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Rock Hall Community Gets Thirty-year-old Tank Repaired
With climate change raising temperatures and sparking droughts across the Caribbean (and of course globally), access to water and the conservation of water are becoming increasingly critical factors...
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Health Minister Tufton Commissions Research into Cornwall Regional Hospital...
Here’s a follow up to the ongoing saga of the Cornwall Regional Hospital, which is riddled with complex issues – related not only to the infrastructure itself but also to the impact this decaying and...
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I could have been among Prime Minister Theresa May’s Disinherited...
I am pleased to present to you, for your reading pleasure, the second part of Professor Bernard Headley’s family story of migration, and what might have been. In those days, as now, these are weighty...
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To the Daily Post Community: Thank You!
For some reason unknown to many of us, the Weekly Photo Challenge (and other lovely WordPress features) will be shutting down. This is a great shame. Many of us have got new followers and got to know...
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The River in a Khaki Suit: Farmers Learning in the Yallahs and Hope River...
I was sitting at a table with a group of women farmers from the deep hills of St. Thomas on May 17. They were wearing daffodil yellow and purple T-shirts, and their smiles were just as bright. These...
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Forget the Stinkin’ Toe Tree and Walk-Foot People: Kingston Is The City of...
Our capital city (and my home) of Kingston is upside down at the moment. There is a mania of “road widening,” which has resulted in the destruction of several large (and by large, I mean very old)...
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Why Jamaica Needs Cycling Infrastructure Now
My last blog post suggested that our urban planning and development completely sidelines trees/green space and pedestrians. Our city of Kingston is heading in an unsustainable direction. I did not...
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British Council Supports Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation
The British Council in Jamaica is doing some very interesting work at the moment in the field of education. It’s all about gender equity and it is part of the British Council’s focus on inclusiveness,...
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Advocates for Partnership for the Promotion of Patients’ Rights in Maternal,...
Yesterday in Parliament, Juliet Cuthbert Flynn filed a Private Member’s Motion for the repeal of two sections of the Offences Against the Persons Act. She would like the House of Representatives to...
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Jamaica did NOT Vote to Support Suspension of Venezuela from the Organisation...
Jamaica (and the Caribbean’s) relationship with neighbors in Venezuela has suffered some tremors in recent years, especially since President Nicolás Maduro tightened his authoritarian grip on that...
View ArticleMy Sincere Tribute to Professor Bernard Headley – May He Rest Peacefully
Just eleven days ago, I posted the second part of Professor Bernard Headley’s article about family and migration – written against the background of the “Windrush scandal” in the UK. He was very happy...
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BIAJ Chairperson, Latoya West-Blackwood, selected to participate in...
Latoya West-Blackwood is a hard-working Jamaican woman with a special energy. She pays attention to everything. I have had the pleasure of collaborating with her on a few projects. Now, as Chairperson...
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My Apologies: A World Cup Football Break Has Begun!
Four years ago, I wrote a tongue in cheek post about World Cup 2014. The tournament was full of mishaps, humour and witty comments from my Twitter friends, and this year is shaping up to be much the...
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On Fathers and Family, and Keeping Families Together
Fatherhood is complicated. For Father’s Day, I wrote about the many challenges, including those that face the family in general, on my Jamaica Gleaner blog post here. We know that often families...
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On Windrush Concerns, Texan Cages and a Racist Census: A Terrible World
State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Senator Pearnel Charles Jr. is in the UK on a “diaspora trip.” As I am sure you know, the “diaspora” is that large, but often...
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National Library of Jamaica Discovers Miss Lou Treasure
This news from the National Library of Jamaica (headed by the awesome Beverley Lashley) cheered me up quite a bit! June 18, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: National Library of Jamaica Discovers Miss Lou...
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Jamaica Environment Trust’s Bittersweet 20th Anniversary for Schools’...
After twenty years of the Schools Environment Programme (SEP), Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) has to close the programme down as funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) has...
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JET Responds to NRCA’s Comments on its Schools’ Environment Programme
An article by Kimone Thompson (one of the small group of excellent environmental reporters we have in Jamaica) in today’s Jamaica Observer (June 20) has raised several issues regarding the Jamaica...
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Book Review: Home Home by Lisa Allen-Agostini
I have been enjoying reading and reviewing a few Caribbean young adult novels over the past year or two. As the summer begins in earnest, this would be a worthy addition to your teen’s bookshelf. If...
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Save the Date! BirdsCaribbean’s 22nd International Conference will be in...
Time to start brushing up my French, I think! Next summer we bird fanatics, bird lovers, birdwatchers, conservationists, and ornithologists will gather from across the hemisphere (and beyond) in...
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