time arguing about leaders. Who should go. Who should stay. Who failed.

But what if the deeper problem isn’t leadership at all?

What if what we’re living through is a crisis of meaning.

Across the world, shared stories that once held societies together are fraying. Democracy feels procedural. Capitalism feels like a treadmill. Globalisation feels like a zero-sum contest. When the big stories stop making sense, people don’t become irrational they become vulnerable.

And history tells us something important:
vacuums of meaning are never left empty for long.
Into them, power inevitably moves. And in a world starved of clarity, power that promises certainty is seductive.

Today’s empires don’t arrive with conquest. They arrive speaking the language of “security,” “stability,” and “national interest.” The words have changed. The logic has not.

My latest column in The Jamaica Observer is an invitation to look beyond personalities and ask harder questions about power, purpose, and the world being quietly reorganised around us.

And if meaning is not consciously rebuilt, it will be quietly replaced.

📖 Read the full article via the link below

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[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

This will not trend because he is from Africa

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Since Trump doesn't want this portrait of President Obama displayed in the White House, let's make this photo of our President go viral here!

RETWEET if you love @BarackObama!

[💙Brittney💙 @AZ_Brittney]

President Obama would have brought us together after a tragedy like Rob Reiner.

I miss a commander in chief with basic morals.

Give me a thumbs up 👍 if you do too.

[PFA @PFA]

Four goals at the weekend to make history for @ManCityWomen. 💙

Congratulations to 2024's PFA Players' Player of the Year, Bunny Shaw. 👏

[Usain St. Leo Bolt @usainbolt]

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[Jamaica Observer @JamaicaObserver]

Contributing four goals to Manchester City’s 6-1 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw propelled her team six points clear in the Women’s Super League (WSL), scoring her 100th goal for the team.

A BBC Sport report describing Shaw as ‘easily the best player on the pitch’ detailed the milestone.
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[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Mali 🇲🇱, and Niger 🇳🇪 have launched a regional investment bank with initial capital of 500 billion CFA francs (about $895 million).

The bank will finance major projects in infrastructure, energy, and agriculture, using revenues from resources such as gold and uranium to promote economic independence.

The launch followed a signing ceremony in Bamako, Mali, and the bank is now operational, with each country committing roughly 5% of its tax revenue to support it.