Immigration: P-3 Visa for Culturally Unique International Artists and Bands
Summer is now here and with the onset of warm weather there will be cultural celebrations. Cultural celebrations range anywhere from reggae festivals to annual events where a specific style of music or dance is performed. Recently, my firm has had the pleasure of obtaining a number of temporary visas for internationally acclaimed artists and […]
June 2011 Caribbean American Heritage Month Celebrations Listing For The United States
ALABAMA What: Carifest After Party When: June 11, 2011 Time: 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM Where: Theatre Junction Lounge, 608 – 1st Street SW, Calgary AB Admission: $44.25 About: Wine down and Whine down after the Charleston Carifest Carnival Information: http://www.primeboxoffice.com/concert/tickets.aspx/official-carifest-2011-afterparty/Calgary/404 California Event: Caribbean Heritage Salute Hollywood and the Arts About: The proceeds to […]
Quotable Caribbean – May 29, 2011
“We want to officially welcome the Air Jamaica family to Caribbean Airlines and I am confident that we can realise the growth opportunities that are now present with us being ‘one Caribbean airline’. A truly Caribbean airline will now be of service to the Caribbean and its people.” – George M. Nicholas III, Chairman, Caribbean […]
Calypso Dreams And Fire In Babylon To Screen In Brooklyn, New York, June 11, 2011
The stage is set for the first CaribbeanTales New York Film Showcase at the Spike Lee Screening Room at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus in New York on Saturday, June 11. The inaugural one-day event, which brings the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Caribbean Week in New York to a close, gets underway at 12 noon with […]
St Maarten Welcomes Interest By Choice Hotels
St. Maarten’s tourism authorities are welcoming interest by an American hospitality company to expand its network of Caribbean hotels to the island. Speaking ahead of this week’s annual St. Maarten-St. Martin Annual Regional Tradeshow (SMART), Director of Tourism Regina LaBega said attracting trusted brands to the destination was very important at a time when there […]
Black no Longer Beautiful? What Is Happening To Our Children?
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds” one of the most prophetic statement by the late reggae superstar Bob Marley. Albeit this statement was most likely intended for the international community, for our purpose, let’s assign it to Marley’s native country Jamaica. What signs and symptoms were apparent in the […]
Buy A House – Don’t Build (Part 2) – An American Retiree in Jamaica
Last month in Part 1, I explained the steps one must take to begin to build a home. I also spoke of some of the experiences I have had with contractors. This month I will point out some of the flaws in my friend’s house as well as my own. I have personally been involved […]
Billion Dollar Money Managers Set For “Investing In Paradise” Forum
They are collectively responsible for managing billions in assets daily and on June 9, 2011, a trio of U.S.-based investors and money managers will share their expertise and discuss opportunities they’ll consider for investment, at the inaugural Invest Caribbean 2011 Power Breakfast. The Investing In Paradise event, presented by digital media company, Hard Beat Communications […]
We Are The Sum Of What We Read
There are numerous objects of demarcation between people who read, reason and write and those who do not. Oftentimes these objects distinguish between those who live in residential areas and those on skid row. An observer sees these objects and begins to generate stories about their proprietors. The verdant lawn behind the automatic gate […]
A conversation with Scheed Cole
This week we interview the multi-talented Scheed Cole, Owner Prop and More Limited/Scheed International. A son of the inner city, Scheed Cole, inventor, painter, sculptor, ceramist, graphic artist, interior decorator, set designer, video editor, animator and fabricator, has been an Art Educator since 1997. He has been mastering fine arts for the past 17 years […]