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Team Jamaica Chefs Impresses at the Taste of the Caribbean 2017 in Miami

Team Jamaica Chefs Impresses at the Taste of the Caribbean 2017 in Miami

Jamaica’s culinary team participated last week in the 2017 Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami, Florida, and succeeded in improving on the results it obtained in 2016. Jamaica’s delegation included representatives of the area spanning from Negril to Portland. Following its performance in 2016, the team worked to ensure that it made improvements in […]

Our Stories- I escaped my kidnapping – Birdz I

In this installment of Our Stories, recording Reggae artiste Birdz I shares how she escaped her kidnapping….For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise – white sandy beaches, a beautiful and vivacious culture, rich and wholesome food, and attractive people. And while that image is not far from the truth, if the lens […]

Stellar Reviews for Rdx’s First Single Shake Your Bam Bam from Level up Album

Dynamic Dancehall Duo, RDX, has released their first single from their 10th anniversary album ‘Level Up’ slated for release this August. The single ‘Shake Your Bam Bam’ is considered slower than many RDX tracks like ‘Jump’ or ‘Kotch’; but isn’t outside their wheel house as their Chrome Whine single released earlier this year was also […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending June 9th, 2017

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT, CONCACAF, FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION HONOR BURELL David John-Williams, president of the T&T Football Association, expressed “heartfelt condolences” on behalf of the organization on the passing of Captain Horace Burrell, Jamaican football president. Burrell died in the United States where he had been undergoing treatment at Johns Hopkins […]

How Much Do You Know about Aviator Charles Lindbergh Landing in Kingston Harbor?

The American aviator and hero Colonel Charles Lindbergh landed the first Pan Am Clipper in Kingston Harbor on December 1931. The aircraft was a four-engine Sikorsky S40, and it began the flying boat service from Miami, which continued during the years of World War II and expanded to Montego Bay. He was flying for Pan […]

Jamaican Food Truck Owners to Open Restaurant in Indiana

Jamaican Food Truck Owners to Open Restaurant in Indiana

Jamaican Graham Levy, who owns Da Blue Lagoon food truck and operates it in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, plans to open a restaurant in Lawrence in the near future. The new brick-and-mortar restaurant, Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen, will be located in the northeast part of the city in Oaklandon Plaza. While it is unknown if […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Stay In Your Lane

Paul’s instructions to the believers in Rome, and by extension to believers everywhere, were quite clear: “If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.  Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for God’s wrath [and His judicial righteousness]; for it is written [in Scripture], ‘Vengeance is Mine, […]

Successful Johnny Live Comedy Bar Series Comes To Kingston

The immensely successful comedy series, Johnny Live Comedy Bar, has made its trek to Kingston after an excellent showing in Portmore St Catherine. The series, organized by noted actor, comedian and media personality Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley, began in March 2017 at Endzone at Buzzers in Naggo Head. The weekly show, hosted by Chris Daley himself, […]