Jamaica has made visiting its shores easier than ever! As of January 2025, citizens from 99 countries can now enjoy visa-free access to the island. Depending on the country, visitors can stay for…
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Businessuite #1 Barbados Company By Revenue – CIBC Caribbean Bank Limited
CIBC FirstCaribbean is a relationship bank offering a full range of market leading financial services through our Corporate and Investment Banking, Personal and Business Banking and Wealth Management segments. We are located in…
Dennis Minott | Can you totowawa? Can you whistle?
Whistling. A simple act, yet profound in its resonance. It can summon attention, signal joy, and even serve as a universal language. Recently, I enjoyed a spirited conversation with my whistling friend Phillip…
Brendan Bain | Why change words related to human sexuality?
Over the past 50 years or so, some researchers from the disciplines of psychology and the social sciences have proposed separating the meaning and use of the words sex and gender even though…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: Faith Through the Storm
In 2 Kings 4, we encounter the Shunammite woman, whose faith and resilience inspire us even today. She had been blessed with a son through the promise of the prophet Elisha (2 Kings…
Get to Know Jamaican Kristina Newman-Scott, New VP of Knight Foundation’s $460M Arts Program
Kristina Newman-Scott, a proud Jamaican-born artist and award winning cultural leader, is the new Vice President for Arts at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. She will oversee a $460 million…
Marcus Garvey’s Arrest and Pardon: Righting a Century-Old Injustice 85 Years After His Death
Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Pan-African movement and Jamaica’s first national hero, received a posthumous pardon from U.S. President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025. The pardon, achieved through decades of…
Top 10 Most Charming and Hilarious Pick-Up Lines and Compliments from Jamaican Men
As a Jamaican woman who has travelled to several countries, I must say Jamaican men have some of the best pick-up lines—or as we call them in Jamaica, “lyrics.” I may sound biased,…
10 Things to Know About the Visit of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. to Jamaica in 1965
On June 21, 1965, only three years before he was assassinated, Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived at Palisadoes Airport on a visit to Jamaica, where he received the Key to the City…
10 Remarkable Facts About Dudley Thompson: Jamaican Legal Icon, Revered Statesman and Pan-Africanist
Dudley Joseph Thompson OJ QC, born on January 19, 1917 was a distinguished Jamaican Pan-Africanist, lawyer, politician, and diplomat whose life and work left an indelible mark on the Caribbean and Africa. Over…