• Tue, 23 June 2026

“The people. To me, they are warm and friendly.” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS

Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. We asked Lenny at the Palm Beach Jerk Festival, “What is it about Jamaica or Jamaicans that makes you smile?”   – Photo by Steven Gordon “The people. To me, they are warm and friendly.” – Lenny   The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone […]

South Florida Screening of Taboo Yardies Spurs Meaningful Dialog

Members of the local LGBT community and their allies attended the South Florida showing of the documentary, Taboo Yardies: Homophobia in Jamaica at the Broward College Davie campus on Wednesday, November 18. The screening was presented by local organizations Thou Art Woman, Very G TV and the Broward College Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), as a […]

Is D.R.E.D.Z. the Next Generation of Jamaican Dub Poets? Learn 7 things about them

In September, upcoming Dub Poets & reggae band, D.R.E.D.Z.  was among the featured artistes on the Youth Stars segment of Youth Talk on ROOTS 96.1FM.  These three young men- Kadane Cespedes, Rashiem Shepherd and Oraine Meikle have been engaging with the creative arts industry in Jamaica independently for several years. But in college, they decided […]

Goal! Reggae Girl Sherona Forrester Receives Rhodes Scholarship

Sherona Forrester

Sherona Forrester, 24, a member of Jamaica’s Senior Football team and former captain of the women’s team at the University of the West Indies Mona, has been named the Rhodes scholar for 2016 by Sir Patrick Allen, Jamaica’s Governor General. Forrester was selected for the honor from a field that comprised five male candidates and […]