Beautiful star Sadness creeps in, deep within places hidden, Doubtful words seeps into the cracks unseen, somewhere between, reality and a green screen. But hope is planted by our mental seeds; The habits we maintain affects the climate of our...
It recently came to my attention that the Ormsby Memorial Hall at 3-5 Victoria Avenue in Kingston is being sold and there is a campaign to save it for the arts. The hall was named in memory of Rev Stephen Oliver Orsmby, beloved Rector of St Michael...
Jamaica-born filmmaker Diane Robinson will première her first film, The Young Vote, at this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which is celebrating its 26th anniversary in Miami Beach from June 15 -19, followed by virtual events on ABFF...
On June 11 and 12, 2022, the digital magazine of Caribbean writing, PREE (preelit.com), will host a series of seminars by some of Jamaica’s most outstanding writers, at the University of the West Indies, in collaboration with the Department of...
The Jeffery-Smith sisters, 1908 and onwards, were well-known in Jamaica in education, being teachers, and as pioneers in the Girl Guides Movement. These women made a major contribution to education and social development. The Gleaner in 1970 said...
“Divinity is described as attributeless, stainless, eternal, the final abode, pure, aware, free, embodiment of sacredness” Names may differ, but the substance is one. Rings are many, but gold is one. Nationalities are many, birth is one...
It is said that the name Jamaica evolved from Xaymaca, an Arawak word meaning land of wood and water. It was Paradise, an idyllic garden in which the Tainos, an Arawak-speaking people, lived, worked, and played. That idyll was brutally disrupted...
On Labour Day, Jamaicans should be focusing on workers’ struggles for decent working conditions, liveable wages, and their other rights, especially recalling the 1938 labour uprisings from which came the formation of trade unions, political parties...
You can call yourself a student only when you know the significance of education. Education does not mean mere acquisition of book knowledge. Many are experts in book knowledge and are deemed educational wizards and scholars. What service are...
Junette Alexander’s life is guided by her pursuit of becoming a visual arts teacher. Alexander, who is from St Lucia, travelled to Jamaica from her hometown of Morne Dudon to study fine arts because teacher training in this area is not offered in...
The FLOW Foundation recently graduated 450 students from its second cohort of the Skills for the Future Programme. The recent graduation now brings the total to almost 600 Jamaicans that have successfully completed the programme, many of whom are...
Last week, my article featured the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Cabinet ministers of 1955 and 1959 under Norman Washington Manley. I was particularly fascinated by Jonathan Grant. I know the name from the eponymous secondary school in St...
Jamaica’s moral and social ethics landscape, and its impact on Jamaica’s present and future development, will be the main focus of the Ninth UTech, Jamaica/JMMB Joan Duncan Memorial Lecture to be broadcast live on TVJ today (Sunday, May 15, at 4 p....
Henri Onimus was in his early 20s when he arrived in Kingston from France to teach French at the University of the West Indies, Mona, in October 1975. He was on a two-year teaching assignment in lieu of his military service in France, and he came...
Why weren’t women allowed to act in Shakespeare’s plays? – Anastasia, Herdon, Virginia, 15 The role of Desdemona, the devoted, loving wife murdered by her husband in Othello, wasn’t performed by a woman until 1660 – about six decades after...
Today, May 8, we recognise, honour and celebrate mothers – those who have given birth, nurtured and those who have raised a whole village. In spite of their trials and tribulations, they keep a happy face, provide for , nd protect their children....
The JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, in recognition of its 30th anniversary, will award 30 scholarships to students at the secondary and tertiary level for the upcoming academic year. The foundation’s scholarship application period runs until May 31....
From 2005, Tricia Nicholas’ love for corporate governance has grown. Corporate governance is a system by which companies are directed and controlled. For Tricia, her experience and law background make her the perfect candidate for this job. She...
American painter Spencer Reinhard is loving the new art he is diligently producing. Currently an artist-in-residence at Blue Macaw in Boscobel, Reinhard says his first trip to Jamaica has stirred his creative senses, and he couldn’t be happier....
On January 30, I wrote about the first government ministers appointed following Constitutional Reform and the first general election for the House of Representatives held under Universal Adult Suffrage in December 1944. This election was won by the...
A Preponderance of Thoughts is an ode to surviving depression. It outlines the author’s frantic, yet palpable emotions in a fight to stay alive. The poems explore and tackle the many questions asked when one’s mind is spiralling into a perfect...
The Gleaner, one of the oldest newspapers in the western hemisphere, predates the abolition of chattel slavery in Jamaica in 1838. It has reported on every major national event and milestone since then. And, its archives are an enviable repository...
