Resources on South Florida
Kingston 21 South Florida Weather Historical Museum of Southern Florida Miami Seaquarium South Florida Events The Herald Miami New Times Broward Times Sun Sentinel South Florida Business Journal Community Newspapers Florida Leader
Living/visiting tips
From the loud dancehall music blasting on Miramar Parkway to the raw Patwa in campus corridors; South Florida has been captured and made Jamaican. Schools and Colleges are heavily populated with Jamaican students; Broward Community College having Jamaicans among their largest international student population, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Nova South Eastern University, Miami […]
Eating in South Florida
Jamaican products and cuisine can be found on all supermarket shelves and corner restaurants around the city. From seasonings to coconut water, you name it they’re all here. Driving around town you cannot pass two stoplights without seeing a Jamaican flag welcoming you to their storefront. Nationals or Non-nationals alike enjoy the many creative cooking […]
Jamaican Businesses
Jamaican Businesses straight from yard make up the majority of all Caribbean related business, with Food and Travel products continuing the tradition of enticing peoples from all cultures to enjoy Jamaica. Billboards featuring Red Stripe, Sandals, Air Jamaica, Immigrant Services and Real Estate, are seen all over, with Freddie McGregor’s Photo being the most recent, […]
Jamaican/Caribbean Media
Jamaican/Caribbean Media is vibrant with the pirate mix that keeps the FCC hunting. Bussing tunes in the most unlikely places. WAVS 1170am and Mystic 1580 on am frequencies are the only official 24 Jamaican broadcast points. With News-Current affairs-Music and the latest from the diasporas pulsating, personalities such as John T, Ron Burke, Pat Montique, […]
Jamaican & Caribbean Organizations
Below is a partial list of some of the organizations present in the South Florida area. Be sure to check back as we add more organizations to this list. Jamaica Nursing Association of Florida; Inc Jamaica Teachers Association Jamaica Business Association of Florida inc – 305-255-3775 Caribbean Chamber of Commerce Jamaica United Relief Association – […]
Jamaican Events
Major events include Miami Carnival in October (Columbus weekend) ; Island in the Park sponsored by Air Jamaica at Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami; Miss Florida Caribbean pageant, Jamaican plays and performing arts groups which usually perform at Bailey Hall during holiday periods. Whether it’s Ashe, Papa San, Grace Thrillers or Beres Hammond, the place is […]
Life in South Florida
According to the last United States census report in 2000, Jamaicans were the largest immigrant population in the county of Broward. Jamaicans have arrived here in droves in the 1990’s. This being one of the fastest growing counties in the US, Miami -Ft Lauderdale has become the fastest growing base for exiled Jamaicans. The Jamaican […]
Where Jamaicans live
The South Florida region of the United States is home to the 2nd largest Jamaican population out side of Jamaica . The political turmoil in Jamaica in the 70’s resulted in a mass exodus of Jamaicans to Miami. What makes South Florida attractive to Jamaicans is: the year round climate is similar to Jamaica, a […]
Resources In London
BT – telephone directory service where people can get telephone numbers for people anywhere in England Up My Street – website where you enter the post code or town wherever you are in the UL and it brings up a list of businesses, taxi firms, restaurants etc all close to where you are Ocean Club […]