Destination Jamaica received resounding support from the Japan Association of Travel agents (JATA) in the quest to increase arrivals from that country. In a meeting with the Jamaican Delegation, Chairman of JATA, Hiromi Tagawa said “JATA is pleased...
Celebrated Caribbean calypsonian Willard Harris, known on stage as Lord Relator, will be the featured cultural performer at the 2019 Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) Leadership Awards on December 14 in Miami. The 1980 National Calypso Monarch of...
He goes by the name Kevin Crown, aka the ‘Natural Born Club Killa,’ a world-renowned DJ, trendsetter and trailblazer who dares to be different. In 2014, he was crowned ‘DJ of the year’ in New York at the 8th Annual Young...
The executives of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) and the St. Lucia government signaled the formal relocation of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative to St. Lucia. The CCI, launched in 2008, is a coalition of governments, companies and...
Karl Mullings, artist manager, co-founder of the Toronto chapter of the Cornwall College Alumni Association and founding organizer of the cultural event that gave birth to Caribana in Toronto was recently honored posthumously at a ribbon cutting...
Canadian-Jamaican artist Jonathan Emile has released the first single “Savanna,” off of his upcoming album Spaces-in-Between (January 24th – MindPeaceLove / Tuff Gong International). Progressive reggae website Rootfire hailed the...
A delegation from St Jago High School, winners of Television Jamaica (TVJ) Schools Challenge Quiz, visited New York City recently. The trip was sponsored by Television Jamaica (TVJ), Irie Jam Radio (NY) and VP Records (NY) and was awarded to St Jago...
Though the vector control unit in Manchester has heightened its vector control management in the parish, Chief Public Health Inspector for the parish, Charmaine Palmer-Cross, is appealing to residents to take personal responsibility in reducing the...
“The government of Jamaica is deceptively seeking to control the process” A number of community leaders in the Northeast region, including elected officials, have added their voices to calls for the Jamaican Government to postpone...
Over the past 2 ½ years as a part of the current Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board (“the Board”) we have focused on evolving the process of Jamaican Diaspora engagement with the Government of Jamaica through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...
