Paul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

People relax along Hellshire Beach in St Catherine.
December 26, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

No ‘box dung’ on Boxing Day

A few days ago, I overheard a conversation between a young mother and her daughter, who looked about six years old. The child wanted to know why Boxing Day is so called, and when it is. The mother…
Vermon Taylor is pictured decorating the Christmas tree for the parish of St James.
December 24, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Christmas of yesteryear in Jamaica

Up to the end of the 20th century Christmas celebrations were more widely anticipated in Jamaica, secularly and religiously, than they are nowadays. The days leading up to Christmas were full of…
Jason Henzell
December 19, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Creative industry stunned by artist’s murder

The creative community in Jamaica has been shaken by the violent murder of Kenya-born Jamaican fusion sculptor Mazola wa Mwashighadi, a death wholly at odds with the man they knew. He had made Jamaica…
Mazola wa Mwashighadi
December 17, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

In memory of Mazola

Great Huts Eco Resort, an Afrocentric, eco-friendly hotel perched on the cliffs above Boston Bay in Portland, is filled with art – most notably the work of the late Mazola wa Mwashighadi, known simply…
The roof of Haven View Villas and Spa in Bluefields, Westmoreland, severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 11, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Part I: Homelessness to homeownership to Melissa

This is the first in a series highlighting the impact of Hurricane Melissa on the Bluefields Organic Farm and Haven View Villas and Spa , an eco-tourism facility operated by Keith R Wedderburn in…
The Art Centre at Olympia Gallery on Old Hope Road.
December 11, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

An artful Christmas from Olympia Gallery

Olympia Gallery, at 202 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, is one of Jamaica’s best-known art spaces, with works always on sale. The gallery is housed in a distinctive building designed by Jamaican engineer,…
A section of the greenhouse at Bluefields Organic Farm in Westmoreland that was destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Recovery missions restoring Bluefields Organic Farm

Since Category 5 Hurricane Melissa struck on October 28, relief and recovery missions have been unfolding across western Jamaica, the area hardest-hit region. Local residents, government agencies,…
Business is buzzing once again at Border fishing village in St Elizabeth after it was wrecked by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Border bounces back from hurricane ruin

Scott’s Cove, on the St Elizabeth side of the border with Westmoreland, was once idyllic. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa changed that. On one side of the cove sat a fishing village; on the other,…
Frame of a house being rebuilt in Moore Town, Portland, after Hurricane Melissa destroyed the previous structure on October 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Maroons abroad leading Portland’s Rio Grande Valley recovery efforts

Hurricane Melissa ripped through western Jamaica, devastating Cornwall county and parts of Manchester and St Elizabeth. Other parishes, too, felt the wrath of the Category 5 storm. In the east,…