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Facebook/Cheddi Jagan International Airport A Fly Jamaica Boeing 757-200 crash-landed has crash-landed at Guyana airport, injuring six people. Six people were injured, the airport said. The airline said in a statement that all passengers and crew were safe. A Fly Jamaica Boeing 757-200 crash-landed has crash-landed at Guyana airport, injuring six people. 128 people were on board […]
It was Louise Bennett’s first public performance. The 17-year-old recited one of her poems in patois, a radical act in mid-20th-century Jamaica, where a mastery of standard English was considered essential for social and economic advancement. For Bennett’s captivating performance that Christmas Day in 1936, Eric Coverley, 25, a well-known Jamaican actor and comedian, presented […]
In Jamaica, roadside eats are aplenty: jerk chicken, meat patties, sweet porridge, pepper shrimp. Casual restaurants serving good Jamaican food are also around, if harder to suss out in touristy areas. But authentic, multicourse local cooking? You’ll want to score an invite to someone’s home. Unless, that is, you’re traveling in Portland Parish, on the […]
Popular package holiday provider, Thomas Cook, is reintroducing its Jamaica route, as well as numerous new routes from Liverpool to summer sun destinations. The decision to reintroduce flights to the Caribbean island, Jamaica, comes after a two year gap based on customer feedback. A weekly flight from Manchester to Montego Bay, on Jamaica’s north coast, […]
Jamaica has declared a State of Emergency after the government reports a number of shooting incidents in St James Parish. Tourists are warned to stay in their hotels if holidaying in the area, with approximately 200,000 tourists from the UK travelling to the Caribbean island every year. But is it still safe to travel to […]
A state of emergency has been declared in some areas of Jamaica, including the popular tourist town of Montego Bay, amid a spike in violent crime. Police said on Friday they would take a zero-tolerance approach to crime in the parish of St. James, where Montego Bay is located, and nearby communities plagued by killings that […]
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE HOLIDAY? I spend my life on holiday. My most memorable one would be the first time I went to Jamaica in 1981. As a reggae band we went there as soon as we could. We had some time off and we suddenly had a bit of money and we were […]
Following is a transcript of the video. This restaurant in Jamaica serves venomous lionfish. Cligg Hanger Restaurant & Lounge, Portland, Jamaica. Here’s why it’s safe to eat. Errol Hanna: There have been a lot of myths about lionfish. It is a venomous fish, but only the tentacles, the spines are venomous. The venom disappears 24 […]
The most dangerous countries in the world have been revealed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in their annual Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. The report analyses the tourism in 136 countries around the world to compile the list. To form the ranking, the WEF “measures the extent to which a country exposes tourists and […]
Anthony Jackson-Hamel and Jonathan Osorio scored to help Canada defeat Jamaica 2-0 Saturday night, avenging a Gold Cup-ending loss to the Reggae Boyz earlier this summer. There was a sour end to the evening, however, as Vancouver Whitecaps teenager Alphonso Davies was shown a straight red card in the 76th minute for kicking out at […]
