CUDJOE LED Jamaica’s first insurrection by enslaved people, on Sutton plantation in Clarendon. He and many of the enslaved fled to the hills of Clarendon. They were always on the move as they fled the unrelenting enslavers in the tough and...
ON AUGUST 1, 1838, enslaved people in Jamaica and other parts of the British Caribbean were emancipated after over 300 years of enslavement by Spain and Britain. But 100 years before that, the Leeward Maroons of western Jamaica had already got...
IN 2018, Garfield Morgan left behind an enviable reputation in Jamaica when he migrated to Montreal, Canada, where he has since been making quite an impression on that North American country’s art scene. Among other accomplishments, he was...
SINCE 2014, the Christmas in July tradeshow has been giving small-business entrepreneurs the opportunities to showcase, market, and sell gift items that are produced locally. An initiative of the Tourism Linkages Network of the Tourism Enhancement...
“WE RETURNED all the glory to God Almighty for the success. On behalf of the executive and the planning committee of the AYJ (Alliance of Yorubas in Jamaica) Cultural Exposition 2024, we sincerely appreciate you all for your contributions, support...
DR KADAMAWE K’NIFE is a lecturer/researcher in the Mona School of Business at The University of the West Indies Mona campus. He is also the director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Thinking and Practice, and a strong believer in wealth creation...
Jamaica has acres and acres of unused lands, but people are struggling to find suitable pieces on which to build their own homes, for various reasons, including lack of security, inconvenient locations and high prices. And it seems that even the...
THE OBSERVANCE of the first anniversary of the launch of the Alliance of Yorubas in Jamaica (AYJ) Association of Jamaica will take the form of a ‘Cultural Exposition inside the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology, Jamaica...
AS THE Charles Town Drummers, Singers and Dancers brought the 16th Annual International Charles Town Conference and Festival (AICTMCF) to a riotous close on the evening of Sunday, June 23, a special group of men, women and children sat in the Asafu...
JARED HALL is an artist, storyteller, illustrator, graphic designer, and animator, who has a bachelor of arts degree in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design, and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in animation at California...
Fade to black is a term used in film making to refer to a transition from colour to total blackness. And come June 29 to 30, persons will be fading to Black River for days two and three of the inaugural Black River Film Festival, at Cloggy’s on the...
BACKED BY a grant of $35 million, The Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement(JOAM), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, is now launching the Jamaica Soil Regeneration and Fertility Improvement (JENESYS) Project,...
On Friday, June 7, there was a promotion ceremony at the Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland in which Jamaica-born Dr Raquel Peat was elevated to the rank of rear admiral (RDML O-7), effective May 1. The Senate of the...
PEOPLE FROM ‘yard’ and abroad will descend upon the Portland Maroon community of Charles Town from Thursday, June 20 to Sunday, June 23 for the 16th annual International Charles Town Maroon Conference and Festival, under the theme, ‘Land: Ancestral...
“THE SMALL and medium-size enterprise sector (SME) is by far the primary engine of growth and development in the Jamaican economy. The Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) has successfully represented the SME sector in its growth and...
FOR TWO years, starting this summer, St Lucian Sanovnik Destang will hold the mantle of leadership in the capacity as president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), succeeding Jamaican Nicola Madden-Greig. Destang, a chartered...
For two days, May 21-22, tourism stakeholders, buyers and sellers, and others took over the hall in Building A at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in St James. There were many attractive booths set up and operated by tourism businesses from all...
ON THE opening day of the just-concluded 2024 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Caribbean (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace, Nicola Madden-Greig, president of the CHTA, made a presentation on the state of tourism in the Caribbean, using...
The first day of the 2024 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace, with the Jamaica Tourist Board being a destination sponsor, climaxed with much festivity, fun and food, befitting the occasion. It was billed as a...
Patricia Alfonso-Dass was emotional as she went onstage to accept her trophy after she was announced, with great fanfare on-screen, as the 2024 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Caribbean Hotelier of the Year on Monday, May 20....
JAMAICA’S TOURISM Mecca, Montego Bay, will be inundated with tourism stakeholders from various parts of the world starting on Monday, May 20 and culminating on Thursday, May 23. It is the 42nd staging of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association...
FROM MONDAY, May 20 to Thursday, May 23, the Caribbean Travel Marketplace, a showpiece of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourist Association (CHTA), will convene at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in St James. It is the premier event for connecting...
At the recent Prime Minister National Youth Award for Excellence, Tashae Bowes was the only nominee who walked away with two trophies: one for excellence in academics, and the other for copping the nod for ‘Viewers’ Choice’. They were presented to...
PORTLAND IS known the world over for its breathtaking vistas of cascading and sparkling waterfalls, mesmerising blue holes, sun-kissed beaches, lush vegetation, misty mountain peaks in the distance, dramatic coastlines, meandering rivers, and so...
TRELAWNY IS widely known for its yellow yam, and as the birth parish of track superstars Veronica Campbell and Usain Bolt. And Toni-Ann Williams, a strawberry farmer, might be another reason why this western Jamaica parish is world renowned. Yet,...
