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#mentalhealthmatters: Jamaica Mental Health Advocacy Network to Launch...
How many times recently have we said to ourselves and each other that mental health is an issue that truly must be taken seriously in Jamaica? It’s something that is always in the news, usually in...
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Cuban Crocs, National Adaptation Plans and the African Elephant Coalition:...
Yes – it’s been a while. I have been too busy to put together this regular compilation of stories – local, regional and international. However, let’s bring you up to date. Please click on the links for...
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Thank you, Michelle and Suzanne and Max: Let the Dance Begin
I very rarely write about spiritual matters. I have also not commented on the current U.S. election campaign, except to share some tweets. Yet, like many other women around the world, I have been...
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An IMF Deal, Problems with Babies and the Big Cheese Heist: Jamaica, October...
I know. I have been rather missing in action – mainly because I have been so busy with all kinds of interesting things! But my blog has suffered. I propose to make up for it in the next few days. Since...
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Belly Full! Lend Your Support for an Upcoming Book on Caribbean Food in the UK
Today is World Food Day. It seems just the right day to tell you about a very interesting new venture: a cookbook/storybook in the making that tells the stories behind Caribbean restaurants, bars and...
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Wednesday Night is Politics Night
Political junkies! Tomorrow night (Wednesday, October 19) could be your night, whether you are focused on home or abroad. Firstly, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Government, in...
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Why Jamaica Should Say NO to Coal: Lessons To Be Learned From Elsewhere
Jamaica, please say NO to coal. And please sign the Jamaica Environment Trust’s petition: https://www.change.org/p/government-of-jamaica-say-no-to-coal-ja-c5f91528-4c3c-42f5-83db-17c568975e83 When...
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Our Environment, Our Voices: A Regional Video Contest
If you are a video buff and/or care about the environment, why don’t you try entering this competition? This is a partnership among the Regional Environmental Center (REC), the Italian Government and...
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Crimes Committed by People on Bail: An Access to Information Story
My last post touched on the importance of transparency – and readily available government information – for the proper functioning of a democracy. Fellow blogger Susan Goffe’s new post seems an...
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Jamaica is Holding Its Own in New World Bank Doing Business 2017 Report
The World Bank has just released one of its Flagship Reports, and one which the Jamaican public and private sectors always pay close attention to. It is entitled: Doing Business 2017 and is subtitled,...
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Uncertainty in a world of quick answers: The JCF paints itself into a corner...
I have been so busy running up and down that I have not been following the case of the murder of a teenager, Khajeel Mais over five years ago, as closely as I should have. I have however written about...
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Caribbean Nations Vote AGAINST Whale Sanctuary, Jamaica Moves to Ratify Paris...
I am playing some serious “catch-up” now with my newsy stuff. So much has been happening! Please click on the links for more information on these stories I pulled together for you…I’m afraid some of...
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Some Thoughts on Hallowe’en, and a Jamaican Duppy Story
Tonight is Hallowe’en. It’s a celebration of all things gloomy, dark and deliciously disturbing. We humans have always had a fascination for the supernatural, and there is nothing strange about that....
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NIA calls for the strongest sanctions in relation to breakdown of...
I always had a bad feeling about the long-delayed trial relating to the July, 2011 murder of teenager Khajeel Mais. Since the acquittal of Patrick Powell for Mais’ murder on October 24, there has been...
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Regional Pollution and Biodiversity Experts Help the UN Caribbean Environment...
I am now once again in “playing catch-up” mode, so forgive me. Several important meetings have been taking place recently related directly to environmental concerns in Jamaica and the Caribbean, and...
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Over 21,000 People Sign #SayNOtoCoalJA Petition Opposing Coal-Fired Power...
In recent weeks, I have been sharing information on the incredibly harmful health and environmental effects of coal-fired power plants (including the huge amounts of waste it produces) – whether from...
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Children of the Mountains
I feel a small hand slip into mine. It is dry, and the palm a little rough. I look down and see a girl named Andrina, walking beside me in her dark blue school uniform, keeping up a little monologue....
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A Historic Day: Paris Agreement on Climate Change Comes Into Force
Today is a day of great moment for Planet Earth. The Paris Agreement, signed by 175 countries in New York last Earth Day, April 22, is now in force. This is unexpectedly early, and just ahead of this...
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#5in4: The Economic Growth Council Looking “Cool”
Five per cent annual GDP growth in four years. That’s what #5in4 means. Doable? Well, let’s see now… The Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston was my favorite cinema before it closed a few years back;...
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Public Health Hazard: Garbage Dumped on Downtown Street Outside Health Facility
It is so tiring, so baffling. Why is there such a problem with solid waste in this country? Is it selfish, careless members of the public who think someone else is there to clean up after them? Or is...
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