PALMYRA (AP) At the height of the Islamic State group’s rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country’s famed Roman ruins in Palmyra. Eight years later, IS has lost its hold...
War Walk and run Bomb and gun This is no fun Is it about the oil? Is it about the soil? You choose Either way you lose Let’s get serious Are we destroying the genius? Wait!! Is that someone family on the tar? Or is it your family in...
Our world is no longer the same as it used to be. Our smart devices bombard us every second with an abundance of information, most of which is unnecessary in our daily lives. Where does all that information ultimately land? In the mind!...
“A Suh It Guh”, a photographic retrospective of Marina Burnel, a Kingston-based French photographer whose work is inspired by the city and the people who call it home. Far away from her home in Normandy, the overt sensory overload of Kingston’s...
Fine artist Shawn Ashman has always had a desire to express herself. She started her artistic journey as a young girl in Grants Penand used her art to express her thoughts as she basked in its therapeutic effect while creating. Since then, she has...
The development of Jamaica’s first ‘living museum’, the WARE Living Museum of Built Heritage and Traditional Crafts, located in southern Elizabeth is well advanced. This open-air/living museum concept is on track to be a unique Caribbean, heritage-...
Protean alto saxophonist and trumpeter Lester “Ska” Sterling’s effect on the development of Jamaican popular music has been profound. Not only has he performed on uncountable recording sessions and live engagements, but his influence on horn...
Is it possible to lead a worry-free life? What does one need to be free from worries? Most people would say that one must have enough money without which it is well-nigh impossible to be free from worry. In a world of economic uncertainties,...
The Sky Gallery’s current exhibition, the second installation of Women in Art, features 11 female artists who were selected from more than 30 submissions, introducing a greater variety of visual art forms to the rooftop gallery. The artists...
L’Acadco: A United Caribbean Dance Force is among the top-ranking representatives of Jamaica. An indicator of this debate-defying capability is that the dynamic ambassadors of Jamaican culture were headed to Europe to perform, right after the close...
Mommy, Mi Luv Yuh You’ve been everyone’s rock, confidant and safe place, A strong black woman, a Queen inna fi wi human race, Yuh enchanted spirit transcends to outta space, Mi just a mek you know still, just in case, Sometimes wi figet dese...
Published:Sunday | May 7, 2023 | 1:10 AM
Stepping Out As I step out today I remind myself That I’m a child of the Most High God The daughter of a King Yes, I am an overcomer More than a conqueror am I I can do all things through Christ Who gives me His strength. It is well, it is well...
Run to Freedom is a story that grabbed my attention and held it from beginning to end. The book is just over 200 pages and the gripping narrative is set on an 18th- century Jamaican slave plantation. It tells the story of the lives of the slaves...
Shanelle McPherson has a passion for cybersecurity and a drive to make a difference in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. In fact, this combination of knowledge and zeal has already parleyed her to success in several...
Troy McKoy recalls the first time he sat down to write a book about chess. “It was on November 9, 2017, which also happens to be my son’s birthday,” McKoy said. The inspiration, according to him, was something that his wife said seven months...
King Charles visited Jamaica on several occasions. In 1966, he accompanied Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Princess Anne for the Eighth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, which was held at the National Stadium. He visited Kingston while...
The National Museum West located in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, is a hidden gem filled with historical treasure. According to Sharifa Balfour, the curator, the museum is often overlooked because people don’t know that it exists. People pass by...
Introspection is an important step in the process of improvement. When we turn our attention inward, we get to understand the thoughts and feelings we have, identify where they are coming from. There would be myriad feelings – both negative and...
The Sky Gallery hosted an exhibition, Women in Art, which opened on April 11, where the founder, Tara Brown, expressed the need for a show that focused solely on the work of female artists. During the pandemic, women artists faced additional...
“We gonna fight, fight, fight, fight, ‘gainst’ apartheid. -Peter Tosh. Many, to this day, consider Peter Tosh an angry, firebrand entertainer who existed in the shadow of Bob Marley, along with whom he and Bunny Wailer founded the Wailers. But...
Doug Tallamy, the wildlife ecologist and entomologist who urges home gardeners to join forces and create a pollinator-friendly “Homegrown National Park,” is now bringing kids into the effort. Tallamy has become a leading evangelist for the return...
Mismatched I am a cold breeze in the summer season. I do all the right things but for all the wrong reasons. I am the villain in my own dreams, A stranger to my purpose, I’m never what I seem. I am a spotted zebra, a striped cheetah, Mismatched...
