Book Review – Port Royal:The Sunken City
In the seventeenth century, Port Royal was a legendary city, a city of vast wealth and pleasure-seeking, the home port of the buccaneers. Today, Port Royal is a city of legends, legends of the 1692 earthquake and tidal wave that caused the city to sink beneath the sea, and legends of the fortunes that may […]
2004 Annual Book Drive Update
Thanks again to the many of you who participated in the Jamaicans.com 2004 book drive. The books were given to benefit the children of the Allen-Shaw Reading Room in Jamaica. Below are pictures and a thank you letter from the Allen-Shaw Foundation. Thank you and we will do it again next year. LETTER FROM THE […]
Book Review – The Runnings by D.N. Wong Ken
CONTENT SUMMARY” A murderous political conflict has escalated to explosive proportions and Brandon Chong Is caught in the middle. He was to be a pawn in their deadly game but under-estimating him may be their undoing. Brandon will not go quietly and he will stop at nothing to save himself and the women in his […]
Jamerican Outreach Inc
Organization Profile “To foster hope in the hearts and minds of the people of Jamaica by administering to their needs in a holistic manner” Mission We believe that the people of Jamaica can benefit from us giving back our time, energy and resources to help in supporting families and empowering communities. To this end, JAMERICAN […]
Jamaica’s True Queen: Nanny of the Maroons
Background Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons has largely been ignored by historians who have restricted their focus to male figures in Maroon history. However, amongst the Maroons themselves she is held in the highest esteem. Biographical information on Queen Nanny is somewhat vague, with her being mentioned only four times in written historical texts […]
Extortion-A Social Revolution
Stated below are my views on the social revolution in Jamaica and in particular to Spanish Town and the One Order Gang. I lay no claim to be a sociologist nor am I even a student of sociology; nonetheless, this is an observation of an appalling process taking place and is reshaping our society and […]
After the Storm…
Have you ever wondered why is it that after we go through a bad phase in life we seem to come out better for it? It use to puzzle me too until recently after I stared down a gunman’s nozzle I realized why. If you have ever been in a situation like I did and […]
Windsor Girls Home Presentation July 2004
On a hill in St. Anns Bay stands a building…a magnificent building, an example of old Jamaica architecture. Tourists, from around the world, once graced the arched doorways and magnificent vistas. Today, these doorways and vistas are still enjoyed, not by tourists…but by Barbara Black, her staff and “their girls”. This former hotel is now […]
Jamaica Heart Foundation Donation Presentation July 2004
In May-June 2004 we had a drive to raise money for a donation to the Jamaica Heart Foundation in the name of Marcia “Ackeegirl” Davidson, Jamaicans.com forum administrator and writer, who passed away last year after a long battle with heart disease.. We had a goal of $1000, which we beat by $196. A check […]
Book Review – The Prince of Day Begone by Winston Cohen
CONTENT SUMMARYBorn of two worlds and blessed with the incredible genetic powers of the changeling, the dauntless prince must face his awesome destiny, as mighty forces clash in the forbidden and dangerous Cockpit Mountains and Valleys of Jamaica. This area is the traditional home of the legendary Maroons who for 200 years bravely fought a […]