Food
Pop into any modern mainstream restaurant today (from the USA to Canada to the UK and all points in between) and you will more than likely find jerk, or some version thereof, on the menu. And while we...
View ArticleInaugural commercial flight from US lands in Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) — The first regular commercial flight in more than 50 years from the United States landed in Cuba on Wednesday, as the two nations took the latest step in their efforts to boost...
View ArticleinterCaribbean Airways launches Cacique Rewards
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, Dec. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- interCaribbean Airways is pleased to announce our new rewards program called "Cacique Rewards". A rewards program for our...
View ArticleBevan Earle — blazing a trail of success in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — When St James native Bevan Earle emigrated to Florida in 1989 after serving 18 years in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), he had no idea that he would later be dubbed...
View ArticleCurator hails Mobay Cultural Centre
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Curator of the National Museum of Jamaica, David Stimpson, says the Montego Bay Cultural Centre is now the place to have an up-close-and-personal experience with Jamaican...
View ArticleEight U.S. airlines will fly between American cities, Havana
Eight U.S. airlines will be awarded 20 direct daily flights between U.S. cities and Havana, with service to begin this fall, the Transportation Department announced Thursday. The airlines, whose...
View ArticleSandals makes another game-changing move
Hotel giant Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is planning another investment for Jamaica’s tourism industry. After gaining approval for five overwater villas at Sandals Kokomo Island, hotelier Gordon...
View ArticleCuba ranks top in Caribbean for culture
A couple of developments in the travel industry have hit the headlines recently. They may not be in the biggest type, but they’re notable. They’ve gotten me thinking. They’re indicators, I think, of...
View ArticleNew air links raise hopes in Washington and Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba >> The first off JetBlue 387 were the TV cameramen, the U.S. secretary of transportation and the airline executives. As the tropical sun beat the tarmac, the VIPs traded...
View ArticleCuba awards 8 medical scholarships
EIGHT young Jamaicans have been awarded medical scholarships to study in Cuba for the 2016-2017 academic year, under the Cuba-Jamaica Cooperation Programme. Cuban ambassador to Jamaica Bernardo Guanche...
View ArticleUPDATE: Trinidad outlines reasons for denying Jamaicans entry to country
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it had prevented 12 Jamaicans from entering the island late last month because they were “deemed likely to become charges on...
View ArticleCDB president issues warning to Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) — President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Warren Smith, is warning the Barbados government that it needs to deal urgently with the island’s...
View ArticleCDB president issues debt warning to Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Warren Smith is warning the Barbados Government that it needs to deal urgently with the island’s...
View Article‘Rum, Rhythm & Roots’
British-Jamaican reggae musician, celebrity chef and restaurateur Keith Graham, also known as Levi Roots, has been working with Sandals Resorts International for the past few years on a fantastic and...
View ArticleNew Cuba Policy Stirs Caribbean Memories
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View ArticleJamaica, Cuba pledge to deepen relations
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica and Cuba have pledged to identify ways to deepen collaboration and exchanges in the areas of trade, tourism, climate change and...
View ArticleSandals chef to serve up tasty delights in Rio
Senior group executive chef at Sandals Resorts International Glenroy Walker will bring his culinary expertise and intricate knowledge of Jamaican cuisine to the gastronomic offerings at Jamaica House...
View ArticleA review: Ackee poisoning in Jamaica
SEVERAL plant species contain or produce toxic substances. It is believed that these naturally occurring toxins are produced as part of the plant’s defence mechanism against predators. Many of these...
View ArticleCuba sees Obama terror promise as healing of historic wound
Share PhotoReddit✉ In this Sept. 20, 2014 photo, a military academy student rests next to a photos of people who died in the 1976 Cubana Airlines bombing as it was flying from Barbados to Cuba, in...
View ArticleBartlett discusses tourism growth with board chairmen
With his sights focused on pulling in more than US$3 billion from the US$7.2 trillion global tourism market, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has informed the newly appointed boards in the sector of...
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