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The Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Kingston announces the 2013-2015 Fulbright Faculty Development Program. The Fulbright Faculty Development Program awards scholarships to lecturers at tertiary level institutions in Jamaica. Qualified applicants should have demonstrated excellent academic performance with first-class honors or upper-second class honors achieved for his/her Bachelor’s degree. ApplicantsContinue Reading

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Important events of arts, culture, entertainment and creative events happening around Jamaica between August 6-12, 2012. Power to the creative minds! Of course, you can always click on the calendar Caribbean Tales 2012 is coming up with dynamic events. They are also lauding great people of and relating to theContinue Reading

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Makes you think everytime you travel across the island — just how blessed Jamaicans are, yet how very little they know. The world clamours and pay out big bucks for herbs and spices so easily grown and found in Jamaica. Interesting enough Jamaica soil is rich, that is very fertileContinue Reading

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“In this pilgrimage in search of modernity I lost my way at many points only to find myself again. I returned to the source and discovered that modernity is not outside but within us. It is today and the most ancient antiquity; it is tomorrow and the beginning of theContinue Reading

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Honourable Damion Crawford, member of parliament for East Rural St. Andrew and State Minister in the Ministry of Entertainment and Tourism, wishes to clarify statements made in segments of the media this morning (Friday, March 30). It was reported that the minister had failed to file returns for the DecemberContinue Reading

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SOURCE: Jamaica Gleaner Ainsley Walters, Gleaner Writer CAREY Robinson’s much-awaited Memoirs of A Jamaican Media-Man will be launched at 6:30 this evening at Pulse’s Studio 38, Trafalgar Road, St Andrew. Described in a Sunday Gleaner review as “a simply wonderful literary feast”, Memoirs of A Jamaican Media-Man is a recountContinue Reading

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Important arts, culture and creative events happening around the world, especially in Jamaica on March 30. Power to the creative minds! IN THE YEAR 1971: Jamaican celebrity Terrence ‘Farenheit’ ‘Farenizzi’ Harold is born. Many Jamaicans relate to him only as the former back up singer to Sean Paul. He howeverContinue Reading