• Thu, 3 September 2026

The Benefits of Pimento Oil for Hair Growth

The Benefits of Pimento Oil for Hair Growth

A large majority of the population is familiar with the word pimento, but don’t realize that it’s beneficial for hair growth or that it’s common to Jamaica. The pimento utilized in haircare products is the fruit of a tree indigenous to the Caribbean. Most English-speaking countries call the tree pimento and the heart-shaped fruits allspice. […]

Jamaica Amongst 22 Countries with a Limited-Edition Apple Watch

Jamaica Amongst 22 Countries with a Limited-Edition Apple Watch

For the first time in its’ history, Apple launched 22 new Apple Watch bands and Jamaica is one of the countries honored in the company’s International Collection. The bands are called Sport Loops. The Sport Loop bands are designed to resemble the national flag of each country by utilizing the dominant colors. Every watch band […]

New Jersey City Honors Jamaican Immigrants by Renaming Street “Jamaica Way”

The city of Paterson, New Jersey, paid homage to Jamaican immigrants by changing the name of a two-block portion of Vreeland Avenue to Jamaica Way in their honor. According to Derek Alderman, a geographer at East Carolina University who has studied the street-renaming trend, “Change a street name and you change the way people think […]

Jamaican-based Tech Company, Jamlite Innovations: helping businesses in the pandemic

Jamaican-based Tech Company Jamlite Innovations- helping businesses in the pandemic

Tyrone Williams of Jamlite Innovations offers remote work options for his customers In Jamaica, businesses are wrestling with how to assist their staff, implement emergency procedures, and sustain their enterprises in the face of economic uncertainty while the country faces an unparalleled public health catastrophe due to COVID-19. It’s been a learning curve for some, […]

Partners For Youth New Leadership On A Mission

“Growing up in today’s environment, our youth face so many complex challenges in life, unlike the days of innocence when the older generation grew up!” So said newly installed Chairman of the Partners For Youth Foundation (PFY) Steve Higgins, as he delivered his address at the induction ceremony of the new PFY board at the […]

Le Vendôme at Charela Inn: Caribbean’s Best Kept French Secret

Le Vendome at Charela Inn Caribbeans Best Kept French Secret

Daniel Grizzle, his late wife Sylvie, and their daughter – Sophie Grizzle Roumel – have been running this unlikely traditional French eaterie Le Vendôme at Charela Inn since 1980. It also hosts one of Westmoreland’s best jazz nights on the world’s famous stretch of prime beach real estate: Seven Mile, Negril. You will dine and […]