Book Review: Grandpa Sydney’s Anancy Stories
About Grandpa Sydney’s Anancy StoriesGrandpa Sydney’s Anancy Stories confronts the subject of bullying by using a well-known Caribbean folk tale, “Anancy, Snake, and Tiger,” in the multicultural setting of Miami, Florida. Here’s a summary of the story: Jimmy Harrison loves school and his favorite subject is snack time! But when a new boy, Kevin, […]
Immigration: The Top Three Things that Will Have a Positive Impact on Obtaining Permanent Residence "GREEN CARD" for a Spouse.
You all know the story. A United States citizen meets a wonderful person from foreign country and they fall madly in love. The couple now wants to build their life together in the United States. Now while most couples are aware that they will need to apply for permanent residence for the foreign spouse they […]
Jamaicans in Business – Interview: Urcia Pearson
This week in our “Jamaicans in Business” interview series we feature Urcia Pearson owner of GlamDuo™ . It is an Atlanta-based a full service Wardrobe Consulting and personal shopping firm. Urcia also has a blog “I Am Here For Style” which seeks to help anyone to stay in “style” on a limited budget. Here is […]
Review: Do the Reggae: A Celebration of Jamaican Culture through Film at BAM – New York
This year, Jamaica celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence from Great Britain. The essence of this celebration is the idea that Jamaica, as a nation, is a reflection of several key themes that relate to human survival. That a nation of little over 2.7 million people could have such a great impact on the world […]
Can my uncle chase us from family property in Jamaica?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, Hi, I grew up on a property in Jamaica with my dad. The land was a family land where everyone just lived until they were old and died. There is a woman who married to one of the family members, and although not the owner she was paying the tax for […]
Interview with Jamaican photographer and author, David Muir
An interview with Jamaican photographer and author, David Muir. He recently published the book “Pieces of Jamaica” which is a collection of photographs that captures the candid beauty of the Jamaican people and its rich and diverse landscape.
Book Review: A Jamaican’s Journey to Time and Patience: Broken Vows, Shattered Dreams, Redeeming Grace
About the Book: A Jamaican’s Journey to Time and Patience is Derrick Garland Coy’s portrait of his multi-ethnic family whose African, Chinese, and European roots merge in Jamaica during the 1800s, then scatter across the globe in the mid 1900s, sending him on an odyssey to discover and fulfill God’s call in his life, heal […]
Quotable Caribbean – September 23, 2012
“If I worked in this industry for 40 years, I could never break into that gang. Local firms are struggling to win contracts for development consultancy because there is this network of key individuals, who you see time and time again heading up the big projects. A disproportionate amount is spent on consultants, and then […]
A Conversation with Joelle "Wendy" Cohen Wright on her new book “A Soh It Goh!”
This week we interview Joelle “Wendy “ Cohen Wright who recently penned her second book “A Soh It Goh!”. Joelle “Wendy” Cohen Wright is fast becoming one of the Caribbean’s well-loved comedy writers. With her irrepressible sense of humor and a flair for dramatics, Joelle’s writing style has the right comedic timing that is sure […]
Wasting Jamaica
On the morning after the 2012 beach clean up of Ft Rocky by the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), one of our staff members went to check on the site. There he found the mountain of waste taken off the beach by over 2,000 volunteers uncollected – the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) had been […]