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U.S. Embassy Kingston to Host Youth Poetry Slam Competition
The summer is already proving to be exhausting. But summer fun and excitement is out there! Here is another opportunity for young people to get together for a creative poetry session (and we know how...
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Amnesty, Tax Delinquents and a Bad Back: Thursday, July 24, 2014
Yes, the drought is still on and it’s miserable. Many Kingstonians, uptown and downtown, are without water some or all of the time. We are hanging on by our fingernails, and scouring satellite maps for...
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Marcus Garvey — 100 years of the UNIA
petchary:Barbara is a fellow blogger and writer, filmmaker, creative and influential woman and wise Rastafarian. She always inspires me! On the centenary of Marcus Garvey’s United Negro Improvement...
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An Immoral Ignorance
petchary:“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.” So wrote Rudyard Kipling in his book “Kim.” And, of course, ironically, it is a quote from the Old Testament. In light of all the...
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Bush Fires, Water Parties and the Shot Put: Monday, July 28, 2014
While some were watching the talent show on television last night (and pretty awful it sounded, too!) or washing their cars and watering their lawns (both illegal activities) our Fire Brigade were...
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On the Junction Road in the Time of Drought
We took a trip over to the north coast today and decided to take a familiar route, through the “Junction Road” that winds tightly through hills and higher hills, close to the river, the Wag Water with...
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Emancipation Day: Working on the Mental Part
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds.” That was Bob Marley quoting Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1937) in his “Redemption Song” (1980). Mr. Marley’s lyrics consist of...
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Men, Women and Climate Change
This is the first in a series on climate change issues, especially as they relate to the Caribbean and the tropics. There is so much to say, to try to explain and to understand about climate change....
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Jamaica’s FBI, More Fire and Some Bad Hats: Monday, August 4, 2014
It’s that peculiar time of year in between the Emancipation and Independence holidays when I get the sense that no one really feels like working. It is quiet, the rains have gone away as quickly as...
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Auntie Roachy Celebrates Independence
It was a warm (very warm) Tuesday lunchtime, and I was sitting on a yellow metal chair under a tent in the Independence Village in Kingston. Next to me, a boy about ten years old gave me a cautious...
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Systematic learning and sharing key to success in National Adaptation...
petchary:We need to go into a sharp learning curve on climate change adaptation and the environment. Here is a short report from Bonn, Germany by Petre Williams-Raynor of Panos Caribbean on what Least...
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Holiday Disturbances: Jamaican Police Under Investigation
How sad that the holiday week, with its delicious refreshing showers, happy celebrations and quiet relaxation for many, should end on a bitter note. I have commented a couple of times recently on the...
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In Defence of Carolyn Gomes, and Human Rights in Jamaica
petchary:This blog post expands on many of the comments I made recently in an article in defense of Carolyn Gomes and JFJ. It is really powerful, beautifully written by Kei Miller as always, and I urge...
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Cockpit Country communities call for area to be closed to mining
This is an August 11 press release from the Jamaica Environment Trust. More than seventy residents from Cockpit Country (Elderslie, Niagara, Mocho, Maroon Town, Flagstaff and Point) attended a...
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Mario Deane, Mental Health and Choose Your Own Land: Monday, August 11, 2014
Some rains have arrived, and we all feel refreshed as we enter into the first “normal” back to work week, after dilly dallying for the best part of two weeks through the “Emancipendence” holiday. But...
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Night Walking and Golden Living
“Living my life like it’s golden.” Earlier this week, Chad Whyte spoke of the challenges of growing up with Asperger’s Syndrome (described as a mild form of autism) – and how he overcame them and...
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The God-Fearing Muddle
Well, no – it’s not a muddle at all. Some people believe in God. Others don’t. Some believe in lots of gods; others in no god at all. Many others do not know what they believe in; some are still trying...
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Marcus Garvey’s Birthday, Kentucky Kid, and a Radio Tower: Sunday, August 17,...
Happy birthday, Mr. Garvey! Celebrations have been taking place at our National Hero’s former headquarters, Liberty Hall on King Street. It’s been an edgy sort of week. No rain fell in Kingston this...
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We Have Enough Battles to Fight…
Businesswoman, philanthropist, writer, poet and newspaper columnist Jean Lowrie-Chin is also a committed Christian (in thought, word and action). She comments in a kind, thoughtful way on Jamaican...
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Widespread Coal Burning in Amity Hall – Portland Bight Protected Area
This is a disturbing development taking place – apparently unchecked – in a Protected Area that is already under threat from the proposed construction of a transshipment port at Goat Islands. I hope...
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