Interview with Capoeira Instructor Dennis Eckart
This month we intervew Dennis Eckart a Capoeira instructor who lives in Jamaica. Created in Brazil by the slaves brought from Africa, Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that involves movements from martial arts, and dance. It was created some time after the 16th century in the regions known as Bahia, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro in […]
Looking for a Place to Park Your Yacht in Southern Belize?
San Ignacio, Belize, April 10, 2009 –(PR.com)– The Toledo district of Belize has never had a marina. That will soon change as the Orange Point Marina Corp. has decided to sell its 20 acre Marina development for 1.2 Million dollars. Although not totally finished (the vendor claims $200,000 U.S. required to complete) it looks like […]
World Health Day 7th April 2009
It is worth remembering on this World Health Day that the leading cause of death in Barbados, as indeed it is internationally, is heart disease. So here in Barbados one of the greatest challenges is how to overcome this non-communicable disease. The Heart & Stroke Foundation Inc. founded in 1985 is a non-governmental organisation and […]
Cap Cana announces construction of first villa within The Trump Farallon Estates at Cap Cana
The luxury real estate market in the Dominican Republic continues to show signs of strength. Today, Cap Cana announces the release of the first villa within The Trump Farallon Estates at Cap Cana to the world market. Villa Cielo, a 35,000-square foot estate villa, is located on a Farallon cliff-top home site of over 1.6 […]
The Book of Night Women – Jamaican Book Review
About The Book – THE BOOK OF NIGHT WOMEN by MARLON JAMES The Book of Night Women by Marlon James is a sweeping, startling novel, a true tour de force of both voice and storytelling. It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth […]
Jamaicans.com 2009 Book Drive
Support The 8th Jamaicans.com Annual Jamaica Book Drive.The next three months, (April – June 2009) Jamaicans.com is holding a book drive to benefit the Allen-Shaw Reading Room in Jamaica with a goal of collecting 80 children’s books by June 30th, 2009. We are asking for your help. We hope to distribute the books in Jamaica by August […]
Dealing with the BIG “R”
Recession and Redundancy are the buzz words these days and all of us are affected directly or indirectly. While some companies are caught squarely in the economic crunch and have no other choice but to painstakingly part company with some of their workers, there are others no doubt that are using the present situation as […]
Reaper of Souls: A Novel of the 1957 Kendal Crash – Jamaican Book Review
About the Book :The Kendal crash was, at the time, the world’s worst train catastrophe and the worst disaster in Jamaica’s history, taking more than 250 lives, including 14 from East’s family. Using the disaster as a backdrop, as well as eyewitness and survivor accounts, archival photographs, and the Commission of Inquiry Report (1958), East […]
Interview with Jamaican Dog Sledder, Damian Robb
Jamaican BonHommes (Snowmen) A few months ago, some interesting information was posted in our Sports Discussion Forum about new Jamaican sportsmen travelling away from the warmth, sun and sand to participate in a fairly unknown sport, one of man and beast – the Dogsled Race. A couple years ago, while in Edmonton, Canada, Danny Melville from Chukka […]
Moon Splash Annual Music Festival.
Moonsplash is the brainchild of legendary recording artist, Bankie Banx, whose varied musical styles will be showcased at Moonsplash alongside this year’s other artists.