Covid Information Overload
Too many people have been experiencing information overload. This is in part due to the fact that many lay persons, in their efforts to help, have all become “health professionals”, sharing …
‘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 …
Granny’s Remedy
Across the world, most countries are subject to varying natural disasters that are life-threatening and usually of high probabilities, bearing in mind their geological conditions and climate. Many of these are …
Fully Dunce?
So, it’s COVID “season” and what has now become seasoned and percolating is this term “fully dunce” that has been going around in the Jamaican space. So, let’s unpack this a …
Too little too late
For some-time now, I have noticed a similarity in approach to governance by our leader and the President of the United States. The written letters of resignation that were a requirement …
Blacks as lab rats? No way
Millions of white people have throughout history, maintained that they are the ‘chosen ones,’ and that blacks are not fully human. Not only have they promoted this by any means possible over …
What has COVID-19 meant for the Film Industry
It goes without saying that the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 has changed the world. Many industries have been crippled with few managing to leverage technology to keep their hearts beating and pushing …
From Mandatory Quarantine to Self-Isolation
My wife and I, each year, normally take a long vacation to the Southern Hemisphere during its summer months. However, this year we thought we would change and visit southern Europe, …
Mi good- good tun up: The pride of motherhood, with a twist
Mothers love and are proud of their children. This is true for the most part; since we have certainly heard of mothers who treat their children in ways that would tell …
Being Quarantined is no Fun
As a joke, on the 21st February 2020 I put a post on my Facebook page asking if anyone wanted a free cruise. I was absolutely shocked by the number of …
IT MAKES ME SICK!
Once again Jamaicans must listen to regular bleating from MPs about their “low” salaries. Robert “Chicken Feed” Pickersgill called it chicken feed. Yet so many politicians contest run-offs in order to …