Healing rites were being performed and herbal remedies sold by an array of practitioners on the exhibition floor of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. In Jamaican parlance, the hall had been transformed into a massive balm yard. There were pranic healers using their touchless hand motions to remove illnesses and consign them to literal dustbins; [...]
Let’s face it, the Jamaican taxpayers cannot afford to subsidize a national airline that continues to jettison their hard earned funds while a flummoxed government looks on, unable to exercise good judgment and free itself of this albatross before the nation’s economy is completely strangled. Out of concern for the well-being of the beleaguered taxpayer, [...]
A recent letter published in the Jamaican tabloid the Star, written to the popular column “Dear Pastor“, tackled an interesting subject. Read for yourself. “Dear Pastor, I have been troubled for quite a while. The problem, my girlfriend, is a sexaholic. Sometimes she wants it five times for one night. This is very taxing on [...]
That’s it. Vice President Nominee Sarah Palin has bridged the Bering Strait and the Russians are in love. Watch as Vlad and Boris sing their hearts out to “Misses Palin” and even incorporate some Jamaican “butterfly” moves into their homage to their Alaskan neighbour. It’s hilarious. “Mrs. Palin, I want to fly into your airspace, [...]
(Usain mi dawlin, mi just want yuh fi know dat sake a yuh, mi marriage almost mash up di odder day, because a piece of jealousy teck my husband.) Well wah never happen in a year happen in a dayMi kyaan believe mi eyesEver since Usain Bolt win di Olympics 100 metresFi mi husband start [...]
It used to be that there were two seasons in the year – crop season (also known as crop time) and hard time. Crop season stretched from December through June and hard time stretched from July through November. Crop season was defined by the growing season for yams. Nowadays farmers plant yams year-round, especially with [...]
Dearest Cousin Babs: Hope all is well under the circumstances, with the high crime rate and folks criticizing cassava as replacement for rice. We have our own trials here, for my car that only takes unleaded, is costing me $4.52 cents for a gallon of gas! Driving now is only when necessary, and I have [...]
Charles Nesson is definitely onto something. In his letter to the Jamaica Observer editor of Saturday May 31, titled “Some things for the prime minister (sic) to do” he certainly outlines a bold initiative regarding the legalization of marijuana in Jamaica. I’d move it beyond Maroon Country though, to the kind of thinking the Dutch [...]
Preparing for his gold teeth. Ivan Harris was not a very smart man. Anyone who would ask a dentist to remove all his good teeth and replace them with false teeth is indeed a certified idiot. Ivan had the opportunity to go to the USA on the Farm Workers Program. He was so excited that [...]
State of the art , Japanese toilet (washlet) interface The Japanese may not have created the car, but they certainly made it better. They didn’t make the television either, but they certainly “own it” when it comes to the number of brands out there bearing Japanese names. Should it be any surprise then that they [...]