2010 Action Plan #1: Control Your Spending
In recent times, while speaking to several persons about their money problems, I have detected a growing sense of desperation in their voices. Although many have not yet reached a stage of full-fledged panic, it is obvious that they are very worried about the current financial situation facing Jamaica. “If I can’t make ends meet […]
Hold Me – Happy Valentines Day!
A few years ago a position opened at the institution where I work, and I applied for it. If I got this new job, I would have the opportunity to oversee a variety of new and exciting projects and put my administrative know-how into overdrive. I wanted this job bad, bad! I ended up among […]
Domestic abuse and men
John Downer is a forty five year old professional who is quite competent in his field. He is quiet, soft spoken and said by his colleagues to be too laid back. His wife Janice is quite the opposite as she is outspoken, confrontational and according to her, passionate about justice and fairplay. One Friday evening […]
Domestic Violence and its Impact on the Workplace
All of us are affected directly or indirectly by the “monster twins”- crime and violence. At work our colleagues will recount incidents of robbery, shooting, rape, wounding and murder they have either experienced or witnessed. Some are so traumatized that they have to proceed on sick leave. One form of violence that impacts negatively on […]
A Short Love Story: The Reggae Dance Law – One Dance Won’t Do!
He stood there against the wall, dressed in a silvery-grey suit, razor sharp seams, toes turned outwards; silk socks and crocodile shoes. He was standing in between his two bredren – one arm hugging his waist while supporting the elbow of his other arm so that his fingers could stroke the stubble on his chin. […]
Dear Dad…Ky-mani Marley’s Autobiography – Book Review
About the Book ‘If it meant I had to sell all the drugs in America, then that’s exactly what I was going to do.’ Family ties are the ties that bind, but when unraveled, they can be the threads that nearly hang us to death. In fact, sometimes our most vehement enemies emerge from the […]
Run to Freedom – Book Review
About the BookRun to Freedom is an adventure story for junior readers, set on an eighteenth century sugar plantation in Jamaica. The young protagonist is Kofi, son of an enslaved Asante warrior named Kwame. Kofi’s father fights vigorously against enslavement, and vows to escape the plantation and find a way to free his wife and […]