Stories about Jamaica from October, 2008
Jamaica, U.S.A.: Crossing the Racial Divide
Jamaican diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp has been closely monitoring the US Presidential race and thinks that “there is a need for real patriotism on both sides and for the voices of rationality and impartiality to speak up. America used to have them–before she turned over her media to spin doctors,...
Jamaica: Olympians Call for End to Violence
As the Jamaican Olympic medalists implore their compatriots to “stop the violence”, A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah says: “I hope someone listens to them.”
Bahamas, Jamaica: Money & Culture
Bahamian Nicolette Bethel and Jamaican Geoffrey Philp have a conversation about art, culture and money that leaves the latter to conclude: “Culture is too important to be left in the hands of people who only know about money or power.”
Jamaica: Quick Picks
Jamaican Marlon James announces his picks for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature: “My money is on Adonis, largely because a poet is overdue.”
Jamaica: Complicity
“How did we get here? Where have these savages come from? Where is the Jamaica we once knew?”: Kadene Porter at Abeng News Magazine not only has the answers, she has a few solutions.
Jamaica, Haiti: School Term Delayed
Jamaica's Abeng News Magazine reports that schools in hurricane-ravaged areas of Haiti are struggling to re-open after the storms.
Jamaica, U.S.A.: Portia & Palin
Kadene Porter at Abeng News Magazine suggests that Jamaican Opposition Leader Portia Simpson-Miller and US Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin “have more in common than just the bangs in their signature coiffes…”
Jamaica: Raising the Bar
Active Voice says that the Jamaican Olympians “have raised the bar very high” – and wishes that the Jamaican media would follow suit.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Jamaica: Saving the Children
Between watching a feature on institutionalised youth in St. Vincent and hearing news of the child murders in Jamaica, Abeni concludes that “we must save our children since the alternative is just too grim.”
Grenada, Jamaica, U.S.A.: The VP Debate
Grenadian Blah Bloh Blog and Can a Jamaican take Cali sound off about last night's US Vice-Presidential debate.
Jamaica: A Nation Mourns
Jamaica is in mourning as the headless body of a little girl believed to be 11-year-old Ananda Dean was discovered weeks after her abduction. This harrowing end to the search for Dean is made even more disturbing by the fact that more than fifty children have been murdered in Jamaica since the start of the year. Bloggers are as shocked as the rest of the population, and are making their voices heard in an effort to examine how such brutal acts against minors have become so widespread.
Jamaica: Save our children
Jamaicans of all ranks are mourning the plight of the nation's children. The figures show that nearly 60 children have been killed since the start of January 2008. A recent spate of child slayings has raised this issue to the forefront of the nation's awareness. The community anguish that arose...
Jamaica, U.S.A.: Economic Fallout?
“Jamaica's dollar is valued much lower then the American dollar, which of course makes it a ‘ripe’ market for the black market.”: A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah wonders how the current U.S. economic crisis will affect Jamaica.
Jamaica: Workplace Diversity
“The term ‘difference’ is a fairly new one to the Caribbean workplace and it generally applies to obvious aspects such as race, gender, age, religion, physical ability, etc. However, our international reputation is largely being tainted by our strident relationship to gays and homosexuality”: Francis Wade blogs about “the not-so-diverse”...
Jamaica: Poetry Rubric
A rubric for assessing poetry? Jamaican Geoffrey Philp is working out the parameters.
