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Why do Jamaican athletes dominate track and field? – A conversation British-Jamaican Organizers of Athletics Meets Science: Jamaica’s Pursuit of Greatness

Jamaican Athletics - Sprinters Kerron Stewart Shelly-Ann Fraser Sherone Simpson

Together with the University of West Indies, husband and wife team Anthony & Teanne Andrews have produced an upcoming London event “Athletics Meets Science: Jamaica’s Pursuit of Greatnes“. The event is a town hall discussion, exclusive documentary screenings, and a photographic exhibition, chronicling the genealogy of Jamaican athletics over generations. It takes a fascinating look […]

Cultural Performances adds Spice to the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival

Organizers of the 7th Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival in New York are ensuring that patrons will enjoy a memorable day with a culinary, musical and cultural feast like no other. The event, slated for Sunday, July 23 at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, will see an array of performers on the Cultural stage before […]

Can company manager sign the power of attorney documents

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, My father, who is getting old, has a registered company in Southern Kingston. The tenants in a property owned by my father’s company have started giving him trouble. He just asked me to get them out of the place to avoid any further complications. He cant use his eyes so well. […]

Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival; A Delicious Fun-Filled Experience

Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New York

Every Summer, for the last seven years, thousands have eagerly flocked to Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, to enjoy a sizzling day of mouthwatering jerk foods, cooking contests, celebrities, cultural performances, reggae, soca and dancehall music at the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival. This annual celebration of Caribbean culture will take place on Sunday, July 23 […]

BBC Features British-Jamaican Barbershop That Is Keeping Patois Alive

BBC Features British-Jamaican Barbershop That Is Keeping Patois Alive

The BBC in the United Kingdom found a barber shop in Stoke-on-Trent that is keeping alive the Jamaican patois language. Patrick Gonsalves, the hairdresser at the shop is known as Mr. T,. He has been living in the UK for 47 years, and some of his customers have been going to him for almost that […]

Lessons from the Audley Shaw cell phone bill saga

Audley Shaw

The Audley Shaw cell phone bill saga is grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons. To be sure, it’s an irresistibly salacious story, as it was when former minister Arnoldo Brown fell victim to excessive cellephony! What should really occupy our minds though, is the wanton lack of financial management and control systems in the […]

Flow Dials in to ‘Sumfest’ 2017

FLOW, the Caribbean’s largest provider of telecommunications and entertainment services, has inked a sponsorship deal with DownSound Entertainment Ltd. (DSE), owners and producers of the revitalized 25th Annual Reggae Sumfest music festival, that will see the entities partnering to provide a live broadcast of the iconic event across its cable network and online. FLOW will […]

CaribbeanTales International Film Festival: The Legacy Edition

On July 6, 2017, the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) held its Media Launch and Program Reveal to launch its twelfth annual festival with an evening of community and celebration. The packed event featured the Canadian Premiere screening of Barbadian film legend-in-the-making Shakirah Bourne’s latest fantasy feature film: A Caribbean Dream. And the international release […]