Arts & Leisure

‘Jump up’ with Reflection: Jamaica on a Mission

In this the year of the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence, we note two publications which have relevance to the ...

Akwantu: Celebrating the Jamaica Maroon Freedom Fighters

Freedom fighters who escaped the Spanish, defeated the British and became the first liberated Africans in the Western Hemisphere. That's ...

Sonia Lewis Blossoms on the Art Scene

Jamaican-born artist Sonia Lewis considers herself a late bloomer. [caption id="attachment_3439" align="alignright" width="310" caption=""Coffee Beans Berries and Blooms""][/caption] Throughout her award-winning career ...

Jamaican Novel Selected for International Conference

Lover’s Leap: Based on the Jamaican Legend, by award-winning Jamaican-born Canadian author Horane Smith, will be the subject of one ...

Sport

Jamaica, Cuba Likely Giant Slayers at the Olympics

When the medals are tallied, will Jamaican and Caribbean athletes be giant slayers at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, July 27 to August 12, where the tracks, pools and pits are ready for the runners, jumpers, divers, throwers and other performers? A PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) model is forecasting that among insular Caribbean countries Jamaica will retain its [...]

Opinion

CARICOM No Big Help But Jamaica Can’t Blame Others

With Trinidad and Tobago enjoying a trade surplus on manufactured goods with Jamaica and with a seeming reluctance in Port of Spain to sell Jamaica natural gas the country needs to lower its electricity generating costs, political leaders in Kingston are calling for Jamaica to opt out of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Attorney-at-Law Kerry-Ann McKoy Tulloch, shared another view via Facebook.

Business

Trinidad & Tobago Economy Turns Corner Says IMF

Recording a tenfold increase in inflation between August 2011 and January 2012, the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is in recovery and should see growth after a three year slowdown, the International Monetary Fund has reported. “Real economic activity is expected to increase by 1.7 percent in 2012 as the non-energy sector picks up momentum with [...]

Religion

Righting Her-Story: Writing Caribbean Christian Theology

Righting Her-Story: Caribbean Women Encounter the Bible Story (Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth, editor), is the most recent text on women, theology and biblical interpretation and application in the Caribbean. Billed by its publisher, World Communion of Reformed Churches, as a bible study training guide which also advises on worship services and liturgy, the text comprises a wide range [...]

Letters

Crime Insulation for Vulnerable Rural Areas

I have been listening to the discourse in the media, among intellectuals and the little man on the street daily and the truth is that the band aid incursion into Tivoli Gardens (TG) will not rid the country of criminality.What is happening for sure is the scattering of TG seeds all over Jamaica which had [...]