Immigration & Nationality Act and Felonies
The legal quagmire of the definition of an aggravated felony for Immigration purposes. The purpose of this article, is to focus on crimes of violence that could also be aggravated felonies under the Immigration & Nationality Act and therefore subject the defendant to removal ( this is the same thing as deportation but the INS […]
Walk Good
Book Description The book is just out so there aren’t any reviews as of yet. However, here are a couple of ‘review-like’ pieces. ‘Walk Good’ is an adventure travel story chronicling the experiences of the author in Negril, Jamaica. It’s an escape to the sunny beaches, the seas and the mountain back roads of the […]
Kingston Red Hot – Part 2
No other democratic country on the face of the planet slaughters as many human beings per year comparable to this youthful country of untold achievements. With a record number of murders in 1997 and 2001 accumulating to well over 1000 deaths, an average of just under 5 per 100,000. Jamaica and Kingston in particular, has […]
Temporary H2b Worker, Is Jamaica’s Remitted Salvation Under Threat…
For decades unskilled Jamaicans have been travelling to Canada and the US on visa’s which allow them to work temporarily for 6-9 months. Farm workers would normally be the bulk of this group, yet since the 1990’s, the exercise has taken on a different flavour. Hotel workers now make up the lion share, numbering well […]
Interview With Nicholas DaSilva The Creator Of The Dread and Alive Comic Series
We are very fortunate to get a hold of Nicholas DaSilva, the founder of Zoolook®, an independent design studio/publishing house, specializing in the development of engaging and innovative properties that promote a multicultural experience, which he founded in 1996. Zoolook develops products for multiple platforms, including internet, broadband and television. It’s properties include Nicholas’ DREAD […]
Adjusting and Work – Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 3
My first few days in Miami were not too bad. It was weeks before school started, so Aunt Fern would take the children to the malls & other stores when she got home in the evenings. She was shopping for school clothes and supplies. I began to familiarize myself with the place and Aunt Fern […]
Still Water Runs Deep
When former first lady Hillary Clinton used the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child” as the title of her best selling book, I felt a little victimized, like someone had taken away a personal treasure of mine. One given to me by my grandma, like her secret recipes. Then again, I […]
Shaggy
Book DescriptionShaggy: Dogamuffin Style is the first biography of multi-platinum selling pop-reggae star Orville Richard Burrell. The most popular and commercially successful reggae performer since the late great Bob Marley, Shaggy’s birth name has long receded into the backdrop but the reggae rhythms of his native Jamaica still ring clearly in his chart-topping tunes such […]
Life Issues Pt 1 – Positive Thinking
Hello everybody and a good day (or night !) to you all. My name is Nicholas Dixon and I am in my early twenties. I reside on the beautiful island of Jamaica. I work full time in a public library but in my spare time I design and market websites. I personally think that it […]
In The Spirit Of Community Service
As Jamaica’s social fabric continues to fragment from a point of perpetual crisis and destabilization to anarchy, one has to beg the question of why hasn’t the Government through it’s social security and education departments not permanently instituted a work and study program. This program would be able to help the micro-community by facilitating the […]
