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“That’s a Rap!” is a weekly news review show which airs on Sundays at 12.15pm on RJR94Fm. Like many other such shows, internationally, it utilizes the expertise of a team of regular panelists who help to analyse the implications of the major stories of the preceding week. “That’s a Rap!” is a fast paced

45-minute programme that relies on sharp, incisive commentary rather than prolonged debate on any particular issue.

The inaugural show was broadcast on August 10, 1998.

Earl Moxam, host of “That’s a Rap!” is Special Assignments Editor with the RJR Communications Group. Earl has 18 years experience in journalism, spanning print, radio and television.

Aug
13
2010

What prospects for Scottish Reparations to Jamaica through Education?

Posted 05:57 pm in Education by Earl Moxam | 3

A leading Jamaican Educator is targeting educational support from and cooperation with Scotland as one means by which Jamaica might secure a form of reparation from the Scots for their involvement in Jamaican slavery and the slave trade. 

“This is an area that we could explore with the Scots in terms of probably partnership and twinning of schools and even the building of schools” said Ruel Reid, Chairman of Jamaica’s National Council on Education, on the August 1 edition of That’s a Rap! 

Jul
21
2010

Speaking out on rights in Cuba

Posted 03:07 pm in Human Rights by Earl Moxam | 0

Not much has been said in recent times in Jamaica about conditions in Cuba for those Cuban citizens who might be opposed to the communist government’s policies; particularly in the area of human rights.

 While this general state of silence has been prevailing here in Jamaica much has been happening in Cuba, located just 90 miles away at the closest point, over the last seven years. Seventy-five rights activists, many of them journalists, were arrested in 2003 and given prison sentences of six to 28 years.

 

Jun
28
2010

When, if ever, should a Man of God depart from the laws of the State?

Posted 11:49 pm in Social Issues by Earl Moxam | 0

Last week’s action by popular Jamaican clergyman, Reverend Al Miller, in seeking to bypass the country’s security forces and deliver the fugitive, Christopher “Dudus” Coke, to the Americans at their Kingston embassy resulted in him being slapped with two charges by the police – harbouring a fugitive and perverting the course of justice.

Jun
22
2010

Truth & Reconciliation?

Posted 10:28 am in Leadership by Earl Moxam | 0

On “That’s a Rap!” we often go back into the past, where relevant, to showcase the fact that there is hardly anything new in Jamaica’s very challenging political and social story.

Such was the case on June 13, when, in the wake of a renewal of calls for the establishment of a Truth & Reconciliation Commission, we turned the clock back to the year 1997.