Trans-national Community of Jamaicans need Home-town Associations Real benefits from creating a trans-national community of Jamaicans in view of effectively incorporating the Diaspora into prospects for Jamaica’s development demands an altered approach to networking.
Bauxite vs the Cockpit Country Jamaica’s last remaining wilderness, Cockpit Country is a rugged, natural paradise located in the heart of the island. Hundreds of species found nowhere else in the world make their homes in Cockpit Country and its unique geology has created countless caves, waterfalls and towering cliffs throughout the area. There is no other place in the world that is even remotely like it. Yet within this internationally recognized wilderness a national debate rages.
Investment Property/Retirement/Holiday Home In Jamaica - Part 1 Why buy property in Jamaica once you have successfully settled into a foreign land? Well, it depends on whether Jamaica is considered your home away from home; or it may depend on whether you wish to invest in Jamaica, or it may simply be the case that you are now at a stage where you can manage to treat yourself and the immediate family to some private accommodation independent of the usual stop over at the relatives.
To Walk A Mile Begins With One Step The process of human development is that we learn to crawl before we learn to walk. A country is a place comprised of humans, and the process of a country’s development is much the same – over time a country learns how to be an independent nation. For Jamaica the 6th August 1962 represents the date of the cutting of the political umbilical cord from our colonial mother Great Britain. But it is too much to think that as a nation we were instantly matured on a certain date – we are still on that road.
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee How come I rarely see Jamaican blue mountain coffee here in the states? It is kind of like red stripe, it is around but not everywhere. So when are the marketing genius’s going to see that blue mountain reggae coffee shops are the next money maker. Yes that is right another idea because I don’t have the money to start it up but hey with great coffee and a completely new atmosphere, REGGAE BLUE MOUNTAIN COFFEE SHOPS. It has to sell.
Portia’s Vitriolic Style This month contributing writer, Delano Seiveright, discusses Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller addres at her party’s 68th annual conference last month.
Proud to be Jamaican?...Why?! Being entitled to Jamaican citizenship on account of it being your place of birth is not in itself any kind of notable achievement deserving to inspire pride.
"The Winding Road." “The winding road”... “Y’u a hear mi Fardah...is not an easy road... no star!” Its distance is measured by time, calculated in each man’s own pace and fortune. Despite everyman’s formula being the same all does not have a similar result. Massive of people trod “the winding road” in search of a better life for a better tomorrow, but in reality, for many, it amounts to nothing than a daily struggle, a “tug and war” to make ends meet.
Solutions To Criminal Activities Within Jamaicans Schools This month, contributing writer, Viviene Kerr-Williams, writes in response to the many persons attempting to present a solution to the rise in criminal activities within Jamaican schools.
Land: Keep It On The Down-low If you do not presently own or one day might acquire property in Jamaica, or if you do not have interest in ‘family land’ or stand to inherit or know someone who might inherit land in Jamaica, then you will have absolutely no interest in reading this article.
Jamaica: A Sad Happy Place There are beautiful things about Jamaica that have remained consistent since its “discovery” in the 15th Century. It was the explorer Christopher Columbus who recorded in his historical journals, the endearing description that this country we Jamaicans now call ‘home’ was “the fairest of all places he had ever seen”.
No Problem Mon Everyone worries a little now and then, but is there stress in Jamaica? Every time you talk to someone in Jamaica they tell you “no problem mon”. This is how it should be.
Sandals Whitehouse - Yet Another Crisis This month contributing writer, Delano Seiveright, discusses the "Sandals Whitehouse" project and issues of good governance & accountability in Jamaican government.
Why is the Church so silent? Guest columnist, N. Gallimore, writes an open letter to the religious leaders of Jamaica asking "Why is the Church so silent?" on crime.
Jamaica’s demise: Not On My Watch!!! For Jamaica these are exciting times; we are a country posed between a balance of slipping into a social and economic black hole or in the alternative rising from perhaps its lowest ebb to restore its reputation as a glorious jewel of the Caribbean.
On Casinos in Jamaica This month, Charlie Marks comments on Casinos in Jamaica. Will it provide create jobs or cause more crime?
Labour Day Clean-up For World Cup Cricket In Jamaica Guest columnist, A. Guy Morris, proposes that the launch of Labour Day 2006 be positioned as the curtain raiser for communities across the island to start preparing themselves to welcome visitors for World Cup Cricket 2007.
Jamaica; A Caribbean Super Power For such a small nation Jamaica’s impact on the world resonates. In examples of world politics, international sports and music, Jamaica’s notable presence belies its size as a country. The “Jamaica” name is big!
Change Jamaica's Drug Policy This month, Charlie Marks reminds us why we must always remember the elderly as we will be like them some day.
Secrets of a "Sexual Culture." In Jamaica the secrets of a sexual culture of carnal abuse, buggery and rape thrive below the radar of detection like micro bacteria on a dish cloth. The victims are usually our own children, girls in particular and for many, even into their adult’s life they carry the scared confined memories of how they were sexually abused and molested by family member(s), relative(s) and other “respectable person(s)” with whom they had close amicable contacts.
The Games Must Go On While People Suffer This month, Charlie Marks comments on the money being spent on the 2007 World Cricket series in the Caribbean and how that money could be better spent.
The Mentally Challenged Street People Day after day we pass them, disoriented and forgotten. Lost in a world that is so unkind and unfriendly. Their existence to the vast majority is just as insignificant as their sufferings, and they are looked down on in the same sense of casualness as animals that likewise roam the streets.
Death and Taxes This month, Charlie Marks reminds us why we must always remember the elderly as we will be like them some day.
Define “Diaspora”? Hamilton Daley a practising Attorney-at-Law in Jamaica and Managing Director of T.R.A.D.E. Ltd asks the question "what does it actually mean?"
Reality Check Contributing writer, Maxine Foster, explains why “our people are beautiful, so beautiful and I can love again with time. I wish I knew then, what I know now."
"Behind the zinc fences." You who are all looking from the outside do so with perceived perpetual fears and shaking heads of despair, but have you ever ventured in? Have you ever reasoned with those behind the zinc fences, for if you have you would know there is nothing to dread my friend?
What future for Jamaica’s Diaspora? Hamilton Daley a practising Attorney-at-Law in Jamaica and Managing Director of T.R.A.D.E. Ltd discuss why the Entrepreneurial Jamaicans of the diasporia should be called to duty.
A winter resort for Jamaica's Blue Mountains??? This month contributing writer, Garfield O Whittaker, thinks outside the "box" as he discusses the idea of a a winter resort for Jamaica's Blue Mountains.
Is Rastafari the world’s view of Jamaica? All the recent “Rastafari” talk has me wondering. Is Jamaica just about Rastafari? Is this the only way to market Jamaica? How do Rastafarians feel about being used to market everything Jamaican? Is Rastafari the first thing that comes to mind when the rest of the world hears “Jamaica”?
The More Things Change The More They Remain The Same This month contributing writer, Delano Seiveright, discusses his views on Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller as the next president of the People’s National Party (PNP) and Prime Minister designate of Jamaica
How do guns get into Jamaica? This month, Charlie Marks asks " the How do guns get into Jamaica?" and why the goverment and all of the biggest tourist corporations on the island to immediately propose a gun buy back program. No questions asked.
What about the children of Jamaica? This month, Charlie Marks asks " What about the children?" and "Why they are the strongest asset to help make Jamaica a better place?".
Jamaica's Crime Dilemma This month contributing writer, Delano Seiveright, discusses Jamaica's crime dilemma and why we are now the murder capital of the world. He provides some possible solutions.
Make Jamaica A Force This month's writer, Charlie Marks, discusses how and why Jamaica should be a force in the world.
