Where do we find the First 50? Who are the pioneering organizations that are supporting the pioneers? Kingston Creative is an ambitious vision. The goal is to build, steadily build, an art district downtown. After all, Kingston is a UNESCO Creative City – with a focus on music, but there is much more besides to … More Kingston Creative Gathers Momentum
The way women are portrayed in traditional media (and now, I dare say, in social media) has been the subject of complex and often heated debate around the world for decades. In Jamaica and across the Caribbean, this is still very much a burning issue. For example, Women’s Media Watch (now WMW Jamaica) has worked … More Documentary Film “Miss Representation” Examines Media Images of Women
The Digicel Foundation continues its focus on strengthening educational and care facilities for Jamaicans with special needs, and they are really making a difference. I was not able to attend the opening of a multi-functional centre – the Care Plus Centre of Excellence – at the Jacob’s Ladder community in Moneague, St. Ann, last Wednesday, March … More Caring for Jamaicans with Special Needs
Mr. Fabian Brown, founder of Value Added Services (VAS), has always been a man of action. Things happen around him, and they are all good things. “This is partnership in action,” said Mr. Brown at the launch of new emergency services at the ninety-year-old Nuttall Memorial Hospital in Kingston last week. Under its redevelopment program, Nuttall … More Less Talk, More Action: The Nuttall Partnerships
Starting with bad news. I’m sorry, but will have to tell it like it is… Deaths, injuries, talk, no action: On Tuesday, a jet ski rider hit an American tourist in the head and did not stop. Tomas Torres Castillo of Las Vegas, Nevada, who was vacationing at Travellers Beach Hotel in Negril, died later in hospital. … More Looking for Good News: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The weather’s heating up again, but Kingston is exhaling a little as the school term has ended and the frantic dashing up and down with schoolchildren has died down. It is a beautifully quiet morning, now that our anti-social neighbor has stopped with his noisy grass trimmer thing. (But I suppose that is preferable to … More School’s out, and it’s July 7, 2013
I am late! And it’s July 4, so may I extend a very happy Independence Day to the many loyal readers I have in the United States, friends one and all. I also omitted to wish Canadian readers happy Canada Day! Anyway, that said I do apologize. Life has been busy. There has been much … More Yes, late! It’s not July 3, it’s Happy 4th July, 2013
Well, dear readers, the first part of my weekly review can be found here: https://petchary.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/midweek-special-a-jamaican-news-update-for-april-17-2013/ Here is Part Two… “No new taxes”…today: The presentation of the Budget came and went without much fanfare. Local media diligently reported, analyzed and tweeted highlights. But we do know that this annual ritual is…just that. There are likely to be … More Here’s the second half of the week: April 21, 2013
It has been a strange and difficult week for the Jamaican Government. Not much joy. And the drought is biting so hard in Kingston, our garden is literally parched earth… Psalms don’t help: Junior Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon Richard Azan has been in … More Parched Earth Sunday: April 14, 2013
Following up on my last post on the wonderful community projects that the Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre is involved in over on the eastern side of the island, I thought I would share just a few more of my photographs of the districts of Trinityville and Somerset in St. Thomas. I hope this gives … More Eastern Promise: St. Thomas, Jamaica
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