My dead dad left a house in Jamaica for us and we cant live there My dead dad left a will. One of the houses is to be shared for all his children of my mother. The other house is for my step mom who he later married and her children. The step mother is preventing us from entering the house left for my maternal siblings and I.

Jamaican Headlines News, Jamaican Diaspora News & Jamaican Sports Headlines for the week ending March 29th, 2013 Jamaican Pilots Refused Permits In Trinidad, Say Union | Golding Return Eyed By JLP | Government Calling For "Calm" In Face Of Budget Cuts | Doing Business With Government Should Be Easier, Says Prime Minister | Firefighters Rescue Man Barricaded In Clock Tower | Government Plans To Sue Teachers For Broken Bond Arrangement | Jackson Resigns From Disaster Preparedness Office | Major Police Operations Conducted In Montego Bay | Jamaican Woman Sentenced To Life In Prison In The U.S. | Jamaican Teachers In Turks And Caicos Could Lose Jobs | Mourners Pay Respects To Teen Killed By Police In New York | Jamaican Farm Workers In Washington Contribute To Retirement Home | Jamaican Rugby Teams Overcome Hardship To Make Sevens Progress | Bolt, Fraser-Pryce, Blake Lose At UWI | Bolt, Blake To Run At Jamaica International; Campbell-brown, Felix Too | Track Stars Booked For Jamaica Invitational

Jamaicans in Business: Gordon Swaby, CEO, EduFocal At 14, Gordon created his first major website, and at 15, he created, perhaps the largest gaming website in the English speaking Caribbean, the now defunct advance-gamers.com. Gordon is  the CEO and Founder of EduFocal.com. EduFocal is an interactive learning community. The company is focused on using technology to enrich the learning experience outside of the classroom as well as to help ideate and innovate the way we move forward with technology in education. 

Review: First Annual Kingston City Run, March 10, 2013 Jamaica, known as home of the world’s fastest man and the birthplace of many world class sprinters. With media focus primarily on our sprinters, I am sure many people around the world erroneously wonder if anyone in Jamaica runs further than 800 meters. Of course we do have middle and long distance runners, we also have marathon runners. There has been an annual marathon in Negril for over ten years now, and in 2013 our capital city Kingston hosted its first half-marathon.

I need to add 96-yr-old mom's surname to Jamaican birth certificate

My mom is getting a piece of land as a deed of gift from her former employer. She never got married.

However on her birth certificate her date of birth is incorrect and her last name is absent.

Jamaican Headlines News, Jamaican Diaspora News & Jamaican Sports Headlines for the week ending March 22nd, 2013 Visa Policy Relaxation Welcomed By Un Tourism Agency | Government Seeks Legal Costs From Attorneys In Nht Case | Social Worker Pleads For An End To Violent Deaths Of Children | Business Man In Court In Connection With Several Crimes | Jamaica Concerned That Islanders Not Returning Home From Overseas | Chang Wants Jamaicans Educated About Water Conservation | Manchester Named "Happiest Parish" | Barbados Officials Say Myrie Not Cavity-Searched | Protest In Ny Over Killing Of Caribbean Boy By Police | More Caribbean Immigrants Released By U.S. Than Previously Stated | Mother Of Teen Shot By Ny Police Calls For Peace | Ambassador To U.s. Emphasizes Jamaica's Resolve In Ending Scams | Jamaican's Missing Sled Dog Found 150 Miles From Checkpoint | Taylor Named To Roster For Qualifying Matches | Asafa Powell To Be Featured At Eastr Fun Kids Night | Orane Says It's Time For A Change In WIC Governance

Round Up JA! - a look at the social media happenings of Jamaicans Yaad and Abraad for the week ending March 22, 2013

 This week we say happy anniversary to Tessanne and Michael and get a little inspred by Yendi and Lady Saw. Also this week, Tami Chynn, Marguerite Orane, Tifa, Sanya Richards-Ross, Sean Kingston, Warren Weir and the songbird Alaine!

Book Review: The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny Queen Nanny was the leader of the Eastern or Windward Maroons of Jamaica, escaped slaves who established towns in remote parts of the island and defeated attacking armies from the British Empire from 1655 to 1739. In this exciting book, Karla Gottlieb analyzes the importance of Queen Nanny from cultural, military, historical and religious perspectives.

Jamaican Headlines News, Jamaican Diaspora News & Jamaican Sports Headlines for the week ending March 15th, 2013 Jamaicans Among Most Likely To Be Denied Entrance To Barbados | Prime Minister Urges Women To Fight Violence | Jamaica, China In Huge Infrastructure Agreement | U.S. Hammers Jamaica Over Lottery Scam | Fisherman Killed By Sharks | U.S. Senators Urge Officials To Crack Down On Phone Scams | New Legislation To Control Jamaica Lottery Scams | Many Young People May Not Be Eligible To Vote | Kerr Moves To Football In Norway | New Book Chronicles History Of The Jamaican-canadian Association | Brooklyn Home To "Underground" Caribbean Ballroom Dancing | Ellah Kandi Promotes Caribbean Food In Britain | Holmwood To Focus On Quality At Champs | Bolt Given Laureus Sports Award | Edwin Allen Defeats All Challengers At Champs | Marlon Samuels Returns To West Indies Team

Round Up JA! - a look at the social media happenings of Jamaicans Yaad and Abraad for the week ending March 15, 2013.

This week its all about Champs for Olympic champions Warren Weir and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce! Also this week Cherine Anderson, Barrington Irving, Ziggy Marley, Jah Cure, Gramps Morgan, Ms. Kitty, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Konshens

My mom died without a will for Jamaica property, my sibling took over.. HELP Good day to you. My mom had a house and she died . She did not leave a will. My other sibling took it over. What advice can you give me on how i handle getting my part

Jamaican School Boys Devotion to Their Alma maters Jamaica, West Indies has been fortunate to be the home of some of the most prestigious all male High Schools in the world.  Schools such as Calabar, Jamaica College, Kingston College, Wolmer’s Boys’ School and Saint George’s College. Schools in Jamaica enrich their curriculum by making sports a vital part of the learning experience.

The transfer for title was void, can the Legal Council get my money from the lawyer I paid huge sums for a property that I am interested in buying. I paid more than the deposit required, to the attorney of the landowners.. the title transfer application was void however... please help me contact the Legal Council

New Blog: Black Mandarin We are pleased to announce a new Jamaicans.com blog Black Mandarin", a Jamaican in China. Here is a snippet from her first blog - "After two weeks in Tianjin, China, I think I will stay! Indeed, it is perhaps one of the most difficult cultures to adjust to. However, if you are open to experiences and ready to learn from some of the most respectful, curious, and resourceful people in the world, this is the place to be."

Round Up JA! - a look at the social media happenings of Jamaicans Yaad and Abraad

This week we say happy birthday with Asafa, get an inspirational quote from the fastest man in the world and promote peace with Busy Signal! Also this week Rohan Marley, Tyson Beckford, Shakira Martin, Geoffrey Philp, Mutabaruka, Stephen Marlye and the strong one Etana! 

Popular And Cute Baby Shoes Parents buy shoes for their babies knowing that they will not be using them to run a marathon or perform in a ballet. The function of baby shoes is a little different from that of adult shoes. Style and appearance are the major factors influencing the purchase of baby shoes. Cuteness is a relative quality, but it is of prime importance when selecting shoes for Baby, it seems.

Jamaicans in Business: Souad Lawrence, co-owner of the YEBO Souad Lawrence is co-owner of the YEBO brand which is a signature Jamaican product.  Souad and her cousin Natallie Moncrieffe, had mutual passion for handbags started YEBO in 2010. Their focus was on two varieties of bags; Totes and Clutches. Since then they have introduced fashion jewelry. There business is run primarily through their Facebook page.

Book Review: The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks Jamaica is the picturesque background for this explosive novel about love, fear, and intolerance, the second in Gillian Royes’s mystery series featuring charming and charismatic bartender-turned-detective Shad.

Farewell to February, Welcome to March I woke up this morning in a state of disbelief.  I mean, I know that February is the shortest month in the year but how is it possible that a whole two months out of 2013 are pretty much gone already?  I have not even come up for air from my month off in January to regroup with my thoughts and do my Vision Board.  Is it just me or can YOU believe that March is literally here already?  Where DID February go?

Immigration: Questions & Answers - New immigration updates The month of March is filled with new immigration updates. This month I will provide a brief overview of the new immigration updates that may prove to be useful. While we have a number of immigration updates we are still hopeful that the United States Government will come to a final decision on immigration reform.

How to get married legally in Jamaica, when your budget is low Getting married on a low budget, or cheap cheap doesn't mean that the wedding ceremony itself is cheap.. it just means that you pay little and marry big with the right team to handle your affair. Contact Legal Wiz now

Jamaican Headlines News, Jamaican Diaspora News & Jamaican Sports Headlines for the week ending March 1st, 2013 Government Looking For Retroactive Protection For Breach | Cemex To Establish Hydro-Lime Plant | Confusion About Killer's Money | German Firm Withdraws Ad Showing Burning Of Jamaican Flag | Government Wants To Prevent Losses With Caribbean Airlines | Jamaican Teachers May Be Licensed | Legislation Aimed At Lotto Scam To Be Enacted By End Of March | Government To Amend NHT Act | Jamaican Students In Canada Disappointed By Lack Of Jobs | UK Woman Puts Caribbean History On Show | Execution Of Jamaican Delayed In U.S. | Jamaica's Health Care Aided By Diaspora  | Fraser-pryce Achieves New Personal Best | Top Iaaf Award Given To McCook | Bolt Gets Us$300,000 To Run In France | Cricket Could Become An Olympic Sport

Round Up JA! – a look at the social media happenings of Jamaicans Yaad and Abraad for the week ending 3/1/2013!!! This week Tami Chynn’s baby bump pic, motivational Yendi, and laugh with Ity! Also Naomi Campbell, Taurus Riley, Chris Gayle, Gramps Morgan, Cherine Anderson, Chris Martin and Lady Saw let us in their social world!

Love Your Body This week, I am happy to be speaking about the BODY and why we love it.  Many of us have a love/hate relationship with our own bodies based on age, weight increase or decrease, health issues, diseases and dis-eases, mood, and more.  Let's face it, no matter how beautiful your body is, there has been at least ONE time in your life when you felt a little hate for it, right?  Maybe you were a week before your period (ladies), and the bloating just got on your last nerves.

Jamaicans in Business: Kirk Allen, founder of Slang Teez This week we speak with Kirk Allen, founder of Slang Teez, a Jamaican bases T-Shirt company. Slang Teez produces custom T-shirts with the latest Jamaican slangs. Kirk came up with the idea to start putting slangs on shirts as Jamaican teenagers were always using them to communicate with each other while texting, tweeting and updating their facebook status. Slang teez has been in existence since Feb 28, 2012 and has grown rapidly over the past year. Here is our conversation with Kirk Allen.

Book Review: Core Values The home my family occupied after we moved to Kingston was situated along the route taken by dignitaries on their way to Jamaica House, the Prime Minister’s official residence. As a result of this fortuitous bit of luck, we never had to join the throng at the airport eagerly awaiting Queen Elizabeth, Emperor Haile Selassie or other important visitors to our island; we merely had to wait by our gate for the motorcade and wave furiously as they drove by, escorted by the police and a line of other official cars.

Jamaican Flag Burning TV commercial should be the least of our concen I heard with dismay that the whole 'Saturn coffee shop/Jamaican flag' thing is hot in Jamaica and even on the news repeatedly. I can't believe that Jamaicans have nothing else to do. Its like every little thing distracts us.  You'd think that a TV ad was our most pressing concern. But worse still, its much ado over a total misrepresentation.

How can I get my NHT refund after my 15-year departure from Jamaica? I left Jamaica some 15 years ago, but I worked with the Jamaica Ministry of Health up till I left. How can I get my National Housing Trust (NHT) refund? I don't remember my NHT number though.

Play Review: Stages Theatre becomes classroom for The Student THE STUDENT opened at Stages Theatre is a play with much positive energy to erase negative feelings and more, even clearing sinuses with a dosage of unexpected actions and reactions that prompt uncontrollable laughter.

GC Foster College - Repositioning Spanish Town This past week (February 20), the GC Foster College of Physical Education & Sport, opened its Sport and Recreation Museum and held its inaugural Sport Symposium. For a 30-odd year old institution it is a significant stride to make for the College’s overall development and subsequent progress.

Jamaican Headlines News, Jamaican Diaspora News & Jamaican Sports Headlines for the week ending February 22nd, 2013 Jamaica Agrees To IMF Loan Terms | Government Commits To Avoid Financial Disaster | Jamaican Mp Faces Criticism For Anti-gay Comment On Twitter | Two Jamaican Senators Call For Debate On Decriminalization Of Obeah | Amaican Churches Willing To Pay Property Taxes | Jamaican Government Commended By World Bank | Nht Undecided On State Of Surplus | Shaw Calls For Firing Marketing Firm | Jamaican Surrenders To St. Lucia Police | Jamaican Magazine Editor Fired | Miss Jamaica UK Says She Is "Absolutely" Jamaican | Caribbean Airlines Disrespected By Jamaican Diaspora  | Sabina Park Gets Floodlight From Caribbean Premier League | Campbell Notes Confidence In Women's Cricket Team | Jamaica Over Haiti In Caribbean Slalom Competition | Jamaica Confident About Match With CCC

A Conversation with the 2012 International Reggae Poster Contest Winner - Alon Braier Recently we caught up with Alon Braier a 28 years old freelance illustrator based in Jaffa, Israel. He is the winner of the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012. Here is our conversation with Alon.

Book Review: Runaway Comeback Runaway Comeback’s heroine is Rose Thorn, a high school dropout who flees her native Jamaica after years of physical and mental exploitation and voyaging over intercontinental waters way too many times.  She hides out in Brooklyn with her young daughter. 

Book Review: Black Inventors This book documents a number of inventions, patents and labor saving devices conceived by Black inventors. Among many other inventions, pre-enslaved Africans, developed agricultural tools, building materials, medicinal herbs, cloth and weapons. Although historical documents emphasize that millions of Black people arrived in Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America and the United States under slavery's yoke, it is relatively unknown that thousands of Africans and their descendants developed numerous labor-saving devices and inventions that spawned companies which generated money and jobs, worldwide.

Help me.. I need to change my first name on my Jamaican birth certificate Help me.. I need to change my first name on my Jamaican birth certificate. Last week you wrote up about adding a father's name to a Jamaican birth certificate. I live in America, and I need to change my first name. My dad still lives in Jamaica.

Jamaican Headlines News, Jamaican Diaspora News & Jamaican Sports Headlines for the week ending February 15th, 2013 Police In Jamaica Kill Three Men In Shootout | Cost Of Convention Center Outpaces Espected Earnings | Consultant Calls For Liability Management | Gay Jamaiacan Challenges Anti-sodomy Laws | Ottey, Sprinter Legend, Receives Honorary Doctorate | High Hopes For Titanium Harvest From Island Mud | Group Wants To Use Sorghum, Not Yellow Corn In Feed | Government Plans To Get $16.4 Billion In Revenue From Taxes | Reading Believes Jamaicans Will Play At Stoke | Canada Praises Jamaican Drivers | Jamaican Nationals Arrested With 450 Pounds Of Marijuana | UK Report Says "Significant" Number Of Jamaicans In Jail  | Tottenham Faces Jamaica National Team In May 2013 | Jamaicans Happy As USA, Mexico Feel Pain | Jamalco Veterans Star In Netball Victory | West Indies Women Get Historic Win

I need my dead dad's name on my birth certificate so my sisters in US can file for me I need my dead dad's name on my birth certificate so my sisters in US can file for me. My father died in Sept 1990 in New York and was buried in Jamaica later the same month. .

When Buying a Designer Handbag, Make Sure You Get the Real Deal It's not unexpected that some sellers will try to get a piece of the billion-dollar fashion industry by preying on unsuspecting customers who want to carry the same handbag they see their favorite stars using in media promotions. While it's easy to be fooled, you can protect yourself by making a few simple checks of the merchandise to determine if a designer handbag is the real thing or not.

Jamaican Headlines News, Jamaican Diaspora News & Jamaican Sports Headlines for the week ending February 8th, 2013 Court Dismisses Application From Davies | 1,600 Children In Jamaica Murdered Since 2000 | Project To Extract Rare Earth Elements Begins | Boat With 25 Illegal Haitian Migrants Reaches Jamaican Shore | Paulwell Clashing With Mian Over JPS Project | Jamaican Manufacturers Urge Public To Buy Jamaican Products | Jamaica Gets Another Area Code | Police Identity Card System Defended By JCF | Jamaicans In Atlanta Honored For Community Service | Jamaican Mechanics Provide Stellar Performance In Canada | Jamaican Michael Duncan Cleared To Run In New York Council Race | Jamaicans Born In UK And Become Citizens Regocnized In Ceremonies | Cunningham Warned About Using Banned Substances | Jamaican Long Jumper Sees Early Success | Richards Receives Call To Jamaican World Cup | Jamaican Soccer Team Celebrates Bob Marley's Birthday

Respec’ Bossman: An Interview with Erik Nicolaisen, the Star of The #GetHappy VW Superbowl Ad. - The Man with the Jamaican Accent “Don’t be no cloud on a sunny day!” If you have not yet seen the Superbowl #Gethappy commercial featuring a chipper, young corporate guy from the “Gopher State,” you are missing out on your dose of happiness for the week. Actor Erik Nicolaisen, a self-proclaimed “reggae head” took great care to play the role of Dave Johnson a white man from Minnesota whose mission for a day is to spread Jamaican love to his fellow officemates. A commercial, voice over, and stage actor, Erik Nicolaisen’s work extends from lead role in Shakespeare’s Romeo to the voice of a character in a PlayStation game.  He is also a seasoned artist who occasionally sketches, doodles, and paints.