Overview
What is now known as the City of Toronto came into being in 1997 with the amalgamation of the cities of North York, East York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, and York. The Toronto Census Metropolitan area (also known as the Greater Toronto Area or GTA) encompasses the cities of Newmarket to the North, Brampton/Caledon to the North […]
2003 Annual Book Drive Update
In March-April 2003 Jamaicans.com partnering with Chichibud LTD. and Food For the Poor asked you the users of this site to support our book drive to benefit the Jamaica Library Services (JLS). We had a goal of collecting 100 children’s books by April 30, 2002. We beat the goal by almost 50 and this books […]
Online Resources on New York
New York City Convention and Visitor’s Bureau City Search Digital City New York Today TimeOut New York Manhattan Users Guide NYC Tourist Paper Mag City Travel Guide.com GoCityKids New York for Kids
Eating in New York
This section is dedicated to you. All those who walk off dem boot heel, wit dem belly inna dem han! If you love a home cooked meal, you will never go hungry in New York. I really mean this. If you need products, seasonings, fruits or vegetables such as, bammy, breadfruit, ginnep, hairy coconut, sorrel, […]
Jamaican/Caribbean Media
Newspapers/Magazines Carib News Radio WLIB, 1190 AM 93.5 FM
Jamaican & Caribbean Organizations
Below is a partical list of some of the organizations present in the New York area. Be sure to check back as we add more organizations to this list. Clarendon College Alumni Assn.180 East 17th StreetBrooklyn, NY 11226 Committee for the Economic Redevelopment of JamaicaBMCC 199 Chambers Street, Room N610New York, NY 10007 Cornwall College […]
Jamaican Events
If you are looking for some fun, you shouldn’t have to look far. There are many places to go in New York to hear the latest reggae, dancehall, Jamaican hip-hop; eat curry goat, jerk chicken and mackerel, run-down, Jesus Christ! and drink rum punch, magnum, tan-pon-it-long!, sorrel. Lawd a mercy, Jamaica dey right yah so! […]
Jamaicans.com 2003 "Boardite" Awards
The votes are in!!! Below are the 2003 boardites Awards winners Best Signature 2003: BND1999Best “boardite”Name 2003: WhagwaanMost “Unoriginal boardite” Name 2003:YardyFunniest boardite Member 2003:Tie: Sue Sumba/WendyBest boadite Debator 2003: Tie: Tropicana/Tuff Gong“Nuffest” boadite 2003: TropicanaBest Topic Starter 2003: Tie: HO/PilotBest Moderator 2003: Tie: DearK/G2/OchigalMarcia Davidson Good Boardite Citzen Award/ Boardite Member of the Year […]
Where Jamaicans live
When mi check it out Lawd! No wey nuh betta dan yawd! Let me add another verse to this famous song. When yu cyan ongly ‘ford fi walk, no whey no betta dan New York. All jokes aside, when you can’t get home there is no need to worry.You can find almost everything Jamaican, mi […]
Resources on South Florida
Kingston 21 South Florida Weather Historical Museum of Southern Florida Miami Seaquarium South Florida Events The Herald Miami New Times Broward Times Sun Sentinel South Florida Business Journal Community Newspapers Florida Leader