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Raising the Age of Consent in Jamaica Will Not Help
In Jamaica the issue of the age of consent being raised from 16 to what is thought to be a safer 18 is steadily gaining traction. But why? Why are people so appalled and surprised that young people are...
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Jamaicans Should Focus on Being Orginal
The world of today is highly competitive; so much so that big corporations are running from the kitchens heat. In such a global economics climate Jamaicans can’t afford to be confused by those who...
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Bounty Killer – Look
This “Poor People Guvana” displays his frustration with the political system in Jamaica lyrically declaring his vexation with the hard grounds the youths have to walk day in and day out in what is an...
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Church Means Business in Jamaica
The statistics show the situation, “Jamaica has the most churches per square mile in the world”. Aw, disbelief and amazement might strike the non-Jamaican reader as they say to themselves, “don’t they...
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Jamaica, a State of Contradiction
As we draw to a close of our 50th year of “independence” one simply cannot ignore the fact that we are a country filled with a myriad of contradicting views, lives and sense of nationhood and identity....
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Rappers, Dancehall and the Media
Just a while ago I got through watching Pusha T and Popcaan’s “Blocka” video which was shot in Kingstion, Jamaica. The entire video was based in one of Kingston’s obviously disenfranchised communities....
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Africa, Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia and the Emptiness in the West
The topic of black identity in the West is something that has been furiously discussed for decades though not in the mainstream media. Nonetheless the literature is there, it points in numerous...
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Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
On December 14, 2012, at least 27 people, including 20 children, were killed, in a school shooting (also referred to as the Connecticut School Shooting) at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Sandy...
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Why Rastafari Music Should Depart from Religion
Rastafari alongside Reggae/Dancehall has cracked open every crevasse and corner of the global sphere and is continuing to do so through relentless efforts to push the music farther. But something that...
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Jamaica Has the Best Politicians in the World
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Jamaica has had politicians who should be studies for those inept new comers to the political sphere who suffer from an incessant need to tell the truth,...
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