On Our Radar: Things that Caught Our Interest This Week
1. For the forty fourth time, the stretch of Eastern Parkway between Utica Avenue and Grand Army plaza will be transformed into a three mile carnival as a gyrating multi-cultural crowd will gather to shimmy to the sounds of the Caribbean and eat to their West Indian heart’s content while watching the main parade at […]
Vintage Jamaica – Countdown to Jamaica’s 50th Independence
And indeed all focus was on Jamaica in 1966! Still in its independence infancy since only four years earlier allowed to release the secure grip of the “Mother” country England and finally allowed to stand on its figurative two feet and chart its own direction. As with any newborn there were many visitors anxious for […]
Quotable Caribbean – August 22, 2011
“I will continue to promote Haiti, to get investors to come to invest in the country. As a humanitarian I want to see how we can continue to bring aid. Not aid in terms of charity, but aid that can help people aid themselves.” – Wyclef Jean, Haitian musician and humanitarian (Reuters) “I have never […]
On Our Radar: 5 Things That Caught Our Interest This Week – August 21 – 27, 2011
1. “Pieces of Jamaica” art exhibition at the African American Research Library in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Artists Davis I. Muir, Michael Curtis and Louis Davis capture and showcase the vibrant intricate beauty that comprises the people and landscape of Jamaica through the magic of photography. The exhibition opened to rave reviews on August 17, 2011 and […]
The title is lost, the landowner is dead, I am paying taxes so I need the Jamaican title
QUESTION: Dear Jamaica Legal Wiz How do I apply for the Land Title if the owner for the Jamaica property dies. I can’t locate the original title and all I have is the property tax receipt which I am now paying and a diagram from the Survey and Mapping Division. I would also like to know […]
U.S. Virgin Islands Brings Caribbean Warmth To Philadelphia
America’s “City of Brotherly Love” was warmed by the food, music and festive spirit of the Caribbean when a team from the United States Virgin Islands breezed through town this month. The occasion was the 36th annual National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention and Career Fair which drew thousands of journalists, students, communications specialists, […]
A Brief Jamaican History – An American Retiree in Jamaica
Jamaica celebrated 49 years of independence from the British Commonwealth on August 6th, 2011. My intention for this month was to give you a brief history of Jamaica but during my research I found many discrepancies from one source to another. The general information is in agreement between them but beyond that I don’t know […]
An Interview with Jamaican Media Consultant & Author, Marcia Forbes, PhD
Dr. Forbes is author of the book, Music, Media & Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica. She is well known in Jamaica for her success in transforming the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) into the privately owned Television Jamaica (TVJ). She was also the keynote speaker at Atlanta’s Jamaican Independence Ball in 2011. 1) Why did you write, “Music, […]
Jamaica, the Land we love: Paradise or Hell on Earth?
A society can be measured by the way it treats its most vulnerable. The three groups that are most vulnerable in any society are: the elderly and infirm, the young, babies, toddlers, school age and adolescence, inclusive. Lastly, the mentally ill. For our purpose, vulnerable is the susceptibility of certain groups to physical, emotional, and […]
An Interview with David Ritter the Director of the Documentary, "The Forgotten Faces of Jamaica”:
History books have long told the stories of scores of African slaves who were chained and taken across the Atlantic Ocean by white oppressors. Since then, the stories of these slaves have been the canvas upon which most West Indians have drawn their ancestral portraits. However, what most people tend to forget is that the […]