Check out this story from Forbes on how Jamaica is dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic and the success of Jamaica’s “Say Yes To Fresh ‘buy local’ campaign”.   “With every crisis comes challenges and opportunities,” says Floyd Green, State Minister in Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries of

Here’s an update from FORBES Magazine on the legal status of marijuana or ganja in Jamaica for those looking to add some ganja smoking to their next visit to Jamaica.  Depending on whom you ask, Red Stripe, Rum and Reggae are the main reasons to take a trip to Jamaica.

KAYA Farms — a sister company to Kaya Herbhouse, home to Jamaica’s first legal medical cannabis dispensary — on Tuesday had its first official “cut” and harvest under the watchful eyes of the Cannabis Licensing Authority’s (CLA) interim Chief Executive Officer Augustus Staples at its farm in Drax Hall, St

Here’s an interesting article from The Economist about how Jamaica can benefit from globalisation.  IT IS EASY to succumb to the romance of Jamaica over dinner with Chris Blackwell in GoldenEye, his boutique hotel in the grounds of Ian Fleming’s Caribbean retreat. Mr Blackwell’s mother was Fleming’s mistress, muse and

The NIA tonight premiered a documentary titled, THE COST OF CORRUPTION – Jamaica’s Barrier to Prosperity. Produced by Film by Frame by Frame Productions, the documentary airs again on: CVM – Sunday January 27th at 6.00pm TVJ – January 24th at 9.30pm and Friday 25th at 9.30pm, Sunday January 27th

TVJ’s Kay Osbourne, explains why J-FLAG’s advertisement campaign was rejected but why Jamaica needs to become more tolerant… This makes absolutely no sense.  Mrs. Osbourne calls for more tolerance in Jamaica while rejecting the message of tolerance of the ad campaign…? See Ad unconditional-love-for-all-jamaicans-the-controversial-pro-gay-psa  

I just don’t get what the big deal about this video is. Personally, I think all Jamaicans could all benefit from hearing its message  – tolerance for all despite our differences. I dont’ think this video is pro or con being homosexual or any other kind of “sexual”, it just

The Trelawny Maroons are going on a mission to west Africa to reconnect with a side of their family not spoken to for nearly two centuries. Yet this is only the latest chapter in a trans-Atlantic odyssey for a people with a famous name but an often confused past. The Maroons hope that

Here’s the latest viral sensation coming out of Jamaica, staring Clifton Brown, a resident of Mavis Bank. He has been interviewed on TVJ’s Smile Jamaica, there have been several songs and remixes made from this video and even a dance or two. Here’s one dance choreographed by a NYC based dancehall

  YardEdge welcomes a guest post by writer, Opal Palmer Adisa on Jamaica’s relationship with Haiti. The distance from Kingston, Jamaica to Carrefour, Haiti is 261 miles and if there were a direct flight, it would only take 35 minutes on a plane. Boukman, the Jamaican, who was sold to