Jamaican Receives Prestigious International Legal Award

Sanya Goffe, a partner at Hart Muirhead Fatta, is the recipient of the Libby Slater Award for 2017. She is the first Jamaican and one of only eight people to ever receive this award. The Libby Slater Award is given by the International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA) every two years to honor […]

5 Reasons We Loved Air Jamaica Flight Attendants

It’s hard to believe that Air Jamaica is now only a distant memory in Jamaica’s history. In its heyday, the former national airline was the highlight of every trip abroad. Everyone knew that the “pretty planes” belonged to Jamaica, and flying on Air Jamaica was as much as part of the experience of travelling as […]

New York Times Runs Feature on the Jamaican Beef Patty

In a feature article last month, the New York Times newspaper has recognized the widening exposure of Americans to the Jamaican beef patty. The patty, with its flaky crust and spicy filling of ground beef, Scotch bonnet pepper, onions and garlic, has moved beyond Jamaican bakeries and into major retail outlets like Walmart. In New […]

Sean Paul: Drake Should Give More “Accolades” to Jamaican Dancehall

Jamaican artiste Sean Paul has criticized Drake for using dancehall music on his “One Dance” track and not giving more credit to the Jamaican genre in his work. In an interview with Metro.co.uk, Paul believes that Drake should have given more “accolades” on the track, which was the United Kingdom’s best-selling single in 2016. According […]