Hey everyone,

So I wanted to find out about what sort of health coverage and insurance exists in Jamaica.

My brother was born in Jamaica but moved to Canada in his teens. He has dual citizenship.

Unfortunately our mother passed away, and my brother has had some health complications over the years including heart attacks and stroke. He’s been stable for a few years and is on several medications.

Since our mother passed, he hasn’t had a permanent place to stay and Canada is becoming unaffordable.

I want to move him down to stay with family in Jamaica but I’ve been told the healthcare situation can be tricky. I know there’s public healthcare, but can he purchase some kind of private health insurance in cases of emergency or need for medications? What happens in cases of emergency?

Thank you so much in advance ❤️

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What is the name of a girl TV presenter on Television Jamaica who hosted a segment on celebrity gossip? I think the segment was called Quickie. I think she is also a singer. Thank you!

Any good places in Jamaica to purchase 3D printer+supplies or is buying online better?

P.S. appreciate the responses and info.

To piggyback on my recent post, I've seen some comments and received some messages which say essentially I'm overreacting and things aren't that bad in the economy and this will affect Americans only if we do not reciprocate. Respectfully bredrin, cut dat fuck. I live here.

To quote a comment I made, " Everything has experienced at least a 50% price increase the last 10 years and wages have not gone up to match. Bread was 270-290 in 2014. Bread is $650 now. A flat of eggs was 700 in 2014. Its 1500 now. A beef patty was 140 in 2014. Its 290 now. Cement was 700 a bag in 2014. Its 1700 now. A sheet of ply was 500 in 2014. Its 6000 now. A medium box food was 400 in 2014. Its 900 now. A pound of beef was 270 in 2014. Its 550 now. A pound of pork was 250, its 450 now. I can go on and on and bloodclaat on".

I "support" the current government(I think they're the lesser evil) however, as an average Jamaican, I don't see where the cost of living is improving. houses are millions for a tiny Double. A housing scheme was built recently off spain bypass and the houses are tiny asf, bedroom and tiny bathroom beside each other, kitchen and living room in one, I can find the schematic if one disbelieves. the price? Close to 8 mil for the smallest ones. I'm lucky I trade and earn USD. Its almost impossible for the average jamaican not in a partnership to sustain themself without some kind of debt and while our country brethren work and sell produce etc, they barely get by. There's hardly any room for upward progression, the economy has started turning like a giantic consumerist hamster wheel.

It may look rosy from the outside or sound like all is good because GDP is on projection or we pass IMF tests but one's pay stretches less and less and less each passing year. i hope things improve by i don't see any acceptance amongst our politicians that this is a problem. Our Finance Minister a month ago told a journalist that a person saving 2 grand a month could afford a down-payment on "a likkle probox". Mi deeven a dive into why a fuckry dat, social media done rub har out. that goes to show however the willful blindness and ignorance from "di bigga heads", as it were, to this very glaring problem that continues to exacerbate.

Greetings! Been trying to learn “ Life is full of contradiction by Joe Higgs and cannot find the lyrics anywhere. There are a few spots that I simply cannot understand the words. Can anybody help? Specifically where is says: A) “and it takes much more to say that ??????????? B) “those eyes were mine and ???????? All the way to the chorus

Thank you in advance!

I’ve been on a break from weed for about a week or so now, but I very much know the feeling and how long that feeling lasts and everything about it. So I went to a legal dispensary to try and buy some, which of course they overpriced the ever living shit out of it (probably just cause I’m a tourist) and I went upstairs to smoke the pre roll they gave me. Already immediately I felt a little “too high” but I’ve done worse drugs so I kept my cool. I started to feel super paranoid and anxious like I was on something else about 30 minutes later and about 8 hours later I still felt a super weird body high that didn’t go away and I didn’t have the classic wanting to sleep body high. Just kind of disassociated and tweaking. I figured since I overpaid so much that it must’ve been the real deal and not some weird garbage spiked weed but idk I don’t think I’ll trust any weed source on this island anymore. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a high like that in my life and any joint I’ve had back in the states would last maybe an hour or two at most but with much less severe affects. I’m just wondering how commonly weed here is laced or spiked with anything and if the legal dispensary’s are actually to be trusted.

He’s tired of the fuckery🤣

I’m simulating if I lived in Ja, how could I work an average job and invest in crypto to gain financial freedom

Living in Ja while having access to crypto currencies with a bank that accepts it would be life changing for anyone.

Is there a preferred crypto bank or exchange in the island ?

Wah gwan, people!

Fi di nex likkle bit, every Wensdeh, wi ago celebrate Jamaican Patois! Howeva yuh wah guh bout it—whether or not yuh wah guh uptown speaky-spokey patois, or St E rawchaw fully country patwah—taak yuh mind inna patwah, inna di post title, body, and comments.

Dis a nuh requirement, but everybody free fi tek paat. Mek we know ina comments dem pon this post wah uno think and how uno feel bout this.

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Saint James, Trelawny, and (mostly) Saint Ann Parishes. Five days wasn't anywhere close to enough, and I hope we can return and venture out more one day.