Global Extraction Film Festival 2020 – Curated by Jamaican Environmental Filmmaker, Esther Figueroa
The First Global Extraction Film Festival, streaming online from July 16-20, 2020, is FREE to the public worldwide. Curated by Esther Figueroa, environmental filmmaker based in Jamaica, in collaboration with Caribbean Creativity based in the Netherlands, GEFF 2020 is part of a movement to bring attention to both long-standing and newly evolving threats from global […]
NYC Councilman Calls for Cancellation of West Indian Day Parade Citing Cuts to Police Funding
Republican Councilman Joe Borelli of Staten Island, New York, has called for Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade to be cancelled, claiming that the event requires “beefed up” security that the police cannot afford. Borelli sent a letter to Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD), on July 7, 2020, that characterized the […]
5 Reasons Why McDonald’s Didn’t Survive in Jamaica
McDonald’s restaurants are known around the world and while the company has many Jamaican flavor items on the menu, no one will see the golden arches of McDonald’s Corp. in Jamaica. The company first opened there in 1995 and suspended its operations on Oct. 14, 2005. People can find their favorite fries and burgers as […]
Jamaica Sees More than 35,000 Visitors Since Phased Reopening
Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, announced that the country has welcomed over 35,000 visitors since June 15, 2020, when it’s phased reopening of borders began. According to Bartlett, Jamaica expects to see another 30,000 tourists by the end of July, which would bring in approximately US$80 million in foreign exchange. Jamaica had closed all of […]
World-renowned Jamaican photographer Barry Harley wins photography competition
World-renowned Jamaican photographer Barry Harley, who was commissioned by Hear Congo, is a winner of the 61st annual Communications Arts magazine photography competition. Barry Harley’s five winning photos were selected from the “Out of the Mines” series Hear Congo supported. The Hear Congo organization is dedicated to education, workforce development, and providing safety and security for women and children who have […]
Jamaica Set to Open First Creative Hub in Downtown Kingston
The first Creative Hub in Jamaica will open its doors on Monday, July 27, 2020, in Downtown Kingston at the old Swiss Stores Building at 107 Harbour Street. The restaurant, wine bar, retail and gallery space is downstairs, and upstairs is the new Hub space, a partnership between the Hub Coworking Ltd. and arts and […]
“Choose designs that you love.” – Tammy Gammon Jamaican Artist and Designer
Tammy Gammon is a multidisciplinary artist whose Afro-Caribbean work explores themes of women of color, abstract expressionism, stylized mandalas, and bright colors. Gammon migrated to the United States at the age of 17 to Miami, FL. A graduate of Florida International University; with a Bachelor’s Degree in English completed in 2000, Tammy Gammon also pursued a Graduate […]
Immigration Advice: And The Immigration Bans Keep Coming
The Trump administration issued a new Immigration ban (ban) which began on June 24, 2020, at 12:01 A.M. EDT. The new ban is directed at certain foreign nationals on employment-related, non-immigrant visas from entering the United States. The Trump Administration also extended the ban which it issued on April 23 regarding the entry of certain […]
Nah fam, I ain’t going to jail over some yoghurt — Just Being Funny By Caribbean Comedian Onicia Muller
Granola and yoghurt is the breakfast of heart-healthy introverts. I needed my roommate to stop guzzling mine. Choops, give a bum one yoghurt and they suddenly think you’re their daily dairy plug. When I confronted her, she gave me a look that said she was holding back a wave of choice words. Being assertive is […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 10th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER PROUD OF NEWLY APPOINTED DIPLOMATS Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, expressed her support of the three newly appointed diplomats who have been signed to postings in Japan and Canada. She noted that continuing Jamaica’s foreign policy is critical, especially when […]