The word ‘Educare’ has its origin in the Latin word ‘Educare’, which means ‘to elicit’. Educare has two aspects, the worldly and the spiritual. Worldly education brings out the latent knowledge pertaining to the physical world. Spiritual...
Twenty-six-year-old Jamaica-born Acquille Dunkley opened his first exhibition of contemporary art pieces last month in a format which is unusual in both in its style and subject. For this self-taught artist, this project has taken seven years to...
LONDON (AP) A Cambridge University college handed over a bronze cockerel looted from Africa in the 19th century to Nigerian authorities as part of a modest but growing effort in some European countries to return African art taken by colonial...
Cuban President, Dr Fidel Castro, visited Jamaica in October 1977. He arrived on the island on October 16. There was tight security at the airport, which was relieved by clear, sunlit skies, and the disarming smiles of government officials and...
Hundreds of students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) in 2022 began live classes on Tuesday, October 19 through an online exam preparation programme being facilitated by Scotia Foundation in partnership with One on One...
“My life is my message,” once said Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi as he is known the world over. India’s national leader, reformer was a great communicator. He connected with the masses, mobilised a whole country against the mighty...
An open-air ‘Living Museum’ concept is coming to southern St Elizabeth. The brainchild of the Wattle and Red Earth (WARE) Collective, a non-profit organisation launched by a group of Jamaicans, who are seeking to preserve and restore historic...
In a twist of fate – something he’s become acquainted with – Bloomington artist Joe Lee’s personal history has led him to create a graphic novel he hopes will tell the story of a Holocaust survivor who forgave her tormentors. The loss of two...
Monday, October 18, we celebrate Heroes Day in Jamaica. We also have individual heroes and for many of us, they include our parents and a few others. My living Jamaican heroes include: Olive Senior, Eddie Baugh, Mervyn Morris, Kwame Dawes and...
A cadre of prominent Canadian Black Health researchers is coming together as The Black Health Education Collaborative (BHEC) to provide black health education for all health professionals and students. The collaborative’s first module will be...
The publication comprises speeches that the author has delivered to various audiences over the last 50 years, but in particular over the most recent 30-year period since Audrey Hinchcliffe established Manpower...
As a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), Jamaica is prone to sustainability challenges, especially those related to the environment, such as climate change and its impacts (flooding and droughts), and social challenges such as poverty and...
A picturesque garden Of untouched beauty Precious to behold. But such a treasure Keeps secret a story Of your untold love That’s reserved ... Shielded by strong trees A vow you made Never to be enamoured ... ever again...
Rose The trials of life truly bite With teeth of lion they grip, rip and tear The burdens of life are hard and many Some live on the streets without a penny Some live in sorrow, fear and pain The level of pain only God understand. Rose has...
The 1692 earthquake was the beginning of the end of Port Royal as Jamaica’s most popular city. In a few seconds its glory days were over, and the place once known as the ‘wickedest city on Earth’ became a shadow of itself. Across the harbour there...
Published:Saturday | September 25, 2021 | 12:09 AM
Life recycled Blood runs in the streets from the gun – More blood runs in the streets from him – he could not run: The sound of gunshots masks cries as another man dies. Blood runs burning the spot where the ammunition caught. More blood runs...
Published:Saturday | September 25, 2021 | 12:07 AM
President of Tanzania Julius K. Nyerere paid a very active four-day visit to Jamaica in September 1974. He received a rousing welcome from the thousands which thronged the Norman Manley International Airport. Here are some pictorial highlights of...
The moon waxes and wanes, your dear comes and goes; the moon turns full and narrow, for our life’s happiness and sorrow; for both human and nature, imperfection is universal. We are one thousand miles apart; the moon looks always dear to...
Carefully interweaving stories about the life of an organisation in tandem with the life of an interesting human being, Jermel Shim presents his latest publication, The Lay Magistrates’ Association of Jamaica and its Founder Oscar L.N. Shim. Newly...
Published:Saturday | September 18, 2021 | 12:06 AM
The city of Paris unveiled a monumental artwork built around an actual monument: the Arc de Triomphe completely wrapped in silver and blue fabric. The installation by late artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who conceived the project in 1961,...
Published:Saturday | September 11, 2021 | 12:07 AM
Last year summer, Olive Senior, Jamaica’s current Poet Laureate, started posting poems on the pandemic on her Facebook and Twitter pages. The poems were mostly generated from words or phrases specific to the pandemic, such as ‘Corona’, ‘Flattening...
What makes one want to pick up a book? For some, it’s a catchy title and distinctive cover design. For others, an author’s name trumps every other factor. ‘Bookmarked: New Caribbean Writing’, edited by Annie Paul, has all of the above. For anyone...
For Stephen Laditi, year one student at University of Toronto (U of T), engineering is all about change. “The jobs that engineers do are always for the betterment of society,” he says. “Whether it’s about making roads safer or designing sustainable...
In his new mystery, author Peter Heller pulls off a rare balancing act once again: He gives us fast-paced action and intrigue, interspersed with closely observed, reflective nature writing. Speed up for the crime-solving, slow down for the Zen. The...
