Asking About Food in Jamaican Patois

Perhaps one of the most important conversations to be had with a Jamaican is about food; because if we are being honest – who doesn’t like eating Jamaican cuisine? There are a number of phrases or sentences associated with asking about food on the island, whether you are buying at a shop, making an order […]
3 Jamaicans Amongst 397 To Be Honored with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Three Jamaicans have been honored in the United Kingdom with appointments as Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Yvonne Grant, the co-founder and administrator of the Open Arms Development Centre in Kingston; the Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover; and Paulette Bolton, a nurse who ultimately earned three academic degrees after […]