Be kind to yourself and others in 2018.
Eat less sugar, drink more water.
Eat less salt, eat more fruit and vegetables.
Sit less and exercise more.
Don't use social media to gossip and destroy.
Wishing you good health, wisdom, courage, discernment, compassion Happy New Year!
I met Ding Dong this afternoon. The audio on the video speaks for itself. All's well that ends well. Wishing you success with your video.
Smaddy seh mi mus join di Ravers Crew.
#Respect
#DingDong
I hope the significance is not lost on us. The baby abandoned in Coronation Market was found by a homeless man. The symbolism is poignant.
Both child and man were homeless. Both lost. One found.
And what of the mother? Don't condemn.
Three souls in need.
I wonder how many Jamaicans know that
@MarkJGolding
loves music. He co-produced 3 albums. Writes lyrics and can sing. As a teenager he could be found wherever Jah love, Killamanjaro and Metro Media sounds systems were playing. Mark well grounds. A born Jamaican.
Let's insist that the JLP & the PNP agree for the general elections & local government elections be held on the same day. If we do that Jamaican taxpayers will save THREE QUARTER BILLION dollars. That money could be used in health, education, agriculture.
#JamaicaElections
Today, September 16, 2018 marks my 44th anniversary in media. Started @
#JBC
First radio prog 'Bamboo Lounge' then 'Morning Ride'. JBC TV - News anchor & host of 'Morning Time'. Among other progs 'Spotlight' JBC TV. 'Sunday Swizzle' JBC Radio. Now
#TVJPROFILE
#44YearsinMedia
This is Jamaican, Special Olympian, Kirk Wint. He copped a silver medal today in the 50-metre race. We're bursting with pride, so should you.
Like and retweet if you're proud of our special olympians.
#SpecialOlympics
#SpecialOlympicsWorldGames2019
#AbuDhabi
Years ago, a man told me that as 'Fae Ellington', I should be living in a more upscale community.
Si yah! I straightened him out good & proper.
Mi never intend fi police come carry mi weh ina nuh 'Black Mariah'. Some of unu will have to research 'Black Mariah'.
#Grounded
I'm seeing and hearing the exhaustion and strain on our Minister of Health and the CMO. I'm concerned. Now is the time to introduce competent deputies. This is no ordinary journey. They need downtime.
We don't want to risk their health.
@christufton
@themohwgovjm
#COVID19
So proud of you Glen, especially as I was there at the genesis of your career in commercial theatre. The production was Louis Marriott's, 'Playboy'. He would have been thrilled to see you today. What a way yuh did gwaan crips like soldier! Stage presence! 👏😁
#GlenCampbell
Today, Saturday, September 16, is my 49th anniversary in broadcast media. My career was nurtured, guided, coached, and encouraged at the 'university' of the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, where I had the best examples in media.
#Givingthanks
#49years
#JBC
#JBCRadio
#JBCTV
Anybody see
@DahliaHarris
? Mi hear seh she was last spotted sprinting across the causeway in her nightie carrying the Jamaica flag.
Unu hold Weston Haughton head. Mi know I'm a ded.
Congratulations Toni-Ann Singh
@MissWorldLtd
2.8 million Jamaicans are the power in your strike; the strategy in your plan; the energy in your body; the blood coursing through your veins; the love and inspiration you need.
Shine like the Jamaican sun in summer.
That's your goal!!
Merci from a proud nation.
#ReggaeGirlz
Today, September 16, I'm celebrating 47 years in Broadcast Media.
So much to be grateful for. What a journey this has been!
Take some time to watch the video...I'll share what my salary was in 1974!!! Watch the commercials too.
My two friends,
@DahliaHarris
and Weston Haughton. I've known Weston for almost 50 years. Have been the MC for several events he produced or directed. Dahlia, about 20 years. We've worked together in media and supported each other. Proud of these two people.
#Nufflove
Thanks to that very alert and professional security guard at Hi Lo, Barbican, this morning. As I joined the line on the outside, he politely asked, "Are you over 65?" I said "Yes". He then said, "You may go inside". Thanks
#HiLo
for those special arrangements.
@GraceKennedyGrp
This country is going to be in big trouble with
#COVID19
Please understand that parties are still happening.There are gatherings at bars. Cars line some roads.
This level of selfishness and ignorance is unbelievable.
@christufton
@themohwgovjm
@JamaicaConstab
You tell me *WHY* di 2 political parties needed motorcades and now 'drive through' during COVID-19 times with numbers galloping. Motorcades...Drive through...Nuh di same ting? People still ago congregate when dem KNOW drive tru a go happen.
@AndrewHolnessJM
@DrPeterPhillips
GEAR or GEARS?
For things we wear -
Gear... singular
Gear...plural...NO 'S'.
For Example:
GEAR for the nurses and doctors - no matter ef a nuff-nuff.
Football GEAR for the players
GEAR when it goes on our bodies.
For things with a motor
Gear...singular
Gears...plural
On location at the National Heroes Park for the laying of the floral tributes at the shrines of our national heroes.
Tune in to television, your cable station or your social media platform for the National Honours and Awards Ceremony of Investiture at 8:30.
#NationalHeroesDay
A set of people on this thing called Twitter use their fingers & their mouths to destroy people. You may disagree with a concept or an artistic expression, that's your right. But why must you hurt people? Some of what you post may cause irreparable damage. Unu mine boomerang!
That strategy of locking out questions from media at a 'national press conference' is a dangerous one.
On a day like today, ONE question from the media!!!
Directing the nation to an earlier press conference in St. Thomas isn't good enough.
#PMPressConference
@djmillerJA
Dionne, I didn't hear your interview but I'd like to make a general comment. Why are some of us so unkind and unthinking? We often have no clue of the circumstances others face but we are ready to castigate and instruct. If we can't help or assist, say nothing. My God!
There are people in the social media space who believe that only their views matter. Dissenting views won't let me cower.
By the way, I hear that, starting at midnight, all TV News anchors, programme presenters & reporters will be discarding most of their wardrobe.
People go a bar fi drink and talk... and cuss. None of dat wuk wid mask.
An wen wi go a church, most people go to sing lustily, to mek a joyful noise unto di Lord...even doze who tone deaf. Kip awn mask! No sah!
Dis nuh tink out prapah. Mi ah warn unu!
#Maskup
#BeatCOVID19
Isat Buchanan has resigned as chairman of the PNP's Human Rights Committee.
SHAME ON YOU ISAT!
I can only describe your utterances on that YouTube channel as despicable, disgusting, and vulgar. Shocking!
Denigrating any woman isn't cute or funny. Disappointed!
#IsatBuchanan
Keep Jamaica looking like a Ghost Town until Monday morning. If we keep it like dat nuff a wi won't tun duppy.
Suh Fae Ellington seh.
#TanAYuhYaad
#COVID19
Somebody save me from
@emilymshields
this morning. Commenting on people who think that the vaccine will be used to track them. Emily:"Some a unu life nuh interesting suh nobady nah track unu."
#Hotline
@RadioJamaicaFM
Special Olympics Jamaica Football team won their match against Austria today. 3 love. Gold! But in the true spirit of Special Olympics we support and celebrate each other.
Special Olympics oath: "Let me win; but if I cannot win let me be brave in the attempt."
#SpecialOlympics
Dr. Mavis Gilmour Peterson. This afternoon, I saw this soon to be 98-year-old (April 13) walk into the National Arena on the arm of her 'son', Fitz Morrison. Hadn't seen her in years. I've always admired her poise. When I asked what kept her so young, she quietly said, "Prayer".
Yuh nuh need nutt'n else but a Jamaican proverb to express what yuh mean. Dats all yuh need.
"Turkey and fowl look alike, but when dem go a markit dem sell fi different price."
Memba dem.
#JamaicanProverb
🇯🇲
Several new and not so new interviewers in media need to be taught, or reminded, how to ask questions. 'Talk to us about' is now the order of the day. What happen to - How. Why. What. Explain. Describe etc.
'Talk to us about' should be used once in a blue moon.
#Interviewing
Thanks for the kind comments re my commentary on the State Funeral for former PM Mr. Seaga. I put in the work/research. I really do enjoy delivering these kinds of assignments. Working on events where the military
@JDFSoldier
take the lead gives me a thrill. Thanks
@televisionjam
Unu listen to mi, if you've tested
#COVID19
positive and you operate a business or you were with others at a party... be it on land or sea, or wherever, unu need to declare. Not to declare is criminal. You're going to contaminate others. If you've not yet tested, go get tested.
Some us need to 'haul an pull up'. Listen nuh, just don't post anything on social media unless it's about YOU. Your life. Your circumstances. Your business. Your health. Show a little kindness to others. Think before you post. Ask, "Will my post cause pain?" Cho!
#BeKind
Jazeel Martin made the decision to stay in Jamaica rather than take up a scholarship overseas. Why? To take care of his mother who had suffered a stroke. Says he can get another scholarship but not another mother.
@Jezeelmartin
#TVJPROFILE
@televisionjam
Congratulations to Chief Medical Officer of Jamaica, Mrs. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie on being honoured today, with the Soroptomist International of Jamaica 2020, Stellar Gregory award. Thanks for your service and sacrifice for Jamaica.
#Soroptomist
@themohwgovjm
Listen nuh, please don't insist on shaking my hand, hugging me or kissing me. Putting all those greetings on hold 'until such time'.
This isn't a joke.
#Preventionbetterthancure
Ten years ago, 2009, a bullet came through my roof and ceiling, hit the metal clasp on my bible and ended in a container, both items on the beside table, 2 feet from my head. Hearing the stories of those injured brought back this memory.
@JamaicaConstab
#Gunsalute
#Closecall
@JamaicaGleaner
While we express our condolences to her family, friends and media colleagues, let's celebrate her life and her contribution to media; her sunny personality.
I'm upset with the
@JamaicaObserver
today. Very upset! Why are the accomplishments of
#EdwinAllen
High School not on your front page along with Calabar High? What message are you sending about how you view women and their accomplishments? Cho!
#GKChamps
#Champs2018
We need to remember that a church isn't the only place of worship. Rather than say Church, say places or worship, for example,
Church
Temple
Synagogue
Mosque
My position on the utterances of Dennis Meadows, PNP candidate for North Trelawny,
@MarkJGolding
& Everald Warmington JLP minister in the
@AndrewHolnessJM
administration.
Meadows should NOT represent PNP.
Warmington should be relieved of his cabinet post immediately.
#Disgrace
Our dear Aunt Lois.
Actress Lois Kelly Miller born Oct 15, 1917, died April 8, 2020. 102 yrs.
What a personality!
Aunt Lois was a close friend of Louise Bennett Coverley. Both lived in Gordon Town
In her 70s she appeared in the movie Meet Joe Black
#TheatreGold
#JamaicanTheatre
Two Jamaican proverbs have been in mi head for di past 2 days. A going leave dem right yah suh.
"Ole ooman a swear fi callaloo, an callaloo a swear fi run ole ooman belly."
"Man a plan an God a wipe out. "
#JamaicanProverb
#JamaicanWisdom
I'm watching 'A Prime Ministerial Conversation' with former Prime Ministers P J Patterson and Bruce Golding on
#TVJ
hosted by
@djmillerJA
It's clear that these 2 men respect each other. They agree on what's best for Jamaica. Present leaders and followers what say you?
This massive WHITE BLACKLASH is also about the black upstart Barack Obama. How dare he to have occupied the White House, not for 4 years but 8 years? How dare
@JoeBiden
and his black intruder
@KamalaHarris
who could become president!
Now more than ever
#BlackLivesMatter
Be alert.
Listening to Koffee being interviewed by
@djmillerJA
on
#BeyondtheHeadlines
I'm happy that her mother tours with her sometimes. She says she feels very safe having her mother with her.
I hope she has a good manager, agent and 'coach'.
#Koffee
is a gem, protect & guide her.
Today, April 1, 2020 I'm celebrating my 2nd anniversary as host of TVJ's Profile.
Profile is a team effort so nuff thanks everyone.
Special thanks to all Profile viewers... You make the team complete.
#TVJPROFILE
#SecondAnniversary
#April012020
@televisionjam
1. I've seen the recording of the Wolmer's Boys grade 8 students, I believe they are... second formers. Before we jump off to say, "Wolmer's is gone to dogs", just be reminded that it's the Jamaican society that's gone to the dogs.
#SaveOurChildren
#RescueJamaica
I don't understand something. A Jamaican Olympian is operating an entertainment business flouting the curfew hours? Local Gov't Minister, Desmond McKenzie says, arrests have been made on various occasions and the proprietors HAVE BEEN CALLED TO A MEETING!!! MEETING! LOCK IT DOWN!
It took me 8 MINUTES from entering Constant Spring Tax Office, collecting my number at customer service, going inside, sitting in the middle as directed, called to cashier, Kaydean Williams -who was polite & professional - & completing my business. Congratulations
@JamaicaTax
To be accurate with meaning can be a challenge. Look at the sentences below.
'A woman, without her man, is nothing.'
'A woman: without her, man is nothing.'
Absolute care and precision needed from all in the communication circle.
I got the most beautiful and unexpected gift 8 minutes ago. Jamaican and internationally acclaimed violinist, Steven Woodham called and played Nocturne by Chopin for me. What else could I ask for? Thanks Stephen. Gifts come in different packages.
#StevenWoodham
#Violinist
Let me commend those who met us, doctors, nurses, security...ALL team members at the Mona Aging and Wellness Centre, UWI. Warm. Friendly. Efficient. From arrival to departure.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
I got vaccinated this afternoon.
@christufton
@themohwgovjm
I GET IT: Parliament has no recall laws for MPs who bring the institution into disrepute.
What I don't get is this:
No moral compass?
No understanding of right from wrong?
No shame?
Wrong and strong? Right?
Serious integrity issues!
Den a suh Jamaica a go galang?
#Integrity
I just got this as a text message from this number... +18767781332
"JNCB: A hold has been placed on your account. It's imperative that we verify your info. Go to to regain and prevent restricted access".
Hello, unu tink unu coulda ketch mi.
#scamming
I was almost brought to tears. UWI student feeding a beggar parked at Juici Beef on campus. He has no hands. There is hope for Jamaica. Jamaica is a real place.
Watching
#ReggaeSumfest
several good things about a virtual concert - 1. Performers better show up on time. 2. What would be a 10 or 12 hour concert is neatly captured & packaged in 2 hours or thereabouts.
Enjoying this.
Good visuals.
Good production & effects.
@Phase3Prod
Si ya! I'm caught in peak hour traffic in London. Everything has come to a stand still. Seems to be an accident or supp'n.
My driver & others have turned off their engines.
No horn nah blow. Nuh lane nah change. Nuh badwud nah fly. An wi jus siddung in a di traffic.
#orderflow
Remembering my dear friend, Lindy Delapenha, on his birthdate... May 20, (1927).
Professional footballer in England - striker, head of the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation sports department, sportscaster, host of JBC Morning Time, and so much more.
#LindyDelapenha
Unu hear Ska taking over the Olympics Closing ceremony. Jamaican music!!! A wonder if Herbie Miller, Dean Fraser et al hearing...And former manager of the Skatellites, former Prime Minister
#PJPattersonDoes
Jamaica even understand her might and power.
#TVJTokyoDreams
#Tokyo2020
No need to 'follow up' everything, even when you've been wronged...especially on the roads.
Before you know it,
knife draw; gun draw; blood draw.
Smaddy dead!
YOU may be dead. Right?
#Wisdom
#SaveLife
So pleased that
@patsutherlandja
and
@LisaHannamp
of the PNP made it clear that denigrating women will NOT be tolerated. I'm awaiting the apologies from Richard Azan & Ian Hayles.
@MarkJGolding
you need a sit down with the men in the PNP. What example unu tink unu setting? Cho!
@ThompsonCanute
NO CANUTE!!! Clearly, this is a cultural observation/event with the people involved not guffawing.
This is not a political platform.
There is no *white man* symbolism.
The two should never be compared.
PM of the UK Liz Truss has just resigned.
If what has happened with politicical leadership in the UK occurred in Jamaica, we would be classified as being unable to govern ourselves. Nuh true.
But would the resignations happen here?
These are tumultuous times.
#Politics
Gentlemen, you don't have to be in a suit and tie to consider yourself well dressed. Perhaps it's time to resurrect the very fashionable and sensible (for our climes) nehru-collar shirts/suits...or the hybrid.
I love this. My generation must have been getting away with gross indecency while attending high school in the 60s. Our knees were visible. Oh my God!
@suezeecue
Happy Easter Sunday!
Join me for Profile at 6:30 on TVJ this evening.
My guest is, Keith 'Trinity' Gardner...Fearless crime fighter. Director of Security at UWI, Mona. Attorney-at-law. Part 2 of his interview will be aired next Sunday.
#TVJ
#Profile
@televisionjam
James Forbes, I stood up for you and I stood by you.
You are my friend. A decent Jamaican.
This morning my tears were tears of joy. Praise God!
#Acquitted
#JamesForbes
@JamaicaConstab
Somebody tell me about that Rohan Chung commercial being played during the news on
#TVJ
.
Hs's getting the attention he wants but I don't know what he's running for. Is it PM or as an MP?
#jobs
#Water
These days things get Curiouser and Curiouser.
Call me old fashioned but sometimes when people are exceptionally good and kind to me saying thanks by phone, email or WhatsApp just aren't good enough. I need to write a letter. Yesss! Write a letter with a pen and paper, not a keyboard and screen.
#SayingThankswithPenandPaper