For Caribbean people, names like Marcus Garvey, Grantley Adams and Uriah Butler are synonymous with hero for their roles in raising national and regional consciousness while also playing major parts in raising living standards and the hopes of the region’s peoples. But there are others whose contributions, while not as history making are much more [...]
Dear Editor: I write in reference to the recent debate regarding the distribution of condoms in schools to combat adolescent sexual activity, pregnancies, and sexually-transmitted diseases. It seems that those who oppose the measure base their misguided philosophy on the false notions that: (1) preaching the gospel of abstinence is effective; and (2) the distributing [...]
The French term déjà vu means: “something tediously familiar or already seen” and so it is with the current energy scene. For this energy researcher the first encounter was the early 1980s, where a then doubling of crude oil price as a direct consequence of the Iranian Revolution, spawned recession in the so-called advanced economies. [...]
At least six Caribbean islands – Haiti, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Jamaica, Martinique and Saint Lucia are ranked in the top 40 countries experiencing extreme weather impacts by the 2009 Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index. In a press conference at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Germanwatch explained that its 2009 Global Risk [...]
Situated on the highest hilltop overlooking an overgrown plantation and structures is an unforgettable view. Bethann Carbone’s photos of the Goddess Retreat in Jamaica November 2008 conceives as a door or gateway to a hidden dimension. Despite Jamaica’s virulent violence and ever-present poverty, the contrasts surge in Tsunami proportions when viewing Jamica’s beauty. Indeed, Jamaica [...]
Like George Bush, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding is a tough talker. He is the Big Man who went on BBC Television and told the world that there will be NO homosexuals in HIS cabinet. He also talks tough about crime (Jamaica is a world leader in murder), and was about to make some tough [...]
I have the deepest sympathy for the victims of murder such as, members of the security forces, witnesses in trial proceedings, those murdered by others during robberies burglaries, sex offences, arson and acts deemed as terrorism. Therein lies the acts that carry a mandatory death penalty as is currently the law of the land. As [...]
The Jamaica Employer’s Federation (JEF) is disputing the downgrade in the ranking of Jamaica by the World Economic Forum for gender equality. The current position of Jamaica is 44, down five places from last year, and down 20 places from 2006. Apparently, the JEF cited anecdotal, rather than empirical evidence to make the false claim that there [...]
I am flattered by (Antonn Brown’s) comparison to Kadene, and I wish that I had her multilingual skills, cosmopolitan erudition, and analytical sharpness. Rest assured, however, that I am no sock puppet for Ms. Porter. Now let me address your riposte. Languages are the products of human agency; they do what we allow them to do, [...]
Three years after its highly anticipated and well-received World Premiere in 2005, a Jamaican school tour the year after and a tour of St. Vincent and Grenadines in June 2008, the HIV awareness edutainment musical POSITIVE returns to the stage in Jamaica from November 29 to December 7 as part of the acknowledgement of World [...]