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As a child, Rachel Dolcine sat on the veranda of her grandmother's house in Petersfield, Westmoreland and watched as the butterflies flew around in the garden. Like the butterflies, at just five years old, little Dolcine wanted to explore the world and break free into the unknown - Continue reading.. 

Lynda Edwards and George Graham, two Jamaica-born writers a generation apart, interview interesting Jamaicans living abroad. George was born in 1934 in Black River. Lynda was born in 1967 in Mandeville. Both live in Florida. This week, they interview Mary McLaughlin, who with her late brother Paul and her husband Michael, founded the Trees That Feed Foundation. - continue reading...

My name is Dwayne Dyce but I wasn’t supposed to be “Dyce.” My twin brother and I would have had the family name, Ramdeen had our father been a part of our lives, however, he refused. I’ve since been driven to find out where I was from and why I was fatherless - continue reading.. 

As the coronavirus pandemic makes its way stealthily from one community to another we find ourselves concerned for the psychological well-being of the human family across the globe.As members of the Jamaica Diaspora Taskforce Action Network (JDTAN), we cannot help but feel an extra surge of concern for our own people in Jamaica and across the Diaspora. In these uncertain times we are bombarded by multiple challenges to our health and well-being as a people - continue reading..

“I think I will have to work from my car,” I thought, when I decided to start my Jamaican solo practice years ago.

When beginning my solo practice, I did all that experts suggested: I notified other attorneys of my plans, asked for referrals, lined up a few clients and an office as well. When my initial office arrangement fell through at the last minute, I literally thought I’d have to work from my car - continue reading..