The illusion of fighting for one’s country
“We Stand Tired And Tested Our Hearts Resurrected One Truth This Is What We Live And Die For We Fight With Conviction No Time For Excuses One Life It’s Our Only …
‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica
I and I build the cabin,I and I plant the corn,Didn’t my people before meSlave for this country,Now you look me with a scorn,Then you eat up all my corn. Those …
Understanding Truth
Grasping the truth is more complex than most people will acknowledge. What we accept as truth is shaped not only by what we can observe and measure, but also by the …
Flora and Fauna from Africa to Jamaica
Flora and Fauna from Africa were first brought to Jamaica by the Spaniard Diego, son of Christopher Columbus, through enslavement of Africans and continued by the British from the 1650s until …
The Jamaica Constitution – what do you know?
“In questions of power, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Jamaica became an independent nation among …
PNP pain
We are almost a year out since the general election, which saw the JLP’s mammoth seat count become a slim one. The election saw the PNP whittle down the JLP’s seat …
Lessons from the Heart
I am weak and need the strength of a greater force, a force that causes me to reflect on what makes me happy, peaceful and content. I need a force that …