Gordon Swaby

I remember the days when $20JA could buy me a patty, now it costs $80. I remember when $10 could carry me home from the town, now it costs $50; I remember when you could purchase a “box lunch” as we Jamaicans call it for minimum $100, now it costs close to $200.
I never thought […]

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This has been on the lips of many Jamaicans as of lately…“Gays giving us deadline?”. Well yes, they have given Jamaica a deadline. There demands:

They want the Government of Jamaica to produce public service announcements denouncing homophobic/transphobic violence. They are also calling for a national homophobia/transphobia education cam-paign, and the repeal of the buggery laws […]

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A headline in today’s paper was ‘Jamaica to grow rice‘, that truly surprised me. if we were not experiencing a food crisis, i highly doubt something like this would have been considered, we would still continue to depend on Guyana and other countries for our staples.
What this food crisis is doing is forcing us to […]

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It’s not often i see patriotism being displayed at it’s optimum level, but a couple people out there love there country with no apology and that should be commended. Jamaica page started operations in January of 2006, it’s a well put together website if i say so myself and no Jamaican should think twice in […]

Popularity: 10% [?]