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Deaf Poets Take the Stage at Kingston Book Festival
There’s a very exciting element in this year’s Kingston Book Festival, which opens today. There will be one day dedicated to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – this coming Thursday, March 8. British...
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Pink Lemonade, a Yellow Fascinator… and Grabbing Those Lemons
If I was superstitious, I would say something was up. A few hours before the launch of Damien Williams’ Grab You Some Lemons at the Jamaica Theological Seminary on March 3, there was an earth tremor...
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International Women’s Day 2018 in Jamaica: Time Is Now
Thursday, March 8 is International Women’s Day, 2018. The theme is a great one: Time Is Now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives. I am going to celebrate some Jamaican women here now,...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Story (People’s Stories, That Is)
This week’s Photo Challenge is “Story.” They say “Every picture tells a story.” When you are talking about people – yes, it does, although the stories are barely revealed by the camera. This challenge...
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Shakespeare in the Caribbean Documentary Premieres at UWI’s “March is Movie...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus is hosting a March is Movie Month film festival. The British Council will present the premiere of Shakespeare in the Caribbean, a documentary...
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WROC Honors the Women of the Lyndhurst/Greenwich Community
First of all, I wish the Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) a Very Happy 35th Birthday! The community-based organisation was established on International Women’s Day, 1983. On that day this...
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The Death of Desrine Morris in Police Custody
I referred to this incident in my last overview of Jamaican news on March 4: Sad story: A woman, Desrine Morris, was found dead in the holding area of St. Andrew Parish Court last week while waiting...
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A Journey for Justice in the Americas: In Kingston Tomorrow Evening
In January, 2014, I happened to be on Orange Street just a short while after Nakiea Jackson was shot dead by the police in his cookshop. I wrote about it here. I also noted later that month: A lady...
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Barbican Square Roadworks: An Example of Government Disregard for People’s...
We know about the “Not in My Backyard” mentality, don’t we? However, the situation in Barbican in uptown Kingston warrants more than the regular whining about urban infrastructure. Blogger Susan Goffe...
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A New Police Commissioner, a New MP, No New Taxes and a Sick Old Hospital:...
Warm breezes have been blowing in Kingston. Heavy rain showers on the north coast brought more flooding in their wake. Agriculture: and JAMPRO to the rescue? The agriculture sector has been in decline...
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Sir Garfield Sobers to Unveil Collie Smith Statue at Boys’ Town
Do you know Trench Town? Do you know Boys’ Town? If so, you know Collie Smith Drive. But do you know who Collie Smith was? This is an interesting (although rather sad) story. Next week, however, there...
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Save Atewa Forest, Ghana From Bauxite Mining
Atewa Forest is far away, in Ghana, west Africa. Yet, Ghana is a country with which Jamaica has a shared and significant history. This story of Atewa Forest strikes some chords with us, too. It is a...
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Jamaica’s Body-Worn Cameras: A Comfort to a Fool?
I think people are tired of promises, especially from politicians. Having listened to a radio interview last night with INDECOM’s Hamish Campbell, I then listened to the media and others praising a...
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I’d Rather Be… Well, It Would Be Nice
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge has left me feeling nostalgic. I am actually perfectly happy right here, right now… But then, I began thinking about people I would love to be with (especially...
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JALGO To Launch Pensioners Association, Collaborates with CCRP
Next Tuesday morning, a new collaboration will be launched, which will greatly benefit local government employees on their retirement. Our trade unions have been much in the news recently, but let us...
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Clean Air Fi Breathe! Air Pollution in Jamaica
When the head of the UN Environment Programme Erik Solheim visited Jamaica in December, 2016 he pointed to three priorities for the Caribbean: Pollution, Oceans and Ecosystem Preservation. When I asked...
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World Poetry Day is March 21: In Jamaica…and in Africa, Too
It’s well known that we Jamaicans are hooked on poetry. But this year, we will have an official World Poetry Day celebration, with the Governor General’s endorsement. It is a result of the close...
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Statement from the Electoral Commission of Jamaica
This is a tricky matter that, as the ECJ states, is currently before the courts. However, it has already been much discussed in the public sphere. I will not add to this discussion now, but am merely...
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Jamaica Fire Brigade Better Equipped to Investigate Wildland Fires
Wildfires (“bush fires”) are frightening. As I noted in my recent post on air pollution, open fires contribute greatly to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution; many of us are literally gasping...
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INDECOM Act Must be Reformed as Soon as Possible, Says Jamaicans for Justice
Is the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), which investigates police abuses, now in a kind of legal limbo? I had clearly not been paying attention, but a Court of Appeal ruling last...
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