Conversation with Charleston Carifest Caribbean Carnival Founder, Lorna Shelton-Beck

This week we speak to Lorna Shelton-Beck Founder of the Charleston Carifest Caribbean Carnival. The Charleston Carifest Caribbean Carnival is   celebrating 10 year of existence. Here is our conversation with Lorna. What Caribbean island are you from? Jamaica Tell us about your fondest memory of celebrations in Jamaica as a child? In Jamaica we celebrate Festival with […]

Mi salt, mi salt, mi salt – Is it “saltness” or poor decision?

“ Saltness” in my eyes is  a monstrous abyss  and a conduit of inevitability. Well, that is what I use to think of it. I use to feel that life was already shaped, mapped or predestined   and that tragedy may  have been entwined in it. I have not really changed my stance, but it has […]

No show in Jamaican court.. what’s next?

QUESTION: Dear Jamaicans Legal Wiz, My question is the man I sued for my money (outstanding rent) didnt show up in court. He told me he would have come to tell the Judge a payment plan, as he is willing to pay off the bills he incurred on the property. But when I went to […]