Day 11 of 365 Things to Do, See & Eat in Jamaica – Rose Hall in Montego Bay

Rose Hall Great House Montego Bay Jamaica

For something a little different, visit a restored Jamaican Great House at Rose Hall. Rose Hall dates from 1780 and is where the legendary “White Witch” Annie Palmer ruled her sugar plantation with extreme cruelty and where she died a violent death. Rose Hall features classic 18-century architecture and is decorated with furniture and fittings […]

The Jamaica Executor refuses to act to probate

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, My brother, my mother and I were left property by my dad. The executor lives up the road but he is very afraid to get the will probated. My brother is always threatening him telling him that the house should go to he and my mother alone because I am already […]

Jamaican Born Harvard University Professor Receives Gold Musgrave Medal

Professor Orlando Patterson

Professor Orlando Patterson has been honored with the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. Professor Patterson teaches at Harvard University and received the recognition for his achievements as a scholar. He was trained as a sociologist at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Mona and then went on to the London […]