L est We Find Gold, written by Melanie Schwapp and published by Bala Press, will be launched on November 6. The book moves in several directions in a captivating, rhythmic maypole dance of brightly coloured and subtle-hued stories of life, love,...
Beyond the realms of popular culture, myths, fables, and perceived notions, customs, practices, and traditions that have their genesis in ancient civilisations, have deep rooted meanings, which personify and are key identifiers of a country or...
When I was younger, I always enjoyed making things, whether it was food, paintings to hang in my bedroom, or little bowls made from the dirt in my yard. I loved reading and stories. My parents made sure our lives were filled with imagination and...
After reading the 29 short stories written by Hazel D. Campbell and collected in the 2019-published Jamaica on My Mind, you appreciate the contribution the author made to the island’s creative writing and her role in chronicling and documenting...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP): Tucked inside a museum on the Harvard University campus is a gallery teeming with plants so lifelike in appearance you’d be forgiven for swearing they’re real. But this foliage is glass – really old glass. There’s a...
Erin McKoy wears her home on her ring. The distinct map of Texas is more than an adornment. It is being grounded in her roots and is a constant reminder that coming from Sherman, a city of 40,000 ‘somewhere there’ in the United States’ second-...
Life within the humanities has taught me how to speak and how to listen, and as I write this, I realise that those lessons have both denotative and connotative meanings. As a Caribbean School of Media and Communication graduate, I have been blessed...
Author: St Hope Earl McKenzie Book: The Rooms of His Life David Alexander Richmond’s life is one of quiet intrigue, one that is authentic and rich in meaning. It is in the rustic culture of Jamaica that an identity emerges, unconstrained by the...
TOKYO, Japan: It was just a subway trip to help the 2019 cohort of the Association for Promotion of International Cooperation (APIC) Japan Journalism Fellowship appreciate the public transportation system of the country, but the ride from...
Local publisher Ian Randle Publishers (IRP) continues to make waves with a steady stream of new books that belies predictions of the death of the printed book as the publishing company commemorates 30 years of scholarly and general publishing in...
After two years in the post as principal of the Bois Content Primary and Infant School, Camilla-Walsh-Reynolds is expressing gratitude over the newly constructed infant department built at a cost of approximately $8 million. Under her leadership,...
It was the celebration of a time-honoured Indian tradition touching the shores of Jamaica. From October 5 to 8, Club India, on Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston, was transformed into a bedecked neighbourhood of Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta), where during...
The Members of the Mandeville Art Fair Committee of the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Mandeville have announced the 28th annual Mandeville Art Fair and Craft Fair, which opens on Thursday, November 7, at 6 p.m. The Art Fair will continue on Friday,...
Heroes Day Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” (William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night) But there are thousands and thousands of unsung heroes , in life, whose greatness is never...
History…a look back in time, words and phrases that are in the yellowing pages, distant memories - but beyond those chapters and books, it is a compendium of events, some fortunate, others unfortunate, that defines a country’s present in some form...
Children are at play The children are at play. Some are eating dirt. Others are mudslinging. Some are uprooting. Others are sidestepping the mess. It’s the nature of the game To refute and shame, To scandalize and rebuke, To denounce and...
“The saying goes,” said Manuel López, second secretary at the Embassy of Mexico to Jamaica “if a bridge was built by the silver that has been mined in Guanajuato, it will stretch till Spain.” This is a saying. Whether such a feat could be...
October heralds a change in the seasons — even in the Caribbean. The days grow shorter and the fierce heat of the sun lessens. Countless birds journey to their winter homes in the Caribbean. For World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), Caribbean people...
Students from 11 tertiary institutions will square off in the Northern Caribbean University’s Invitational Debate Series (NCUIVDS) scheduled to be held on October 21 at the university’s Mandeville campus. The debate, which is geared towards...
Markland McFarlane, a former Youth Reaching Youth (YRY) graduate, says he will definitely be attending Sour Grapes’, the fund raising play being put on by the Swallowfield Chapel educational outreach on October 18, 2019. Markland is one of over...
Book: Moments of Cooperation and Incorporation: African American and African Jamaican Connections 1782-1996 Author: Erna Brodber Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Erna Brodber’s ‘Moments of Cooperation and Incorporation’ bridges the historical...
A number of research studies, including one by my colleagues and I, show clear benefits, such as improvements in employee satisfaction and productivity, savings on commuter costs, and fewer days absent through sickness. However, this wave of...
Since 2018, the Government of Jamaica, through the National Science Programme, has implemented a microscience pilot programme in primary and secondary schools to improve student performance in the sciences. This pilot is aimed at exposing current...
