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  • Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz tie #5 France in Women’s World Cup Group F match

    The Reggae Girlz of Jamaica (JAM) shocked the world by playing to a 0-0 tie with powerhouse and number 5 France (5) in their first Group F encounter. It was a bitter-sweet win, however, as Khadija “Bunny” Shaw was ejected early into the extra time of the 2nd half after picking up her 2nd yellow…

  • Cable TV or “Skinny Bundles” or neither?

    Yow! In a recent tweet, a person going by River Ave. Blues (@RiverAveBlues) stated the following: CableTV is expensive, very expensive! “Skinny bundles” are expensive, some very expensive, they are definitely not “skinny” though they may not have all the channels that are available via CableTV, as you see from the tweet. Antenna plus free…

  • Humongous salary increases for Jamaican poli-tri-ticians

    Yow! Good day everyone! Jamaican politicians have increased their salaries massively. Former Munro, UWI, and Oxford man and current Minister of Finance and Public Services, Nigel Clarke, made the announcements and justifications yesterday (May 16, 2023). Some Facts 2021 GDP Per Capita – According to the World Bank, the Jamaican GDP per capita for 2021…

  • Descendants of slaves in Caribbean and Reparations

    For the past few years, there are small groups increasingly speaking up for “reparations” for slavery in the USA and in the Caribbean. Are descendants of the slaves owed reparations? Listen to this short audio on NPR ( National Public Radio ) in the USA that aired this morning (Wed April 26) about “reparations” in…

  • What would you do?

    Here’s the situation. You live in Jamaica. A not-so-close friend comes to you to borrow $1,000 JMD to buy food for his family for a week. You don’t really want to lend him because you have debts of your own but he’s quite persistent and assures you that he will pay you back in a…

  • Jamaica “on the road” to becoming a Republic

    You may remember just over a year ago, in 2022, Andrew Holness revealed to Prince William that Jamaica intended to become a republic, “moving on” from the “crown“. This happened on the Prince and Princess’ visit to the island. BBC News (via Youtube): Jamaica’s PM tells William his country is “moving on” to become RepublicA…