Avoiding a Plague – Letters from a Jamaican in China

About a month and a half ago construction on the apartments across the hall left my apartment covered in white dust (hopefully not asbestos). Being asthmatic it caused lots of respiratory problems, which I figured would pass once the construction was done. It took them an entire month to build 2 new apartments, and pollute […]

Interview with Carol Lawton an advocate for a Jamaican Diaspora Senator

Your recently started a campaign to get a Diaspora representative in the Jamaican Government. Explain why you believe Jamaicans overseas needs a Diaspora representative in the Jamaican Government? CL: Jamaicans overseas needs a representative in government because when we left Jamaica, we did not abandon Jamaica. Every year we return home to pay taxes, visit, […]