Greater Toronto Area: A vast and well-developed Jamaican ecosystem
I have viewed the impact of many of these organizations from a personal and global perspective. The JCA in Canada, however, is a different…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Holy Week: A recollection of Easter in Jamaica
Suffice it to say; I understood the response entirely because I also missed the start of Lent. Two days after Ash Wednesday, I realized…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Advocacy group questions Canada’s influence on Jamaica’s Constitutional Reform Committee
The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) notes that the Government has finally named the members of the Constitutional Reform…
- | News, Commentary
Leadership and the Diaspora
Many of us jump into action and in front to capture the opportunity to quickly become famous, with the fantasy of knocking heads with high-…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Jamaican Diaspora: Reflections of the good ole days at Christmas time
With December hosting the darkest day of the year, the Pagans lit bonfires to keep the darkness away. Unable to curb the Pagan…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Garbage and its deeper social and political implications for Jamaica
With the garbage in mind, I decided to have her take me to the Riverton City dump. I never knew where this place was, so I was genuinely…
- | Commentary
The nexus between early childhood education and crime
These are the stories in the news announced by leaders in the past week. The question is, do you now see why Jamaica has the highest crime…
- | Commentary
The PNP is a vessel of confusion, misinformation and desperation
This especially after the JLP government’s expert handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The People’s National Party (PNP) has…
- | Commentary
Exposing the myth of African responsibility for slavery (Part 1)
The only way to respond to this type of mischievous propaganda is to subject it to the cold hard undisputed facts of history! So,…
- | Commentary
The confusing squatters’ rights debate in Jamaica
Since slavery, the Jamaican governments have had interesting relationships with informal occupants. However confusing at times,…
- | Commentary
Crime | Jamaica’s big white elephant
It took me many years of interactions but never able to understand concepts and terminologies and effective ways of determining how to help…
- | Commentary
Protect women against sexual predators, time to come out of the darkness
Many of us recall various bad things about our childhood, and a significant amount of us refuse to challenge…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
The real solution to Jamaica’s teacher migration
During their studies I noticed something that was quite odd to me at the time. They were all going to a health facility assigned by their…
- | Commentary
Nation building through educational engagement
Communities that shape schools and schools that are driving forces behind the transformation of the communities make a major difference in…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Jamaica 60 Old Harbour celebrations: A real statement of intent
The unmistakable black, green and gold colours that has so defined Jamaicans the world over formed a thematic scheme that created a euphoric…
- | Commentary
Celebrating Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence 2022
The Emancipation Declaration was read from the steps of the Old King's House in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, which was the country’…
- | Commentary