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Interview with Ce’Cile (Bad Gyal)

by: Jud Benjamin Jud: The name “Bad Gyal” is said to be your self proclamation. How did you came up with such an alias and does this mean that you are an uptown girl or a ghetto girl? Ce’Cile: I think the name Badgyal has been wildly used since I’ve began using it as my alter ego. [...]

Interview with Chris Thomas

Mr. Chris Thomas is the son of Tommy Thomas, a member of one of Reggae/Rock Steady foundation groups called The Chantells who is also one of the directors/producer for Mixing Lab Recording Studio who made their mark in Europe in the early rock steady era. Mr. Chris Thomas is himself a talented producer, songwriter and [...]

Suggestions on how to live a Healthy and Productive Lifestyle

by: Mark Dixon Smoking Kills - TThe average person in this day and age should have some idea that smoking can be very harmful to their health and that it is one of the leading causes of respiratory illnesses and cancer of the lung. If you are a smoker that is seriously considering to get help, [...]

Inner Plantation

The ancestors still toil within me Their rough dark hands hold the cutlasses labouring in the fields of my mind clearing away the weed and bush of negative thinking, before burning them and then digging holes where they will plant fresh thought suckers like cane tops that they will manure as the thoughts grow through minutes as long as the twelve to fifteen months [...]

Lies To Get By

by Garfield N. Morgan We crucified the truth, you and I. We sucked poison from the fruit And we both died. And for a while, death tasted sweeter than life. But such are the lies we use to get by. The moon shines emptily from our eyes, And lacks the emotion of the sun As we cling to the night For the [...]