The Jamaican flag will fly at half-mast today (Dec. 2nd), on all government offices and national buildings as a tribute to the late former President of the Republic of Cuban Fidel Castro Ruz who died on Friday, November 25.
Jamaica will join the rest of Caricom in the symbolic gesture of condolence to mark Mr. Castro’s passing and mourn with the people of Cuba.
Prime Minister Holness expressed condolences to the people of Cuba and Mr. Castro’s family as he led a Jamaican delegation on Tuesday, November 29 to attend the official private mass for the former President in Havana, Cuba.
The Prime Minister said Mr. Castro was an outstanding leader who though coming from a Caribbean island developing state, has had the greatest impact on world history. He added that Castro will be remembered for his passionate speeches in defence of the right to self-determination.
Cuba is observing a period of national mourning which will end on December 4.
Jamaica and Cuba have strong bilateral relations particularly in the areas of education and health.
November 14 is 
Comedian Ayo ‘AY’ Makun’s ‘A Trip To Jamaica’ currently showing in cinemas nationwide in Nigeria has already raked in 80 million naira, surpassing any other Nollywood movie that has hit the cinemas in 2016. The movie set a good tone for itself in its first week in the cinemas, by raking in 61 million naira over and above American actor, Will Smith’s ‘Hollywood’s ‘Suicide Squad’ record of 40 million naira in at the cinemas. In addition, the movie also has a new record of the fastest film to hit the naira century mark in the history of Nigerian cinemas in seven days.
Situated on the most eastern part of Dominica is Castle Bruce. The area around Castle Bruce has been inhabited for 5,000 years, first by Amerindians from South and Central America. Descendants of the Kalinago/Caribs lives near Castle Bruce and are very much part of the community. They called the place Kouanari which was later change by the Europeans to Castle Bruce. It is an area rich in natural resources: Castle Bruce boasts of many rivers, rich fertile agriculture soil, large forest and greenry. The high woods come close to the shore and there is a wide bay with a grand sweep of beach, a large freshwater lagoon at the mouth of the river and a headland that ends in two rugged islets topped by forests of their own. The Atlantic boisterous ocean is to the east while to the west is Mt. Fraiser.
Tropicalfete, the official home for Caribbean culture, will be giving you an afternoon of good food and drinks as they hold a BBQ fundraiser event on October 8, 2016, 3PM at 644 E 34th St. Brooklyn NY, 11203 (between Avenue D & Foster Ave).
An exciting, productive and adventuresome opportunity exists for college students of Jamaican parentage who are studying in the United States, Canada and the UK to be ambassadors for Jamaica through the Grace Kennedy Jamaica Birthright Program. Under the program, students between 18 and 25 years old who have not lived in Jamaica for more than six months and who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies, and who have a B average or higher can apply now through November 30 to participate in the 2017 schedule.
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