Online “Dutty” laundry on Myspace and Facebook can be a barrier to a Job.
Myspace.com, facebook.com, LinkedIN.com and other social network sites may be costing you a job or even affecting your business relationships. Job recruiters and potential business partners are not only looking at your resume online but your social network profile, postings, music, and pictures for clues about you. They use it to see if you are […]
Where have all the fathers gone?
Where have all the fathers goneLong time passingWhere have all the fathers goneLong time agoWhere have all the fathers goneGone bout dem business everyoneWhen will they ever learn?When will they ever learn? On Sunday June 15, 2008 many deserving dads were showered with praises and good wishes as they were recognized for their commitment to […]
How to Master Standard English in Jamaica – The debate on the formal recognition of Jamaican Creole
The more I listen to the ongoing debate regarding the translation of the holy scriptures into the vernacular- Jamaican Creole (JC) – and the corresponding debate regarding the formal recognition of JC and its elevation to national language status on par with English, the more I am convinced how intellectually, implicitly and explicitly, dishonest the […]
How to successfully dismantle political garrisons
In Jamaica a political garrison is an area where at least 90% of the eligible votes are cast for either the PNP or JLP. Those votes are usually secured by way of coercion, intimidation (both implicit and explicit) or through bribery. Another distinct characteristic of political garrisons is the refusal of many residents to pay […]
Wild and Loose in Jamaica
Abandoned animals are found throughout Jamaica. These dogs and cats roam from place to place looking for whatever food they can find. It isn’t unusual to hear dogs fighting over choice morsels throughout the day while cats seem to confine their confrontations to the evening and overnight periods. In doing research for this article, I […]
Dr. Hopelyn Mullings-Brown — A Jamaican’s Journey of Hope
Humble beginnings……Hopelyn Brown was born in Bull Bay, St Andrew. I was born at home, she added, I am a home baby. I came into this world, thanks to a midwife-Nurse Rose’. She reminisced about the time she went home in November 2007 ‘the little board house was still there, old, but still standing; It was […]
The Color of Ice- A Canadian Serenade: Jamaican Book Review
About this Book After his father’s death, Eric Taylor is left to fend for himself on a small farm in the mountains of Jamaica. He decides to seek his fortune abroad, and chooses Toronto as his new home. It is a decision he immediately regrets. Alone and half-frozen, he longs for the sunshine and sensuality […]
Know When To Tek Weh Yuh Self
Gentlemen let’s reason for a while and ladies pass this article on to your brother, son, cousin and yes, your man. If you are a married/attached man who is in a extramarital affair and you desire to get out but you can’t seem to get out, it is as if you are trapped, then chances […]
What Has Happened to the Jamaica I Remember?
From my home on a quiet street across from Lake Gibson in Lakeland, Florida, I read with disbelief about the latest horrors taking place in my homeland of Jamaica. As I watch the squirrels and birds frolicking among the oak trees and the butterflies fluttering among the blooms in my garden, I recall a Jamaica […]
So Close, Yet So Far Away – Jamaican living in Central America
As a Jamaican living in Central America I have heard many perceptions from Jamaicans about the Isthmus. The truth is that many Jamaicans look down on these countries as backward and Civil War stricken nations. This is so far from the present day reality as those periods of war are long gone and most of […]