• Sat, 15 August 2026

Tax updated to 2009, I need to transfer grandpa’s land in Jamaica

QUESTION: Hello Legal Wiz, my family has land in Brownstown/Alexandrie, but I have misplaced the tax documents. I have contacted the tax dept in Brownstown and they tell me I need the plot’s in order to pay the taxes. Then I called again and they assisted me. The taxes are updated up to 2009. How […]

“I miss mi granny cooking!!!! ” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS

Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights some positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. We asked the question “The one thing I miss about Jamaica is…” at the South Florida Jerk Festival. – Photo by X. Murphy “I miss mi granny cooking. Turn up!”   The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone who loves Jamaica and/or Jamaicans. If you […]

September 7 is Miss Lou Day: Celebrate 96th Anniversary of Miss Lou’s Birth

Miss Lou

The 96th anniversary of the birth of Louise “Miss Lou” Bennett Coverley will be celebrated on September 7, 2015. The celebration will begin at National Heroes Park and will include a number of activities. A theater group known as “Respec Miss Lou” will honor Jamaica’s cultural icon by laying Miss Lou’s favorite flowers at her […]

Rita Marley Named Woman Of Excellence In Africa

Rita Marley will be feted with a banquet at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Sept. 12 when the United Nations’ Women and the African Union Diaspora Africa Forum (AUDAF) toast their selection with the 2015 Living Legends and African Women of Excellence awards. “To God be the glory,” she said after hearing about her honor. […]

Louise Bennett-Coverley 96th Anniversary of Birth Celebratory Activities

Monday, September 7, 2015 marked the 96th anniversary of the birth of beloved Jamaican cultural icon, the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, OM, OJ, MBE. In continued recognition of her contribution to Jamaica’s culture, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture has produced a one-hour television feature and other […]

Abby Dallas Debut EP “Destined” Out Today, Featured on iTunes

One Jam recording artiste Abby Dallas highly anticipated debut is out today on iTunes! “I am so excited to share this with my fans and I also hope to entice music lovers. To share my work with the world is very humbling. I can only hope that my music stirs something within them and leaves […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “I Speak Just As The Father Has Told Me”

For Christians everywhere, Jesus is the perfect model of what it means to do the will of God. While we often bring to God sacrifices that fall short of His clearly defined standards, we also tend to say and do things that are inconsistent with His expressed will. We know that in the Word of […]