All about the Trelawny Yam Festival
With the Easter holiday fast approaching the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA) is deep in the midst of planning the annual Trelawny Yam Festival. With nearly 15,000 people attending the 2005 Festival STEA looks to build last year’s momentum and showcase the best history, culture and excitement that Trelawny has to offer. The 2006 Festival […]
Exploring the Caribbean by American Retiree in Jamaica
Not all of my retirement time is spent in Jamaica. Traveling around the Caribbean does help fortify that I made the correct choice in living in Jamaica as opposed to any of the other islands I have seen. This month I will share these other islands with you. The love affair with Jamaica started in […]
A winter resort for Jamaica’s Blue Mountains???
It was with intense interest that I listened to a recent BBC Internet radio newscast. The newscast highlighted a desire on the part of Australian officials to invest some US$40 million to develop a comprehensive winter sport facility near Melbourne on a continent that is considered to be (on average) the warmest, driest and flattest […]
Introducing One of Our Own, the Dynamic LISA MACK!
Members of jamaicans.com have been sharing a lot of Lisa’s hopes and dreams over the past two years as a beloved Member (IrieStar), and we wanted to share with you a little of her background as well as the latest developments in Lisa’s career since her powerful performance in Star Search. SD – Hi Lisa, […]
What future for Jamaica’s Diaspora?
INTERNATIONAL TRADE is the source by which a country usually earns its wealth. In recent times however it is money remittances from Jamaica’s Diaspora that is Jamaica’s leading foreign exchange source. It is both flattering and concerning that, in these days, the economic significance of remittances to Jamaica is so important to the nation’s Revenue […]
The Pursuit of Excellence
In a bobsled competition, the race often continues long after the winners have been declared and in some cases, the medals have been presented. Interestingly, despite this fact, I have never seen any of the remaining teams approach their runs with a nonchalant attitude. You can easily make the case that completing the race is […]
"Behind the zinc fences."
You who are all looking from the outside do so with perceived perpetual fears and shaking heads of despair, but have you ever ventured in? Have you ever reasoned with those behind the zinc fences, for if you have you would know there is nothing to dread my friend? Your ignorance would be absorbed with […]
Is Rastafari the world’s view of Jamaica?
Recent events have me asking the questions “Is Rastafari all Jamaica has to offer the world?” The news media and business organizations have stereotyped the word Jamaica to mean Rastafari. It seems the world’s view of Jamaica as a place where Rastafari is the only thing that can be identified as Jamaican. The new wave […]
It’s All About Dancing
“Nah, a just some badman forward, badman pull up tune dem.” While some vintage ‘80’s ‘badman’ tunes were playing in a crowded dance one night in Jamiaca, partygoers were shocked to see Ding Dong, one of the newest and hottest dancers, leaning against a wall, nodding to the rhythm. When asked why he wasn’t tearing […]
The More Things Change The More They Remain The Same
The more things change the more they remain the same – Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist and novelist Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller or Mamma recently emerged as the next president of the People’s National Party (PNP) and Prime Minister designate of Jamaica. Many Jamaicans simply erupted into unrestricted euphoria upon hearing the news. Very few stopped […]