Book Review – A Jamaican Storyteller’s
About the BookA Jamaican Storyteller’s Tale is a well-written story which…Jamaican children, and adults, would find intriguing. The style is refreshing and engaging and the content is an interesting mix of fact and fiction.Underpinned by common Jamaican themes, A Jamaican Storyteller’s Tale tells the story of a young man intent on saving an aspect of […]
Book Review – Juicebox & Scandal
About the BookThe environment of the Caribbean is perhaps the most important economic asset that is common to the region. However, recent overseas developments including the rise of food outlets and the increased use of disposable non-bio-degradable material has brought the region face to face with the possible loss of its natural environment. As such, […]
Let’s Go Chill For A Few
Let’s go and chill for a fewNo one has to knowLet’s go and chill for a fewWhere you go I goLet’s go and chill for a fewIn a small villa in NegrilLet’s go and chill for a fewBaby lets go and chill I could say what all the men have saidYour lips are like cherryYour […]
Jamaican Diaspora Must Open Their Eyes To Jamaica’s Realities
The Jamaican Diaspora advisory board members, at a recent conference in Kingston, made several mind-boggling comments. Their half-witted comments indicates an almost complete disconnect between themselves and the realities of our country. According to a June 26, 2005 Sunday Gleaner report, all the advisory board members stated that crime was being overplayed by the Jamaican […]
Portia The Charlatan
As if things have already not spun out of control, Portia Simpson-Miller is actually resolute about becoming the next Prime Minister of Jamaica and by extension the President of the PNP. One seriously ponders whether Portia assumes that she has the capabilities needed to lead such a complex country. Does she actually believe that her […]
One People Can Bring Many Out
We have lost all sensitivity and replaced it with sensuality.Somewhere among the beat of the drums, the jamaican rum and the scent of ganja, the people have become numb to the brutality going on. It becomes as regular as an dancehall song:”Pon the river, Pon the bank,”I saw ten homeless man scrapping the depleted ground […]
