• Sun, 20 September 2026

Jamaica’s Chris Blackwell Feeds Local Foods to Visitors at Pantrepant Farm

Pantrepant Farm Jamaica

Pantrepant Farm, Jamaica – Photo Courtesy of Island Outpost Former record magnate and founder of Island Records Chris Blackwell makes sure that visitors to hiw 2,500-acre Pantrepant Farm. Following his desire to highlight the unique flavors of Jamaica’s native produce, Blackwell serves traditional dishes like bush tea, oxtail and butter beans, and pepper pot soup. […]

“The language, the music, the food. You name it.” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS

Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. We asked Howard at the Palm Beach Jerk Festival, “What is it about Jamaica or Jamaicans that makes you smile?”   – Photo by Steven Gordon “The language, the music, the food. You name it.” – Howard   The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone […]

Jamaican Photographer’s Project Reclaims Images of Black Women

Elegant black Ladies - Photos by Jeana Lindo

Jeana Lindo, 21, is hoping to empower black women with her book showing images of their daily lives. “Elegant Black Ladies,” is reflects Lindo’s interest in helping to change has black women are congenitally perceived, reclaiming their unique femininity and suffering. Using a study of “Carefree Black Girl,” which has been called an “archetype turned […]

The Partnership Formed Between Jamaica and the Diaspora Continues

Over the past two years, the Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force (JDETF) has sought to make a difference to the education system in Jamaica.  Many Diaspora members have come together to create initiatives and interventions for the children of Jamaica, based on assessed needs. The first initiative was a fact finding mission to Jamaica in February […]

A Good Samaritan she was and my hero for the day

It was 86 degrees in Markham Park and the Grace Jamaica Jerk Festival 2015 was in full swing. I was playing my part at the bar where members of the Kiwanis Club of Lauderdale Lakes were giving of their time, promoting the work of the Club. While serving sodas, water and fruit juices to patrons, […]

Jamaican Receives Commonwealth Youth Worker of the Year Award for 2015

Miguel Steppa Williams

Miguel “Steppa” Williams, who founded the Forward Step Foundation, has been named the Commonwealth Caribbean Youth Worker of 2015. Williams uses music and other art forms to engage young people in prison or in gangs in order to foster youth empowerment. His foundation focuses on social enterprise, creative arts, safety, sexual and reproductive health, and […]