Emergency Offices Across the Caribbean
ANGUILLA Wycliffe Richardson Disaster Preparedness Coordinator National Disaster Organization P.O. Box 296 The Valley, Anguilla Tel: (264) 497-5666/5667 fax: (264) 497-2378 Email: [email protected] ANTIGUA/BARBUDA Patricia F. B Julian Director National Office of Disaster Services P.O. Box 1399 American Road St. John’s Antigua/Barbuda Tel: (268) 460-7075 Fax: (268) 462-4742 Email: [email protected] THE BAHAMAS Carl Smith National […]
Moving to Jamaica FAQ’s by American Retiree in Jamaica
1. Can non-citizens purchase property?Yes, no restriction that I am aware of. 2. What are the mortgage rates?As of Sept. 2004, one bank quoted me a rate of 17.2%. 3. Is it a sellers or buyer market?Buyers market. Many homes are on the market for months before they are sold. 4. Would it be cost […]
Jamaicans.com Annual Christmas Toy Drive 2008
RawHTML: It that time Again. It is the Annual Jamaicans.com Christmas Toy Drive. Thanks to your generosity, our 2007 toy drive was a big success. This year, we are counting on your continued generosity to bring the joy and wonder of Christmas to some truly deserving children. We have partnered with the Food for the […]
Book Review – Port Royal:The Sunken City
In the seventeenth century, Port Royal was a legendary city, a city of vast wealth and pleasure-seeking, the home port of the buccaneers. Today, Port Royal is a city of legends, legends of the 1692 earthquake and tidal wave that caused the city to sink beneath the sea, and legends of the fortunes that may […]
2004 Annual Book Drive Update
Thanks again to the many of you who participated in the Jamaicans.com 2004 book drive. The books were given to benefit the children of the Allen-Shaw Reading Room in Jamaica. Below are pictures and a thank you letter from the Allen-Shaw Foundation. Thank you and we will do it again next year. LETTER FROM THE […]
Book Review – The Runnings by D.N. Wong Ken
CONTENT SUMMARY” A murderous political conflict has escalated to explosive proportions and Brandon Chong Is caught in the middle. He was to be a pawn in their deadly game but under-estimating him may be their undoing. Brandon will not go quietly and he will stop at nothing to save himself and the women in his […]
Jamerican Outreach Inc
Organization Profile “To foster hope in the hearts and minds of the people of Jamaica by administering to their needs in a holistic manner” Mission We believe that the people of Jamaica can benefit from us giving back our time, energy and resources to help in supporting families and empowering communities. To this end, JAMERICAN […]
Jamaica’s True Queen: Nanny of the Maroons
Background Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons has largely been ignored by historians who have restricted their focus to male figures in Maroon history. However, amongst the Maroons themselves she is held in the highest esteem. Biographical information on Queen Nanny is somewhat vague, with her being mentioned only four times in written historical texts […]
Extortion-A Social Revolution
Stated below are my views on the social revolution in Jamaica and in particular to Spanish Town and the One Order Gang. I lay no claim to be a sociologist nor am I even a student of sociology; nonetheless, this is an observation of an appalling process taking place and is reshaping our society and […]
After the Storm…
Have you ever wondered why is it that after we go through a bad phase in life we seem to come out better for it? It use to puzzle me too until recently after I stared down a gunman’s nozzle I realized why. If you have ever been in a situation like I did and […]