New Year’s Resolutions

“Incline your ear to my sayings…for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:20-23, KJV) So, what is/are your resolution(s) for the New Year? According to the experts, most resolutions are broken […]

GUYANA FOLK FESTIVAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL II – 2007

Guyana Folk Festival, through its parent organization, Guyana Cultural Association, announces the Guyana Folk Festival Film and Video Festival II, which showcases films and videos made in, on and about Guyana. Guyana Cultural Association, a not- for- profit entity is committed to the preservation, propagation and promotion of the cultural heritage of the people of […]

Investment Property/Retirement/Holiday Home Part 2

It is a simple fact that the price of realty depends mainly on where the property is situated – so a property of the exact same size and dimension, situated on the exact same lot size, produced from the exact same architectural plan can be valued at millions of dollars apart simply because of the […]

Scandal Whitehouse

-Discover new corruption in Old Jamaica- Gorstew Limited (owned by Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart), one of the parties involved in the construction of the Whitehouse Sandals construction project, has again denied any wrongdoing in the cost-overruns in the project. In a release issued yesterday (July 23rd, 2006), the company said the concept that changed the project […]

Peace

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I […]

Trans-national Community of Jamaicans need Home-town Associations

Real benefits from creating a trans-national community of Jamaicans in view of effectively incorporating the Diaspora into prospects for Jamaica’s development demands an altered approach to networking. Since 2003, the ‘culture of camaraderie’ exhumed by Jamaicans at home and abroad gained tremendous recognition and rightly so. The contributions made by Jamaicans living abroad to ‘the […]

Remittances, Charity And Aid Are Not Economic Development; Are We Building An Economy ?

Many organizations and groups are doing extensive charity and aid work in and for Jamaica. Others are providing scholarships, information, support and valuable networking opportunities and the majors provide loans and financing sources. Some, like restoration project under Lorna Stanley in Trench Town, in my opinion in the top three in Jamaica, are on the […]

Jamaica 2006 Year in Review

It Was The Year Of Portia.The year began with Portia Simpson who was, historically, mentored by the great and charismatic leader Michael Manley. She started out in February as the first female Prime Minister designate of the island state of Jamaica, assumed duties in July as the only female leader in CARICOM on external matters. […]

The Container Project Jamaica

The Container Project is a Not For Profit Community Multimedia Centre providing basic computer training including digital music and video production computer repair and maintenance literacy and numeric competence and accreditation for those who wish to use the centre as a platform for further education and the development of their creative talents. Visiting Artist and […]

Bauxite vs the Cockpit Country

Jamaica’s last remaining wilderness, Cockpit Country is a rugged, natural paradise located in the heart of the island. Hundreds of species found nowhere else in the world make their homes in Cockpit Country and its unique geology has created countless caves, waterfalls and towering cliffs throughout the area. The 73,000 Jamaicans in 66 communities living […]