Jamaica

'Kingston Noir': Where the Sun Doesn't Shine

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Colin Channer, Akashic Books, Noir, Books, Jamaica, Ian Thomson, Christopher John Farley, Reading, Kingston Noir, Books News

Kingston Noir is the purest of noir, and the richest of depictions of Jamaica -- only not the Jamaica you are probably familiar with.

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Archeologists Seek Protection For Legendary Sunken Port

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Port Royal, Port Royal World Heritage Status, Unesco World Heritage Sites, Unesco, Jamaica Unesco, Port Royal Unesco, Jamaica Port Royal, Video, World News

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Archaeologists said Tuesday that they'll ask the United Nations' cultural agency to bestow world heritage status on Port Royal, t...

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PHOTOS: 10 Great Spots To Celebrate The Queen's Jubilee

Oyster | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: London, Singapore, London Hotels, St. Lucia, Queen's Jubilee, Tea, Jamaica, Slidepollajax, Queen Elizabeth II, Barbados, Diamond Jubilee, Travel News

There's really nothing more English than afternoon tea, and so in honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this June, we've rounded up some of our favorite spots to indulge -- in London and the Commonwealth.

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Jamaica Lottery Scam

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Jamaica Lottery Scam, Jamaica Lottery Fraud, Lottery Fraud, Jamaica Lottery, Video, World News

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Eight people accused of defrauding U.S. citizens through a multinational lottery scam were arrested during raids of several ...

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WATCH: How To Travel Like James Bond This Summer

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Jamaica, James Bond, Switzerland, Thailand, 007, Movie Travel, Bond, Travel Video, Japan, James Bond Travel, London, Destinations, Travel News

James Bond may be her majesty's most frequent flier. Over the last six decades, the debonair agent has explored every corner of the globe, leaving beh...

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Remains Found Of Trudie Hall, A Missing Pregnant Woman Who Allegedly Had 2 Husbands

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Cape Cod, Crime, Crime News, Rob Galibois, Vivienne Walker, Trudie Hall, Jamaica, Video, Michael O?Keefe, Nepal, Quoizel Wilson, Ram Rimal, Nantucket, Missing Persons, Massachusetts, Michael Wilson, Doucet McDowe, Slidepollajax, Crime News

Human remains found in Massachusetts have been identified as those of a missing Nantucket pregnant woman whose mysterious disappearance captured natio...

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Ziggy Marley: My Mother Was Cordial About Bob's Extramarital Affairs

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 05.22.2012

With 4/20 upon us, today marks the release of the first-ever family authorized documentary, "Marley," chronicling the life and times of legendary musi...

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ReThink Review: Marley -- the Definitive Bob Marley Documentary, in Time for 4/20

Jonathan Kim | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: 4/20, Movie Review, Rethink Reviews, Marley Documentary, Bob Marley, Jonathan Kim, Rastafari, Marijuana, Jamaica, Ziggy Marley, Kevin Macdonald, Reggae, Rastafarianism, Pot, Bob Marley Documentary, Weed, Video, Marley, Entertainment News

If 4/20 is the international day for celebrating marijuana, songs by Bob Marley and the Wailers would be the day's equivalent of carols on Christmas. But Marley was much more than a pot smoker and a purveyor of music for barbecues and pool parties.

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Becoming Jamaica's Rabbi: Looking Back And Moving Forward

Rabbi Dana Kaplan | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Judaism, Slidepollajax, Jamaica, Black-Jewish Relations, Religion in Jamaica, Reform Judaism, Jews in Jamaica, Religion News

Making any transition is difficult. But moving to a new country to become the only rabbi for an entire island is a huge leap. If that wasn't enough, I became the first ordained rabbi to lead the Jamaican Jewish community in 33 years.

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Movie Review: Marley

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Cindy Breakspeare, Bob Marley, Michael Manley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Rita Marley, Bunny Wailer, Exodus, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Marley Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Chris Blackwell, Punky Reggae Party, Jamaica, Edward Seaga, Marley, Reggae, Entertainment News

Marley is a welcome documentary, one that celebrates Bob Marley's spirit, his genius and his influence. If it errs on the side of hagiography, well, at least it gives us glimpses of previously unseen Marley performances.

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Bob Marley Documentary Debuts

Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: 4/20, Jamaica, Magnolia Pictures, Rastafarianism, Video, Bob Marley, Rebel Music, Marijuana, Marley, Reggae, Documentary, The Wailers, Music, Slidepollajax, Arts News

In "The Last Wailer," John Jeremiah Sullivan writes, "Consider that in Kingston, in one decade, you had the emergence of Bob Marley and the Wailers, T...

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PHOTOS: 10 Breathtaking Sights You'll Miss If You Boycott Anti-Gay Countries

Laurence Watts | Posted 04.18.2012

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What My Nanny Left Me

Tablet Magazine | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Black-Jewish Relations, American Judaism, Tablet Magazine, Judaism, Bar Mitzvah, Religion News

By Ross Kenneth Urken Tablet Magazine How did a Jewish boy from New Jersey end up speaking with a Jamaican accent? It’s an enduring inheritance ...

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When Jamaica Calls To Say You've Won The Lottery

AP | DAVID MCFADDEN | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Scams Against Elderly, Lottery, Elderly Scammed, Lottery Scam Victims, Jamaica Scam, Lottery Scams, Scams, Jamaica Lottery Scams, Money News

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- The 88-year-old retired Coast Guard officer hadn't been outside the U.S. in decades. Yet phone calls started pouring in from J...

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Killing Me Softly, as I Stand in Your Ground: Victim-Profiling in Jamaica

Luis Perez-Simon | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Jamaica, Extrajudicial Killings, Urban Violence, Trayvon Martin, Nikita Cameron, Jamaica Police, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Jcf, World News

Policing is not easy. It is also dangerous. Besides more education and counseling, direct accountability and permanent oversight are needed in order to change a one-size-fits-all type of police mentality when it comes to people.

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Nari Ward Takes 'Liberty and Orders' Seriously

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Liberty and Orders, Jamaica, Installation Art, Video, Representation, American Citizenship, We the People, Lehmann Maupin, New York Gallery, Race, Nari Ward, Slidepollajax, New York, Arts News

Nari Ward is an artist concerned with how materials can give an object adding meaning. In his piece, “We the People,” Ward uses old shoelaces to m...

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PHOTOS: 10 Alternative Spring Break Trips

The Huffington Post | Laura Steiner | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Rio, Machu Pichu, Video, Spring Break, Caribbean, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Hispanic Heritage, Guatemala, Spring Break Series, Belize, Slidepollajax, Latino Voices News

While we've seen that Spring Break in Mexico does not necessarily mean you need to be trapped in the all-inclusive drunken world of Cancun, perhaps a ...

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PHOTOS: 9 Hotels On The Edge

Oyster | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Getaway, Hotels, Afraid, Jamaica, Retreat, Vacation, Slidepollajax, Edge, Risk, Travel News

These nine hotels, from a cliff-side sanctuary to an uber-luxe mountaintop retreat, will test travelers who are even a little scared of heights.

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A Royal Favorite In Jamaica (PHOTOS)

Elizabeth Thorp | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Half Moon Resort, British Royals, Jamaica, Prince Charles, Caribbean, Royal Family, England, Prince Harry, Luxury Travel, Travel, Poshbrood, Elizabeth Thorp, Slidepollajax, Travel News

As part of Prince Henry's recent tour of Jamaica to mark Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, His Royal Highness stayed at the Royal Family's favorite resort.

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Jamaican Drug Lord Faces Sentencing

AP | By TOM HAYS | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Video, Dudus-Coke, Christopher Coke Sentence, Jamaican Drug Lord, Christopher Coke Case, Drugs, Christopher "Dudus" Coke, Christopher Coke, Christopher Coke Sentencing, Crime News

NEW YORK -- U.S. authorities say Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was so ruthless that he once ordered a rival killed with a chainsaw. ...

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Party On: The Top 10 Spring Break Destinations For 2012

The Huffington Post | Caitlin Brown | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Spring Break, College Spring Break, Mexico, Las Vegas, Jamaica, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Cabos an Lucas, College, College News, Florida, Acapulco, Spring Break Trips, Punta Cana, Nassau, Slidepollajax, Miami, Negril, College News

This year's Spring Break "Top 10" list starts and ends with, oh-so-appropriately, MTV. College students may remember MTV's The Real World: Cancun, a p...

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Tough Times Hit Coffee Industry

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Colin McLaren, Video, Coffee, Gourmet Coffee, Jamaica Coffee, Coffee Industry, Japan Coffee, Food News

BRANDON HILL, Jamaica — A few years ago in this mist-shrouded mountain town, steep slopes were quilted with some of the world's most valuable co...

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PHOTOS: Potentially Deadly Luxury Destinations

Oyster | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Vacations, Hotels, Volcanoes, Cliff Diving, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Lions, Travel News

Check out our favorite ways to get a rush.

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Jamaica: Cuban Health Workers To Help Staff Clinics

AP | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Fenton Gerguson, Jamaica, Cuba Health Workers, Jamaica Health Clinics, Cuba Health, Cuba, Jamaica Cuba, World News

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica's government says that about 500 Cuban health workers will work on the island for the next two years to bolster understaf...

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Until We Have Faces: Stories of Violent Homophobia In Paradise

Ryan J. Bell | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Leslie Foster, Jamaica, Lynching, Until We Have Faces, Homophobia, James Cone, Film, Impact News

To be openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender in Jamaica is to take your life in your hands. I had no idea about this reality until I spoke to Leslie Foster, director of a documentary about violent homophobia in Jamaica.

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