St Maarten Welcomes Interest By Choice Hotels
St. Maarten’s tourism authorities are welcoming interest by an American hospitality company to expand its network of Caribbean hotels to the island. Speaking ahead of this week’s annual St. Maarten-St. Martin Annual Regional Tradeshow (SMART), Director of Tourism Regina LaBega said attracting trusted brands to the destination was very important at a time when there […]
Black no Longer Beautiful? What Is Happening To Our Children?
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds” one of the most prophetic statement by the late reggae superstar Bob Marley. Albeit this statement was most likely intended for the international community, for our purpose, let’s assign it to Marley’s native country Jamaica. What signs and symptoms were apparent in the […]
Buy A House – Don’t Build (Part 2) – An American Retiree in Jamaica
Last month in Part 1, I explained the steps one must take to begin to build a home. I also spoke of some of the experiences I have had with contractors. This month I will point out some of the flaws in my friend’s house as well as my own. I have personally been involved […]
Billion Dollar Money Managers Set For “Investing In Paradise” Forum
They are collectively responsible for managing billions in assets daily and on June 9, 2011, a trio of U.S.-based investors and money managers will share their expertise and discuss opportunities they’ll consider for investment, at the inaugural Invest Caribbean 2011 Power Breakfast. The Investing In Paradise event, presented by digital media company, Hard Beat Communications […]
We Are The Sum Of What We Read
There are numerous objects of demarcation between people who read, reason and write and those who do not. Oftentimes these objects distinguish between those who live in residential areas and those on skid row. An observer sees these objects and begins to generate stories about their proprietors. The verdant lawn behind the automatic gate […]
A conversation with Scheed Cole
This week we interview the multi-talented Scheed Cole, Owner Prop and More Limited/Scheed International. A son of the inner city, Scheed Cole, inventor, painter, sculptor, ceramist, graphic artist, interior decorator, set designer, video editor, animator and fabricator, has been an Art Educator since 1997. He has been mastering fine arts for the past 17 years […]
How can I evict ‘legal squatters’ from my Jamaican home?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, Since 2000 a tenant moved into my property back home in Trench Town, Jamaica. After six months she stopped paying rent. Several representatives tried with no success to collect the rent. In fact she told my last rep that she spent a lot of money on the house to fix it […]
An Eye for Beauty: Interview With Kerrian Smart
I once read that Christopher Columbus upon sailing into the pristine waters of the Caribbean Sea and coming across the Island of Jamaica, was not only quite taken by the majesty of the Island itself, but was even more staggered by the beauty of the women he encountered there. For hundreds of years Jamaican women […]
Young People are Leaders of ‘Today’ and Tomorrow
Many leaders and protectors of the old-guard habitually spew clichéd epithets about youth development at political rallies and during Youth Month which serve to alienate and degrade rather than integrate and inspire young people. Three of these catch-phrases which have attained universal renown with seemingly unchallenged public approbation are; ‘you (youth) are the leaders of […]
Setting the record straight about the Jamaican Diaspora "Convention" and the boycott threat
The Jamaica Observer yesterday finally shed light on the looming boycott of the upcoming Jamaican Diaspora “Convention” scheduled for Ocho Rios, Jamaica from June 15-17 under the theme “One Nation: Jamaica and its Diaspora in Partnership” . When the Hon. Bruce Golding was sworn in as Jamaica’s Prime Minister, he said the following: “And what […]