The official DVD release and European premiere of Bad Friday: Rastafari After Coral Gardens, a documentary that chronicles the history of violence against Rastafarians in Jamaica is scheduled for February 10 in Amsterdam, Oxumgirl Productions announced. Produced and directed by John Jackson, Jr. and Deborah Thomas, along with Junior “Gabu” Read more…
At first sight, despite the summer has come, it is only wording considering political nonsense… Unfortunately, it is only the primary impression, regardless of the modern Ukrainian-Russian relations status. It seems recently both parties have forgiven and forgotten mutual insults, suspicions in insincerity and former neglects. Immediately after it both Read more…
Dr Tilly Johnson, 82, one of Hamilton Farmers’ Market’s longest-serving vendors, has been slapped with a 30 day suspension under the Hamilton Farmers’ Markets’ Zero-Tolerance policy. The staff acted on a customer’s allegation that she was harassed by Johnson; the incident occurred Saturday, May 21st. Johnson was given notice at Read more…
While struggling with the reality of being a human instead of a myth, the strong black woman passed away. Medical sources say she died of natural causes, but those who knew her know she died from being silent when she should have been screaming, smiling when she should have been Read more…
The vox populii, the voice of the people, has become the vox Alli, the voice of Allah, following the stepping down of long-time president Murbarak. According to sociologist and adjunct lecturer at the Jamaica Theological Seminary, the Rev Peter Espeut, “The people of Egypt have decided that they have had Read more…
The last few weeks in Jamaica has been rather tumultuous, more so than usual because of information that has come to light regarding the extradition of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke to the US to face justice for alleged crimes and, this week, the utterances of one Raymond Wilson. Wilson is the Read more…
After pressure was brought to bear by the US on extraditing Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke and with the disclosure on his role in the related Manatt Phelpa & Phillips imbroglio, Bruce Golding decided to do something to salvage what little, if any, political capital he still had left. He decided to Read more…
In the summer of 2007, Jamaicans went to the polls and decided that after 18-plus years of PNP rule they wanted a change. They voted Bruce Golding and the JLP into power and, in the process, made Portia Simpson Miller’s stint as PM one of the briefest. She became Jamaica’s Read more…
Forty years on from the first, Earth Day 2010 was marked worldwide by countless events, project launches, meetings, speeches, press releases; actions big and small. The Caribbean was not left out. Our first earth-day-worthy post is that Senator Liz Thompson, former minister of energy and the environment in Barbados, has Read more…
“If I have to pay a political price for it, I am going to uphold a position that constitutional rights do not begin at Liguanea.” That’s the location of the United States Embassy in Jamaica. Strong words by Prime Minister Bruce Golding regarding the extradition issue of Christopher “Dudus” Coke Read more…
Up in the cool cool hills of Jamaica’s St Thomas, away from the hustle and bustle of everyday dirt and grime, just across from the Botanical Gardens, is a magical, mystical place, shrouded in tranquility, where one imagines the flora and fauna have witnessed untold history. In fact, the story Read more…
Where has it gone wrong for Bruce Golding and Barack Obama? Why have both men, who campaigned on platforms of ‘change’, faltered so badly in running their respective affairs of state? In September of 2007, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for the first time since 1972, won a general election Read more…