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Year Old Hoping Death Of Reggae Legend Raises Awareness

Patrick Williams and his family are hopeful that the recent passing of reggae legend, Frankie Paul, will raise much needed awareness to the struggle of kidney disease in Jamaica. Paul died on May 18th at the age of 52 of kidney failure. Williams, just 21-years old, suffers with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Both of […]

Jamaican Business Woman Featured in Atlanta Newspaper

The Talk of the Town focuses on life in Atlanta, Georgia, providing features on the people, places, and events of interest in the area. In a recent feature, Talk of the Town related the story of Jamaican Lois Hines, the co-founder of Tropic Isle Living. Twenty-five years ago, Lois Hines and her husband Michael began […]

US-Based Mexican Restaurant to Add Jerk Chicken Taco

Tijuana Flats, a Tex-Mex restaurant with some ten locations in Jacksonville, Florida, has announced a new menu section called “Flat Outrageous.” The new menu offers Jerk Chicken tacos topped with MoreFire! Hot sauce, cilantro cabbage, pineapple salsa and cotija cheese. Tijuana Flats also pushes the limits with its street taco variations: the Crispy Baja Fish […]

An Interview with Jamaican Andrea Gauntlett, Football Club Owner

Q: Who or what motivated you to buy the Greater Lowell NPSL Football Club? It was the NPSL review Board that motivated me to buy the NPSL club. My predecessors had lost their membership and I attempted to reinstate them. The review board said it required “good business partners” and asked if I would consider […]

Photo Highlights: Southwest inaugural flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Montego Bay, Jamaica

Southwest Airlines has added new service from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to Montego Bay, Jamaica. The new non-stop flight to Sangster International Airport brings the number of United States gateways operated by Southwest to Jamaica to four. Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, spoke at an official inaugural welcome event on June 4th, 2017 […]

U.S. Report Shows Jamaica Ranks Second on List of Visa Overstays from the Caribbean

U.S. Report Shows Jamaica Ranks Second on List of Visa Overstays from Caribbean

According to a report from the United States Department of Homeland Security, Jamaicans were second only to people from the Dominican Republic among travelers from the Caribbean living in the US on expired visas. The “Fiscal Year 2016 Entry/Exit Overstay Report” found that 9,621 Jamaicans overstayed their visitor, business, or student visas in that year. […]

Jamaican-American Doctor Running to Represent Connecticut in US Senate

Jamaican-American Doctor Running to Represent Connecticut in US Senate Dr An-Marie Adams

Dr. Ann-Marie Adams, a Jamaican-American journalist, has been tapped by the Democratic Party to run for US Senator from the state of Connecticut in 2018. Adams said she was excited to run for this office, noting that no black immigrants hold office “from Canada to Miami,” except in New York or in Florida, and that […]

Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival Kicked Off with ‘A Taste of Jerk’

The organizers of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival held their Kick-Off event on Saturday June 3rd, 2017, at the VP Records retail Store in Jamaica Queens. The annual occasion, aptly called “A Taste of Jerk” serves as a way to notify the press of the various features and entertainment they can expect at the festival […]