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VIEW: The brutality and bloodthirst of the Jamaica police
As usual, the police in Jamaica are acting like a law onto themselves and the time has come for society and the government to say enough is enough…
Read MoreVIEW: Recession and Jamaica
This fixation with cutting rather than stimulating has come at a great cost to people living in those countries, as lots have lost their jobs, homes and
Read MoreVIEW: Dancehall for more or sore in Jamaica?
In the early beginnings of dancehall, with foundation dancehall artistes such as Jose Wales, it was a means of expressing the feelings of the common man
Read MoreJa labourites get bringle with Queen Portia Simpson Miller?
NOW after bragging about ‘good progress in first 100 days’ which includes the period the green was removed deliberately from the National Flag for a national event.. Jamaica Labour Party supporters have had enough. At least for now!
Read MoreVIEWS: More reactions to missing green in Jamaica flag issue
Webmasters Click Here & Make $$$ WOW… I, Anthea McGibbon, say to cartoonist LAS MAY you tormented… BAWWWDLY.. I love you to backside.. THIS is a fairer cartoon.. BIG UP Las. Your sense of humour is uncanny… D.I.P!!!!:) ________________________________________________________________________________ INTERESTINGLY Andrew Holness.. I cant say the same as in his assessment.. the damaging of a national symbol by ruling government was not critical for mention. DUH… Pull up your socks pass politics OPPOSITION minister. You too TIGHT! FULL ARTICLE ON JLP’S ASSESSMENT of PNP in 100 days: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=36614 TO forum…
Read MoreUK resident replies to ‘Crime on Jamaican returnees’ letter
Hi Joel I have just read your articel on ‘crime on returnees to Jamaica’ which was published in 2010. I am not sure if since this you have done any further research or investigation into this issue but as the daughter of a retired woman who is living in Jamaica I am extremely concerned for her safety. My mother has moved back to Jamaica after suffering a bleed on the brain that very much nearly killed her. As a result of the brain trauma she now has brain damage that…
Read More‘When fools go market, bad goods sell’
If fools nuh go market — bad goods nuh sell… TRANSLATION: ‘When fools go market, bad goods sell’ Jamaican proverb or wise sayings or not.. makes sense and CENTS! INCIDENT: Yesterday a man claimed he had a car sitting in his yard not worth 5,000 and said he would take even 5,000 for it.. Up comes a JAMAICAN who enquires about the cost. On being told that he was to make an offer, the man offered J$17,000, but came back with $15,000. Now now in true Jamaican loyal style.. he…
Read MoreModernity is within us, it’s old, but new
“In this pilgrimage in search of modernity I lost my way at many points only to find myself again. I returned to the source and discovered that modernity is not outside but within us. It is today and the most ancient antiquity; it is tomorrow and the beginning of the world; it is a thousand years old and yet newborn. It speaks in Nahuatl, draws Chinese ideograms from the 9th century, and appears on the television screen. This intact present, recently unearthed, shakes off the dust of centuries, smiles and…
Read MoreEDITORIAL: Why are people of mixed race labelled BLACK?
This is why some people EXCEPT me run from the label Black- I a not chinese nor indian nor Jamaican white nor a mix. I am a natural blend – brown if you please.
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