Shernette Crichton, the general manager of the Half Moon Resort in Montego Bay, has been named Caribbean Hotelier of the Year for 2023 in the recently announced Caribbean Travel Awards in Florida. Crichton has enjoyed a long career in the...
From start to finish, the St Martin Gastronomy Festival that ended last Sunday was heaven with a red carpet for the taste buds. This epic, epicurean event that ran throughout November enjoyed its second year on the French side of the island of St...
NY: It was an unusually mild November night in New York City. But, the celebratory energy inside the Sony Hall near Times Square felt like New Year’s Eve as reggae’s beloved ambassadors, Third World, unleased an unforgettable performance on...
The Issa family members are the pioneers of modern tourism in Jamaica. For years, the family has been giving back to communities through the Issa Trust Foundation, and this year the family has a big dream. The foundation wants to make a big...
I arrived from Nice, in France, to Monaco by train, a mere US$5 ride. I resisted Uber as I wanted to enjoy the panorama of the creamy Mediterranean cliffs, framed by the massive rectangular train windows. Some of my fellow diners at the trendy and...
IT WAS a recent Wednesday morning just outside Falmouth and everything felt like Christmas Eve. The punishing Trelawny sun did not slow down the frantic shopping that was taking place across thousands of square feet of space in the new Falmouth...
The century-old Christmas tradition of the nine lessons and carols sung during the Yuletide season was born out of a need for more imaginative worship in the Church of England. Last Sunday, the choir of St Andrew Parish Church, supported by an army...
Scores of travel professionals poured into the ritzy Manor in West Orange last Thursday for a celebration of Jamaica’s tourism product. The high-energy event, called the 2021 Destination Product Launch, was hosted by the Jamaica Tourist Board’s (...
For thousands of Jamaican families overseas, oxtail is a treasured Sunday dinner dish that connects members of the diaspora to happy memories of their homeland. But in the past few weeks, the price of oxtail has more than doubled, skyrocketing...
Jamaica’s tourism industry lost another stalwart with the passing of public relations specialist, Sue McManus, in South Florida on Thursday. McManus moved to Jamaica from the United Kingdom decades ago and quickly established herself as a...
In Jamaica, in the early 1800s, the church played an important role in the dismantling of slavery. The Baptist missionaries, in particular, were vocal about their disgust for this evil system. So on Sunday, it came as no surprise that churches...
Seventy years ago, Linda Darnell, one of Hollywood’s hottest honeys, was in Jamaica shooting a movie called Saturday Islands. There was a huge buzz around Linda, especially since she had been described by various movie magazines as “the most...
Food and beverage lovers in the Atlanta, Georgia region are thrilled that the city is again opening for Epicurean adventures. An exciting upcoming event is the Atlanta Independence Rum...
At 49 years old, Joan Edwards, a Jamaican in Livingston, New Jersey, is a happy, accomplished woman. She is the mother of two grown children and has just graduated with a doctoral degree in nursing practice from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix...
New York Tri-state area deejay, Ras Emmanuel, is sitting at the number one spot for the second consecutive week on the New Jersey Reggae Chart Fresh 92 Top Ten, with his engaging single, Mad Love for You. The song is a tribute to wives, mothers,...
Rusea’s High School in Lucea is one of the oldest high schools in Jamaica, founded in 1777 by Frenchman Martin Rusea. The school now provides a full-service secondary education for over 2,000 students in the parish of Hanover. The institution is...
Jamaica’s tourism industry lost a devoted industry friend this week when Arlene K. Hoffman, style diva, Fifth Avenue socialite, ad agency owner, and the creative powerhouse that butterflies loved to follow passed on. Hoffman, a native New Yorker...
Finding a Jamaican Donald Trump supporter in New York might be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but attorney-at-law Gary Wright does not hide the fact that he voted on Tuesday for the president to remain at the White House. New York’s 29...
Her mid-morning flight from Kingston pulled up to the gate of Terminal 5 at New York’s JFK International Airport shortly after 3:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Three hours later, Jamaican reggae singer Nadine Sutherland was in a polling booth in Queens,...
The top item on the New Jersey ballot for November 3 is choosing the 46th president of the United States. But another item that is of keen interest in the Garden State is a vote for the legalisation of marijuana. In Public Question Number 1, the...
Four months ago, Jamaica’s robust tourist industry had virtually come to a grinding halt. Prior to coronavirus, the island’s fragile tourist trade was enjoying consecutive quarters of growth. The year 2019 was remarkable for visitor arrivals and...
A growing number of non-resident Jamaicans are complaining that they are being scorned while visiting the island. Denise Mitchell, 46, who arrived on the island early last week for her father’s weekend funeral said she felt scorned at every turn...
JAMAICA-BORN BISHOP of Dover, the Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, riveted crowds at a Black Lives Matter protest march in Canterbury, England, last Saturday after she delivered a stirring address to Afro-descended people to stand up for justice. With...
IN A heart-warming act of corporate goodwill, GraceKennedy Foods USA yesterday donated hundreds of bottles of coconut water to front-line health workers at three hospitals in New York and New Jersey. The donations were made against the backdrop of...
ANOTHER JAMAICA-BORN music industry professional has passed away from COVID-19 complications. Derrick Thompson, a classical music impresario and talent manager, died at a Manhattan hospital in New York City on Tuesday from COVID-19-related...
