Jamaican Documentary “Inna My Yard” Premiers at NY Tribeca Festival; Ken Boothe Performs

A reggae documentary film premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. “Inna De Yard: The Soul of Jamaica” portrays some of the popular music genre’s pioneers, those who helped create the sound in the 1970s. The film offers an in-depth look at the lives and careers of reggae legends like Ken Boothe, […]
World-Famous Jamaican Floating Bar Needs Bartender

In what has been called a “dream job” posting, Jamaica’s world-famous Floyd’s Pelican Bar has offered a temporary position as a bartender in conjunction with Virgin Holidays. Floyd, the bar’s usual bartender, needs a break, and Virgin Holidays’ website is issuing the call to “Say ‘Hi’ to Floyd!” According to the ad, Floyd has been […]
Cannabis Store to Open in Montego Bay

The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TGOD) is opening its second legal cannabis retail store in Jamaica is in Montego Bay. The store is being opened via a partnership with Epican Medicinals and will be located on the city’s “Hip Strip,” the main tourist shopping area in Montego Bay. It will be opened for business […]