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 Vol. 20 No. 9 Jamaica: 655-1479


 Convicted
 drug dealer
 Emmanuel 133.000.000
 Ganpot could
 have been a T S
 free man by
 now. But six
 years ago he
 jumped bond
 and fled the
United States. Now the
Grenadian faces 115 years in / /
prison when he re-appears in a
Florida court for sentencing -
this month, page 4.
 m i I I


United States President Barack
Obama has signaled that there
will be no immediate change
to policies regarding Cuba and
Haiti, two of Washington's
closest Caribbean neighbors, 2I
page 6.

 Author
 Stacyann Chin
 found that her
 liberation was
 not so easily
 accepted back
 home. Her
 memoir reveals
 her trials, pit-
falls and triumphs, exposing
some of the hidden 'rituals' and
guises the gay and lesbian
community go through to sur-
vive in a Jamaica she sees as
homophobic, page 17. i1 . .


N ew s ...................................................2...
Arts/Entertainm ent ...........................7...
View point ...........................................9...


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T&T Focus......................................... 11 Back To School ................................18
FYI ........................................................16 Classified ..........................................23
Books.................................................17


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