I❤️🇯🇲 •
#CaribbeanLove
• PlaceMaker • Real Estate Advisor • Sustainability Champion • Working for an equitable, resilient future via
@LuceaCaribbean
✨️
Wayne Christopher Chen was born in Port Antonio, the 3rd of 9 children. He was Head Boy of deCarteret College and graduated from UWI with an LLB (Hons.). In 1982 he started a small supermarket in central Jamaica. Over the next 25 years Super Plus Food Stores... 1/
I feel it for Usain.
I also feel it for everyone who works for dem tings while others watch and wait to take it. From the praedial larsonists stealing melon and the phone grabbers to the banking professionals stealing investments. Why do we feel so entitled to other people tings?
My mom's funeral was right after Mother's Day 2017 and my dad's will be right after Father's Day 2020.💔💔
I take heart in imagining that they are back together whispering their inside jokes. 💕
My daddy died yesterday, Ascension Sunday. My hero, my protector, my Royal Smart Person is gone. Daddykins, Papa, Daddy-Minando my heart is broken and will miss you forever. May light eternal shine upon you and may your soul rest in eternal peace. 💫💕💕💕💫
I sat beside a Trini man on the plane and when he realised I'm Jamaican he asked if my name was Something-Gaye, Something-Lee or Something-Ann. Him bright eee?
Sir please to gwope 👉🏾 my Anne spell with an 'e'.
Medical service providers in Jamaica. Please, please, please make consultation corners/rooms so people don't have to share personal data (date of birth, address etc) and details of their health issues with the entire waiting room listening. Protect folks' privacy nuh. PLEASE.
... He was Jamaica Observer’s 1998 Business Leader of the Year and is co-author of ‘Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music’ published by Temple University Press. Wayne Chen is a Jamaican Twitter favourite and we wish him Boonoonoonoos Birthday Blessings and Bigups! 🥳🇯🇲🎂 5/5
My 21 year old son is so curious about
#HurricaneBeryl
. He asked for an explanation of the categories and possible impacts. He was a baby when we experienced Ivan and has only experienced fairly mild storms since.
So I'm sharing for anyone else who may want to know:
A Jamaican engineering company (
@htgeng
) posted that their staff has been given a mental wellness day this Friday, and they are NOT to be contacted.
I love it so much. 🇯🇲🫶🏾
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
Wha a fi mi, cyannat be un fi mi.
It's not only med school - some of the most brilliant construction professionals (architects, planners, engineers) I know studied in Cuba, Russia, Ukraine etc. My respect goes out to anyone who seeks, takes up & succeeds from these opportunities.
I pray mercy & safety for all 🙏🏾
As a planner by nature and profession, earthquakes are especially terrifying because there's no way to plan for your safety.
I ran outdoors, but the earth was still shaking and rumbling, so what was I supposed to do next?
I've been dreading this birthday, the 1st without my parents. My grief is deep and it is wide. Having to work from home today gave me ample time to weep but my team conspired to have this delivered to my house. I give thanks for life and love. 🌟💖
My fellow Jamaicans,
It pleases me greatly to announce that the census takers just came to my house. I do declare that they are, indeed, real and actively working in my community.
Sincerely,
Heather
🇯🇲
Leading
@UDCJamaica
has been an absolute honour. I am so grateful for the confidence put in me & our amazing team for the noble work of
#MakingDevelopmentHappen
. I look forward to even greater projects / programmes that will continue to improve the lives of all Jamaicans. 🇯🇲🙏🏾
The Board of Directors announces the departure of Ms. Heather Pinnock as General Manager of the UDC effective 31st October 2021. The UDC thanks Ms. Pinnock for her years of service and wishes her every success as she embarks on the next phase of her life.
It's my birthday AND the end of lockdown! 🥳
As we head outside today, I ask that you give people money - without judgement - in celebration of life. It's rough out there and every tiny act of kindness helps.
Another day, another year, another chance.
Give thanks! 🎉🙏🏾💕
I just passed a group of primary school kids out on a trip to Emancipation Park. They were running around and squealing in excitement.
Mi heart full. This is why I love my work in planning and development. I shape the world for those who will use it long after I'm gone. 🥲💝🇯🇲
Beau: how people so idle?
Me: what's up dear?
Beau: 35 people are up watching the live feed of HWT
Me: are you one of them, love?
*silence*
I'm going back to sleep.
I just gave the man at the stoplight a chocolate bar as it was the only food I had with me. I half expected a bouf but his eyes lit up like a kid in a candy store. "Yuh know how long I don't eat a chocolate miss? I LOVE chocolate!" 😁🍫
One day I will tell my stories of the men I encounter at work. I will start with the well respected & oft appointed Jamaican man who said that the reason I dared reply to him at a business meeting is because my husband doesn't properly 'control' me at home.
Aluta Continua. ♀️🇯🇲
My people. I got to dance the Electric Boogie on stage WITH MARCIA GRIFFITHS!! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 I learned this dance as an 18 year old entertainment coordinator enuh! 😭😭😭
I❤️🇯🇲 so much.
Once upon a time, women couldn't vote. Once upon a time, black people couldn't vote. This black woman will never miss the opportunity to exercise the franchise that others fought to give me. 🗳♀️🇯🇲 (Always with
@drcjpj
, too :)
Never forget that the same crowd that cheered His triumphant entry into Jerusalem was the same crowd to shout 'crucify Him!' days later.
#PalmSunday
#HolyWeek2022
I hope unu realise that is a preview of our hot, dusty dystopian future if we don't address climate change as a matter of dire urgency.
#1point5toStayAlive
#SaharanDust
I may seem like I'm ok but I'm actually reeling from the disruption, sickness, hardship and death caused by this pandemic. I'm just tweeting through it. 🥲😷
... became an island-wide chain, which at its peak in the 2000s was the country’s largest retailer.
Currently he is the Chairman of CVM TV, NCB Insurance Company, & NCB Cayman. He is a director of the National Commercial Bank and its majority shareholder, AIC (Barbados)..
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I spent over 90 minutes in traffic this evening. During the drive, one of my mentors called to check on me. She encouraged me as always and then prayed for me. The tension in my world eased. I am so grateful for the love and support in my life 🙏🏾
We have lost Professor Tara Dasgupta, CD to COVID-19. A chemist turned sustainable energy champion for Jamaica and the World. PhD supervisor extraordinaire. Colleague. Mentor. Friend.
Requiescat in Pace Prof 🇯🇲❣
Jamaica’s Appleton Estate just launched a new 17-year-old rum, an attempt to recreate the 1940s rum that inspired the world-famous Mai Tai cocktail. Only 1,500 bottles are available, and this is a one-time release, so act fast if you’d like to try it.🍹🇯🇲