According to Google Flights, Jamaica is one of the most popular summer destinations for couples looking for fun in the sun. For the summer of 2023, reports from Google Flights indicate that passport…
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Jamaican Singer Delta Bennett Wins at BMI Latin Awards
Jamaican singer Delta Bennett won the award for the Most Performed Song of the Year at the 30th Annual BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) Latin Awards ceremony on March 21, 2023, held at the…
Jamaican Eatery in Pennsylvania to Be Featured on “America’s Best Restaurants” TV Show
The American media and marketing firm, “America’s Best Restaurants,” is set to feature the Jamaican restaurant, Flavors of Jamaica, located in York, Pennsylvania. The episode featuring the restaurant will be available on the…
Gordon Robinson | Apologies for slavery
So the owner of The Guardian issued a sincere apology for the newspaper’s founders’ role in transatlantic slavery. This wasn’t caprice. It came after extensive research into links between founder John Edward Taylor…
Lance Neita | Bauxite industry: The way to consensus
The ongoing appeal against an injunction blocking bauxite mining in an area covered by a 25-year Special Mining lease is being watched carefully by stakeholders in the industry, including the Government, employees, retirees,…
Imani Tafari-Ama | A racist remark provides a teaching moment
There was a time when The Gleaner referred to the top political parties in Jamaica, the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), as the gangs of Gordon House for…
Verene Shepherd | Time to reopen debate on new national heroes and heroines
In October 2007, then Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Hon Bruce Golding, appointed a committee of nine persons, including myself and the late Rex Nettleford, to review the system of National Honours and…
Patricia Green | Are residential developments a nine-headed Hydra?
In Greek mythology, Hydra was a gigantic, nine-headed, water-serpent monster with one of these heads being immortal. Herakles [Hercules], the most legendary hero, was sent to destroy Hydra. When he decapitated one head,…
Kristen Gyles | TikTok playing ping pong with impressionable minds?
Recently, TikTok’s CEO, Shou Chew, appeared before the United States Congress to address criticisms relating to TikTok’s collection and handling of user data in light of the proposition for TikTok to be banned…
Imani Tafari-Ama | Tennessee: flashpoint for racist terror and resistance
April provides a timeline of terror in Tennessee in the United States of America (USA). This tragedy-filled month of memorials includes the Fort Pillow Massacre, enacted 40 miles North of Memphis on April…