Eid-Ul-Fitr, Trinidad
Time: 09/20/2009 – 09/20/2009 Venue: Trinidad Contact: National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC) Tel: 1 (868) 671-6242 Eid-ul-Fitr is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in the Islamic calendar and it occurs after the sighting of the new crescent moon which signals the end of the month of Ramadan. It is a time when […]
Bermuda Music Festival
2007 Bermuda Music Festival a Success Four fantastic nights were experienced, as performers wowed the crowd at the 2007 Bermuda Music Festival. The nights were filled with great musical talent from the O?Jays, Chrisette Michele, Lionel Richie, Natasha Bedingfield, Smokey Robinson and Earth, Wind & Fire. The crowd was entertained with comedic hosts, Tommy Davidson, […]
Should Jamaica Restrict Family Size? Overpopulation, GNP And Poverty Alleviation!
RawHTML: THE CHINA MIRACLE OR CATASTROPHE? Rather than depending on the laws of averages and thelaws of nature to construct the ratio of males tofemales, China has tampered with its population mix byrestricting family size and sex. This experiment nowseems to be a colossal failure from one angle asChina faces a current and future serious […]
Interview With Jamaican Artist, Bernard Stanley Hoyes
This month we interview Jamaican Artist, Bernard Stanley Hoyes. He started his professional career at the early age of nine in Kingston. He moved to the US at age fifteen where he continued his art education. His work has been featured in many exhibits and magazines over the world. Some call him the “spiritual color […]
"Chances Are."
The night is utterly silent except for the occasional sounds of roaring car engines in the distance. In pitch black darkness Derrick stood pondering. A sense of impending failure and doom bring on him a scary feeling of anxiety. In the past, somehow he has always fought his way through, but lately, there seems to […]
A Cruise In The Harbor – An American Retiree in Jamaica
With the impending Hurricane Dean nearly a day away, my friend Richard called to ask if I would like to take a 45 minute cruise in Montego Bay harbor. I thought the timing was a little odd until he said he had to move his friend Isaac’s 45 foot yacht, Murphy’s Law, from the Montego […]
Educating Begins At Home
Parents and Guardians, another school term has begun, in fact, one month is already completed* can you believe that?* and so for many children they have already taken their first step on the educational pathway. It is now the parents/guardians duty to help chart the children’s progress, to participate whole-heartedly in their development and to […]
Investor and Short Term Work Visas
Living and working in the United States is not just for professional workers with advanced degrees or those at the opposite extreme with no skills seeking seasonal or temporary employment. Others may choose to enter to conduct short term business, or to become self employed by owning their own business. In this way, […]
Interview With Jaevion Nelson, A Future Jamaican Leader
This month we interview Jaevion Nelson, a young man from York Town and Clarendon College past student who is making waves in Jamaica. He was, in 2005, the winner of the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence in the Field of International Achievement. He is very active in clubs and societies at UWI. He was […]
Jamaica DID NOT vote: “winners take all” this time
Mrs. Portia Simpson-Miller, President of the PNP, delivered a vigorous or confrontational, depending on which side of the political divide you reside, speech at the 69th Annual Conference of her party on Sunday, September 16, 2007. Her comments/observations were the main topic for discussion, the following Monday, over the airwaves and also on the street […]