Sweet Peppers hit a Sour Note!

February 5th, 2011

It never fails.  Someone always wants to ‘reap’ what they did not ‘sow’.  Recently over 300lbs of sweet pepper were stolen from a farm in Agulta Vale, St. Mary. Those peppers had just been sprayed with Caprid, a chemical, which makes them poisonous to humans for the next seven days.  A small part of me would rejoice if [...]

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Bad Ackee or Wicked People?

January 19th, 2011

As I sit to eat my favourite Saturday breakfast of ackee and salt fish with breadfruit, I lament the much abused fruit, the ackee.  It is well known that ackee, if it is forced open can cause deaths.  That simple truth has seemingly evaded those who continue this dangerous practice which endangers lives.  The news report of [...]

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