Black Jamaicans Not Entitled To Leisure

The UDC is on the wrong side of history. Selling out the Jamaican people! Why should a public beach be, essentially, a moneymaking operation?

Lee Arbouin – Fierce Champion For Justice

In Lee’s honour, I will continue to do all I can to ensure that Peach Beach remains open to the public. It must not be privatised.

Culture Clash Inna Di Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Some a di backward Adventist dem inna Jamaica no tink seh Dr Robinson do nutten wrong to dat./ Som a di bakwad Adventis dem ina Jamieka no tink se Dr Robinson du notn rang tu dat./ Some backward Adventists in Jamaica don’t think Dr Robinson did anything all that wrong.

Adventist Pastor Promoting Marital Rape Fired

Pastors like Dr Robinson who are stuck in Biblical times when women and slaves were forced to submit to their husbands and masters are victims of centuries of brainwashing that cannot be magically reversed.

Joan Clarke’s Easter Promise

Of all Joan’s distinguished accomplishments, it is her legendary Easter bun that many of us will longingly remember.  In her professional life, Joan excelled in the field of quality assurance.  In private life, she skillfully applied that expertise in the delicious science and art of bun making.

No Gender Bias In Skeffrey Family Portrait

Principle may conquer prejudice. But it rarely inspires affection.

Left-handed Children Suffer In School

Are our teachers trained to recognise and solve the problems that left-handed students encounter in school?

Marcus Garvey’s 1920 Convention Took New York By Storm

Garvey conceived the assembly as “The First International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World.” Approximately two thousand delegates from twenty-two countries attended. The congress was a grand affair lasting for the entire month.

What’s Sexy For The Goose?

Why are men and women held to such different sexual standards? It appears as if women are not supposed to enjoy sex. Why should women settle for doddering old men? Why shouldn't we marry hot young men? Who makes up the rules?

Never Mind Yaw, Novelette!

Ongle ting, yu never born wid no baton. Sake a dat, yu can form like seh yu a commissioner. Yu can act good-good. But dem nah gi yu di real-real commissioner work.
Ongl ting, yu neva baahn wid no batan. Siek a dat, yu kyahn faam laik se yu a komishana. Yu kyahn ak gud-gud. Bot dem naa gi yu di riil-riil komishana wok.
The one thing you lacked is it: you weren't born with a baton. So you can pretend as if you're a commissioner. You can act very well. But they're not going to appoint you as commissioner.