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By Mabruke X September 11, 2026

‘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 …

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‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica

September 11, 2026

Beware rising right-wing tide

September 11, 2026
By Olive Nelson October 15, 2021 5 years 479 words

A New National Awards Committee? But How New?

Olive Nelson When the national honour awardees virtually assemble to collect their awards on National Heroes day, this year, the previously proposed recipient Merrick ‘Al’ Miller will happily not be among …

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By Olive Nelson June 25, 2021 5 years 1,024 word

Renaming Jamaica Crawling Peg Style

From as far back as June 2020, the country was put on notice by Member of Parliament (MP) Desmond McKenzie that the Denham Town Primary and Infant School was destined for …

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By Olive Nelson February 19, 2021 6 years 1,223 word

Targeting inflation: The BOJ’s Pointless, Wasteful Advertising Blitz

“Low, stable and predictable inflation is to the economy what the baseline is to reggae,” declares the voice over Tarrus Riley’s Gimme Likkle One Drop take-off. “High inflation is a wicked …

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By Olive Nelson November 12, 2020 6 years 600 words

A Message To The PNP Hierarchy: Put Up Your Swords And Give Mark A Chance

November 7, 2020 was a day like no other for Jamaica and the USA. It was the day on which delegates of the People’s National Party (PNP) headed to the polls …

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By Olive Nelson January 10, 2019 8 years 1,249 word

The brave new world of public transportation

As a child I grew up on public transportation. All of my secondary and most of my tertiary education was pursued under the offerings of the Jamaica Omnibus Service Ltd (JOS) …

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By Olive Nelson March 22, 2018 8 years 913 words

National or Notional Heroes?

“Diaspora Jamaicans renew call for Bob as National Hero” was the title of a lead story in the Gleaner of January 29, 2018 – an annually recurring theme with every approach …

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By Olive Nelson April 14, 2017 9 years 1,032 word

Dancehall and carnival — vulgar displays of licentiousness

We are again approaching the end of another soca/dancehall carnival season. Every day now we are being bombarded from our television screens and newspapers with scenes from the carnival blowouts, bang-ins …

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