3 Jamaican Jokes: "A Slow Boat", "HiJack" and "Magic Trick" One day, an ant, a butterfly and a snail were hungry and decided to run a boat. So ant said to butterfly,"go fly out some food dung a di shap nuh" butterfly said," mi too tired"

Pantomime: What Is For You - Part 15 by Aisha Scales The next week with my parents absolutely flew by. The three of us were constantly on the go, going from one end of Kingston to the other. We went to Lime Cay for a day and to Gloria’s in Port Royal for dinner, went up to campus to look at my parents’ old stomping grounds and my current ones, and visited what seemed like an endless number of family and friends.  Mummy and I also found time to go shopping for my New Year’s Eve dress. The one we found was absolutely gorgeous and I couldn’t wait to wear it. I tried not to wonder what Kevin would think of it, and tried to ignore my mother’s incessant chatter in my ear after we'd bought it, telling me that he would surely leave his girlfriend to be with me once he saw me in it.

Christmas in Jamaica: What Is For You - Part 14 After we had finished our meals (and I had gotten my Devon Stout ice cream), we decided it was time to call it a night. My parents were exhausted; their long day had finally caught up with them and they were ready to get some sleep. Adrianne was the only one who still had energy, probably because of the invigoration of her announcement, and the positive reaction that I envied her for. She had one of her friends pick her up right from Devon House so that she could go out for a few more hours.

The Big Announcement: What Is For You - Part 13 For the rest of that night, I could barely contain myself. The upcoming dinner was the only thing that I could think about. I was dying to tell Adrianne what I was going to say the next night, but I stopped myself. No, it will be more fun if I tell everyone at once. They're all going to be so excited!

Jamaican Joke: Hair Cut One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies: I am sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a community service. The florist is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, there is a 'Thank You' card and a dozen roses waiting at his door.

Jamaican Joke: Horse named Holly One night a man was was relaxing watching TVJ when out of the kitchen came his wife with a pan -BOOF!- "a who name Holly?" asked the wife. "Mi jus see a paper eena yuh pocket wid di name 'Holly' pon it, WHO IS SHE?".

Jamaica National Song - “I Pledge My Heart" Growing up in Jamaica children had to learn the National Song for schools, “I Pledge My Heart".  It would be sung at the beginning of the school day at devotions or before students when to class. In many cases the Jamaican Anthem was sung first and then the song “I Pledge My Heart".

Jamaican Joke: The Bank Loan An Jamaican man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to Jamaica on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

Christmas Time Come: What Is For You - Part 12 Sunday morning, as I lay in bed, I thought back on the night before. Pretty good night overall, I thought with a grin. I had spent a lot of time with Gary, who fortunately hadn’t asked me any questions about Kevin, and had a good time with him, but eventually Kim and Arlene had dragged me away. While I was off with them, yet another guy, a very good-looking young businessman named Mark, had approached me. He was a recent grad of a university in Florida, and now had what sounded like a pretty high-powered job with one of the local rum companies.

Jamaican Joke: Round of Drinks at the Bar A Jamaican guy walks into a bar and shouts, "When Mi drink, Everybadi drink!". Everybody is cheering him and applauding like crazy.

Guinep: What Is For You - Part 11 The next couple of weeks passed by fairly uneventfully for me. Omar and I went to the library together once to study, but that was the only time that we spent together in those two weeks. He’d called me asking to go out on various dates, for lunch, for dinner, to the movies, but I would always turn him down. After a few occasions like that, I could tell that he was gracefully taking the hint. He still called me often, just to chat, but he eventually stopped asking me to go out.

Still A Foreigner: What Is For You - Part 10 Part 10 of the ongoing tale of Jamaican-Canadian Nadiya Foster and her year at UWI...I lay around in bed for almost an hour after I woke up on Sunday, and probably would have stayed there even longer if Cassandra hadn’t come knocking on my door. “Good morning, sleepy head,” she said after I had opened the door to let her in. “Time to get up. Arlene and I are going to the library, yu wan’ come?”

Taming Celeste - Chapter 4 - J.L. Campbell The police come to see Celeste to find out what she knows about the murder. She refuses to admit to knowing anything about the killer. 

Sun, Sand and the Green-Eyed Monster: What Is For You - Part 9 Part 9 of the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-Canadian student who heads back to UWI for a one-year exchange program at UWI. 

Taming Celeste - Chapter 3 Mark stretched his legs, leaned against the seat and closed his eyes. He needed sleep. He had stayed up late last night ensuring that the list of car parts waiting at customs matched his order. He glanced around the stark waiting room and let his shoulders droop. Without knowing it, he had been a knot of worry as he waited to hear the outcome of Celeste’s procedure. A woman called his name. He looked up and the nurse’s uniform snapped him to full attention. He got to his feet. “Can I see Ms. Davies now?”

Air Jamaica Vintage & Nostalgia Photos We have added over 20 photos of Air Jamaica's past to our Air Jamaica photo gallery. Check out these new Air Jamaica Vintage & Nostalgia  Photos today.

Jamaican Joke: The Raffle A Jamaican moved to Barbados and bought a donkey from an old Barbadian (Bajan) farmer for$100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day, the Bajan farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, but....

Jamaican Joke: Working at the Zoo A Jamaican living in the States was down on his luck. Out of work and broke, he started going around to various companies in the city begging for a job, any job.Finally he got to the zoo. The zookeeper looked ...

New Vintage & Nostalgia Jamaica Photos We have added over 30 new photos of Jamaica's past to our Nostalgia photo gallery. Check out these new Vintage & Nostalgia Jamaica Photos today.

Why do Jamaicans Run so Fast? We Jamaicans have dominated the past three Olympics in track and field. After each, the question is asked, “Why do Jamaicans run so fast?” With Usain Bolt’s dramatic sweep of the 2012 Olympic track and field events, many theories have been put forth, but they all ignore the inner strength and fortitude of the Jamaican people.

Window Shopping: What Is For You - Part 8 Part 8 of the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-born Canadian-bred university student who heads back to Jamaica for a one-year exchange program at UWI.

Taming Celeste - Chapter 2 Celeste scanned the shuttered buildings across the street before turning the air conditioning in the Prado to a higher setting. Between the restaurant and the vehicle, the chill during the past hour had seeped into her bones. She rubbed up and down her arms and looked across at Orette, who seemed immune in a navy suit. "My blood is turning to ketchup in my veins."

Taming Celeste - Chapter 1 One woman’s quest to outrun her past and shape the future leads her into the dangerous world of software piracy. Celeste Davies must outwit ruthless players if she is to protect Mark Weekes, the only man who makes her feel complete.

A First Date: What Is For You - Part 7 This story tells the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-born Canadian-bred university student who heads back to Jamaica for a one-year exchange program at UWI. -My weekend with my grandparents went by quickly, and was the perfect amount of time to spend in the country. It was relaxing being there with them, without any books or any loud noise from hall, and of course, they spoiled me rotten while I was there. I probably ate more that weekend than I had the entire week before.

A Trip To Country: What Is For You - Part 6 This story tells the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-born Canadian-bred university student who heads back to Jamaica for a one-year exchange program at UWI.

Settling In: What Is For You - Part 5 This story tells the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-born Canadian-bred university student who heads back to Jamaica for a one-year exchange program at UWI

Culture Shock: What Is For You - Part 4 by Aisha Scales This story tells the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-born Canadian-bred university student who heads back to Jamaica for a one-year exchange program at UWI.

Campus Life: What Is For You - Part 3 This story tells the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-born Canadian-bred university student who heads back to Jamaica, the land of her birth, for a one-year exchange program at UWI. 

An Old Friend?: What Is For You - Part 2 The car was parked nearby and it wasn’t long before we were driving down Palisadoes Road, along the strip of land that connected the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. Although I was concentrating on the conversation with my family, I just couldn’t keep my eyes on any of them. I was too busy looking out the windows. Every time that I came back to the island and was driving down Palisadoes, I felt like I had to devour everything I saw with my eyes, as if, if I didn’t, it might all disappear. As I talked about how school was going,

The Arrival - What Is For You : Part 1 We are please to announce a new serial "What is for You". This story tells the tale of Nadiya Foster, a Jamaican-born Canadian-bred university student who heads back to Jamaica, the land of her birth, for a one-year exchange program at UWI. During her year away from home, she reconnects with family, makes new friends, enters the St. Andrew social scene, and most importantly, falls in love. “What Is For You” is a love story, about Nadiya and the charming Jamaican medical student, Kevin Crawford, but it is even more so a love story about the island of Jamaica: her culture, her people, her beauty and her history. Topics touched upon include Rastafarianism, the arts in Jamaica, garrison politics, and classism and shadism.

What's in a Song? - A List Jamaica Independence Festival Song Winners : Countdown to Jamaica 50 Edward Seaga once stated that the main reason for the inception of the Jamaica Independence Festival was to have to, "...have something to mobilize the spirit of the people," to celebrate after the long arduous process of achieving Independence in 1962.

Kingston: Vintage Jamaica - Countdown to Jamaica's 50th Independence What began as just another balmy picturesque day in paradise, ended for its inhabitants as the day the world as they knew it, violently shook and was literally casted upside down. By 1907, Jamaica, the tiny "...verdant beauty..." set in the middle of the Caribbean, like the magnificent jewel she was considered at the time, had established its resilience to Mother Nature's occasional tempestuous fury. Kingston, the bustling harbor town built integrally as a preferred alternative in terms of location to the city of Port Royal, (which had eventually succumbed to repeated tropical onslaughts of natural disasters), had experienced exponential population growth and was the country's center for commerce and trade.

Vintage Jamaica - The Tramcar There are those that are quite surprised by the discovery that in 1845, with the installation of a steam railroad line between Kingston and Spanish Town, the Island of Jamaica was among the first in the Americas to establish a tramcar system as a means of "modern" mass transportation.

Anansi-a-dead-oh! I know this is late, but me just get the news.  I cant believe is true so I’m writing to authenticate the veracity of the statement that dem a plan up fe kill off Anancy.  See yah ma, when Aunty Girlie tell me frighten, me frighten so till that me almost drop dead right  there on the spot. Same time me bawl out  ‘Murder!  Blue murder!’  

Marketing 101-Yardie Style If you’ve ever done a course in Marketing you would know the importance of the FOUR P’s-product, price, place (location) and promotion.  Any marketer worth anything will tell you that if you do not focus on these four things-yuh product nah go sell. That might be true but it seems that these fancy-schmancy marketers may need to come take a course in Marketing at the University of Downtown Kingston, Jamaica, cause wi good bad enuh.

The Vital Role Jamaican Cartoonists Play The English definition of a Cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. The work is usually of a humorous nature and created for satire and informative purposes. Cartoons are used for entertainment, commentary and for the enlightenment of political issues.. A vital part of the Jamaican culture has been the cultivation of several brilliant artists who remain unknown due to their love of true art, and refusing to sell out to commercialism. Jamaica has been fortunate to have two distinguished Cartoonists in their midst whose Artwork or Cartoons have been seen all over the world and created social awareness for Jamaica.

Lyrics-De Jamaican Way I have always been amazed at how bold, bright, brazen and bumptious our Jamaican men are when it comes to dropping lyrics. I am convinced that the things that women have to endure from some of these men happen only in Jamaica. 

Only In Jamaica - Part 1: The "Masacraw" Of The Queen's English Being a full-time mom, wife and a part-time teacher does not often allow me the time to engage in one of my favourite past-times, writing. My husband has been prodding me for years to write more and I keep telling him I have no time, which is true, but I believe maybe I needed to be inspired. So started my quest:"What should I write about?" and then it hit me-Jamaica!!!  After all there is much on the rock to fill a thousand books. So here's the first look at a series I like to call "ONLY IN JAMAICA-PART 1: THE "MASACRAW" OF THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH.

Why Daddy Eats Patty Every Saturday Back in Jamaica when Daddy was a boy he and his younger brother, Andrew, found some brown seeds in their bathroom cabinet one Sunday morning. They had no time to investigate what type of seeds they were so they dropped them by the front gate when they were on their way to church.

Video: Santa Claus (Do You Ever Come To The Ghetto?) song Opera Style Check out the video of the opera version of Santa Claus (Do You Ever Come To The Ghetto?). The video was the winner of our recent Best Jamaican Christmas Song contest. Congrats to our winner TheaterJock.