5 Instances of Fidel Castro and Cuba’s Kindness to Jamaica
Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former president has died at age 90. Castro came to power in 1959 and led the Communist revolution. He ruled Cuba for almost 50 years before his brother Raul Castro took over in 2008. Jamaica and Cuba has had Many may remember him as a dictator, however during his years in power […]
JCDC Receives Gold Star at HRMAJ Innovation Awards
Tamara Wright-Brown, Director of Human Resource Management, Development & Administration (left) and Elizabeth Smith, Director of Corporate Services (right) both of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) receive the 2016 Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica’s (HRMAJ) First Place Golden Star Award for Leadership in HR Innovation from Myrtle Weir, Chief Judge of the HRMAJ […]
JCDC Empowers Youth Through Culture
The JCDC Eastern Region which covers the parishes of Kingston & St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Thomas will be hosting its annual Culture Club Consultation under the theme “Cultural Interaction for Greater Regional Integration (Social Growth)”. This will be held on Friday, December 2, 2016 starting at 9:30 a.m. at Caenwood Auditorium, Caenwood Centre, […]
Creative Writing Exhibition Tours Western Jamaica
The award-winning pieces of the 2016 Jamaica Creative Writing Competition which are currently being showcased in the competition’s annual island-wide tour have now reached the Western Region, and will be on display throughout the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, beginning on Monday November 28. The western leg of the tour, which was […]
7 Reasons Why We Miss Air Jamaica
There are certain ‘Things Jamaican’ that people from ‘The Rock’ hold in high regard, and Air Jamaica is one of these. Frequent flyers have fond memories of the Lovebird, and when asked about the airline, which had its debut flight in April 1966 and took to the skies for the last time in May 2010, […]
Day 331 of 365 Things to Do, See & Eat in Jamaica – A World War II Refuge: Gibraltar Camp
In 1940, the British ordered the establishment of an evacuation camp for 7,000 to 9,000 civilian residents of the United Kingdom’s war-threatened Mediterranean colonies of Gibraltar and Malta. Gibraltar has been a British colony since 1704. During World War II, its population was relocated to Britain, Madeira and Jamaica so that the Straits of Gibraltar […]
