Hurricane Melissa has exposed the poverty in many parts of Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa wiped the slate clean and laid bare the poverty for the whole world to see. Even Jamaicans cannot believe the level of poverty in other communities. You have some Jamaicans that don't know what it looks like to go to the other side of the island. They never really had the need to. Unless they are changing planes at the airport in Mobay or they are going to Dream weekend Party or vacationing at one of the resorts. But to go where the actual people live, they don't know about that. The devastation is worse because of the type of board houses in which many people lived. For example, did any of the all inclusive hotels sustain major damages? If so I would like to see it. The quality of materials used to build the houses and roofs says a lot. My father died in a state of shocking poverty at Cornwall Regional Hospital. The type of healthcare the regular hardworking Jamaican is offered is just deplorable. My mom died at Cornwall Regional Hospital and for 40 years the systems of healthcare delivery has not changed. I have been posting for years about the poverty in Western Jamaica and everybody vex and said I must stop saying bad things about Jamaica. Now all of a sudden everybody is shocked.
Friday, November 7, 2025
Thursday, November 6, 2025
The Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa In Jamaica
I finally got to speak to some more family in Jamaica today. Thank God for their lives and health and strength! My concern is this, do you all think some of these constituencies are too large? Take for example where my family lives. The people say their MP is Dayton Campbell. I see videos of him getting aid from helicopters that landed in another area of his constituency yet this food, water and medical supplies have not reached my family in the hills yet. I even hear there are dead bodies still trapped under fallen houses and debris and the funeral homes can't get to them. Then there are dead livestock everywhere. This sounds like a recipe for possible epidemic outbreaks. Diseases like typhoid, malaria, dengue sometimes happen after large natural disasters. Is it possible that the size of the terrain is too large for Dayton Campbell and it may need to be divided in order for another MP to be elected? Because if he has territories in Westmoreland, and it stretches all the way up to the hills of Northwestern St Elizabeth where my family lives, is it that because of the geography of the area, and the tiny roads that I remember only a donkey, or motor bike can fit, that they need to develop a strategy to reach people in these areas in the event of disasters such as this? The majority of people in this area are farmers and depend on the land for food. If yam takes at least 6 months to harvest, does this mean that in 6 months there will be massive starvation in this community? Since the MPs are overwhelmed, how can we all plan to ensure that since the farmers are not able to plant right now, there wont be famine in the upcoming months after all the foreign help has left? These are the people that feed Jamaica. The farmers that live high up in the mountains of St Elizabeth. How can we help them so they can help Jamaica. This means in 6 months we are going to see the prices of food going up again because there is no produce from the farming communities and the government will have to import food. If you are going to comment on this post please offer practical suggestions and not just respond using your emotions thank you.
Monday, November 3, 2025
Help My Family Rebuild After Hurricane Melissa
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Memories Of The Country
I remember when I went to visit my family in St Elizabeth. My mom used to take me almost every weekend as a child and I remember running around for miles with all the little kids in the neighbourhood going from one mango tree to the next just eating mangoes all day! When I grew up I remember one time I was at UWI and it was mango season, and I sat down and thought of all the mangoes on the trees in the country so I decided to take the bus to visit my family in St Elizabeth. Of course my Auntie Katy (may her soul RIP) was so happy to see me and from the moment I got there she did not stop feeding me. She took one look at me and said you poor thing, you are so skinny, all the degrees you are studying and you still don't know how to take care of your body... and she shook her head in pity. What was she talking about? Anyway , then she said, when you are ready to take a shower, I went to the tank (about a mile away) to draw some water for you. The water is in the bucket by the side of the house. WHAT? I was so excited to eat mangoes and some good healthy food, some ackee and saltfish and yam and green banana and dumpling! I forgot about other things like taking a shower and going to the bathroom. She said, why dont you go bathe now before it gets dark. So I said, but Auntie where is the bathroom? She said, You can just bathe by the side of the house where I left the bucket and a soap and rag for you in the basin...and you can use the outdoor latrine. I left some toilet paper in there for you. My mind went WHAT? So anyway, I went to the side of the house and I made sure I chose a spot where I was sure no one would see me. If anyone was coming they wouldn't see me naked at the side of the house and behind me there were bushes so I was safe. When I had soaped up all the way from my head to my toe and was about to reach for the bucket of water, out of nowhere I heard a voice say, HEY NICKY !!! GOOD TO SEE YOU!!!!.... WHAT? I scrambled for my towel which decided to fall off the bush where I left it and was now on the ground. When I looked up, I saw the whole village returning from the farm waving to me in my birthday suit with soap all over and shouting how it was great to see me and I should come to visit my Auntie Katy more often! I didnt even know that there was a path on the hillside above the house where everybody in the whole village could pass by and see me IN MY BIRTHDAY SUIT!!! I felt so humiliated and embarassed but the cousins (everybody in the whole village were related in some way) all waved and wished me well and went on their way as if it was the most normal thing to walk by and see someone taking a shower by the side of the house. ANYWAY, when I was leaving the WHOLE community brought me about one month worth of fresh fruits, vegetables, ground produce and of course LOTS AND LOTS of MANGOES!!! Those people are some of the most hardworking, kind, generous and caring people in the world. they don't have a lot of money but they will shower you with love...and food. That's why I can't forget my family in the country. I wish you could all meet them. They are amazing!
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Jamaica Will Never Be Gaza
Listen up Jamaicans... he who has an ear to hear. Let them hear. He who wants to stay in denial tan deh. Orange man nuh like you. Him ah look some oil fi pay off him Trillion dollar debt. Him nuh care bout who go suffer. In all of this, remember that the Jamaican diaspora is still strong. They are coming with help. They are packing their bags right now. They are on the way. Keep your faith and spirits up. We are a resilient people. The diaspora won't let Jamaica end up like Gaza. Portia Simpson formed an alliance with the Chinese before she left office. The Chinese are already heavily invested in Jamaica's resources and will do what they need to do to protect their investments, hence Jamaica still has HUGE Negotiation power. The main food sources of Jamaica, St Elizabeth and Westmoreland, the major tourism revenue areas, St James, Hanover, Trelawny, St Ann have also been attacked using a weather weapon of mass destruction. They tried to wipe out the major Caribbean islands with the pandemic in 2020, it didn't work. 5 years later, here they come again this time with a man made hurricane. The resilient Jamaicans will recover from this weather attack. With the major islands scrambling for their lives, Haiti. Jamaica, Cuba robbed of their basic needs like shelter, food, water and vulnerable to diseases like dengue, malaria, typhoid, expect an attack on Venezuela to steal their oil any day now. Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba won't be in a position to help Venezuela. Alliances we have had for many years with Venezuela broken in a few months because of a greedy orange man. Where is the loyalty? Anyway, lets stay powered up to help our families recover and lets stay vigilant to protect our country from this guerilla warfare. Remember Jamaica will always have HUGE negotiation power and as long as the people recognize this, they will prevent Jamaica from ending up like GAZA.
I am not going to live above my means to impress people on social media. I receive clothing offers from companies all the time on Instagram but I don't take them because I would have to do a video showing the outfit and that is not my focus right now. I wear make up sometimes but the last time I put on some lipstick my lips were so swollen the next day they looked like daisy duck because they injected some type of chemical in the lipstick that is supposed to make your lips bigger. Then I said to myself, God already made me with beautiful lips, why am I paying for this poison ? I tried to purchase the makeup made from natural products but they cost more. Ever since my oldest sister told me how she loved her natural hair and another friend encouraged me to wear my hair natural, I stopped using relaxers and paying for wigs and weaves. Some of those hairdressers cost you the same as a mortgage payment. I cannot afford those hairstylists. My focus right now is to finish my Chiropractor program so I had to cut out a lot of unecessary expenses. I am not going to live above my means to impress people on Facebook or Instagram. So for those people who think because I prefer the "natural" look, that means there is nothing going on for me, your opinion of me doesn't pay my bills.
Sunday, September 7, 2025
How Jamaicans Got Robbed Of their Resources and Identity
Most Jamaicans are some of the most friendliest, happiest people on the planet who are just passionate about life and are bursting with energy and good vibes! This type of energy is so infectious that once foreigners step foot on the island and interact with the people they are mesmerized and don't want to leave! And I am not saying this because I am a Jamaican, this is our natural nature. We are a free spirited people that just love life and want to share it with everyone we meet. When I meet other Caribbean nationals and people from African countries like Ghana and Nigeria they exude this same positive vibe which is where we Jamaicans some of us have our ancestors from these African countries. Some foreign women immediately fall under the spell of the Jamaican man and never go back home. Now imagine when you take away the source of income of these happy, friendly, energetic people. You inform them that they can no longer use the beaches to go fishing in order to feed their families. What you create are angry, hungry, desperate people who will fight to feed their hungry kids BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. Some may resort to stealing, scamming even killing. Suddenly, the gorgeous people described earlier are now referred to as criminals and the crime rates start to increase. Montego Bay used to be called " The Friendly City". Now it's known as "Scamtego Bay". Suddenly these people are described as hogs and goats. But who forced them to be this way? And who is spreading the narrative about who these people are? This is why it is important to know yourself. Because if you know yourself, then when someone is describing you as hog and goat, you immediately REJECT that narrative! Don't let people come to your own country and project their fears and insecurities on you. I have a theory and my theory is rather in order to reduce crime in Jamaica, the government needs to put in place laws that mandate that foreign companies that are coming to Jamaica to " invest" must share the resources and profits with the locals. Greedily shutting off people and stealing their main source of feeding their families will cause them to behave like animals when they see tourists. The harassment, the overwhelming pressure on the foreigners to buy something, the crab in barrel mentality, those are all behaviors created by the type of environment in which they are forced to live. Jamaicans should love themselves enough to stop accepting mediocrity and demand what's rightfully theirs.
Sunday, April 6, 2025
New Leadership Required For Jamaica's Government
Anytime you have a set of leaders that are always preaching scarcity and lack, you know it is time for them to GO!!! God promised that he will always provide for his children. God will always provide for the people of Jamaica because Jamaica is a God fearing nation. People are not stupid. With the advent of social media people can see that the leaders of the Jamaican government are LYING to them. There is no money to pay doctors and nurses, no money to pay teachers, no money to pay civil servants, no money to fix and build new hospitals, schools and clinics. LIES, LIES, ALL LIES!!! There is however luxury 5 star hotels charging $USD600 or more per night, there were 4.3 million tourists who visited Jamaica last year, that is more than the population of 2.8 million. Many affluent Jamaicans drive the latest luxury cars, live in mansions, take trips to the most luxurious destinations and live a better quality of life than even many people in so called first world countries. Yet there is no money to pay doctors, nurses, teachers and other civil servants. This blatant mismanagement of Jamaica's financial resources must stop. The leaders with the tunnel vision preaching scarcity and lack to poor people have got to GO!!! In the year 2025, when there are so many opportunities for Jamaican citizens to earn income from the global community using modern ways like e-commerce, telemedicine, stocks and investments, FOREX trading remote jobs, there is no excuse for the government to develop programs to train people to adjust to the world in which we now live. They have to start by getting rid of the old colonial British system which has been in place for 400 years which was established to supress black Jamaicans. Also get rid of all the people who cling to that system of government and refuse to embrace fresh young talented leaders with the ideas and knowledge for Jamaicans to survive in 2024. Jamaica being the largest English-speaking island in the Caribbean strategically located on the route for international travel among all the major continents will always be a major destination. Jamaica is also the largest ENGLISH SPEAKING island in the Caribbean that has major international airports and shipping ports to facilitate international trade. People flock to Jamaica's shores for relaxation and rejuvenation so to blatantly LIE to people that there are no funds to give the locals basic necessities, healthcare and education is just WRONG. Where are all the young educated Jamaicans? The time to help your country is NOW. Time to step up and lead. Because your communities deserve more.