Interview With Community Environment Activist Jamaican Mark Walters
This month we interview Jamaican Mark Walters a co-leader with the Miami Inner City Outings (ICO) which is an outreach arm of the Sierra Club. The mission of the ICO is to expose youth from inner city and underserved populations in and around South Florida to the wonders of the natural environment. Mark is also […]
No Name Just 216-513: Jamaican Book Review
About the bookRead and enjoy this book about how difficult times turned around a lifestyle that was groomed to be squeaky clean. Times got hard and the use of this lifestyle was just to be a temporary fix to get finances back on track. The lifestyle fixed the financial troubles alright but it also became […]
The Vertical Perspective
“And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive” (Genesis 50:19-20, KJV). Christians who live by the horizontal perspective will […]
Who will be the dominant Caribbean social network?
The race to become the dominant Caribbean social network has become hot and heavy with players. From the pioneers, the newbie’s to the niche players which ones are the real contenders in becoming the facebook.com or classmates.com of the Caribbean?We’ve been tracking the development of Caribbean social networks for the past five years years and […]
The Fabrication Of Man-Made Global Warming Claims And Why?
Snippet: Belize’s Foreign Affairs Minister Lisa Shoman at the recent United Nations General Assembly, in an attempt to lay the blame on man for climatic inconsistencies, chimed in: “For over 20 years we have been talking about rising atmospheric temperatures, the depletion of the ozone layer, rising sea levels and the impending inundation of low […]
Petition In Hand, Why I Think Bob Marley Should Be Jamaica’s 8th National Hero
It’s been almost 27 years since the death of Bob Marley, yet despite previous appeals by the Marley Family and a host of posthumous awards Jamaica still refuses to accord the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley national hero status, the country’s highest honour. Even when Bob was a young musician from Trenchtown, his music wasn’t recognized […]
HIV and Medical Waivers in the US immigration context
The US immigration process requires that every applicant for Lawful Permanent Residency complete a medical examination. This medical examination consists of a set of routine vaccinations for diseases such as mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, influenza, hepatitis B, and any other vaccine for preventable diseases of public health significance. In addition, the medical examination […]
Debunking "white-skin is superior" propaganda
Lewis Hamilton a man of predominantly African decent, race car drive extraordinaire and English born son of Caribbean immigrants was the subject of racist chanting in Spain recently. He was verbally abused by a partisan crowd who wore monkey-face mask and directed monkey chattering sounds towards him. The aforementioned racist incident is not unusual. Black […]
Importing a Motor Vehicle
Last month I related my experience of buying a car in Jamaica. This month I looked at an alternative. If you have a love relationship with your present vehicle, you might want to bring it to Jamaica with you along with all your household goods. After reading this article you can come to terms with […]
Would Obama Really Be America’s First Black President?
Many years ago I knew an intelligent and talented black journalist named Alva Ramsey. As I recall, he covered tennis and golf for The Gleaner. But that’s not why I remember him. It was something he said to me one day as we chatted casually in the Gleaner newsroom. I was in my twenties at […]