The news comes on one,two, three lives gone again in a Jamdung Twelve dead in Mobay everybody worried  Uncles,aunts,brothers and sisters  everybody fall victim  Police have no answers,politicians drive by just another day in Jamdung After 5 gone you walk fast on the road Sweat pours down your face as you hear the first gun shot ring out Hands firmly placed on your heart as you hear the screams and shout People around you walk by as if nothing is wrong how comes nobody cares about crime in Jamdung? Children going missing everyday but we turn our faces the other way Then suddenly your sister is gone for days and you don't know what to do All of a sudden you see the faces of the girls you turned your face from Then it finally hits you crime is serious in Jamdung A text comes in on your phone saying congrats you have won You run to the bank to collect your millions Couple hours later your bank book is empty  Tears flow from eyes as you...

Firstly, what a blessing it is to live in a country where we still are afforded many privileges. When I look around I don't have to look far to find something to smile about in Jamaica on the other hand however I don't have to look far either to find something to be sad about. The source of a Jamaica's many problems stems from selfishness. Selfishness from politicians,children,old people,teachers,pastors,selfishness can be found all over the island. When I enter a taxi I always pause to say good morning or good afternoon and am often met with strange stares as if I have done something wrong. People have sent me messages saying I bash my nation too much,really? Even when I address the negativity I always highlight the positivity. I want a change in my nation therefore I will make known the wrongs that I see taking place. Parents, the bible speaks to training up a child well when he is young and when he is old he will not depart from it yes that is true.But honestly I have ...

Well well everyone making plans on boycotting Trinidad products well I for one am not interested in taking part in this 'new trend' think about it is it just recently that Jamaicans are seeing some sort of selfishness on the part of the Trinidadians? I'm not caught up in the hype and just because it's getting more focus now means I should join the line listen 13 days is just 13 days what happens after? Believe it or not people will continue to purchase the products.Why are Jamaicans not ready and willing to boycott American products? Some Jamaicans spend hundred of thousands of dollars to get a visa but then are rejected but they go out and complain and boycott all the favour products that Americans have in our country but then again would we even have anything left? We have strength for Trinidad however to plan this so called boycott. Listen to me Jamaica has far more problems than this boycott right now why don't we use the type to think about why countries are fi...

I haven't been blogging in some weeks and I would like to apologize to my frequent visitors. I'm currently without a laptop as mine cracked under the pressure recently hopefully God will bless me with a new one soon. Happy holidays everyone and please, please be safe on the roads.

  A world where people don't love you if you can't supply them with all the material things they need. A world where people marry just to get citizenship in a country. A world where the most educated aren't the ones given the best of jobs. A world where the television and internet are left to teach our children values. A world where the leaders of the church spend more money on church buildings tha n feeding the poor. A world where children receive guns before they receive a book to read. A world where in one half of the world people fight for an apple to eat while in the other we pick,choose and refuse what to eat. A world where we cry when we have no new clothes or shoes but some have never felt the warmth of a shirt and pants on their cold flesh. A world where politicians get increases in pay while the citizens are placed on wage freeze for years. A world where everybody proclaims they can't trust anybody. A world where girls value are always occupied with their look...

 Am I the only one who notices the reaction made whenever a police man is killed or someone of some importance in society. The topic of their death is the headline of every newspaper and fresh on the minds of ever politician. Is it then safe to say that some lives are valued more than others? I believe its's safe to say so.I remember a year back or so there was an incident with a police man beating a police man and it was captured on video, the man died due to the injuries he received. Just this year the police man walked away freely. Whenever someone from the inner city is killed yes it is televised but in a matter of time it is overlooked and we hear nothing of the incident anymore but when someone who is of importance someone with some status in society it is televised for weeks even months. To ask that this be changed would be like asking to open the heads of our people and placing new values and morals within them, simply impossible. Why do police men and politicians expec...

The black man fought to simply continue to breathe the breath of life The shackles and chains rusted away but the memories of the will to survive are here for us to adapt Though the bodies of those who began the fight lay below us and we walk upon it day in day out Let us serve as a reminder to us a edifice for us to look unto a fountain flowing with golden water of promise They see the black of our skin even now and frown upon us They frown upon us not because we are black because we have always been black to them But because they see us standing in the same place that they left us We say we are determined to make our lives better but we still call them our idols and we adapt each and everything they do Our culture though still written on paper and carved in rocks from as far back as the Tainos Is quickly being erased from the minds of Jamaicans The fight to survive we say but are we really? Our young know more about the culture of foreign lands than they know...

Beautiful skin, soft kisses she brings A voice that can take the worse pain you feel far far from within Didn't you have a mother as you grew up? or even a grandmother or sister that loving and protecting was a must If anyone should stare at them too hard you would jump up and make them feel safe Then who are the ones who slay the flesh of the young? Who are  those who with death in their eyes part a young child's legs and watch the innocence die Don't you remember when your mother would kiss you at nights? Or made sure you had something to wear or eat  Even if you had no mother a woman's touch could do wonders Respect has left the heart of men Seems a woman is nothing more than another vessel to invade and conquer Will it ever stop? The question lingers Rape is the word that we hear ever so often These men are weak but are the leaders of our country strong? Silence they bring as if nothing is wrong Change we seek but the leaders c...

The ‘Savior’has come It’s been on the lips for months and months now the ‘Saviour’ has come Long meetings, budgets tabled and now the time has come The government flashes bright smiles as they read out the judgment The crime will stop? The unemployment will stop? The corruption will stop? No Then why should we return smiles because the ‘Saviour’ has come The student loan still has no money People can’t afford to provide for their families But they tell us to be happy because the ‘Saviour’ has come The government expects us to believe that better will comes from the ‘Saviour’ come Politicians seated with legs crossed in parliament waiting on the “Saviour’ to come Now that the ‘Saviour has come will all our problems disappear? The ‘Saviour’has come but light bill is still high Everything is still taxed Salary remains the same And we continue to wait for the ‘Saviour’ to work The government has placed all its eggs in one basket They both down  to the ‘S...

It's really nice to see many Jamaican ladies going back to their natural roots these days I applaud them. However I've come to notice that many of them I starting to feel high and mighty as if going 'natural' somehow makes them above others. Let me kindly enlighten your darkness if you live a life that doesn't embody one of purity and one that is different from the rest of the way of the world you are no empress. Simply getting your hair locked or wearing it unprocessed has nothing to do with the kind of lifestyle you live, who you are comes across in how you interact with people on a daily basis. If  you wan't to proudly be called an empress I believe your actions should reflect that.

The wind lifts her feet revealing the inner components of her beautiful physique A body so toned and smooth the heavens declare her beauty is unmatched, in a class of her own The sun hits the well defined structures of her face with eyes so bright she leaves you yearning for a taste A taste of her skin , her lips her breasts a taste of happiness, a Jamaican woman at her greatest She has dark skin, long straight hair she walks with such surety  she is a Jamaican beauty Mixed with different races she embodies the nation 'Out of Many one People' She wears it on her blouse, she wears it on her heart She's yet to speak but you've fallen in love with just one glimpse, One glimpse of her face, one glimpse of her frame She is a Jamaican beauty, you don't know her story, you don't know her name Just one look at her body rocking from side to side to the rhythm of the reggae sound She still hasn't said a word but her body reveals her inner thoughts ...

     This morning I was just sitting on my veranda and listening to people around me and observing people as they went about their daily activities. In times pass you would smell the pots early Sunday morning and knew that Sunday dinner was being prepared, the traditional rice and peas that is expected in Jamaican homes. However this morning I saw around five individuals passing with box foods. The times have come in Jamaica when people can no longer afford to prepare a home cook meal as they would wish to or the fact that some individuals have to extend their work week to make ends meet. In the evenings children would wait patiently for the ice cream man to come to indulge themselves in some ice cream those times are also things of the past  as majority of parents can't find the money to give their children to buy any ice cream. Stop someone you see on the road walking and ask them  how are you doing the most familiar response will be, times hard man can ha...

 Well its back in the news again and cries are being echoed for something to be done about the increase in acts of violence among our children. Wonder how long this topic will be relevant or how long it will be on the minds of us Jamaicans. Well I have been talking about this issue for a longtime and I will continue to do so. Some will say that even when a parents grows up their child in a certain way when they send them out into the world all forms of influence will come at them and there is nothing they can do about it as a parent. So I ask then who should be held responsible for these acts of violence committed by children? Cries are ringing out that teachers should be responsible and that the churches should be held responsible. My solution to this problem is that each and everyone of us as Jamaicans should be held responsible.We need to conduct ourselves in ways that our children will adapt good behaviour starting from the Prime Minister to the average citizen. If each and...

  Are Jamaicans still about action, or have we become silent? Our nation is faced with many  problems and indeed we voice our disgust my blocking roads and calling our for justice. Is that enough? It doesn't seem to be as we still have the same problems that we do. When the government imposes new taxes or transportation costs are increased we complain for a day or two then we accept the measures implemented. Are we too soft as a people?  In my opinion I would say yes  the government needs to realize that they can't do as they please after all we area democratic nation for a reason. Other nations around the world have simply become frustrated with how their leaders are representing them and have stood up and are still standing up until something is done. We emulate so much from other nations especially America then why don't we join them in voicing more strongly the issues we have with our leadership.I believe that some of us don't seem to realize that we are more...

  Jamaica is now buzzing with reactions pertaining to the topic of bleaching that was addressed on the program 'All Angles" last night. The topic wasn't a shock to Jamaicans as we see bleaching  everywhere we go in our little island. Some comments being passed are that the individuals being featured are not comfortable in their own skin and are shamed of who they are. This brings me to the issue of makeup which those who proudly wear it, wear it to 'accentuate their beauty' as they say isn't that the same thing these individuals are doing? I'm not targeting anyone or their believes just showing another side to this story. Some women live in makeup they don't feel comfortable going anywhere without it because they don't like how their skin looks again I say isn't that the same thing those women featured are saying for the reasons they bleach.Other women stated that it'ts a fashion thing just as dressing and hairstyles aren't those simi...

Our tears flow into the sea that surrounds our nation We cry out loud but the hatred and selfishness around deafens the sounds My mother cries over my body while you change the station Three of us killed in a week this is nothing but a bloody nation All I hear is how I am the future of my island but presently I'm fighting to be a better human You don't see my struggles, you don't feel my pain my tears are bursting through my fragile veins I am a child, my mother and father are my guide But I am a child of this nation a child who needs help, help to find a new light a new direction I cry, I cry, I cry it does nothing but fall to the ground A day or two later and so called words of comfort are echoed from the leaders microphones What happens next? Life goes on Till another one of my friends is gunned down and a mother cry out No more tears I want to cry No more tears for my mother,father or my friend The whole nation needs an awakening Bills and bills and...

When a nation no longer embodies its motto 'Out of Many one People" and is no longer united just merely on a paper when I sign that our nationality is Jamaican. When a nation decides to use the culture of other lands as its primary source of education their child. When a parent doesn't spend time to educate their child on the history of a nation but allow that child to be fed the practices of the  land we look up to so much'not the mother land but the land we seem to view as the answer to all our problems america' when a nation looks for inspiration on literature,dress and music from other lands and places ours on the back burner. The young will not be educated about what the true meaning of a Jamaican is. The young will simply be living in Jamaica but have the minds of Americans. That is what Jamaica today is all about our young know more of foreign lands than our own therefore the Jamaica you grew up knowing is gone

 Some will boast how much they given to their child, how they ave them the opportunities to foster the best education. Some will boast that they provided them with the best of everything, good clothes, technological gadgets and all the money they needed. How many can boast that they know their child's friends, they know their child's dislikes, they know when their child is hurting? To be able to know these things to me is what makes you a good parent. Some parents are confused when their child will echo that "You don't even know me" but why are they confused? How many times have you stopped to ask your child how are things? How is your life going? Food, clothes and shelter can't makeup for a lack of  communication. Some children spend most of their childhood hiding from their parents, simply afraid to say certain things to them therefore resulting in them making decisions on their own without proper guidance.   Jamaica needs parents in the homes yes but J...

   Last week I was looking through the comments on some of the pictures of this years contestants in the Miss Jamaica World competition and it literally drove me to write this today. Who really is the ideal Jamaican beauty? Shouldn't it be a Jamaican woman who is confident and proud to be  Jamaican one who is knowledgeable about the history of the nation?. I was baffled by the terms used by some of our Jamaican people, one individual stated "She too black" another stated "She too white and  American looking" what does a Jamaican woman look like? Once again I'm left to think that our people have forgotten that our motto is 'Out of Many one People' maybe its time we create a new motto that embodies the new frame of mind that our people are in.   I saw a young lady, dark skinned with unprocessed hair and a comment read,"Now this is a true Jamaican beauty" should I then conclude that lighter skinned women with long hair or women with proce...

  Being young in this world is by far not an easy journey riding on a roller coaster for five hours straight would perhaps be a much more easier task. That's how the journey is really at first we are filled with excitement ready and willing to be taught, grabbing the instructions as we go on our ride. As the journey goes on and on we  have to take matters into our own hands understand how our mind works and what is right for us. We will throw up now and again and we may have friends and parents to wipe up our mess but there are times when we have to decide whether or not we will sit in our own mess or learn to clean it up ourselves.   I have come to understand a trend with young people, we are so dependent on those around us especially in how we think. Some of us are simply robots walking on the face of this earth. To be different today is to be called ugly or lame. Young people will spend what little they have to simply fit in, to attend all the parties and...

Mother wipes my nose, kisses me and puts me to bed I stare through the window waiting, hoping that my father would come in next Breakfast is prepared, my mothers hands kneading the flour The same hands that scrub the floors, wash the clothes and press the uniforms I was one of ten and my mother had no idea where my father was I would close my eyes and nights and wonder what he looked like or even how he spoke Even though my father was never around I held him close, close to my heart I had no memories of him but I felt like I knew him Each time I walked to school and saw men standing on the corners lusting at me I felt like that's exactly how my father would be The nation needs fathers but not just fathers, good fathers Hardworking fathers, honest fathers, fathers with dignity In my class I felt at home only one out of fifty had a dad at home He would take her to school each and everyday Walked her to her seat not just make sure that she was at the gate I loved ...

   The news comes on and the list of missing children are displayed we look on and thoughts flash through our mind, man yard she gone man not even going to pay them any mind.The following night the news headline says body of missing child found in bushes and we say,"A weh dem wicked people ya come from man". Many times we fail to do what we can to help because we have seen cases of young girls who have ran away from home to be with friends or their boyfriends but wouldn't you rather to be safe than sorry? It also goes to say that some parents know fully who is responsible for the deaths of their child but refuse to say anything out of fear, so you know what happens? those same individuals move to the next victim and the trend continues.    Ever notice how vocal our political representatives can be when it comes to issues pertaining to politics but so quiet when it pertains to issues of security and development of the lives of the nations children. The ensure th...

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Another party tonight I must be there Exams around the corner but that’s the least New shoes, new hairstyle must touch the streets I am young So why the need to worry about life I have years and years and years to live my life My bones are strong my flesh is tight I need to show no respect to the elders who fought the good fight Money is the pree don’t care how Friends have to see that I can drive nice car and live in nice house Read and write? No that’s not the pree Sitting in a classroom when gun and weed out a street Need to get rich quick and live my life I am young Mother and father can’t tell me where to plant my feet My friend died by the gun But I am still young I shall buy a gun and be the new don man Girls here and there that is the way I envision it Here today gone tomorrow? at the back of my head I am young I have all the time in the world Step out and sell my weed and trade for a gun One bullet ...

Comfortably seated on the low walls of the houses of the rich and the famous Hands positioned in the upright position weed in one hand beer in another The curvaceous body of a young developing young lady passes by You cry out to her to give you a moment of her time She fans you off with her hands upright, school books on one hand handbag perched on the other As you fall prey to the strong aroma of your weed You reflect on the her as you remembered you sat beside her in class Your parents gave you all you needed but the way of the corner drew you away You ceased attending school and money was spent on parties and smoking weed was now the order of the day Friends with their flashy cars, designer shirts and jewels that could hypnotize any way ward youth Things came easy for them and that's the way you wanted it to be Soon enough blood stained hands wiped your sweat Your eyes red no more purity within them You killed the very friends you had and the family who cared...

 Hey everyone been away for a couple of days  but I 'm back!!!    This morning I was watching Smile Jamaica on Television Jamaica (TVJ) as I always so however this morning the leader of the opposition Andrew Holness was was on and on this occasion I saw a calm and collective side to him, in his natural habitat away from the jungle of the parliamentary discussions and there was an absence of the blame game.There is rarely a day that goes by that we aren't face with the usual arguments between the two major political parties that head our country when this usual battle is missing it is viewed as a good day. The blame game has become even more present these days due to the infamous term IMF in our country now its on the lips of majority of Jamaican's.     I find it so upsetting because when the JLP first got into the IMF dealings the PNP was in strong opposition, when the JLP wanted to borrow funds from the NHT the PNP again was in strong opposition yet ...

        Everywhere you go someone has a solution to the problems that Jamaica is currently facing yet still we still have problems.Years of solutions on paper, plans for a better tomorrow but with each step we take the problems accompany us. Enough of the signings of new contracts, forming new million dollar deals with international companies, sitting in parliament signing new bills. Action is needed now, today, more than ever as  people continue to die by the hands of our fellow people, children drop out of school because of the inability to pay the required funds. Eighteen years under one government maybe is what gave me this voice in the first place. Seeing our people sit back and just say "a tradition man me nah switch" not only brings tears to my eyes but stirs up my blood within. Problems indeed need solutions but problems need effective and realistic solutions not mere words that will stay inked on papers but will not formalize and bring hope to the a...

He bites his lips as I sway my hips The passion bubbles up from the fountain of youth filled with enthusiasm He wants me I want him The feeling of want increases as he opens the first button of my blouse My body shivers as my mind leaves to a better place My body becomes weak  His belt buckle my wet hands try so desperately to meet Wanting to unleash the power that was so neatly covered underneath His aggression  doesnt scare me  As he massages my breasts  Sweet words he whispers as he kisses the back of my neck Perhaps I should feel a bit scared to show him my nudity But with him everything feels so safe As he speedily unwraps the condom paper Months of waiting finally caught up with him As he held me firmly and released his passion within The love made was better than one could ever imagine As he kissed my forehead to begin the final round I bit my lips so as to not make a sound He grabbed my hair as pleasu...

    All publicity isn't good publicity. Echoes rang out from Hanover to Portland about the recent commercial from Saturn. Couple weeks ago we were being praised for how happy and patriotic Jamaicans can be and ministers were honoured by the advertisement. Today, a new picture is being painted but to my surprise some Jamaicans see nothing wrong with this commercial, proud Jamaicans aren't they? When citizens can sit down and believe that the commercial is a good thing it leaves me to wonder how proud we are of the black,green and gold  of our nation. Then again I'm really not that shocked by the words of those who see nothing wrong with the commercial because some of us treat our flag with little or no respect so hey it really isn't no big deal if another country does the same thing.    Its not even about comparing how America would react in this situation because quite frankly I'm tired of the comparisons. We area country set apart so why should we fall in li...

Remember as I child when our parents did each and everything for us. The times when we were down and our little steps couldn't seem to find the right balance.Those times when we took a bite of something that looked so enticing to our little eyes but were not meant for sensitive little stomach.At that moment in our lives our parents paved the path of our lives.However as more steps were taken on this path that we found ourselves our parents let go a little bit as we now knew a bit more of how to balance.   Our teenage years brought us to the belief that we somehow understood the path that was paved for us. That human want of control,the satisfaction that we know all the answers filled our once fragile little bodies as we flashed off our parents as they reached out a helping hand to us as they knew we hadn't yet understood the path of life...the path was so far from complete.   As we reached that bridge from teenage years to adulthood the path was now filled with potholes tha...

Sexy dresses, designer suits, expensive hair, golden shoes Pointy finger nails, painted faces,bottoms evidently swaying as they walk The woman has an image she tries to maintain each and everyday Its in her hair, its in her clothes, its in her shoes its in her pose Why isn't it in her voice or in her words?? The woman is beautiful and brightens up the world The woman is beautiful and adds darkness to the world The woman is scared, silent, weak and confused The woman wants a change in the world but she falls prey to the evil in the world The woman is loyal The woman is disloyal The woman stands by her man and guides him on the right path The woman stands by her man and plans his way to doing evil The woman calls the man a dog for his wicked ways towards women The woman feeds the dog his bones and pets him and hugs him when he cries out for forgiveness The woman has so much worth The woman sits aside and accepts abuse the woman has lost her worth The woman is smart s...

This has been a problem for me for a very long time. Studying history through out high school also opened my eyes to appreciate and respect myself as a woman more and to start sharing my opinions and what I stand for. Why is it that men believe that they we as women are supposed to be limited to the kitchen and household activites? Were you blessed with a different brain than we were as it been proven that you are able to make better decisions that us? No, quite the opposite actually. Now men continue to believe that women only cause problems when it is those same women who have keep them grounded in this world. Don't get me wrong we have our bad ways but are men perfect?? You know why this saying continues to be used because women are accepting it and subject themselves to this and don't push themselves to make a better life for themselves. We are viewed as the ones to clean the house,cook the food and provide the man with all the sexual desires he wishes to be met. Men use ...