The Demand for Freedom
Almost everywhere in the world today, there is a whole lot of talk about freedoms and rights. People want to be set free from laws, accepted standards and moral views, which have held us together or in some cases apart, for generations. The demands for special treatment and privileges, by different groups, have risen in […]
Education through Personalization – "Reading is Fun When the Story is About You"
IMAGINE reading a book where the principal character is yourself and the characters that populate the pages are your friends, grandparents and even your pets. This idea apparently sits well with a lot of young kids who somehow dream of playing for their favorite hockey team, or delivering presents with Santa Claus and the reindeers. […]
10 Questions with Marlon Bolton, the 19 year old CEO of Zahni Int’l Modeling
Marlon Bolton is not your average 19 year old. He is new breed of young entrepreneurs in Jamaica who had not only found success in everything he touches but also very eloquent , focused and gives back to his community. In January 2003 he started the Zahni International Modeling which has sky rocketed to one […]
Fighting HIV- AIDS Takes On New Meaning In Jamaica
Although Jamaican Health authorities describe ugly as the picture of HIV/AIDS situation in Jamaica while saying the rate of infection continues to be unacceptably high. The public have been asked to uphold all level of civility while interacting with those infected by the disease. The Jamaican government is hoping that the opening of the UNAIDS […]
Prostate Cancer On The Rise Against African men
Some Jamaicans may perhaps remember when Prime Minister, Michael Manley, resigned in 1992 citing poor health. Soon the rumor mills would have it to say he was suffering from the big �C�. But, few of us understood then as would a few more understand what it is he was suffering from when he died years […]
Jamaicans.com 2004 "Boardite" Awards
The votes are in!!! Below are the 2004 boardites Awards winners Best Signature 2004: CompryBest “boardite”Name 2004: Tie: JesusDread & NunyaMost “Unoriginal boardite” Name 2004:YardyFunniest boardite Member 2004:: Sue SumbaBest boadite Debator 2004: Mutty the Return“Nuffest” boadite 2004: LadyZBest Newbie 2004: Tie – Kaz & CliveLintonBest Topic Starter 2004: NunyaBest Moderator 2004: CEWMarcia Davidson Good […]
Interview with Tony "Paleface" Hendriks
“Tony Hendriks is Jamaican born & half bred; his comedy has a Caribbean flavour and an international perspective but his appeal is universal. He’s Jamaica’s greatest export since Ganja and he makes you laugh even more!” No! I did not come up with that witty assessment of one of Jamaica’s funniest men. I wish I […]
Jamaica 2004 Year in Review
The paradigms within which we operate today are changing rapidly, opening immense challenges and increasingly threatening our sustained survival as a cohesive race of people. Jamaicans have two choices as we face the new year, to see our land as one of enlightening promise or one of stagnant peril. On behalf of the jamaicans.com family […]
Mission of Mercy by American Retiree in Jamaica
It has been 2 1/2 years since I made the big move to Jamaica. Manythings have happened to me in that time, both good and bad. Some of which I havewritten about and some I haven’t. There is one story I have to share with you nowbecause it has changed my life. Religion had played […]
Appreciation
They say that you never know what you have until it is gone…I found that out to be true when I went away to college. I went away to college in the fall of 2000, prior to that I had lived in my neighborhood of Mount Vernon, New York for ten years. Mount Vernon is […]