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Less Talk, More Action: The Nuttall Partnerships
Mr. Fabian Brown, founder of Value Added Services (VAS), has always been a man of action. Things happen around him, and they are all good things. “This is partnership in action,” said Mr. Brown at the...
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Children’s Treat in Jacques Road, Mountain View
petchary:Last year, I accompanied CUSO volunteer with Youth Opportunities Unlimited Kate Chappell and colleagues to Jacques Road, an inner-city community that has truly made a lot of progress in...
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Save Goat Islands 1: Minister Omar Davies’ Statement to Parliament, February...
There have been several major developments on the Portland Bight Protected Area/Goat Islands issue in the past week or so. Please bear with me while I share a couple of things with you. Firstly, and...
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Save Goat Islands 2: Potential Site Options for a Transshipment Port (Smith...
Unfortunately, I am not able to reproduce all the tables and maps included in this article by Coastal and Environmental Engineers Smith Warner International. If you would like to see these, I can email...
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Save Goat Islands 3: Jamaican Voices, And How You Can Help
I just shared with you two items that I hope will help you to understand many of the issues and the current situation regarding the proposed development of the Portland Bight Protected Area...
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Join the Million Woman March…in Jamaica
176 million strong, rising up as one! Who are all these women, and why will they be marching, you ask? Well, it is a fact that over 176 million women around the world suffer from the debilitating,...
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Open Letter to Minister of Transport, Works & Housing from Jamaica...
This letter was released earlier today by the Jamaica Environment Trust in response to the Minister’s statement to Parliament on Tuesday of this week. I shared the Minister’s statement here:...
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Worried Wednesday: February 26, 2014
Two completely unrelated matters are of concern to me this week: Firstly, the latest disturbing news on Goat Islands, and secondly, many concerns about the upcoming Tivoli Commission of Enquiry. Women...
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Of Ports, Pinnacle and Paradise
petchary:I am sharing this first blog post on the First of March from a good friend. She has a keen eye and sharp intellect and is a woman of strong faith, too. I do hope you will follow her – and look...
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Family Matters: Early Morning Thoughts
Rainy tropical dawn. “Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.” A popular...
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Reasons to Be Cheerful: Sunday, March 2, 2014
It’s hard to be upbeat today, but I will try. A naughty Cockney English singer, the late Ian Dury had a great song called “Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3″ (by the way, his band the Blockheads were so...
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Happy World Wildlife Day!
Today is World Wildlife Day. It’s the very first commemoration focused on a critical theme – the global trade in endangered species of wild animals and plants. Please see below a release from...
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#SaveGoatIslands #OccupytheMangoTree
Save Goat Islands There will be speakers. There will be activities. We will build a coal stack (not a real one, but…) There will be challenges. There will be many discussions, ideas, thoughts. There...
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International Women’s Day is Nearly Here…
Jamaica is celebrating International Women’s Day in a slightly different way this year. One of our terrific non-governmental organizations, the Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) is partnering...
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Ash Wednesday: March 5, 2014
I was told that Ash Wednesday should be all about quiet meditation. But at least in our part of Kingston it has been far from meditative, with people on microphones and playing mindless music in all...
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The Jamaica-Crimea Connection
Sounds rather odd, doesn’t it? But actually, there is one, and it’s rather interesting. A quiet afternoon at Mary Seacole Hall. (My photo) A couple of days ago I was at a women’s residence on the...
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Jamaica’s Portland Bight: A Biosphere Deferred
As some of you are aware, the Government of Jamaica completed and resubmitted its application to have the Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA) recognized as a Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations...
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The Structure of Learning, and Two Spanish Foundations in Jamaica
Education is multi-layered. Its interlocking components are complex. But one element that is essential is the infrastructure. The physical stuff, if you will. And what could be more important for a...
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“We Have to Shock the System”: Senator Imani Duncan-Price’s Presentation in...
The past few days in Jamaica surrounding International Women’s Day have been powerful and progressive, I feel. Here is a contribution made by Senator Imani Duncan-Price in the Upper House last Friday....
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Sunday, March 9 – Wednesday March 12, 2014
Sorry, this is going to be one of those combination, or rather belated posts on what’s happening in Jamaica. Somehow I didn’t manage my Sunday bulletin, so am carrying it all over to Wednesday. Forgive...
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