· January, 2009

Stories about Jamaica from January, 2009

Jamaica: Local Obama?

“Jamaicans should ask for nothing but the best from those who would aspire to lead”: Abeng News Magazine‘s Trevor Dawes thinks it might be time for a Jamaican Obama.

29 January 2009

Jamaica, U.S.A.: One Love?

Bob Marley's One Love was played at Barack Obama’s Opening Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, prompting Abeng New Magazine to say, despite the ironies: “We are proud that the...

20 January 2009

Jamaica: Praying in Patois

Iriegal shares her thoughts on the production of a Patois Bible: “I just want to say $60 million dollars is a lot to invest…there is so much controversy in translating...

19 January 2009

Jamaica: Wood & Water

The fact that Usain Bolt's home town of Sherwood Content experienced a sporadic water supply over the Christmas holidays prompts Kadene Porter of Abeng News Magazine to blog about the...

13 January 2009

Jamaica: Take My Word For It

Kadene Porter at Abeng News Magazine is less than impressed with the Jamaica Gleaner‘s New Year tradition of “publishing an exhaustive list of ‘prophetic’ utterances pronounced as the ‘Word of...

7 January 2009

Jamaica: Dirty Dancing

A Jamaican judge and women's rights activist condemns popular dance moves as being a bad influence children, prompting Jamaica Salt to ask: “What practically can be done? It’s only a...

7 January 2009

Jamaica: Blogging, etc.

“So 2008 was a rough year and 09 doesn't promise to be any better”, but Jamaica-based Annie Paul thinks that blogging can make all the difference.

5 January 2009