LADY MUSGRAVE AND THE ROAD TO FREEDOM
Posted Jun 17, 2020

As the story goes, Lady Musgrave Road was cut to appease a petulant woman. In the early 1880s, Governor Anthony Musgrave’s wife would leave King's House and travel downtown via Hope Road. Then George Stiebel came along. Jamaica's first black millionaire built what is now Devon House at a major intersection of Hope Road. With unabashed racism, Lady Musgrave told her husband it was an affront to her sensibilities (bad mind get di best a them) to pass in front of that house. Her compliant husband cut an entirely new road so she could avoid it. 

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3 TikTok Challenges to try (even without TikTok)
Posted May 29, 2020

Feeling bored in these lockdown times? Chances are, there's a challenge for that. Here are three fun "challenges" now popular on TikTok and other social media. Hope you can entertain yourself.

1. Wipe it down

Similar to the “Flip the switch” challenge, this shows participants cleaning their mirrors, only for anything from their “dressed to pussfoot” selves to fictional characters or even a completely different person appearing in their reflection. While it tugs on the uncanny, it’s also a chance for you to show some ingenuity. Who would you want to appear in the mirror?

2. Stank Walk      

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4 JAMAICAN SUPERSTARS SAY STAY HOME!
Posted Apr 23, 2020

Round up social media posts of celebrities imploring people to stay indoors.

Celebrities have always wielded extensive influence, especially in Jamaica. Now several homegrown superstars are putting their popularity to use in the pandemic. Check out these four Jamaican celebrities who are rallying their fans to stay home and keep safe:

Usain Bolt

The soon-to-be “Girl Dad” joined other celebs in endorsing the “#JamaicaTogether” campaign. In a video featured on his Instagram page, Bolt encouraged everybody to “stay inside” and “follow the government’s guidelines.” Staying on theme, he also urged...

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3 GREAT SONGS COVID-19 INSPIRED
Posted Mar 26, 2020

While the novel coronavirus is no laughing matter, sometimes, you haffi tek serious ting mek joke. From Lovindeer’s “Wild Gilbert” in 1988 to Wayne J’s “Chikunguya Song (One Panadol)” in 2015, Jamaican singers have long used grave current affairs as a muse for their music. COVID-19 is no different. So, while you hunker down to avoid the virus, enjoy these three new songs inspired by the illness:

1)    New Hail by Zagga

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3 Products to Leave on the Shelves
Posted Mar 16, 2020

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been stockpiling "must-haves" to protect themselves from the virus. Panicked shoppers across Jamaica cleared supermarket and pharmacy shelves of everything from household cleaning products to toilet paper. To help you buy sensibly amid this panic, here are three things you can probably leave on the shelves:

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