Jamaica
Op-Ed: Dance and Jamaican Politics
April 23, 2012 | 2:43 pm | 0 Comment
By Lorenzo Smith Op-Ed Contributor Dance as an expression and practice of relations of power and protest, resistance and complexity, has been the subject of a number of historical and ethnographic analyses in recent years. These analyses complicate issues of ethnicity, national identity, gender and less, commonly, according to Susan Reed. Reed postulates the more...
Trinidad and Jamaica Meet in Qatar to Discuss Trade, Caribbean Court of Justice
April 21, 2012 | 1:46 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Jamaican Foreign Minister AJ Nicholson (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Foreign Minister AJ Nicholson met Friday in Doha with Trinidad Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz to discuss a range of issues, including regional trade and CARICOM. According to Nicholson, he is particularly concerned about the issue of free movement within CARICOM. more...
Jamaica’s Voicemail Unveils New Mix Tape
April 21, 2012 | 1:20 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican dancehall duo Voicemail has released a new mix tape ahead of the planned summer release of their new album. The mix tape, called "Journey Continues," was mixed by popular radio jock and selector Kurt "the Party Animal" Riley. "We just released the mix tape and, at the same time, we are fine tuning tracks for the upcoming more...
Marcia Forbes: Marley, Belafonte, Blake-Hannah and Jamaica at 50
April 20, 2012 | 4:33 pm | 0 Comment
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Redemption Song On Thursday, April 19, the highly-anticipated Marley Movie (it is really a documentary) premiered in Jamaica. It was appropriately hosted at the Emancipation Park, a beautiful space that only 10 years ago was a virtual dust bowl. Now the Park, famous (some say infamous) for its Laura Facey-inspired and executed more...
Jamaica Looks to Tackle Lotto Scam
April 20, 2012 | 12:02 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Minister of State Julian Jay Robinson By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica's government is drafting legislation and setting up an inter-ministerial task force aimed at curb a multi-million-dollar lottery scam in Jamaica. The new drive has been motivated by "the increasing attention being paid to the lotto scam and the response of law enforcement and more...
Op-Ed: Education in Jamaica
April 19, 2012 | 2:35 pm | 0 Comment
By Lorenzo Smith Op-Ed Contributor Aside from food, water, and shelter, the one thing that a person will most need in life is an education. Of those four necessities, education is the only one that can help ensure a person's consistent ability to provide him or herself with the other three. It is a sad fact that, however much people and politicians talk about its more...
Jamaican PM, Barbados’ Rihanna Make Time List of 100 Most Influential People
April 18, 2012 | 2:08 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Jamaican PM Portia Simpson Miller and Bajan singer Rihanna By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Bajan-born singer Rihanna have been named to Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world for 2012. Simpson Miller, 66, was returned to power in Jamaica's December national elections, more...
Op-Ed: The Death Penalty in Jamaica
April 17, 2012 | 12:06 am | 0 Comment
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica currently has one of the highest murder rates in the world. More people are killed proportionally in Jamaica monthly than are recorded killed in Afghanistan and Iraq in the same period. The country remains among the 10 nations with the most murders per 100,000 population, according to international data. While March more...
Op-Ed: The Roots of Jamaica’s Brain Drain
April 16, 2012 | 12:10 am | 0 Comment
By Javed Jaghai Op-Ed Contributor During a speech at Hillel Academy on March 20, Jamaican Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna, admonished students to resist the urge to migrate to more developed countries. I was amused by the request because she appears to have a very limited understanding of why many young Jamaicans migrate. Popular wisdom presumes that more...
Marcia Forbes: Branding Cuba
April 12, 2012 | 12:10 am | 0 Comment
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A Country in Transition I first visited Havana, Cuba at the end of the 1980s. It was a country in transition, with the “Cold War’” beginning to thaw. That “war,” driven by mighty rhetoric, political alliances and tensions, was mainly fought on the grounds of ideology — capitalism versus communism. The USA and the more...
