Should I complain about attorney or selling land process?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I hope that you are fine. I spoke with an attorney already, but I just wanted a bit of advice/guidance in terms of me selling a property in Jamaica (while living in the UK). My father died and left some land and a house. My brothers and my sister have decided […]
Study Ranks Jamaica as Second Riskiest Caribbean Country for Business
According to a study from the FM Global property insurance group, ranks Jamaica as second riskiest Caribbean country for business. The FM Global Resilience Index is based on three resilience factors: economic, risk quality, and supply chain. The index considers things like cyber attacks, natural disasters, and supply chain failure. Jamaica was listed at 117 […]
Idris Elba’s Jamaican Film Casting Call Shut Down by Police
Actor Idris Elba held open auditions in London to find people who wanted to work as “paid extras” in his latest movie. However, so many would-be extras answered the casting call, police were summoned to shut down the activity. Idris, 44, advertised the event as an opportunity to work on a film that would be […]
Busy Signal Secures USA Work Permit
Swirling rumors that Jamaican dancehall heart throb Busy Signal, born Glendale Gordon had his US work permit reinstated and is traveling to New York to perform at Groovin’ In The Park, is triggering a rare media frenzy in entertainment circles. As it happens, Groovin Inc founder & CEO Chris Roberts is confirming that the rumors […]
Jamaican American is the new MasterChef Junior on FOX network
Jamaican American Jasmine Stewart, 12, received the MasterChef Junior trophy and a grand prize of $100,000 on the May 18, 2017 Season 5 finale of the Fox network’s television series. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay presented the trophy. Stewart said she is inspired by her Jamaican parents and kept close to her roots to win the […]
Jamaican Traditions Important to Lauderhill Lions Youth Soccer Club
The cultural background of the players participating in the Lauderhill Lions Youth Soccer Club is unique for such a program in the United States. The players are 100 percent minority, 100 percent of Caribbean heritage, and 90 percent of Jamaican heritage. Parent involvement drives the organization, and the parents actively instill Jamaican traditional cultural practices […]
Jamaican American Actress in NBC Hit Series “This Is Us” Featured in People Magazine
Actress Susan Kelechi Watson, whose parents are both from Jamaica and whose middle name suggests a connection to Nigeria, plays the character “Beth Pearson” in the popular “This Is Us” television series on NBC. She remembers when she was once an insecure teenager plagued by doubt and anxiety. Watson and her female cast mates provided […]
Two Jamaicans among Top 8 Caribbean Jockeys in US
Several top jockeys from the Caribbean are participating in the 2017 horse racing season in the United States, which began with the Kentucky Derby on May 6. Among the top eight Caribbean jockeys are two Jamaicans Rajiv Maragh and Shaun Bridgmohan. Maragh, 31, was born in Kingston and moved to Florida at age 13 with […]
Bankra Caribbean Folk Festival, New York, June 3rd, 2017
BRAATA Productions, founded by Jamaican actor, MC and singer Andrew Clarke, always gives a little more, but on Saturday June 3 they will be giving a lot more with the presentation of the third Bankra Caribbean Folk Festival at 160th Street in Jamaica Queens (between Jamaica Avenue and 90th Street) Not just a Jamaican celebration, […]
Jamaican Poet Receives Honorary Doctorate in South Africa
Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, has awarded Jamaican reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson an honorary doctorate degree in literature. Johnson, a highly regarded poet, reggae artist and political activist, was recognized by the university for his “inspiring political activism,” his poetry and music, which was described as “the soundtrack” of South African’s anti-apartheid struggles […]