Kentucky in Jamaica? – A Hidden Gem

Kentucky in Jamaica? Located just a few miles off A2 between Savanna La Mar and Belmont in the Bluefields Bay area at Cave is a road, which meanders through Cave Valley and eventually ends up in the small village of Kentucky. Driving there is not for the faint of heart as the elevation quickly gets […]

Jamaican Hall Of Fame: Mary Seacole, Jamaican Nurse in the Crimean War

Mary Seacole- Jamaican Nurse in the Crimean War Born Mary Janet Grant, 1805 in Kingston Jamaica to a Scottish father and a Jamaican Mulatto mother. She acquired her nursing skills from her mother who kept a nursing home for injured soldiers. In 1836, she married Edwin Seacole, who died in 1844. After his death she […]

Jamaican Hall Of Fame: Actress Madge Sinclair

Jamaican Hall of Fame Madge Dorita Sinclair- Jamaican Actress She was born in Kingston. Jamaica on April 27, 1938, to a middle class family. The families’ fluctuating economic situation, affected her personally and emotionally. Therefore motivating her to become more self-sufficient at an early age by becoming a “go-getter”. After turning 30, Sinclair became a […]

Staying Conscious in Jamaica Part 1 of 3

Amazed. That was the only word I could muster when my boss agreed to let me go on a 12-day motivational trip to Jamaica. Maybe it was the constant, “Jamaica..dis an Jamaica dat” that tipped the scales or the mere fact that he would not have to see or hear me for an equally long […]