• Wed, 5 August 2026

Jamaican Helps to Bring Disney Animated Hit “Moana” to Life

Jamaican Helps to Bring Disney Animated Hit Moana to Life

Jamaican Ian Gooding is the production designer on the Disney hit animation “Moana”. In discussing his excitement about the film, Gooding described it as telling the tale of Moana, 16, who is chosen by the Pacific Ocean – shown as an actual character in the film – some 2,000 years ago in the South Pacific. […]

Man from abandoned building refuses to leave

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, Almost 5 years after the land and an abandoned building on it got sold to my uncle, but, the man in the abandoned building refuses to come out. I just dont know how he got there, but he was left there for years and now we cant remove him. My uncle […]

DJ Jabba Set to Launch Inaugural Love & Harmony Cruise

love and harmony cruise DJ Jabba

Planning is underway for the first Love & Harmony Cruise, which is set to run from February 27 to March 3, 2017, and travel from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to Jamaica and back. DJ Jabba, a popular radio personality in New York, is on the cruise’s organizing team and reports that more than 80 percent […]

Our Stories: Erinski makes money from his car

In this installment of Our Stories, Erinski explains how he makes money from his car….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 is focused […]

Jews Hold Historic WWII Reunion in Jamaica

Jews Hold Historic WWII Reunion in Jamaica

During World War II, many Jews from Europe received refuge from Nazis in Jamaica, and in 2016, the first reunion of these individuals was held to memorialize the Polish and Dutch Jewish refugees who received safe haven on the tropical island between 1942 and 1944. The event was organized by Jamaican author Diana Cooper-Clark, who […]

US$250 Million Investment to Revive Rail Routes from Montego Bay to Kingston

JRC Seeks to Revive Rail Routes from Montego Bay to Kingston

Joseph A. Matalon, chairman of the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC), says his enterprise is ready to revive rail routes between Montego Bay and Kingston. A planned investment of US$250 million will be put toward the effort, which is designed to facilitate Matalon’s re-entry to the tourism sector. Tthe enterprise team of the corporation is hoping […]

Peter Lloyd Looks to World Tour 2017

​It has been a good year for Peter Lloyd, one that has paved the way for an even greater one in 2017 as The Love Messenger prepares for his upcoming World Tour. The release of the new single Pure Love early this year with accompanying music video, and the response that followed was a great […]

Linstead Hospital to Benefit from Iba Mahr’s Sound Di Alarm Music Festival

The Linstead Hospital is set to benefit greatly from the second staging of the Tru Juice Sound Di Alarm Music Festival slated for New Year’s Eve at the Dintill Sports Complex in Linstead. The event, organized by Reggae vocalist Iba Mahr, his Iba Mahr Foundation and the Harrar Music Group, saw great success at lasts […]