As if the recent shortage of cement in Jamaica was not bad enough for the construction industry, I read in today’s Gleaner that companies will now have to factor the cost of blood offerings into their budget plans:
CONSTRUCTION WORK came to a halt at the Piñero Group hotel site in Pear Tree Bottom, near Runaway Bay
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Kingston abounds in roadside exhortations.
Some go for a minimalist approach.
The reference is a call for peace and calm.
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone — for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
My favourite road
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Following up Zinnia’s links on my earlier post, I found this mildly interesting article, I was born this way, from the Jamaican Gleaner in 2001.
More fascinating was the comments page.
There’s an initially amusing flame war between TT and Saleem and his girlfriend, before the online casino comment spam takes over. The page was still loading after
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I’m gonna chase you out of earth!
So begins one of my all-time favourite songs, Chase the Devil by Max Romeo, produced by the divinely crazy Lee Perry. Its startling opening lines are lifted from the Bible.
Romeo: Lucifer son of the morning, I’m gonna chase you out of earth!Isaiah 14:12: How art thou fallen from heaven, O
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Now one has to really wonder, was any of that faulty cement to blame for that mishap? I mean surely the engineers on site knew how much support would be nneded, when and where while constructing the building. From what I hear this is a company that has been around for quite some time.
LOL… You really had me laughing at this one! Sorry for the workers of course.
DI, you may just ahve something there re the faulty cement. Hey, I hope none of that cement has been sent to Trelawney to the new Stadium or to Sabina for the renovations there… that would not be funny…
OH MY GOD, and I was there in March!! I could have been haunted
Heard that it had nothing to do with bad cement, bad engineering practices caused by rush.