Jamaican Till I Die!

Manchester United vs. Manchester City The final day of the 2011-2012 Premiere League season was one of the most exciting day of football I have experienced in a long time, this day would have been even more exciting if Arsenal was in Manchester City's position and Sp*urs was in QPR’s position and about to be regulated. It was a tense day filled with nail-biting drama that had everyone on the edge of their seats. The Premiere League Championship was decided by two goals in the last couple minutes of extra time. Growing up we use to say that the worst defeat was a 1-nill defeat but we have a new worst, the worst defeat is thinking you will be champion and to have it snatched away from you in the dying moments by your bitter, hated rival. That must have hurt, many Manchester United supporters must have cried themselves to sleep that night, that was brutal, like having your guts sucked out, gutted like a fish on international Television. The NHS will be handing out anti-depress...

“Dr Horace Chang, Former Minister of Water and Housing, stated that one-third of the people in Jamaica are squatters” ClovisToon: Residential communities being held at ransom by Squatters and the Government not doing a thing about it It is estimates that between 500,000 and 900,000 Jamaicans squatting across the island Our backyard extends behind the back wall, down the slope and across to the other side of the gully, beyond the gully is a couple acres of open land. The gully is vital to residence living on the hill because it controls the flow of rain water and should be kept clean to prevent flooding. One morning we woke up to find a rasta-man had moved on to the land beyond the gully and started building a shack, on land he did not own. The people living on the Avenue became very concerned and convened a meeting of the Neighborhood Association to determine the faith of the dreaded squatter. Some were concerned that the presence of a squatter in an upscale residential nei...

The Spirit of Jamaica Back in the days,  we had 2, sometimes 3 flights a day to and from Jamaica, live and direct, one could leave NY and be in Jamaica for Brunch or fish and festival on the beach. From Atlanta 2 hours and 20 minutes and you were home sweet home, sitting on your verandah drinking a beer. These days no such luck, traveling from and to Jamaica is like playing global pin-ball with various cities. You just bounce from one airport to the next like a mini bus from Half-Way-Tree to Papine, "Ready-One, Small-Up-Yu-Self".  The Spirit and JetBlue flights are now America to Jamaica locals, as you stop and idle in various North American airports before finally landing in Kingston because direct flights are hard to come by. A friend of mine said she left Jamaica at 3:30PM and did not get to Atlanta until 10PM. Another one said she had to go further up North to Chicago before she could head back in Jamaica direction and even then only got home after seve...