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BirdsCaribbean’s 20th International Meeting Is Coming to Kingston in July!
Something big is flying over to Kingston this summer! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist that). BirdsCaribbean Conference flyer BirdsCaribbean’s 20th International Meeting will take place in Kingston (at the...
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Riverton Fire: Air Quality Testing by GOJ Inadequate, says JET
So, are we all happy and satisfied that we know as much as we need to know about the disastrous public health incident that was the two week-long fire at the Riverton City dump in Kingston? Is it time...
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The Black Carpet, A Show of Unity and Super-Nepotism: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Delicious rain fell in the wake of the Boys’ and Girls’ Championships at the National Stadium. The discordant ring of the vuvuzelas (a once-popular invention Jamaicans apparently still cling to) has...
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“We Need to Start Talking About It”: Endometriosis Affects Thousands of...
It is sad to me that some women’s ailments seem to have a shroud of mystery around them. People cannot, or will not talk about these diseases, especially if they involve the reproductive system. There...
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Riverton Fire Aftermath: The Impacts of Benzene on Public Health
There is still considerable concern over the long-term health impact of the recent fire at Riverton city dump, which emitted smoke and pollution for over two weeks into the largest built-up area in...
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Dreaming at the Boot Camp: UCC’s Vibrant Open Day
I wish I could have stayed longer, but this week I did drop by the University College of the Caribbean’s first “Boot Camp” – a noisy, energetic exercise, designed to offer study and career options to...
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Owen Blakka Ellis and Michael Abrahams: ‘Fun and Joke Aside’
Humor is a powerful tool for social commentary – and an effective one, without a doubt. A sharp wit can get the audience laughing – but thinking, at the same time. Here are two of the best Jamaican...
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Forty-seven years ago, Hate Took This Man From Us
petchary:My good friend Benji shared this Easter message today. How could I not share this with you. “We’ve got to stay together…” Inspiration is timeless. Originally posted on Destructive Anachronism:...
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African Postman: Kenyan Schoolboys Become Part of the Solution Against Rape
This is the first in my (resurrected) African Postman series. Yes, I did promise to revive it and I hope to do a weekly feature. I posted thirty stories in the series initially, and plan to continue...
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Easter Sprinter: A Memory
We have had a shower in Kingston, and the air is cool and light. It is the Easter holiday, and since yesterday we have been resting in a cocoon of sleepy silence. The Carnival activities tomorrow are...
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Our Mosquitoes Get a Shock, The Cop/Robber, and Obama Day Draws Nigh: Sunday,...
The Easter weekend has been breathtakingly quiet in Kingston. Our neighbors have all flitted off to the country, leaving us to wander around the yard in peace and quiet, listening to the birds,...
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The Many Uses of Beautiful Bamboo: A New Jamaican Training Program
When I was living in Japan, many moons ago, I discovered bamboo. On walks in the mountains outside Tokyo, bamboo groves arched across the path, graceful and tall. Then I began to notice how much the...
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#ObamaStress: Some Purely Parochial Thoughts on The Visit
This article was written yesterday. Due to an extended Internet outage, I am just posting it today… Darkness falls, and an air of nervous anticipation hovers over Kingston town. Why? Because the...
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Dear President Obama
petchary:Here’s another perspective from a fellow blogger, a Jamaican living in the United States, whom I had the pleasure of meeting recently. I thought you will enjoy it. Originally posted on...
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Will President Obama be Jamaica’s little train: I hope he can
petchary:And here are some more thoughts from another fellow blogger! Food for thought, too… Originally posted on Jamaica: Political Economy: Hope springs eternal, goes the adage. President Barack...
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Wheels Down: The President Arrives, and We Are Floored
Air Force One has landed on our little island. At 7:31 p.m. this evening President Barack Hussein Obama of the United States arrived at Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport, where media...
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Wheels Up: President Obama Leaves Jamaica Under a Rainbow Arch
President Barack Obama is no longer with us. It is almost as if we are picking up the pieces now. Today will be a normal day. It’s too early perhaps to say whether President Obama’s just under 24 hour...
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Waah Gwaan Jamaica..??
petchary:Here are some musings by a Twitter friend, poet and blogger. It’s an overview of the state of Jamaica, in the wake of President Obama’s visit – starting off with the President’s greeting at...
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Jamaica’s Poet Laureate to Lead Second Annual Writers’ Retreat in Lime Hall,...
Last summer I participated in The Drawing Room Project’s first retreat led by Christine Craig, along with poets from Jamaica, the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. It was an extraordinarily...
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Jamaican Veterans, The PJ Highway and a Featherless Carnival: Saturday, April...
Almost as soon as President Obama flew off on Thursday evening, we all went back to normal. The crab vendors returned to their regular spot by National Heroes Park. There were three murders last night....
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