CURRENT EFFORTS: Hurricane Relief food drive in Jack’s River, Oracabessa in early November, 2025. The first drive was at Jack’s River Primary, a school Green Team has worked with for over 12 years. It is a vibrant place with a principal, Miss Johnson, and her...
Today the 22nd April is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. As we reflect on the Earth our home planet, we have to acknowledge the fact that this pandemic has changed the way we live. Pollution is down as much of the world is on lockdown. Clear skies, the return of...
Hilary Robertson-Hickling (PhD) Senior Lecturer Mona School Of Business and Management The University of the West Indies Mona It is now fifty years ago that the Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff wrote the following song.Many Rivers to Cross. The word are as follows; Many...
As a child, I remember being transfixed by a Jamaican TV show called “Ring Ding” hosted by a Dr. Louise Bennett who was affectionately called Miss Lou. Ring Ding was a kind of Jamaican Sesame Street with one major character: Miss Lou. She presided over groups of...
At least once a month, I want to preview a new book. This month, I am happy to preview That Time In Foreign by my Jamaican colleague, Dr. Hilary Robertson Hickling. For those not familiar with Jamaican vernacular, yes, foreign can be a noun as well as an adjective....
I was born in Jamaica, a former colony of Great Britain. When I was growing up, I did not really understand what that meant. I knew only that we spoke English and Jamaican patois but English was the official language. I knew too that we learned a lot about British...
