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Jamaica's participation in Expo Shanghai 2010, a six-month long trade show in China, is being coordinated by four Government ministries, using Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI) as a rallying point for business interest. The expo is expected to bring some 70 million buyers and sellers to Shanghai during the May 1-October 31 event
... click on "Ja Expo" in the News section.
A series of television commercials starring sprint sensation Usain Bolt and aimed at boosting Jamaica's tourism product will begin airing throughout the United States, Canada and Europe on February 8... click on "Bolt" in the News section.
The great swine flu hoax of 2009 is now falling apart at the seams as one country after another unloads hundreds of millions of doses of unused swine flu vaccines. No informed person wants the injection anymore, and the entire fear-based campaign to promote the vaccines has now been exposed as outright quackery and propaganda
... click on "H1N1 Scam" in the News section.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES is in the process of conceiving how best to deliver a major conference on the theme Rethinking And Rebuilding Haiti.
I am very keen to provide an input into this exercise, because for too long there has been a popular perception that somehow the Haitian nation-building project, launched on January 1, 1804, has failed on
account of mismanagement, ineptitude, corruption... click on "Haiti" in the News section.
Bless the President for having rescue teams in the air almost immediately. That was President Olafur Grimsson of Iceland. On Wednesday, the AP reported that the President of the United States promised, "The initial contingent of 2,000 Marines could be deployed to the quake-ravaged country within the next few days." "In a few days," Mr. Obama? ... click on "Aid to Haiti" in the News section.
The TSA has been lying to the American people about full-body scanners. The agency has insisted that these "digital strip search" machines are incapable of saving, storing or transmitting the images they take. This, we are told, makes it okay for people to be digitally strip-searched... click on "Body Scanner" in the News section.
I am the grandson of a Chinese Jamaican national and I live in the United Kingdom. I am hoping you can help me locate my grandfather. Mr CHAN, Fook-Loi, aka "Billie". He is of Hakka origin. In the UK his name would be spelt CHAN, but in Jamaica this may have been spelt CHIN... click on "Searching for Mr Chan" in the Articles section.
The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.
Why are we not aware of this? Its because some big corporation wants to make back their money spent on years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale... click on "Soursop" in the Articles section.
Take a bite of a juicy, sweet mango and you are experiencing a delicious taste enjoyed by countless people from ancient times until today. According to the Orlando-based National Mango Board (NMG), a mango industry-sponsored research, promotion and consumer information program, mangos are known to be rich in vitamins C and A, as well as fiber. However, because little has been documented about any specific health benefits of eating the fruit, NMB has commissioned a variety of scientific studies to investigate these issues... click on "Mango" in the Articles section.
Predictions of a cold night on Saturday, January 2, 2010, in South Florida were more than accurate. Our hearts stopped as the temperature gauge gradually fell from the mid-60’s to that of the low 40’s. It was too late to make alternate plans for “indoors”. We were shivering in our shoes, literally and figuratively. It was very “cowl!” Questions were raised as to the status of the event: “Oonoo still having di ‘ting’ tonight?”... click on "Truck Stop" in the Articles section.
Keith Lyn recalls that when he first heard ska at Chocomo Lawn in west Kingston, there was a lot of barbed wire around. It was a place that he was warned not to visit, but followed his musical heart and went along with Byron Lee and Ken Lazarus. There he heard ska for the first time, being performed by the Paragons, Heptones and "a whole bunch of guys we did not know" and the sound grabbed him ... click on "Ska ska ska" in the Articles section.
"Save Saturday, May 22, 2010 for the President's Pink Lotus Ball," announced Tsung Tsin Association of Ontario's President Carol Wong at the Annual General Meeting on January 17, 2010. This gala event is a fundraiser for the TTA Building Improvement Fund which will help with needed upgrades to the now-25-year old community centre that is home to the association and its many activities... click on "Pink Lotus Ball" in the Articles section.
Chinese New Year falls on February 14 this year, creating a bit of a dilemma for some of us steeped in Western culture but reverent of our Chinese heritage. Well, here's a solution, courtesy of Vancouver-based chocolate retailer, Purdy's. Buy some chocolate wrapped in Chinese symbols - satisfying your Valentine's Day chocolate requirements as well as celebrating Chinese New Year, the Year of the Tiger, with treats that, well, kill two birds with one stone... click on "Chinese Chocolates" in the Articles section.
To the Chinese, New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional holidays, as it signifies a new start. It begins with the New Moon and ends on the Full, 15 days later. As The Year of the Tiger approaches on February the 14th (this should be a lovely year then!) the Chinese here in Canada including those of Jamaican Hakka heritage actively prepare for the festivities. Come with me now as we go on a trip, nostalgic and current, to see how this is celebrated on both sides of the pond... click on "Chinese New Year" in the Articles section.
See a young ping pong player from China, a corny joke, this and that... click on "Dis ’n Dat"
Make Crab Sura... go to the Recipes page.