10 Jamaican Myths – Busted
March 29th, 2010
Jamaica is always in the news…world news, sporting news, music news. You name it, we are being mentioned. Now it might seem mind boggling to some (it is to me) [...]
Category - Life in Jamaica
Jamaica: ‘we likkle but we tallawah’
March 24th, 2010
Jamaica, we likkle but we tallawah, words which echoed in our minds growing up, like Latin declensions. But what does this term really mean? With famous and influential Jamaican icons [...]
Kingston 10′s deadliest neighborhoods.
March 22nd, 2010
I live in Kingston, I love Kingston, but like most capital cities, Kingston has its gritty underbelly. However, that does not stop it from being one of the most vibrant [...]
Sleep by your gun, Die in your sleep
March 19th, 2010
It is mind boggling how Jamaican gunmen are always sleeping. Serious, is like you have to be a narcoleptic to become a gunman. The story is always the same; police [...]
Pay UP or Shut UP! – issues of taxation
March 19th, 2010
“Freedom isn’t free.” –Anonymous– I am saddened that the brilliant mind that made the above declaration is unknown, as he/she should be heralded in putting words to a sentiment that [...]
Jamaica Fact Sheet 2010
March 14th, 2010
* This article aims to provide a quick and dirty statistical snapshot of Jamaica and so is relevant to now (hence the year on the title). I did not personally [...]