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 […]
Our Unity Is More Important Than The Remarks Of One Man – A Zimbabwean Response to President Mugabe
In the song Africa Unite, Bob Marley sang “How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man….to see the unification of all Africans… we can safely assume that Bob was expressing a yearning for the African diaspora at large. With that in mind, the remarks of one person, even as president of […]
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Can I ever get a copy of the Will anywhere in Jamaica?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, Hi good day. I would like to know how do I go about obtaining a copy of a will from the supreme court in Jamaica. Tina Beecher RESPONSE: Dear Tina Please visit the Supreme Court. At the family division of the Civil Registry you can submit the name of the […]
Is this neighbour really selling my land in Jamaica, how can I stop him?
Dear Legal Wiz, My family own land in Jamaica, and the brother that had the title died. We have been trying to find the person that surveyed the land to get the papers. The problem is that there is a man living who says he is the head of the committee for the community and […]
Names of Jamaican nationals who died in the 911 terrorist attacks – We shall never forget
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal. – Author Unknown During the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, 2,977 people were killed (excluding the 19 hijackers). Did you know approximately 26 Jamaicans (not accounting for some cases of dual citizenship) lost their lives in the terrorist […]
Can I pay taxes for my Jamaica property from America?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I’d love to pay my property taxes from the New York, America (USA). Can one can apply to get the amount of property tax figures he/she owes from any website online. Do you know if it possible also to pay up taxes for property online. Andrea McFarlane RESPONSE: Dear Andrea […]