Jamaica Gleaner Arts &Leisure
Published: Monday Sunday | August 16, 2009
Water short
Dear Missa Newspaper Edita Sir,Yuh is a learned man, An since mi never go past six book. Help mi fi andastanBig 'man rain' a fall fi two wholla week. Floodration pon di lan. Everybody house an lan a wash way, an mi astill bade... Read More...
When two rams collide
Today I am so happy! As I sweep the yard with the broom weed, I keep talking to myself.Old Frank leave him upstairs house and gawn to live with relatives in another parish. Read More...
Seaga bio coming soon
Edward Seaga and The Challenges of Modern Jamaica, a biography on Jamaica's fifth prime minister, is to be released in November by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Press.The 480-page book is written by professor... Read More...
Book Review: The life and travels of an ambassador
This book is written by one of Jamaica's famous sons and a diplomat extraordinaire. It gives an interesting account of the career of Ambassador Don Mills, who has served as a distinguished representative of Jamaica in many different areas. Read More...
Book Review: Groundbreaker!
Industrial relations isn't a common classroom subject. Yet, it is integral to the efficient and effective operations of almost every organisation. It is a specialised field, which many people, including practitioners, don't fully understand. Read More...
Of memories and scandals
The lover of track and field that I am, today I had intended to pay tribute to our hard-working athletes. But, because of that shameful 'Berlin Bangarang', which is the climax to the 'Beijing Brouhaha', I turned my attention to my brother, the source of much laughter in my life. Read More...
Book Review: J'can folk tales at their best
Anancy's place in Jamaican culture lies in the research of scholars, in the telling of tales from generation to generation, in popular theatre, in song and dance and in popular dialect where the word 'anancy' can be used instead of... Read More...
Brathwaite endorses Granny Nanny book
Back in the 1970s when Harry Belafonte was making it big in Jamaica with his movie Buck and the Preacher, the Jamaican Parliament was being persuaded to honour granny Nanny of the Maroons as Jamaica's seventh National Hero.And who was arguing the case?... Read More...
NCU Colloquium 2009 begins today
At the start of each academic year the Northern Caribbean University faculty and staff come together in what vice-president for university relations, Yvonne Bignall, describes as "an opportunity for intellectual stimulation for the entire university... Read More...
The uwi notebook: Obama to honour UWI graduate
UWI graduate and Trustees Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware College of Arts and Sciences, Dr Patricia Martin DeLeon, will receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics... Read More...
Doctors develop first eye medication in the Carib
Glaucoma is estimated to affect three per cent of the Jamaican population and causes pain, visual disturbances and even blindness. Today, many persons affected by the disease are receiving relief from a drug developed by medical personnel associated with The University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona campus. Read More...
