Important events of arts, culture, entertainment and creative events happening around Jamaica are listed on this site. Power to the creative minds! To view, you can click on the calendar or scroll home page The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office of the Department of Homeland Security with its office at the U. S. Embassy, Kingston, will be closed to the public on Thursday April 12, 2012. Normal customer service hours for this office will resume on Monday April 16th, between 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. This closure only affects…
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ENJOY JAMAICA EVENTS: April 7-13, 2012
Important events of arts, culture, entertainment and creative happening around Jamaica between April 7-13, 2012. Support Jamaica’s creative minds! Of course, you can always click on the calendar or scroll front page! ART: •Suite Jamaica Gallery, VENUE: Kingston DATE: Sunday, April 8 •EVENT: Brunch and Art Show with Master Sculptor Gene Pearson at Strawberry Hill DATE: Sunday, April 8 Join us for an enchanting display of Fine Arts with Gene Pearson, featuring a collection of his newest works. TIME: Noon to 3:00pm • Enjoy Strawberry Hill’s brunch offering • Complimentary…
Read MoreJamaican Paul A Reid highlights legal advice for Penns Relay
By Paul Reid, Jamaica Observer writer JAMAICAN athletes, coaches and fans attending this year’s annual Penn Relays Carnival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this month will be able to get legal advice on immigration issues. This is a new service that will be provided by the army of volunteers that make up Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), the nonprofit organisation that caters to the needs of the hundreds of Jamaicans who converge on Franklin Field the last full weekend of April every year for America’s largest continuous track meet. For the past few…
Read More2012 National Visual Arts Contest and Expo seeks entries
Entry forms are now available for the 2012 National Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition. The deadline is May 18, 2012. Entry forms and rules available at: JCDC website National Gallery website JCDC parish council offices islandwide By email to visarts@jcdc.gov.jm Select art supply shops and galleries By telephone get info … 968-2661 922-1561 925-5736-9
Read MoreLargest church worldwide is in Seoul, South Korea?
Happy Easter! Today the world celebrates Good Friday, ironically a holiday resulting from the death of someone .. Christians claim as Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. A bit of information. It is indeed interesting that largest christian church is found i South Korea, where Christianity is FAR from being the foremost religion. As the Editor for the Religion Feature, I went visited the Yoido Full Gospel Church with over 800,000 members. Over 800,000 in attendance and check out the methods of translations in any given sermon. FOR REAL. Here’s an…
Read MoreHymns of Easter for Jamaican churches
Today, Friday, April 6, is 2012 Good Friday. Easter is about one man dying to save the world of their sinful nature, about sabbatical, about resurrection
Read MoreUS Embassy in Jamaica closes 2012 Good Friday, April 6
Important events of arts, culture, entertainment and creative events happening around Jamaica are listed on this site. Power to the creative minds! To view, you can click on the calendar or scroll home page The Embassy of the United States of America will be closed on Friday April 6 and Monday, April 9, 2012, in observance of Good Friday and Easter Monday. All parts of the U.S. Mission, including the Consular Section, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Robeson Information Resource Centre, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S.…
Read MoreJamaica Music Countdown APRIL 6-12, 2012 by Richie B
How did Elephant Man, after a 3-week entry end up at 15th place, still he’s improved from last week’s 18th place on Dancehall singles with for Gal Setting. Vybz Kartel still going strong adding fresh creativity Party Mih Seh to the competition on Dancehall singles. On the Reggae charts, check out Noddy Virtue’s Loving Her Was Easier up one spot to 17th place after entering 7 weeks ago, just behind Singing Melody’s Collide. Congratulations on the other hand to Ziggy Marley for his album Wild and Free which is up…
Read MoreResponse to UK’s Samantha Brick on being ‘too pretty’
SAMANTHA BRICK… It doesnt matter if some persons view you as ugly or average. TRUTH is perspectives vary and its the persons who do crazy things to you because THEY view you as pretty, cute, pretty, beautiful which forced you to write that article. On the other hand make sure your personality is not WHY people treat you as you claim. I dont see my self as more than an average face. I go through a lot of problems from persons who thinks I am cute, pretty, beautiful…SO I know…
Read More‘When fools go market, bad goods sell’
If fools nuh go market — bad goods nuh sell… TRANSLATION: ‘When fools go market, bad goods sell’ Jamaican proverb or wise sayings or not.. makes sense and CENTS! INCIDENT: Yesterday a man claimed he had a car sitting in his yard not worth 5,000 and said he would take even 5,000 for it.. Up comes a JAMAICAN who enquires about the cost. On being told that he was to make an offer, the man offered J$17,000, but came back with $15,000. Now now in true Jamaican loyal style.. he…
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