In Immigration Essays, author Sybil Baker, presents experiences of the immigrant through a successful combination of research, interviews, storytelling, and activism. These experiences range from her own as a world traveller to interviews with...
Somewhere along my life’s journey, I came across the saying “it’s never too late to be who you might have been”. It quietly resonated with me while I worked a series of entry to mid-level jobs in Antigua and Barbuda’s offshore financial sector. It...
Washed Off That raging fire, fierce than the ocean’s desire. That raging fire, That erupts not from the sky but something higher. My blood wasn’t enough to crumble it, I enraged and enraged and killed a bit. Misused my soul, Heart black as...
He is unequivocally the most famous Indian to walk on this planet - his signature toothless smile, gleaming eyes peeping from the circular, metal-rimmed round glasses, white loincloth and a shawl draped over his lean frame, made from hand-spun...
Twenty-four-year-old Romario Roach is the winner of one of two prizes of J$500,000 courtesy of NCB Insurance Omni Educators in Malta’s back-to-School promotion. “They told me that I had won a laptop,” said Roach, who got way more than he bargained...
In a setting where children aged three to 12 are already immersed in day-to-day technology through the use of cell phones and tablets as they use gaming apps or watch YouTube videos for entertainment, this also now applies to basic and preparatory-...
On September 18, Dr Merrit Henry launched her book Exploring Careers – Guidelines for Career Decision-Making at the University of Technology, Jamaica. The objective for writing this book, Henry said, was to assist students to get a holistic and...
Author: Alex Wheatle Book: Home Girl Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Alex Wheatle’s Home Girl is a tale of abandonment, abuse, and distrust. Adults fail their children, leaving psychic scars that run deep. From the unrestrained tongue of a 14-year-...
Deadly survival I could be a murderer. But I would rather be a survivor. You stripped me Like I was a stripper, But it wasn’t of my clothes, It was of everything That could arouse a strong man Beneath his trousers And make him curl his toes....
Networking is one of the greatest tools you have in your job search and in building your career. When you are prepared for a networking event by being proactive, you will be able to maximise the opportunity. Networking is about getting to know...
Diagnoses of mental disorders and drug prescriptions among school-age children have sky rocketed over the last two decades. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 20 per cent of children experience mental disorders – such as depression,...
Celebration and recognition of the life of Monsignor Gladstone Wilson will be the focal point at the 13th staging of the St George’s College Old Boys Association (STGCOBA) awards banquet on October 18 at the Spanish Court Worthington, 16...
Annually, September 22 is recognised as World Car-Free Day. As the name suggests, this is a day when motorists are encouraged to give up using their cars for one day. In October 1994, the first call for this kind of project was issued in a keynote...
The 15 stories in Christine Barrow’s Black Dogs and the Colour Yellow have varying themes, characters, and dilemmas. For the most part, they are set in Barbados, Barrow’s adopted country for almost 50 years. In the first story, ‘Panama Man’, we...
The Royal Ontario Museum, also known as ROM, is an extraordinary place, made even more extraordinary thanks to Jamaica-born Canadian immigrant Michael Lee-Chin, whose pledge of a $30-million gift transformed the ROM dramatically in 2007. But let me...
Cumberland High School was plagued by some serious challenges in previous years – lateness, irregular attendance, possession of weapons, uniform irregularities, gang-like behaviour, gambling, extortion, frequent fights, absence from class, and...
Celebration of Gleaner 185 Cum yah mi fren, mek mi and yu talk Yu nu hear wah a gwan down a Sir William Grant Park Downtown a go buzz like a beehive Nuh Gleaner Company a celebrate 100 and 85, Dem have banner wid dem slogan big and bold ‘...
In September 1999, an idea was brought to life by Dr Ronald Robinson that would transform university access in Jamaica, increasing the speed at which high-school students matriculated and improving the numbers of those who qualified for entry....
Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson reads ‘I am a Promise’ - the story of Jamaican Olympian Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce - to the students of McCam Child Development Centre on September 6. Maj. Gen. Anderson engaged the students of the...
A trip to Europe for film training and key filming equipment is on offer for young, amateur and aspiring Jamaican filmmakers being encouraged to participate in the European Union (EU) in Jamaica Short Film Competition. The project was launched on...
Inspiring music from 60 instruments filled Ellerslie Pen in Spanish Town, home of Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, on August 21, when graduates from the annual Food For The Poor Summer Band Camp displayed their musical skills before proud relatives...
Book: ‘Another Mother’ by Ross Kenneth Urken “Meaningful figures are mere silhouettes. But suddenly, at some point after the persons left us, we want the truth,” Ross K. Urken Ross Kenneth Urken’s Another Mother is a relentless search for...
