Homelessness
Vanessa Davids / Student Journalist – Homelessness has always been a worldwide issue plaguing the nation on a wide spectrum. This problem is prominent in Jamaica, and is being overlooked…
Determined to Succeed
Shanell Williams / Student Journalist “Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by actions of human beings”, Nelson Mandela. Radcliffe Wilson,…
Life At Sea
Jevaun Edwards / Student Journalist Fishing is one of the primary forms of income that makes up Jamaica’s economy. Coming from the days of our indigenous ancestors, fishing was a…
Golden Souls of Golden Grove
Alecia Clarke / Student Journalist Glasford Campbell affectionately called ‘Abba’ and his common law wife Mavis Bell with their two daughters Samoya and Amoya have been living in the community…
Impoverished
Adrianna Miller / Student Journalist Jamaica still struggles with a significant poverty problem, especially concentrated in rural areas where residents still have significantly less access to services such as running…
Joseph Burgher
Jevon Williams / Student Journalist Joseph Burgher, native of St. Thomas, Jamaica, born April 1, 1967 and known to most as the blind beggar. I met him when I visited…
16 Years In A Car
Adrian Smith / Student Journalist George Lattibeaudiere, affectionately called ‘Breezy’, hails from Scotts Hall in the parish of St. Mary. He is a labourer in the late forties who has…
Skin Bleaching
Patraloye Williams / Student Journalist This phenomenon of ‘skin bleaching’ has become an emerging worldwide trend for dark-skinned individuals to mix various skin lightening chemicals together and apply them to…
Living Under The Radar
Shuana Spence / Student Journalist This is the story of Ricardo Allen, a 25 year old homosexual who resides in the Cholera Cemetery, Waterloo Road, St. Andrew, Jamaica. See what…