A Conversation with filmmaker Diana O’Gilvie on the film “The Jerk Tour”
We have a conversation with award winning filmmaker, Diana O’Gilvie as she delves deep into Jamaican jerk cuisine with her upcoming film “The Jamaican Jerk Tour.” Diana explores Jamaican jerk cuisine’s humble beginnings to its rise on the global culinary stage. Diana plays host in the film as she traverse from the streets of Kingston, […]
Book Review: Jamaica Fi Real
About Jamaica Fi Real Beautiful; aggressive; exuberant, talkative; humorous; resourceful; unpredictable – Jamaica brings many adjectives to mind, but boring is not one of them. No other country so young and so small has had such global cultural influence as the land of Marcus Garvey, Louis Bennett, Bob Marley and Usain Bolt. Jamaica Fi Real […]
Jamaica 49th Independence Celebrations Across The World
On August 6th 2011 Jamaica celebrates its 49th year of Independence. Across the globe, from Cuba to Africa to North America and the UK, celebrations are planned around the world. We have compiled a list of Jamaica Independence celebration across the world. You are invited to join the fun and festivities in your area. Here […]
Legal Wiz – Help Me Secure Land and House My Dead Grandparents Left Me?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz,Hello am looking for a attorney or lawyer who can help me with getting a land title and other papers, to secure a land and house that was left to me by my grandmother. My grandmother passed away in 1998 and my grandad was living in the house. My grandad asked me […]
Why are Jamaicans so fast? – Review: Red Bull Speed Trap 2011
Red Bull Jamaica began their island-wide search for the fastest Jamaican at the Red Bull Speed Trap event to answer this question. The quest began at the Shell Gas Station on Waterloo Road, on June 21st, 2011. The sprint test took the streets under the tagline “How fast can you go?” The Speed Trap event […]
Art Review – Jamaica Arts Odyssey: Exchanging Realities
What is there to discover in Jamaican art? What pleasures can it hold for the “average” person, caught up in the bustle and whirl of trying to make a living? To pause even to glance at works of art may be seen as a strain, much less to discuss said works and their potential impact […]
How can I cut my land in Jamaica, and get title for each of four parts
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, Good evening, I have a question pertaining to land in Jamaica…..My family has 10 acres of land in a rural part of Jamaica…We have the title, but need to cut a road and then divide the land in 4….Where can I go (or what office to contact) to have the road and the […]
My Jamaican Immigrations Experience – An American Retiree in Jamaica
Jamaican Immigrations is a very complex and bureaucratic ministry, like most government agencies anywhere in the world. It has been very frustrating for me my whole time in Jamaica. The process from the beginning was very slow and unpredictable. Nine years ago the process wasn’t as easy as it appears today. I say that because […]
West Indian Crickets In The Dark
I. For an intern, I lived and studied in the Spice Isle for an unusually long time – at first, under the auspices of the Caribbean Internship Project (CIP) via the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona and the Caribbean Child Support Initiative (CCSI) together with the Roving Caregivers Programme (RCP) and finally, though […]
Day-cation: Ft. Lauderdale Part 2 – The Strip
For over twenty years it has been my favorite place to seek a reprieve from the harsh New Jersey winters or just the occasional unwelcome bout of ennui. Like so many of its legions of visitors, I have been a fevered moth flocking to the flames of excitement that is Fort Lauderdale to leave bone […]