Stet » riot http://riabacon.com First they came for the verbs and I said nothing, for verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns and I speech nothing, for I no verbs. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:41:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc To the barricades, James, and don’t spare the Porsches! http://riabacon.com/2008/10/15/to-the-barricades-james/ http://riabacon.com/2008/10/15/to-the-barricades-james/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:35:19 +0000 Ria senelec rioters barricades electricity streets record residents smashed http://riabacon.com/2008/10/15/to-the-barricades-james/ A few days after my previous post, residents of Dakar suburbs, Castors, Derklé and Liberté 06, took to the streets to protest against the prolonged and repeated electricity cuts. Actually, what pushed them over the edge was the distribution of double invoices from the electricity company, SENELEC. Yes, we give you no power and charge you

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http://riabacon.com/?p=227 Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail, In Spanish Town

Another shooting, another riot, another curfew in Spanish Town, Jamaica’s former capital city, situated some ten miles west of Kingston. The town exploded in violence again yesterday following the assassination of Andrew “Bun Man” Hope, leader of the One Order gang. The leader of rival gang,

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