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ICYMI in Jamaica, December 15, 2020: The Vaccine Edition
The big news has been not only the COVID-19 vaccine, but the fact that the very first person to receive it was a Jamaican American. A cold front arrived, bringing strong winds and lower temperatures...
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IDB Mobilizes $1 billion for COVID-19 financing in Latin America and the...
The COVID-19 vaccine – who will be first in line, when will it arrive, how much, and whether it is safe – in all its permutations has become a continuous topic of conversation on social media, ever...
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Keep Winnifred Beach Open: Do You Agree?
It has been said, ad nauseam, that COVID-19 has highlighted (indeed, worsened) the inequalities in our society, which are already so glaring. It’s a sort of heightened reality. So, while uptown...
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A Town Hall Meeting on Mining in the Cockpit Country: Let’s Have a Real...
The long-awaited public consultations on the Special Mining Lease 173 in Cockpit Country, held virtually on December 8, have been called many things over the past couple of weeks: Jamaica Environment...
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Jamaica Issues UK-related Travel Ban
Government officials met this morning in light of the new strain of COVID-19 that has emerged in the UK. I believe Grenada was the first Caribbean country to impose this ban, over the weekend, and now...
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ICYMI in Jamaica, December 21, 2020: The “Does It Feel Like Christmas” Edition
I get the feeling that Jamaicans are anxious to get to the Christmas holidays, so that we can clear our heads and try to get over this horrible year. The past week has been filled with dramas,...
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Winnifred Beach Is Open Again!
At last, some good news! I just received a petition update on Winnifred Beach in Portland – see below. I am so happy for the Benevolent Society members, and urge them and all beach users to keep it...
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302 Travellers from the UK now in State Quarantine
Here’s an update from the Ministry of Health and Wellness regarding Jamaica’s travel ban on flights from the UK, announced earlier today. Two flights were still scheduled to arrive tomorrow, but these...
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“A Million Aunties”: My Review of a Novel by Alecia McKenzie
An “Auntie” occupies a unique space in Jamaican society. I have a few “nieces” and “nephews” myself, although they are not related to me in any way. I love them all. In general, Jamaican Aunties are...
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20 Travelers from UK Test Positive for COVID-19
Well, many Jamaicans at home are none too pleased with the flight from the UK on Monday, bringing 302 passengers to our shores. A video circulating on social media showed some of the passengers trying...
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Season’s Greetings: Joy, Peace and Love
To all my readers, thank you for following me this year. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, I wish you happiness, love and peace this season.
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Custodianship and Country: Some Australian Aboriginal Beliefs About the...
Recently I shared with you a “Love Letter to Mother Earth” from the Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. I have been thinking about spiritual matters in general recently, and in...
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ICYMI in Jamaica, December 29: The Sam Sharpe Day Edition
Well, Christmas is over. We tried to make the best of it. Apart from a young man who insisted on riding his noisy motorbike up and down our street, Christmas was also quiet – perhaps because of the...
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“Off Track”: My Review of a Novel by Tamika Gibson
This novel for young adults, set in Trinidad, opens with a homely scene – immediately interrupted by a jarring, somehow banal incident of domestic violence. This takes place while seventeen-year-old...
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Health Ministry, NERHA mourn loss of Tyrone Robinson
COVID-19 continues to take its toll. Now a senior member of Jamaica’s health infrastructure has passed away from COVID-19 complications – a man whom Minister of Health and Wellness Christopher Tufton...
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Hope for the Future: The Inspiring Green Team International Scholars
“How do you live in a place like Jamaica, which is all about green – and blue – and not be leaders in environmental consciousness? For us to have been leaders we would have to have had a different...
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Recent UK Traveller Dies in Hospital
If you recall, there was a lot of disquiet (and a fair amount of annoyance) expressed in social media about the flight from the UK to Jamaica, which was informed mid-air that the Government of Jamaica...
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ICYMI in Jamaica, January 5, 2021: The Back to School Edition
What a week. After the relative peace and quiet of the holidays (apart from an intrusively loud motorbike rider – we need to do something about the “enhanced” mufflers they put on their bikes) we were...
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JET Presents “Red Dirt: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Bauxite-Alumina...
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) will hold a virtual public forum to present the findings of RED DIRT: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Bauxite-Alumina industry in Jamaica. The study was conducted...
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Youth in 10 Caribbean countries kick off Tree Planting Ambassador programme:...
“Climate action” is a popular phrase these days. We are all getting a little tired of the speeches and panel discussions. The time to act is now. As the social media platform for climate action says,...
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