“Our ability to laugh at ourselves!!!! ” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS

Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights some positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. At the Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay we asked Jamaica Consul General Franz Hall “What about Jamaica or Jamaicans make you smile?”  – Photo by X. Murphy “Our ability to laugh at ourselves. Tek kin teet kibbo heart-bun.” The “Smile Jamaica” series is open […]

Day 27 of 365 Things to Do, See & Eat in Jamaica – Go Wild at Mayfield Falls

Have an adventure in the five-acre Mayfield Falls area, the wildest in the western part of the island. You can take restful walks along rivers and streams and enjoy several small cascading waterfalls along the way. You can also jump off a cliff (safely and under supervision, of course!) or do some cave diving. There […]

Nearly 7,000 Jamaicans Overstayed Visas in U.S. in 2015

According to the United States Department of Homeland Security, over 500,000 of the 45 million individuals who visited the U.S. in 2014 overstayed their visas. This number was higher than the number of those apprehended by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities during the same period. The DHS records the number of foreign nationals […]

The Search is On for 2016 Jamaica Gospel Song

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) an agency of the Ministry of Youth & Culture is on the hunt for Gospel Stars. The search will kick off with the first audition/elimination round of the Jamaica Gospel Song Competition in Central Jamaica on Tuesday, January 26 at the St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall in Mandeville, Manchester […]