Hope For The Wild and Loose in Jamaica

 My September article, Wild and Loose, dealt with abandoned dogs and cats on the streets of Jamaica.  Much has happened in the two months since then.  To begin with, the male and female dog did what comes naturally and produced four puppies.  Three of the puppies have since disappeared leaving one male.  Several of my […]

Jamaicans Should Prepare to Feed Themselves as Global Food Crisis Looms

Sometimes simple logic can provide answers to complex problems. Take the looming food crisis, for example. Many informed and intelligent voices have addressed the problem recently, warning of the ripple effects of the global financial crisis and the meltdown of stock markets around the world. But the answer is as plain as the nose on […]

The Other Woman – Who Is She?

She has been vilified as the vixen, home wrecker, hussy and a whore. She has been told that she has no shame, no class, unhappy little tramp, seducer of the poor family man and other degrading names too numerous to mention. Who is she? She is THE OTHER WOMAN! Let’s take a closer look at […]

Honoring Our Olympians

I continue to read, with excitement, the outpouring of accolades, and the national pride that is being experienced as a result of the stellar performance of the Jamaica contingent to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. With the unprecedented number of medals won, and the records set. I clearly understand the clamor for recognizing our athletes and […]

Jamaican Style Money Management

Let’s look at some old-time Jamaican sayings that can help us to understand the basic principles of sound money management: 1. Begin with a dream -“Nuh care how tree big, woodpecker know weh fi do wid it”To be successful at managing your money, you must be clear what you want your money to achieve for […]

Summer Vacation Over

Decision time again in regards to the new school year, summer vacations are over and the children are out of school for the summer and as parents, we are faced with the task of finding money for back to school expenses which is escalating everyday. Not only does one have to worry about these additional […]

Dealing with the Power Crazy people in the organisation

The workplace is where you spend most of your waking hours and as such the time spent should not only be productive but enjoyable.  There are persons however who dread going to work not because of the high stress nature of the job but because they have to interact with individuals at the workplace whose […]

HMS Iron Duke

HMS Royal Duke paid Montserrat a courtesy visit on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. The Type 23 Royal Navy Frigate is commanded by Commander Mark Newland, BSc MA, and has a total crew of 180. According to the Governor’s Office, “HMS Iron Duke last visited Montserrat in July of this year to carry out a disaster […]

Director of the Overseas Territories Directorate to Visit Montserrat

Montserrat is preparing for the arrival of the Director of the Overseas Territories Directorate (OTD) at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) later this week. Mr. Colin Roberts is expected to arrive on September 23, 2008. He is not scheduled to leave until September 25, 2008. According to the Governor’s Office, “Mr. Roberts will meet […]

Weathering the Weather by American Retiree in Jamaica

With Jamaica located in the tropics, most people tend to think of the island’s weather as constant balmy breezes, and blazing sun.  While this is true most of the time, we do have our changing weather patterns, like rainy season.  This was a big concern of ours in planning our several vacations before we made […]