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Empowering the Young Women of Jamaica: Eve for Life (and Save the Date!)
Saturday, October 11, 2014 is the UN International Day of the Girl Child. This special day aims to “recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world,” says the United...
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Bus Fares, A Boat Trip and Ice Buckets: Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Despite the weather forecast today (which predicted we would be “high and dry”) we actually had some refreshing rain. Another great stress reliever was the arrival of… Yes! A garbage truck! I like to...
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CCRP Protests Increase in Bus Fare for Seniors Commuting on JUTC Buses
I reported in my previous blog on the increase in bus fares announced yesterday; the increases will take effect on Sunday. There have been numerous expressions of deep concern from several sectors of...
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A Sea of Plastic: International Coastal Cleanup Day Launch
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) has broken another record in the number of beach cleanup sites registered for this year’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activities in Jamaica (on Saturday,...
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UPDATE: Amendment to JUTC Bus Fares
Here is a press release from the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing on the planned increases in bus fares, to take place on Sunday, August 24. Please note the last paragraph which I highlighted...
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The Goat Islands Debate: ‘There is none so blind as those who will not see’
petchary:As I have noted recently, government representatives – one in particular who seems to be the chief propaganda man for the proposed transshipment port on Goat Islands – have led tame private...
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Personalizing the Nicaraguan Canal Project
petchary:I am sharing this post from a fellow blogger in Nicaragua. In light of what we are going through with Goat Islands/Portland Bight Protected Area, this situation sounds familiar. And what a...
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“Work Hard for a Cause”: Yaneek Page’s Inspiring Words to BK Scholarship...
Yaneek Page is Managing Director of Future Services International, Executive Director of the television show “The Innovators,” and a trainer and consultant in innovation and entrepreneurship. She is a...
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Empty Barrels, A Shortlist and the Mike Brown Connection: Wednesday, August...
I am sorry. The flu got me. I have just emerged from it with a somewhat painful cough. Hence the hiatus on my blog. Bus fare problems: Last Friday, we heard (briefly) that the Jamaica Urban Transit...
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A Geometry Lesson
I was watching a steamy film last night. It was full of smoldering jealousy, betrayal, anger, deceit, remorse, hot sex in unusual locations, murder, agonizing body disposal, guilt… You name it,...
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Gordon Swaby: The Power of Follow Through
Many Jamaicans have circled Monday, September 1 on their calendars, and not because it’s the first day of the month. It’s the day school starts, after the long summer holidays that began in July. It’s...
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The Death of a Minister, Plenty Rain and Back to School: Sunday, August 31, 2014
The summer is disappearing, fast. And we are getting bucketfuls of rain. Oodles of it, filling the streets with galloping waters. Former Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, who died in Fort Lauderdale...
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The Systematic Dismantling of Paradise: A Preliminary Checklist
I get emotional about certain things. One of them is the destruction of the few relatively untouched areas of our planet, in the name of unsustainable “development.” Despite the recent warnings that...
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Fears for family’s safety force claimant to close lawsuit against anti-gay...
Please find below a press release from J-FLAG, dated Friday, August 29, 2014. I have also added Javed’s thoughts on the matter. Javed Jaghai, a gay man who brought a legal challenge to Jamaica’s...
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The New/Old Buzzword, A New Well and The Big Run: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Schools are back, uptown city dwellers are back from their holidays and back on the roads (and downtown ones never went anywhere). The rains are steadily receding. Life is back to “normal.” Nicholas...
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National Road Safety Council Horrified at Recent Road Deaths
A press release tonight from the National Road Safety Council. Please, please take care on our roads! During the week August 28-September 3, according to police reports, 17 persons have been killed on...
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Mario Deane’s Independence Day Death and Mental Health
Investigations continue into the beating of Mario Deane at the Barnett Street police lock-up in Montego Bay and his subsequent death on Independence Day (August 6). There are many areas of deep concern...
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A Sad and Watery Demise, Delays and Disagreements, and Refreshing Showers:...
The last few days have been full of drama…and rain. Quite a few Jamaicans have various flu-like bugs, and we all live in fear of chikungunya (a name which has had all kinds of weird and crazy...
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Books A-Poppin!
There are lots of pop-ups, these days. Pop-up restaurants, pop-up stores… Why not a pop-up book club? Blouse and Skirt Books. Well, that is what local publisher Tanya Batson Savage has been doing with...
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A Day at the Beach: International Coastal Cleanup Day is September 20, 2014
Here’s a reminder of the upcoming International Coastal Cleanup Day in Jamaica – Saturday, September 20. The Jamaica Environment Trust is expecting a tremendous turnout. Many thanks to the Tourism...
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