Mello, a resident of Toronto, travels to Jamaica and recounts two days of a trip in which he encountered everything he loves and hates about the land of his birth.

It would be hypocritical to say, “I hope when these few lines reach, you will be in good health.” Your passing is untimely. Whether we are fans of yours or not, you came to represent the child in us: the yearning to be forever young. This is especially so for those of us who grew [...]

It is a truism that the struggle for existence is the struggle for food and space. Nowhere is that struggle more intense than here in Montego Bay. It is a struggle that leads to the untenable situation wherein one third of the population of Greater Montego Bay lives on captured land. It is a struggle [...]

The all girls team from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, beat four other competing teams to cop first place and the FirstCaribbean International Bank Challenge Trophy in the UWI/FirstCaribbean International Bank 2009 Case Analysis Competition, at UWI, Mona early June. This is the third consecutive win for Mona, the first time on [...]

“Power grows from the barrel of a gun,” Mao Zedong said or as his successors in Beijing are proving, out of the smoke stacks of factories. “Is the Jamaican Diaspora a Political Force in Canada?” Politicians of the left right and centre turned up at the Jamaica Diaspora Canada Foundation’s “summit” on June 13 to [...]

The lawyer who recommended and completed the transaction for the England-based buyer is the condo-manager who pulls a gun on her… A first person account.

The existence of Caricom (the Caribbean Community), the only organisation dedicated to the economic interests of the Caribbean countries, is at risk, Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding has cautioned. “There are a number of things that are happening now that are destabilising and threatening the existence of Caricom,” he declared at the launch of Export [...]

Panos: Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Olivia Grange, has indicated that Jamaica’s draft National Sexual Harassment Policy should be passed within the 2009-2010 financial year. “People do not know how to report sexual harassment or where to seek redress. This policy will be a guide to other organisations in creating their own sexual harassment [...]

Old guard Caribbean integrationists will be pleased at the news that Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has pledged to put his country’s petroleum dollars into a regional development fund, a promise that likely signals his intention to challenge Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez’s Petro Caribe initiative that has put a wedge in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) [...]

Raw, real, melodic. These are all words that describe the sound that comes out of Ruth Osman’s mouth. Osman, a Guyanese jazz singer and flautist, has been performing since she was a child. She started to take music lessons at age eight, beginning with the recorder and eventually moving on to voice and flute. Her [...]