St. Ann and Trelawny to name Festival Queen
The 2015 Parish Coronations of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition continues this Saturday, May 9 at the Shaw Park Hotel & Spa, Ocho Rios. Singing sensation, Romaine Virgo will be guest performer at the coronation. Tickets are being sold at the St. Ann Parish Office at Adults $800 and Children under 12 years old, […]
Eddie Murphy Releases Brand New Video For “Oh Jah Jah” Directed by Richard Gumbs III
Eddie Murphy unleashes the brand new video for his reggae single “Oh Jah Jah,” released by VPAL Music (VP Records’ subsidiary label and distribution arm). The critically-acclaimed track, which Huffington Post claims “will have you jamming” and Entertainment Weekly describes as “breezy,” peaked at #1 on iTunes Reggae Single Chart and debuted in the Top […]
Create® TV Is Adding Island Flavor To Millions of American Lives
This Caribbean American Heritage Month, island cuisine will find a new home on American Public Television’s 24/7 lifestyle channel. Bringing an appropriately festive close to Caribbean American Heritage Month 2015, “Taste the Islands with Chef Irie”, the first Caribbean cooking series to be picked up by public television stations across the United States, will begin […]
After waiting all day, Jamaican judge says my summons was not served
QUESTION: Dear Legal wiz, I went to the Resident Magistrate Court in Jamaica, and after waiting all day, they told me that the summons was not served. I insisted because I had gone with the young man who served the summons, and the lady told me that he didnt see the return piece. When I […]
Jamaican Kristina Newman-Scott, named as Connecticut’s new director of culture.
Jamaican Kristina Newman-Scott is now Connecticut’s new director of culture. Newman-Scott was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, where she was an art consultant for eight years before migrating to United States. She was a popular television & radio personality and visual artist in Jamaica and has a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Edna Manley College of the […]
10 Things You Did Not Know About Shaggy
We recently caught up with international reggae singer and deejay Orville Richard Burrell best known by his stage name Shaggy. In 1993, Shaggy exploded on the music scene with his debut album “Pure Pleasure.” He followed up with his sophomore album “Boombastic” in 1995 which won a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Reggae Album. […]
VIDEO: Shaggy on in the “Shaggy off” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
In one of the funniest segments this season on the Jimmy Fallon show, Higgins and Shaggy go head to head in a rap battle to determine who’s the better Shaggy. The two traded lyrics with The Roots band backing them up to who could out-Shaggy the other. See the segment in our video gallery
Legal Wiz – Jamaican judge says my summons was not served
QUESTION: Dear Legal wiz, I went to the Resident Magistrate Court in Jamaica, and after waiting all day, they told me that the summons was not served. I insisted because I had gone with the young man who served the summons, and the lady told me that he didn’t see the return piece. When I […]
Devon House named as one of the world’s 30 Best Ice Cream Parlours
The Daily Meal has named Jamaica’s Devon House named as one of the world’s 30 Best Ice Cream Parlours. Devon House was 29th on the list and is the only Caribbean Nation to appear on the list. In 2011 National Geographic named Devon House No.4 in the top Places to Eat Ice Cream in the world. […]
Jamaican film, The Gift Everlasting, wins at the Florida Movie Festival 2015
The Jamaican film, The Gift Everlasting, is the winner in the category women faith feature films at the Florida Movie Festival 2015. The Gift Everlasting is set in Jamaica and produced by a small independent, family-owned film company, BarriVision Films. Based in Florida and Jamaica, BarriVision Films are the producers of the award-winning film, Just […]