Big Puppy and the Turfites Episode 3
Episode 3 The informal committee has negotiated an arrangement with Don Jon Drug Overlord which guarantees safe conduct for his runners along a specified route through their turf. In return the overlord will pay a toll fee and remove his … Read More
Big Puppy and the Turfites-Episode 2
Episode 2 The inconclusive result from the committee meeting left a set of the resident members unsatisfied. Some “extra conference” discussions ensued and a trio decided to initiate a plan to address the problem. “Stew Paki” was authorized to sound out Don … Read More
Investing in Jamaican Art , A Brand from the Caribbean to be reckoned with.
Jamaican art will prove to be an investment that will stand the test of time, increase in value and remain strong for years to come. The development of the industry continues with the focus of groups such as the National … Read More
Big Puppy and the Turfites-Episode 1
Episode 1 This first follow up on our article “Big Puppy syndrome in Garrison Communities” is a mini snippet in which we seek to define the social environment from which the community evolved and to introduce the characters we plan to employ for our … Read More
Big Puppy Syndrome in Garrison Communities
Introduction Many Jamaicans seem to agree that their political environment is substantially deformed, and that one major element contributing to the deformity arose with the advent of politically motivated crime. There are distinct characteristics in one social grouping, parochially, “Garrison … Read More
Irrational Anti-Social Behaviour
Man, as ‘Social Animal’, is described prolifically in the annals of academia. The subject matter includes, but is not limited to, his survival traits, his communal strategy and the rules he adopts to promote communal performance and to negate communal … Read More
The PNP and Responsibility for Past Economic Policy
A member of the Jamaican Parliament during the 1990s, Mr Karl Blythe, confessed this week that the PNP government Made a mistake by holding to a high interest rate policy for over a decade. These statements were given in response … Read More
The role of civil society in Jamaican Politics
The Jamaica Gleaner has been publishing a series of editorials titled “The Gangs in Gordon House.” In the latest article we have the suggestion that civil society is disillusioned with the political process. It seems to me that disengagement from … Read More
Silicon Island Dream
A poem about economic and technological advancement in the islands.
The Truth Continuum
What is true and what is not true. Need we ask anyone to tell us these things.