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Who Has The Right to Move Freely in Caribbean Territories?
The Freedom of Movement principle was born on the foundation that we are one community made from different culture with a unified voice. The aim was to provide growth among member states through the...
View ArticleCan you Guess the Secret Jamaican Flu Medicine?
Ginger is often called an herb or a root, but its aromatic, culinary and medicinal properties have been revered for thousands of years in Jamaican, Asian, Indian and Arabic cultures. It is also known...
View ArticlePrincipal Allegedly Gets His Penis Bitten Off by Another Man
A man suffered severe injuries to his penis after it was allegedly bitten by another man in Portmore, St Catherine on Friday night. The incident happened along the Green Bay Main Road close to the...
View ArticleHomophobia In The Caribbean: Anti-Sodomy Laws And Persecution, Being Gay Is...
But the Belizean anti-sodomy law has remained virtually the same since the 19th century: “Every person who has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any person or animal shall be liable...
View ArticlePeter Phillips accuses Gov’t of miscalculating in $1.5m tax plan
The opposition spokesman on Finance, Dr Peter Phillips, on Tuesday accused the Government of trying to hide its miscalculation in sourcing funds to help implement its planned income tax break for...
View ArticleAdventists Urge Government To Say No To Gay Community
Senior clergymen of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church have made it clear that any decision to repeal Jamaica’s buggery law will not be in alignment with the Bible, and as such, warned policymakers to...
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How Nutritious Is Bun & Cheese?
As we all know Easter has finally came upon usEaster buns come in different shapes and sizes – round, small, long, and fruited. No matter what, bun is just bun to us Jamaicans, and tastes better when...
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Kingston’s Mayor Talks About How Parents Can Help Prevent Homelessness in...
In a recent interview Hon. Senator Angela Brown-Burke discussed her approach as Mayor in addressing homelessness within Kingston and St. Andrew. While at times she has been called to remove homeless...
View Article65 yr Old found Burnt To Death In Own Home
Jamaicans are still in shock and curious about who’s behind the gruesome burning of an elderly woman who was found burnt to death inside a barrel at her home in Iron Gate in Chapelton, Clarendon...
View ArticleJamaicas Omar Mcleod ends World Indoor Championships with Three Medals
Jamaica’s Omar McLeod has produced a clinical display to win the 60m Hurdles at the IAAF World Indoor Championships at the Oregon Convention Centre in Portland, Oregon. McLeod, the 21 year old former...
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DEAF NOT DUMB …aka Time For Jamaica’s Deaf Community To Join The Conversation
“My experience with the Jamaican education system as a Deaf Jamaican has not been a good one,” notes Shana-Kay Goodman. She is an outspoken colleague of mine. We work alongside each other as part of a...
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Pearls Among Stones …aka A Young Poet’s Triumph over Jamaica’s Normalized...
Her name is Christena AV Williams. We’ve never met physically, but we’ve met through her work. She is an award-winning young Jamaican poet who, like all of us, has a unique life story. However, quite...
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ADVERSITY BUILT RYAN …aka How one Albino Teen’s Story Can Teach the World an...
Young Leader. Artistic. Christian. Determined. Enthusiastic. Self-Motivated. Dedicated. Role Model. These are a few descriptors applied to the 19 year old overachiever Ryan Scott from his...
View ArticleTivoli, Tivoli, Part 2 …aka Ebony Patterson, the Blinged-out Coffins and...
Remember when Ebony Patterson loud up di ting? Still on the aftermath of the 2010 Tivioli Incursion, not many people would envision using Jamaica Carnival as a platform for espousing the atrocities of...
View ArticleSupporting Corporal Punishment is Like Paying Teachers to Beat our Children.
I am indeed saddened by the irresponsible utterances made by the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s current President which encourages violence against children as a hallmark of the teaching profession....
View ArticleJamaican Politicians Who Do not Support Gay Rights – #1 Pearnel Charles
Pearnel Charles told Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters at a rally in St. Ann that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was only trying to get votes when she pledged in 2011 to bring the buggery...
View ArticleGay Rights Activist Challenges The Buggery Law in Jamaica on Human Rights Day
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, a new constitutional challenge to the Jamaican anti-sodomy law will be launched in Kingston. This outdated holdover from the British colonial era is a...
View ArticleA Message To My Transgender Family by Tasheka Lavann
This LGBT Feature by Tasheka Lavann continues to celebrate Transgender Awareness Week. Lavann discusses the relevance of Transgender Persons as part of a larger conversation in Jamaica, Caribbean, and...
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