Wednesday, December 23, 2009

American Airlines Flight No. 331 Overshoots Runway in Kingston, Jamaica

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On Tuesday December 22, 2009 at about 10:20 p.m., American Airlines Flight No. 331 (Boeing 737-800) overshot the runway while attempting landing at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica. The landing attempt was made during a rainstorm. The plane broke through the barrier fence, went across the road that leads to Port Royal, then came to a stop on the beach (several feet from the sea). Approximately 154 passengers were on board. Several passengers, some news reports are saying 40 and some are saying 90, were injured and were taken to Kingston Public Hospital. We are happy to report that none of the passengers died. Thank God.

Norman Manley International Airport is a world class international airport. Several years ago when the runway was being upgraded the Jamaican government purchased the granite from Canada. This was very upsetting to the Jamaican people since we have granite in Jamaica. However, the Jamaican government went ahead and got the material from Canada to ensure that the airport runway complies with international standards.

This accident appears to be pilot or mechanical error. Large 747 planes from British Airways and Virgin Atlantic land on that runway in good and bad weather all the time. Also, Air Jamaica had two or more A340 air buses that would land on that runway all the time. Jamaica’s two international airports, Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay are both world class.

Please also note that the Concorde used to land on that runway.

AA Kingston Crash Photo Gallery

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.
See you in Jamaica.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Tribute to Buju Banton


A tribute to Buju Banton, as we wish him well and await the outcome of the case that is pending against him in Florida, USA.

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.
See you in Jamaica.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Usain Bolt - Almost Time Magazine's Person of the Year

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Time Magazine has announced their person of the year award for 2009. It goes to Ben Bernake, Chief of the US Federal Reserve. The runners up are Stanley McChrystal, The Chinese Worker, Nancy Polosi, and Usain Bolt. So Usain Bolt is not quite Time Magazine's person of the year but he was a formidable contender. Congrats to Usain Bolt, the fastest human being in the history of the world.

Read all about it here: Runner Up: Usain Bolt

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.
See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Ten Significant Historical Events in Jamaica

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Kudos to the Jamaica Gleaner for making a number of significant historical stories in Jamaica available online for the citizens of the world to see. The Jamaica Gleaner calls it Pieces of the Past. Here are ten stories from the collection:

Port Royal Earthquake of 1692
On June 7, 1692, after winding up his morning prayer service, Dr. Emmanuel Heath, the Anglican rector in Port Royal, left St. Paul's Church and walked to a nearby tavern. There he met his friend John White, who was president of the island's Council, and the two men got to chatting. Soon goblets of wormwood wine were brought out and White lit his customary pipe of tobacco. Before it was outed and the wine drunk, the floor suddenly began to rumble and shake. "Lord, Sir," the Rev. Heath asked his friend, "what's this?" (Gragg, 2000). Full story…

The Great Exhibition of 1891
The Exhibition itself was the dream of native Jamaican A. C. Sinclair. One of the compilers of the annual Handbooks of Jamaica, Sinclair was inspired by the 1851 Great Exhibition at London's Crystal Palace. He tried in vain for many years to drum up support for his ambitious project. When Sir Henry Blake arrived as Jamaica's new Governor in March 1889 Sinclair managed to persuade William Fawcett, director of gardens and plantations and chairman of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) to help him present his cause to Governor Blake. Full story…

The Story Of Spanish Town
On the morning of May 10, 1655 two Spanish fishermen said to be out searching for turtles off Port Morant looked up and in shock saw a fleet of 38 ships with large cannons moving towards them. The British had arrived. Turtles forgotten, the fishermen spread the word and messengers set off for Villa de la Vega to warn the settlers. Close to 9000 men were said to have disembarked from those 38 ships † some 3000 more than the actual population of the island at the time. The capital city fell within days. Yet when the British realized that many Spaniards had fled to Cuba taking their valuables with them, they burned many buildings in anger. Much of Spanish Town was later rebuilt but during that time Port Royal acted as the unofficial capital, and the pirates based there protected the island from invasion until the devastating 1692 earthquake. Full story…

Jamaica's Botantical Gardens
When Queen Isabella of Spain asked Christopher Columbus to describe the island of Jamaica, the famed explorer is said to have struggled to find words to do its beauty justice. In attempting to describe Jamaica's terrain, Columbus is said to have resorted to fashioning hills and valleys out of table napkins as a way of explaining Jamaica's varied terrain that includes numerous sandy beaches, rivers and mountain peaks. To Columbus, the island, although lacking in gold, was "otherwise a paradise and worth more than gold." (Walker, 1992, p. 247). The island's ecosystem embraces tropical, sub-tropical and temperate plants. Indeed, a large proportion of Jamaica's flora and fauna can be found nowhere else in the world. Research has indicated that although the native vegetation of the island was almost all forest, with some marshland interspersed, today Jamaica has more than 3,000 different kinds of native flowering plants, of which 1,000 are endemic and over 200 of which are different species of orchids. For this reason, Jamaica is considered a horticultural paradise. Full story…

Birth of Independence
From Savannla-La-Mar to Morant Bay, from Above Rocks to Port Maria, as the clock struck midnight on August 5, 1962, the strains of our national anthem were heard for the first time while Union Jacks were lowered and the Jamaican flag unveiled. Full story…

Green Jamaica

Jamaican Healer And War Heroine Mary Seacole
Mary arrived home in time to encounter a full scale outbreak of yellow fever (a contagious disease that causes yellowing of the skin and a black vomit). She set to work immediately, trying to save and/or comfort as many as she could. Not long after, in 1854, England declared war on Russia, allying with France who was engaged in a territorial dispute with Russia over holy sites in Jerusalem and Nazareth. Mary learned that many of the officers she had treated over the years had been sent to the Crimean front to serve. The Crimea is a peninsula that includes the extreme Southeastern Ukraine and is bounded on the south and west by the Black Sea. Mary's greatest wish, she said, was to work where the sword of bullet had been busiest, and pestilence most strife. So at fifty years old she decided to go to England, committed to finding her way to the Crimea no matter what. Full story…

Claude McKay: Jamaica's Poet Laureate 1890 – 1948
Festus Claudius McKay was born in Clarendon in 1890 to Thomas and Hannah McKay, farmers. The youngest of eleven children he would go on to become one of the leading figures of the 1920s American cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. From an early age he was an avid reader and he began writing poetry at the age of ten. As a teenager, McKay was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker after the trade school he was supposed to attend was destroyed by the 1907 earthquake. In that same year, something far more propitious occurred -- he acquired a mentor by the name of Walter Jekyll. Jekyll, an Englishman who became an avid collector of Jamaican folklore, encouraged McKay to write in Jamaican dialect. Full story…

Martin Luther King Jr. visits Jamaica (June 20, 1965)
Professor Patrick Bryan, then a graduating student in liberal arts and now a professor of history at the UWI, remembers that Dr. King may have spoken for close to 40 minutes but that it seemed like five. "It was an incredible experience to hear so strong and commanding a speaker ¬ it was as if you were entranced when listening to him," Prof. Bryan added. "He used no notes and talked without a hitch." Full story…

The State Visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I
The heat that rose from the tarmac of Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport was nothing compared to the level of expectation that was seeping through the thousands gathered on the tarmac that 21st day of April, 1966. The day was declared a public holiday in honour of the Emperor and people had started arriving from Wednesday night from places near and far, to form the largest crowd to have ever assembled at the Norman Manley International Airport. They came to the airport any way they could ¬ by car, by truck, by bus, by bicycle, by foot. Drum beats and chants were heard almost non-stop, providing an almost hypnotic rhythm. The smell of ganja wafted through the air completing a welcome unprecedented in size and expectation for the Emperor on his first state visit to Jamaica. Full story…

Simon Bolivar: El Liberatador
While in Jamaica, Simon Bolivar wrote the now famous "Letter from Jamaica" in which he expressed his ideas for republican government and Latin American unity. Widely recognized as an important political doctrine the letter was actually titled, "Reply of a South American to a Gentleman of this Island." It was Bolivar's lengthy response to a letter he had received from an unnamed Jamaican who empathized with Bolivar's struggle for South American liberation and indicated a desire to learn more about the politics and people of each South American province. Specifically, the Jamaican Gentleman asked Bolivar to explain such technicalities as whether each province desired a monarchy or a republic or to form one unified republic or one single monarchy. This sparked the Spanish American patriot and general to launch into his treatise an extensive description of the history of the different provinces (including the present-day countries of Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru) and an exploration of his own ideas for their political futures. Full story…

Please make time to read all the stories from Pieces of the Past here:

Pieces of the Past

For as long as anyone can remember, Jamaica has been great.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Usain Bolt Is Featured In December 2009 Issue of GQ Magazine

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Usain Bolt in featured on Page 261 of the December 2009 issue of GQ Magazine. GQ is calling Bolt's speed 'ridiculous' (as in unbelievable &/or amazing). Bim!

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Friday, November 13, 2009

This is Bonita Jamaica



Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Congratulations to the Mighty Diamonds

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On Sunday November 1, 2009, TSO Productions and the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music held their 5th annual Reggae Culture Salute at Nazareth High School Performance Center, Brooklyn, New York. It was a very special event in celebration of the 79th Anniversary of the coronation of Haile Selassie the First and Empress Mennen of Ethiopia. The highlight of the evening was a tribute to Mighty Diamonds, who are celebrating 40 years as a group; the same three members standing strong after 40 years. They received three very prestigious accolades and awards, as follows:

1.They received a Citation from Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President.
2.They received the first ever Award for Excellence from TSO Productions and the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music.
3.They received a Congressional Proclamation from Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, of the 11th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York.

Congratulations to the Mighty Diamonds. Keep going strong.

The Mighty Diamonds Photo Gallery

For more information on TSO Productions and on the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music please contact:

Sharon Gordon
1199 Ocean Avenue, Suite 407
Brooklyn, N.Y.11230
Tel: 718-421-6927
Fax: 718-421-0522
www.myspace.com/tso_productions

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Celebrities for Jamaica

Shaggy for Jamaica


Lady Saw for Jamaica


Monty Alexander for Jamaica


Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Promo: BonJamTV

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Watch BonJamTV. Feel irie. It's that simple. BonJamTV, One BIG dancehall Reggae Love.

Clip from Busy Signal's Hot ed medley, look for it here:

BonJamTV

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Let's Recall Some Great Jamaicans

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BlackEchoes.net keeps a good record of people, who have made contributions to Jamaican music and culture in Jamaica and around the world, who are no longer with us. Gone but not forgotten. Jamaica is great and is revered around the world. Special thanks to everyone who have done their part, and who continue to do their part, in making it so. Big up every Jamaican and every friend of Jamaica everywhere. Bim!

Let's Recall Some Great Jamaicans


Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival & Bolt's 9.58 Super Party NYC Launch

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On September 29, 2009 the New York launch for the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 was held at at Strata (nightclub) in New York City. Usain Bolt's 9.58 Super Party was also officially launched. There were many dignitaries, celebrities, and special guests in attendance, including Usain Bolt, Monty Alexander, Shaggy, Roy Ayers, Lady Saw, and Maxi Priest.

Please note these two very important upcoming events, and please attend:

1. Usain Bolt's 9.58 Super Party (a fundraiser for Bolt's Charity) will be on December 4, 2009, Richmond Estate, St. Ann, Jamaica. It is going to be a massive event.

2. Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 will be one week long this year, from January 24-30, 2010. There will be multiple venues this year (in Jamaica). It is going to be huge.

Jamaica Jazz & Blues Launch Party Photo Gallery

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Friday, October 09, 2009

Jamaica: Girls on Track (A PBS Frontline Special)

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Here is an interesting PBS Frontline special on Jamaica's female track and field athletes.

Jamaica: Girls on Track

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Special Feature: Residential Kingston

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This is a special feature on some fine homes in and around Kingston, Jamaica. Your home or your future home may be in it. Kingston is one of the world's finest cities. And it is an eco-city. In fact, it's hard to find a city anywhere on earth with such rich vegetation. Big up those who know. This is Residential Kingston. Bim!

Residential Kingston Photo Gallery

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

The Mariner at Port Antonio, At Sunset

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This is the Mariner at Port Antonio, Jamaica.

The Mariner Photo Gallery

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Usain Bolt's 9.58 Super Party and Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2010

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Event: Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 NY Launch Party
Location: Strata (Nightclub & Lounge), New York City
Date: September 29, 2009

Please make note of these two very important upcoming events:

1. Usain Bolt's 9.58 Super Party (a fundraiser for Bolt's Charity) will be on December 4 & 5, 2009, Richmond Estate, St. Ann, Jamaica. It is going to be a massive event.

2. Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 will be one week long this year, from January 24-30, 2010. There will be multiple venues this year (in Jamaica). It is going to be huge.

The entire world is invited to both events. Please call your travel agents and make your reservations early.

More information coming right here soon.

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

You Will Visit Jamaica

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Flowers of Jamaica

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Chukka Caribbean Adventures

The Bonita Jamaica Photo Collection

Every day is awesome , in Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Congratulations Dr. Roger Hunter

The Gleaner Company's Outlook did a piece on Dr. Roger Eyon Hunter, Neurosurgeon and Chief Resident Resident at the University Hospital of the West Indies, in April of this year. So okay, we are late. But it is never too late to say congratulations. So congratulations Dr. Hunter. Please keep up the great work and please keep making Jamaica proud. Bim!


Why Are We Congratulating Dr. Hunter?

Every day is a great day , in Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Bolt To Be Awarded Jamaica's 4th Highest Honor And More

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Usain Bolt, fastest human being in the history of the world, will be been awarded Order of Jamaica, Jamaica's fourth highest honor. This means that Bolt's new official title will soon be Honorable Usain Bolt. Also, Bolt has been approved to be appointed Ambassador-At-Large and will be accorded full diplomatic status.

Congratulations Usain Bolt. Read all about it:

Radio Jamaica

Jamaica Observer

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

RIP Trevor Rhone

Another legendary Jamaican has passed away. Trevor Rhone, actor, playwright, screenwriter, director and producer, died approximately 1:15 yesterday afternoon at the Medical Associates Hospital, from what family members said was a heart attack.

According to his niece, Jean Rhone, her uncle was in the best of health until yesterday morning when he started complaining of not feeling well.

Full story here: Jamaica Observer

Trevor Rhone's Wiki

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

BonJamTV - One BIG Dancehall Reggae Love

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Then Jamaica gave the world dancehall reggae entertainment. No more boring parties. Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!

Clip taken from the music video 'Boring Gal' by Assassin, aka Agent Sasco, friend of Bonita Jamaica. Watch this video and many more dancehall reggae music videos at BonJam.TV, a Revenge Media, Inc. brand, here:

www.BonJam.TV

This is Bonita Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Congratulations Shelly-Ann Fraser

Congrats to Shelly-Ann Fraser. Great run. Great win. Congrats also to Kerron Stewart (silver medalist), Veronica Campbell-Brown (who came in 4th), and Aleen Bailey (who came in 8th/last). It was beautiful to see Jamaica having four contenders in the women's 100M finals. Keep working hard and keep making Jamaica proud. Bim!

Watch the 2009 IAAF World Championships live here: Bim!

Jamaica's participation at the 2009 IAAF: Photo Gallery

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Congratulations Usain Bolt

Congratulations to Jamaica's Usain Bolt, fastest human being in the whole wide world and in the history of the world. May God continue to bless this amazing young Jamaican man, as he continues to bless all of us.

Read all about it here: Bolt Shatters 100-Meter World Record

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Photo Gallery

Read What People Are Saying About Bolt (comments at the bottom)

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Congratulations to Professor Peter Blair Henry

On July 28, 2008, NYU President John Sexton and Provost David McLaughlin named Peter Blair Henry – the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Economics at Stanford University – as dean of NYU’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He will assume the deanship effective January 15, 2010.

A Rhodes Scholar; the leader of the Obama Transition Team’s review of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and other international lending agencies; and an economic advisor to governments from the Caribbean to Africa, Dean-designate Henry’s scholarship focuses on the impact of economic reform on emerging economies.

Read all about it: Here

Born in Jamaica, Peter became a U.S. citizen in 1986. His wife, Lisa J. Nelson, received her BA and MD from Yale University. She is a child psychiatrist and was a Glaxo Welcome Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association from 1995 to 1997. They have four sons: Christian Blair, Langston Alexander, Hayden Montgomery, and Harrison Elbert.

Professor Peter Blair Henry's Standford University Profile

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Courtney John is a 'Lucky Man'


Courtney John is a lucky man. Watch this video ten times in a row then go and sit under a coconut tree in Jamaica and you will get lucky too. Please buy a copy of Courtney John's new album, entitled Made in Jamaica. Get one for your home, one for your car, and keep one locked up in your safe.

Show Courtney John love here: Courtney John on Myspace

and here: Courtney John's website

Keep your day hot and spicy with BonJamTV, One BIG Dancehall Reggae Love, here:

BonJamTV

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Happy 47th Birthday Jamaica

Jamaica is 47 years old today. On August 6, 1962, Jamaica became an independent nation, from our friends, the Brits. And it was beautiful. We've had many ups and downs since, but no matter what, Jamaica will continue to be great and revered. This world just would not be the same without Jamaica. God bless Jamaica today and forever. Amen.

Happy Birthday Jamaica

The Jamaican Flag
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The Coat of Arms
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The National Anthem (Instrumental)


The National Anthem (Words)

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Heavy D - No Matter What


Heavy D read the notice board and knows what's up. This tune is dedicated to Jamaica, the fun capital of the world.

Show Heavy D love here: Heavy D on Myspace

Keep your day hot and spicy with BonJamTV, One BIG Dancehall Reggae Love, here:

BonJamTV

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Business To Learn Lessons From Bolt

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Everyone everywhere can learn something from Usain Bolt, the fastest human being in the history of the world. These articles are pretty much self-explanatory. First the lead-up articles. Then the event. Then the video. See, very simple.

Business Lessons From A World-Class Athlete
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is the fastest man in human history after setting three world records at the Beijing Olympics last year. Reaching the heights that Bolt attained required motivation, critical thinking and focus. Even more important, it required turning early setbacks into advantages, turning weaknesses into strengths and developing the motivation required of a world champion. These three attributes are lessons that can apply to those working in business.

Complete story here: Business Lessons From Bolt

Business To Learn Lessons From Bolt
Lausanne, Switzerland – On Monday 6 July Usain Bolt will be on the campus of IMD, the leading global business school based in Lausanne for a unique event in which he will discuss motivation and how one sustains it through both failures and eventual victory with the business audience in attendance.

The event is intended to enable business leaders to apply lessons in their respective careers from a world-class athlete such as Usain Bolt.

Complete article here: Business To Learn Lessons From Bolt

Business Leaders Gain Insights From Bolt And Coach Mills
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, the fastest man on earth, and his coach Glen Mills shared the reasons behind their success with a business audience at a special IMD event. At the Beijing Olympics last summer, Bolt put on three exhilarating sprint performances, winning gold medals and establishing world records in the 100m, 200m and 4x100 relay. Arriving at the summit of any field or profession requires not only talent and luck, but also motivation. The event enabled the business audience in attendance to apply the principles of success from an Olympic champion.

Complete article here: Business Leaders Gain Insights

Watch the video here: Bolt's Business Lessons

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Bonita Jamaica's New Website

Welcome to Jamaica
People all over the world are talking about Bonita Jamaica's brand new website. Check it out and start talking. Bim!

Find it here: Bonita Jamaica

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, July 09, 2009

The Obamas and the Marleys

The Marleys (Rita and Ziggy Marley, et al) paid the Obamas (First Lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, and their children) a courtesy call at the White House, Washington, DC, USA. Just beautiful.

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Even Sweeeeeter!
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Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Jamaican Canadian Association’s Late Night With Usain Bolt

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On June 9, 2009, Usain Bolt, world’s fastest human being, passed through Toronto, Canada, to attend a reception in his honor, dubbed Late Night With Usain. This event was hosted by the Jamaican Canadian Association. Videos of Bolt’s world record races, from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, were played to an audience who watched in awe and behaved like they were seeing the races for the very first time. Bolt arrived to a heroes welcome. He later showed off his dancing skills, by demonstrating the ‘gully creeper’ (dance). Bolt was then asked to be one of the judges in a three-judge panel for a gully creeper dance contest, with contestants coming from the audience. It was an awesome event.


Special thanks to Marcia Dunkley, Toronto, Canada, who reported on this story and provided the photographs.


See more photographs from this event here: Usain Bolt in Toronto


Re-live the 2009 Olympics here: Bolt Rules Beijing


For more information on the Jamaica Canadian Association visit: www.Jcassoc.org

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Hyah Slyce - Feel so fine


Bonita Jamaica loves this new Hyah Slyce tune (video). For those who do not know, Hyah Slyce is an up and coming reggae star. Search for 'Hyah Slyce' on Facebook and friend him. Also check out his myspace page here:

Hyah Slyce

One more Hyah Slyce music video here: Hyah Slyce

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Served in Jamaica

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Some people visit Jamaica for our excellent meals and fine service. Why will you visit Jamaica?

Served in Jamaica Photo Gallery

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Monday, June 08, 2009

A Few Bonita Jamaica Videos (HD)

Check out these Bonita Jamaica videos, in HD.

Welcome to Kingston


Kingston Drive Thru


Sunrise Over Port Antonio


Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Bob Marley Photo Slide Shows

People all over the world really and truly love Bob Marley. Jamaica has benefited significantly from Bob Marley's success and fame. RIP Bob Marley.

Photo Slide Show #1 (Click it)


Photo Slide Show #2 (Click it)


Bob Marley's Wiki

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

AFUWI Gives US40,000 for UWI Scholarship

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The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) has provided USD40,000 towards scholarships at the University of the West Indies (UWI), for the coming academic year. The money represents proceeds from the AFUWI Legacy Awards 2009 Gala, the organization’s premier fund-raising event which is hosted in New York each January.

AFUWI, a non profit Foundation, which over the past decade has provided scholarships and grants and funded special projects to foster the development of The UWI, has since 1998, recognized individuals and organizations “linked to the Caribbean who have made exceptional contributions to the world around them.”

Mr. Michael Flanigan, AFUWI Chairman, presented the scholarship cheque on behalf of AFUWI to UWI Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nigel Harris on May 01,2009

Noting that each year, hundreds of worthy applicants apply for scholarships at the UWI, Prof. Harris praised the AFUWI for “widening the window of opportunity for many deserving scholars.” Prof. Harris said that it was with the cooperation of organizations like AFUWI and generous corporate donors that the UWI can ensure those in challenging circumstances get a tertiary education.

Mr. Flanigan noted that the AFUWI has regularly facilitated donations and scholarships from individuals and corporations overseas for the UWI and its students, and last year presented 30 scholarships valued at over USD 130,000 to individual UWI students for tuition and books.

The AFUWI, he said, “is committed to the development of the Caribbean region and sees the University of the West Indies as central to achieving this.”

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Michael Flanigan (2nd left), Chairman, American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) presents the organization’s cheque of J$3.6M to University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Principal, Prof. Gordon Shirley, while UWI Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nigel Harris (left) and Chief Financial Officer, Winston Bayley (right) look on. The AFUWI cheque will fund scholarships to the UWI in the new academic year.

For more information, contact:
Ann-Marie Grant - AnnmarieGrant@afuwi.org
Tel: 212 759 9345
http://www.afuwi.org

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

See you in Jamaica

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Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Promo: Caribbean Fashion Week 2009

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Photograph by Giovanni Powell & Oliver Morrison

Caribbean Fashion Week 2008, Kingston, Jamaica, was fire hot. Be sure to attend Caribbean Fashion Week 2009, June 10-15, 2009, Kingston, Jamaica. For more information, visit: Caribbean Fashion Week

Photograph shows model Camille McDonald, wearing designs by Ashakai. View the full collection here: Ashakai

Caribbean Fashion Week is brought to the world by Pulse Investments Limited.

Caribbean Fashion Week is the world's finest fashion week.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Friday, May 15, 2009

The Beautiful (Rear & Rare) View

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This is rear view is rare. Find it in Portland, Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica Flickr Photo Gallery

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

A Toast To Luxurious Jamaica

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A toast. To the great revered country named Jamaica. Good evening at Strawberry Hill Resort, Kingston/St. Andrew, Jamaica. Discover Jamaican Luxury.

Strawberry Hill Hotel

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Grand Valley State University Varsity Men Perform Hol' You Han'


Grand Valley State University Varsity Men did this awesome performance of the great Jamaican folk song Hol' You Han', written by Paul Rardin. This performance was in done February 2009, at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA. Jamaicans know about this song. It brings back to mind the late great Louise Bennett (Ms. Lou), who loved performing Jamaican folk songs, among other things.

Big up Grand Valley State University Varsity Men. Great selection. Great performance. Bim!

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Mansions in Jamaica

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Jamaica is known for many great things, including our beautiful homes. Mad people think Jamaica is a country of mud huts. Mansions in Jamaica coming right here soon!

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Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica Loves Althea Hewitt

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Bonita Jamaica loves Althea Hewitt. Her album 'Introducing Althea Hewitt' in stores now.

Show her love here: Althea Hewitt Myspace

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Penn Relays 2009

Penn relays 2009 was awesome. Great weather and non-stop fun. See if you can put it all together from the photographs below. Big up Asafa Powell.

Penn Relays Photo Gallery Version 1
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Penn Relays Photo Gallery Version 2
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Penn Relays Photo Gallery Version 1

Penn Relays Photo Gallery Version 2

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Beware of Fake Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee lovers worldwide, beware of fake/counterfeit Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee brands. The Jamaica Observer is reporting that counterfeit Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee brands are very popular in the global market. So please beware and get the facts from Jamaica's Coffee Industry Board CIB.

From the Jamaica Observer:

RACKETEERS worldwide marketing fake Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee are now closer to being exposed as the Coffee Industry Board (CIB) Wednesday launched its new website to provide a direct link for international buyers and display counterfeit brands.

"This is the first phase of the site, the second phase will allow buyers abroad to track the status of their shipment," CIB chairman Howard Mitchell said at the launch held at the Board's downtown Kingston office.

Story Continues Here: Jamaica Observer

For more information visit: Coffee Industry Board

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Flowers of Jamaica

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The flowers of Jamaica are prettiful. See you in Jamaica.

Flowers of Jamaica Photo Gallery

Flowers of Jamaica Flickr Group

Note: New photographs are constantly being added to this photo collection (group) so keep checking back for updates.

All flowers are pretty, especially the flowers of Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.

Floyd's Pelican Bar

Where can you find the world's finest bar? Well, you're looking at it. You don't need a liquor license to operate this bar, and no id is required (stay away kids). Introducing Floyd's Pelican Bar, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Ask about it when you visit Jamaica. Big up Floyd. Straight!

Pelican Bar (near)
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Pelican Bar (far)
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p.s. - Of course, if you will see inside Floyd's Pelican Bar when you visit.

Photographs by R. Lombardo

Every country is great, especially Jamaica.

Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.

See you in Jamaica.