http://www.lifeinjamaica.net Good, bad and downright crazy suggestions for a better Jamaica. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:07:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Setting up a small business in Jamaica, like most Government related activities can be pretty challenging. You need to complete and submit copious amounts of paper work and make several treks between Downtown and New Kingston to visit various offices, that common sense should dictate be close to each other. Likewise ... http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/general/small-business-startup-guide-jamaica/ Highway 2000, now highway 2008 not quite into Port Antonio. The section of the Highway from Anotto Bay to Port Antonio is completed all the way hope bay. Here are some pics I snapped along the way. [gallery=6] http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/life-in-jamaica/highway-2000-kingston-to-port-antonio/ Jamaica has one of the highest rates of extrajudicial killings in the world, a statistic which by itself soundly condemns the professionalism and integrity of our police. However, when one pairs this with the fact that we also have one of the highest murder rates in the world, things begin ... http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/life-in-jamaica/taming-the-jamaican-crime-beast/ Photos from the Usain Bolt homecoming celebration and concert in Hart Hill, Trelawny. Photos courtesy of Press Kay PR [gallery=5] http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/general/usain-bolt-celebration-and-concert-photos-hart-hill-trelawny/ A common problem of Third world nations, is the inability of leaders to refrain from placing their sister-in-law, best friend sweet heart, high school buddy and similar classes of individuals in critical areas. The arguments against hiring 'Fren & company' long and storied as they are is for another discussion, ... http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/life-in-jamaica/companies-of-jamaica-headed-by-astronaut/ Thousands of jubilant Jamaicans brave the rain to welcome home, Olympic triple gold medalist Usain Bolt. Fans mobbed the sprinter at the airport and dragged, pushed, carried his car through the streets from the airport to the Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. [gallery=4] http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/general/bolt-gets-heros-welcome/ It seems to be, the Achilles heel of so many things we do in Jamaica, is the absolute lack of standards, no bare minimums. Scanning the Pages of the Gleaner dated Sept. 5th...I was glad to see Asafa Powell bounce back from Olympic disappointment and doing the things we know ... http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/jamaican-third-world-moments/the-bare-minimums/ Hurricane Gustav came and went, and we must give thanks it visited us as a tropical storm not a full blown hurricane. One friend of mine laughingly commented that "Gustav just wanted to meet Bolt", and right she just maybe, as how else could you explains the storms path? It hit ... http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/general/gustav-during-and-after/ "It's a great feeling. I was really excited to go out there and give Usain his third world record." - Asafa Powell. Spoken like the Champion we know he is. Jamaica's Asafa Powell got his redemption, anchoring the men's 4x100 team to a gold medal in world record time 37.10, 3/10s ... http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/general/congrats-to-the-jamaican-olympic-team/ It is official, after almost a year in power, it is now crystal clear the election exercise was as I had feared, 'the swapping of black dog for monkey'. All we have managed to do is to replace one giant incompetent fuck up in the form of The Honorable Portia ... http://www.lifeinjamaica.net/general/jamaicas-crisis-of-leadership/