“I love Jamaicans because Out of Many One People!!!! ” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS
Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights some positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. We asked the question “what is the one thing you love about Jamaicans?” at the South Florida Jerk Festival. – Photo by X. Murphy “I love Jamaicans because Out of Many One People.” The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone who loves Jamaica and/or Jamaicans. If you […]
UK Journalism Student Takes A Risk & Jets to Jamaica to Find Usain Bolt For An Interview
Dylan Legrand, a student reporter who is scheduled to graduate from the University of Brighton in the UK, took the risk of flying to Jamaica in order to find and interview Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man. When he began his trip, he didn’t know if he would succeed, but he was determined to try […]
Brazilian R&B artist Negra Li revels in Reggae
There is something about Reggae music that stars divert from their main genre to sample or record it. Brazilian R&B artiste Negra Li diverted from regular recording to team up with her husband Jr Dread to do the song titled Sunshine’. CEO/Producer of Donsome Records, Adrian “Donsome” Hanson explains that it all came about when […]
Around the World in a Day at the New York Travel Expo
Tourism is big business. Globally, the industry generates over US$7 trillion dollars per year, so it was no surprise that nearly 500 exhibitors from almost every region of the world came out to the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City this past weekend for the celebrated New York Times Travel Expo that ran for […]
Reggae Song Addressing Global Tumult
With all the turmoil in different parts of the world, it was not difficult for roots singer Ras Kronik to write a song addressing global tumult. That song, The Way to Life, was recently released. Produced by former UB40 trumpeter Patrick Anthony, it is enhanced by a graphic video filmed in Las Vegas, where Ras […]
For The Color Of Our Skin – It isn’t just racist white people who are wary of black people
Many Caribbean people will say they never experienced racism until they came to the US. They will say that growing up, they didn’t even realize that their white friends were white. I did experience racism in Jamaica. I went to a Catholic all-girls kindergarten and prep school run by Franciscan nuns who were mostly white […]
Visit to Jamaica by Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, 17th–19th January 2016
Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), will pay an official visit to Jamaica, 17th–19th January 2016, at the invitation of the Government of Jamaica. Ambassador Azevêdo’s visit to Jamaica is part of an initiative to visit a number of CARICOM countries, particularly those countries which have been active participants in the […]
Midilord Inc would like to announce Anita Antoinette’s upcoming appearance on NBC6
On January 18th 2016 at 11:30 AM EST Anita Antoinette will be on NBC6 In The Mix hosted by Roxanne Vargas. Anita will discuss what she has been doing since her appearance on The Voice, and share new music. Singer-songwriter Anita Antoinette creates insightful, passionate melodies that combine the soulfulness of her Jamaican roots with […]
Bluefield Bay Bowls Green Opening
The Bluefield Bay Resort in Westmorland Jamaica made history when they opened their very own lawn bowls green on 22nd December. The history was made because their green is the first green in Jamaica and probably the Caribbean. The sun came out to welcome Caribbean bowls tour’s Andrew Newell and fellow Jamaican and ReggaeRollers team […]
Jamaica-Born, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Gilpin Assumes Responsibility as the Senior Enlisted Leader of U.S. Army Africa
Command Sergeant Major Christopher Gilpin, who came to the United States from his home in Jamaica after high school, has spent the past 29 years in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 1986m and since training Fort Benning, Georgia, he served in the infantry, taking every leadership position from team leader to command sergeant major. […]