Tag: Cockpit Country
Historic Land Offer: How Governor Vernor Proposed Thousands of Acres and a Permanent Reservation for the Maroons
ACCOMPONG’S NEWS Accompong, Cockpit Country — More than a century ago, colonial Governor Vernor stood…
Global Climate Rulings Give Accompong Maroons and Caribbean Indigenous Communities New Tools to Defend Land and Sovereignty
Historic international climate rulings are providing Indigenous and traditional communities with powerful new arguments to…
The Pipeline: Investigation
INVESTIGATION How a railway, a port, a redrawn boundary, and ten foreign mining companies connect…
Currie Did Not Win Recognition — He Destroyed It
Richard Currie’s problem is no longer the election. His problem is recognition. And that problem…
Richard Currie Swears Himself In Despite Court, Judge, and Community Objections
ACCOMPONG, JAMAICA — May 25, 2026 Richard Currie has sworn himself in as Chief of…
Potential Candidates Boycott Accompong Nomination Process Amid Court Injunction Dispute
Several individuals who publicly declared their intention to contest the leadership of Accompong reportedly did…
The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same
Richard Currie’s hastily announced election date was hardly unexpected. The constitution he claims to govern…
The Process Must Be Protected
On the night of May 10th, 2026, a video was posted on TikTok of Richard…
Accompong Maroon leadership crisis heads to court | injunction against Currie.
Jamaica Supreme Court filing demands outgoing leader stop acting as Colonel and hand over community…