West Indian Migration – Part II: The early years
When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, its passengers were mainly men. Later, when people were recruited from the Caribbean to work in the National Health Service, those professionals (usually women), had jobs in which single lodgings were provided. But Caribbean migrants were not the only ones competing for homes and jobs […]
The Times
I wrote this prose sometime between 2001 and 2005, I remember I was inspired by a chain email I received regarding a similar topic. I think sometimes we need to reflect on the life we want to have and think about the reality of achieving it. I have learnt that sometimes we just have to […]
Gun Control! Urgently needed in the Caribbean
In the Caribbean in the 70s and 80s an argument in the schoolyard was a big story. Sometimes those arguments turned to fights leading to the culprits either being excluded or expelled from school. This leads me to look back fondly on those times and to compare them with today’s violence in schools and neighbourhoods […]
Tales of the Virgin Islands: Helen of Troy, Robert Mugabe…a political satire
Now your Wannabe Admiral Horatio Nelson is dumbstruck. The anger of a cross section of the Virgin Islands public appears to have reached boiling point: it has gone NUCLEAR. And it is a very palpable epiphany indeed. Many a Virgin Islander today ambles about seething, filled with wrath; the smoke of Hades visibly coming out, […]
The View from Europe: Crime damaging Caribbean development
Over the last year, a number of studies have looked at the adverse effect that crime is having on Caribbean development. They show that increasing levels of criminality have eroded confidence among investors, and have reduced international competitiveness by introducing much higher costs in the form of additional security or transactional costs. Not only does […]
West Indies Eves confident of success
Last year they reached the final of the T20 World Cup but Australia and a 28-odd runs came between the trophy and the West Indies women’s team. So this time they are back with a bigger dream and a better team. The 15-member team, captained by Merissa Aguilleira, arrived in Mumbai, India on Thursday to […]
UGG celebrates Grenada’s 39th Independence Anniversary
The United Groups of Grenada will be holding yet again another spectacular Gala Dinner in celebration of Grenada’s 39th Anniversary of Independence on Saturday 2nd February 2013. See flyer and menu details below… Grenada Support Group The group was founded within the confines of the Grenada High Commission in 1983. Over the years it has […]
Are you still going to church?
1 Corin 3:7-18 1 Peter 2:1-3, 1 Corin 13:11, 1 Corin 3:1-3 Hebrews 5:11-14 Galat 4:1 The sermon at church was about spiritual maturity, we considered whether we were still babies in the church, or if we were growing. I was very interested in what the Pastor was saying because earlier in the day I’d […]
Africa meets the Caribbean Trade Mission: Jamaica-Day 4
The Office of the Mayor of Kingston: On Thursday 24th January the Africa meets the Caribbean trade mission paid a courtesy call on Her Worship the Mayor of Kingston Councillor Angela Brown-Burke and the Town Clerk Town Clerk Mr Errol Greene JP. and at her office. The trade mission team that greeted the Mayor comprised Mr Bola […]
Unexpected Places
Who can forget the moment in 2008 that Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States? Pundits wrote in sweeping prose that this momentous event had cast aside the last racial barrier in American politics, and given Obama’s re-election they may nearly be right. Less than 50 years before there were […]