(328,14,'2019-07-23 16:59:03','2019-07-23 21:59:03','','world-map-demo','','inherit','closed','closed','','world-map-demo','','','2019-08-28 17:17:37','2019-08-28 22:17:37','',321,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/world-map-demo.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(329,11,'2019-07-23 16:59:30','2019-07-23 21:59:30','','AC MARRIOTT Lobby','','inherit','closed','closed','','ac_marriott_kingston','','','2019-08-28 17:18:19','2019-08-28 22:18:19','',281,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(330,14,'2019-07-23 16:59:59','2019-07-23 21:59:59','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":323} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/flying-into-sunset-demo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Summer’s here and with it the age-old question on many Jamaican minds: <strong><em>\"Where to unravel for my vacation?\"</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many Jamaicans who’ve experienced nearly all the island has to offer, the next best bet is to travel overseas – and enjoy the sights, sounds, tastes and feels of another country.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outside of the usual favourites of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, there are also many other countries that provide less-stringent access with visa-free travel all year round!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":325} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jamaica-passport-demo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" /><figcaption>Jamaican passports (Photo contributed, TheWorldUpCloser.com</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of March 2019, Jamaican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 84 countries and territories.  According to the <a href=\"https://www.henleypassportindex.com/passport\">Henley Passport Index</a>, the Jamaican passport is ranked 63rd in the world in terms of travel freedom. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, with the declaration of a visa waiver agreement between Jamaica and Ghana this July, the African country joins an impressive list of 84 countries and 11 disputed territories where Jamaicans are welcomed with open arms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Think you know them all? Well, here’s your challenge!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Try to come up with as many countries where visa-free travel is possible for Jamaicans before scrolling further (We double dare you).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":328} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/world-map-demo-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328\" /><figcaption>World map (Photo contributed, Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], Political map of the world) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How many did you come up with…10…20…40…95?!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’ve thought about expanding your horizons or are already a step closer to experiencing a new cultural frontier, <strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong> presents a comprehensive list of all 95 countries across the world where just your Jamaican passport is needed to enjoy a well-needed vacation:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>NB: This list is broken down into three categories: Visa-free access (*), Visa supplied on arrival (!), and e-Visas (an official document issued online by respective Immigration Departments or Foreign Ministries that allows for Jamaicans to enter and travel.)</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Bahrain (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Azerbaijan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Comoros (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Cote d’Ivoire</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Argentina (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Antigua and Barbuda (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Barbados (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Bangladesh (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Cook Islands (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Macau (!) [Territory of China]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>11. Palestine (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>12. Northern Cyprus [Territory of Turkey] (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>13. Curacao (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>14. Hong Kong (*) [Territory of China]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>15. Niue (*) [Territory of New Zealand]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>16. Monserrat (*) [Territory of the United Kingdom]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>17. Zimbabwe (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>18. Venezuela (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>19. Uganda (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>20. Trinidad and Tobago (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>21. Tuvalu (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>22. Serbia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>23. St. Vincent and the Grenadines (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>24. St. Lucia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>25. St. Kitts &amp; Nevis (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>26. Peru (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>27. Niger (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>28. Madagascar (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>29. Kiribati (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>30. Jordan (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>31. Myanmar (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>32. Seychelles (visitor’s permit on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>33. Palau (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>34. Mexico (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>35. Lesotho (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>36. Israel (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>37. Kenya (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>38. Nicaragua (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>39. Malaysia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>40. Kyrgyzstan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>41. South Korea (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>42. Togo (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>43. Suriname (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>44. Mozambique (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>45. Tajikistan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>46. Sao Tome &amp; Principe (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>47. Rwanda (either visa on arrival/eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>48. Panama (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>49. Micronesia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>50. Nepal (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>51. South Africa (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>52. Sri Lanka (either eVisa/visa on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>53. Papua New Guinea (visitor permit)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>54. Qatar (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>55. Senegal (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>56. Pitcairn Islands (*) [Territory of the United Kingdom]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>57. Somaliland (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>58. Russia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>59. Mauritania (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>60. Guyana (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>61. Indonesia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>62. Laos (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>63. Timor-Leste (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>64. Zambia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>65. Mauritius (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>66. Namibia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>67. India (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>68. Guinea-Bissau (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>69. Grenada (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>70. Malawi (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>71. Philippines (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>72. Somalia (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>73. Tanzania (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>74. Vanuatu (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>75. Transnistria (*) [formerly part of Moldova, now known as Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>76. Samoa (entry permit on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>77. Haiti (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>78. Iran (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>79. The Maldives (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>80. Sierra Leone (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>81. Singapore (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>82. Turkey (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>83. Uruguay (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>84. South Ossetia [formerly northern territory of Georgia in Europe]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>85. Georgia (eVisa) [not to be confused with the US state of Georgia]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>86. The Gambia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>87. Gabon (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>88. Fiji (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>89. Eswatini, also known as Swaziland (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>90. Ethiopia (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>91. Ecuador (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>92. Dominica (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>93. Dominican Republic (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>94. Djibouti (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>95. As of July 2019, Ghana!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Buzz Travel: Visa-free countries Jamaicans can visit','','inherit','closed','closed','','321-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 16:59:59','2019-07-23 21:59:59','',321,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/321-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(331,14,'2019-07-23 17:14:11','2019-07-23 22:14:11','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":323} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/flying-into-sunset-demo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Summer’s here and with it the age-old question on many Jamaican minds: <strong><em>\"Where to unravel for my vacation?\"</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many Jamaicans who’ve experienced nearly all the island has to offer, the next best bet is to travel overseas – and enjoy the sights, sounds, tastes and feels of another country.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outside of the usual favourites of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, there are also many other countries that provide less-stringent access with visa-free travel all year round!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":325} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jamaica-passport-demo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" /><figcaption>Jamaican passports (Photo contributed, TheWorldUpCloser.com</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of March 2019, Jamaican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 84 countries and territories.  According to the <a href=\"https://www.henleypassportindex.com/passport\">Henley Passport Index</a>, the Jamaican passport is ranked 63rd in the world in terms of travel freedom. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, with the declaration of a visa waiver agreement between Jamaica and Ghana this July, the African country joins an impressive list of 84 countries and 11 disputed territories where Jamaicans are welcomed with open arms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Think you know them all? Well, here’s your challenge!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Try to come up with as many countries where visa-free travel is possible for Jamaicans before scrolling further (We double dare you).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":328} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/world-map-demo-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328\" /><figcaption>World map (Photo contributed, Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], Political map of the world) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How many did you come up with…10…20…40…95?!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’ve thought about expanding your horizons or are already a step closer to experiencing a new cultural frontier, <strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong> presents a comprehensive list of all 95 countries across the world where just your Jamaican passport is needed to enjoy a well-needed vacation:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>NB: This list is broken down into three categories: Visa-free access (*), Visa supplied on arrival (!), and e-Visas (an official document issued online by respective Immigration Departments or Foreign Ministries that allows for Jamaicans to enter and travel.)</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Bahrain (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Azerbaijan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Comoros (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Cote d’Ivoire</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Argentina (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Antigua and Barbuda (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Barbados (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Bangladesh (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Cook Islands (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Macau (!) [Territory of China]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>11. Palestine (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>12. Northern Cyprus [Territory of Turkey] (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>13. Curacao (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>14. Hong Kong (*) [Territory of China]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>15. Niue (*) [Territory of New Zealand]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>16. Monserrat (*) [Territory of the United Kingdom]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>17. Zimbabwe (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>18. Venezuela (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>19. Uganda (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>20. Trinidad and Tobago (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>21. Tuvalu (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>22. Serbia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>23. St. Vincent and the Grenadines (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>24. St. Lucia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>25. St. Kitts &amp; Nevis (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>26. Peru (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>27. Niger (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>28. Madagascar (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>29. Kiribati (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>30. Jordan (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>31. Myanmar (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>32. Seychelles (visitor’s permit on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>33. Palau (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>34. Mexico (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>35. Lesotho (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>36. Israel (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>37. Kenya (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>38. Nicaragua (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>39. Malaysia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>40. Kyrgyzstan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>41. South Korea (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>42. Togo (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>43. Suriname (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>44. Mozambique (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>45. Tajikistan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>46. Sao Tome &amp; Principe (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>47. Rwanda (either visa on arrival/eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>48. Panama (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>49. Micronesia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>50. Nepal (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>51. South Africa (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>52. Sri Lanka (either eVisa/visa on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>53. Papua New Guinea (visitor permit)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>54. Qatar (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>55. Senegal (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>56. Pitcairn Islands (*) [Territory of the United Kingdom]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>57. Somaliland (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>58. Russia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>59. Mauritania (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>60. Guyana (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>61. Indonesia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>62. Laos (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>63. Timor-Leste (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>64. Zambia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>65. Mauritius (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>66. Namibia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>67. India (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>68. Guinea-Bissau (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>69. Grenada (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>70. Malawi (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>71. Philippines (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>72. Somalia (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>73. Tanzania (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>74. Vanuatu (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>75. 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Which listing surprised you? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let us know where your next adventure will be in the comments section below!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Buzz Travel: Visa-free countries Jamaicans can visit','','inherit','closed','closed','','321-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:14:11','2019-07-23 22:14:11','',321,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/321-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(332,14,'2019-07-24 14:49:11','2019-07-24 19:49:11','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaica continues to grapple with one of the largest, most-encompassing heatwaves citizens have ever had to contend with.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":2962} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/sweating-demo-buzz-1-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2962\" /><figcaption> #PlaceHotB! 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He said that getting the chance to work with one of the leading technological agents in the world is mind-blowing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\"</em>PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT JAMAICAN MUSIC AS A SERIOUS FORCE.\" </p><cite>— Tessellated</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":339} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-2-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" /><figcaption>Tessellated says he\'s delighted working with Apple. (Photo: Contributed)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It feels amazing, a bit surreal but it’s been a positive experience overall,” Tessellated said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think on all fronts Jamaican music is pushing forward in a new wave right now. People are starting to look at Jamaican music as a serious force on the level of any other rather than a novelty. I think this is just one more of those things that is going to help push the overall movement even further.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":327} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/airpods-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" /><figcaption>A screenshot of the Airpods commercial.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He said that he is working on new singles and videos that will be unveiled later this year. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, I\'m focused on planning to release new singles and an EP later in the year,” Tessellated said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em> — Story written by Andre Cooper</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Tessellated delighted with his bite of the Apple','','publish','open','closed','','tessellated-delighted-with-his-bite-of-the-apple','','','2019-08-15 00:07:33','2019-08-15 05:07:33','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=336',0,'post','',0),(337,4,'2019-07-23 17:37:27','2019-07-23 22:37:27','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Twenty-two-year-old\nJamaican reggae sensation Tessellated is over the moon with excitement at his opportunity\nto work with tech giant Apple.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>Pine and Ginger</strong>\ncreative recently collaborated with Apple, which featured his new song, <strong>I\nLearnt Some Jazz Today,</strong> in an AirPods commercial<em>.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":316} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316\" /><figcaption>TESSELLATED PERFORMING AT REGGAE SUMFEST LAST MONTH</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tessellated, whose\ngiven name is Joshua Meeks, says the global tech agent discovered his talent\nonline and contacted him for the collaboration.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The artiste says the\nfeeling to have worked with one of the leading technological agents in the\nworld is mind-blowing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It feels amazing, a\nbit surreal but it’s been a positive experience overall,” Tessellated says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Next Photo: of Tess with\nhorn</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>PULLOUT QUOTE: PEOPLE\nARE STARTING TO LOOK AT JAMAICAN MUSIC AS A SERIOUS FORCE — Tessellated</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think on all\nfronts Jamaican music is pushing forward in a new wave right now. People are\nstarting to look at Jamaican music as a serious force on the level of any other\nrather than a novelty. I think this is just one more of those things that is\ngoing to help push the overall movement even further,” he says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CAPTION: A\nSCREEN GRAB OF THE AIRPODS COMMERCIAL.&nbsp;</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He says he’s working on new singles\nand videos that will be unveiled later this year. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, I\'m\nfocused on planning to release new singles and an EP later in the year,”\nTessellated shares.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Tessellated delighted with his bite of the Apple','','inherit','closed','closed','','336-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:37:27','2019-07-23 22:37:27','',336,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/336-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(338,14,'2019-07-23 17:37:39','2019-07-23 22:37:39','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaica continues to grapple with one of the largest,\nmost-encompassing heatwave citizens would never usually have to contend with.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As climate change takes root across the globe, warmer\ntemperatures, especially in the northern hemisphere, have left many countries unprepared\nin the face of this latest threat to humanity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here in Jamaica, the struggle to adapt in time is critical as the country recorded its highest-ever average temperature on Saturday, June 23. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Met Service, thermometers across the island\nnoted never-before-seen figures of 39.1 degrees Celsius or just around 102 degrees\nFahrenheit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’re active on social media, the hashtag #PlaceHotB\noffers some comic relief to the blistering heat, but it is still important that\nJamaicans take as much precaution to avoid the dizzying heat and stay 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{\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XU2uAxYYM\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XU2uAxYYM\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2YaJkkHQY\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2YaJkkHQY\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->','Buzz Hacks: DIY A/C project for the summer heatwave','','inherit','closed','closed','','332-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:37:39','2019-07-23 22:37:39','',332,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/332-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(339,4,'2019-07-23 17:37:51','2019-07-23 22:37:51','','Tessellated and a 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new state-of-the-art city hotel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":329} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" /><figcaption>ULTRA SLEEK LOBBY AT THE AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> <br>AC Marriott Kingston is a 220-bedroom hotel sitting on a 130,000 square foot facility with 18,000 square feet of that designated to indoor/outdoor banqueting. Its main banqueting hall can seat 600 persons. This makes the AC the largest hotel in Kingston. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":319} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_Marriott_Hotel_Rooms-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" /><figcaption>LUXURIOUS ROOM AT AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The US$55 million hotel is infused with technology with a cool feature being mobile check-in and a mobile key option from your handset. There is also a paging system connected to the waiter\'s watch for the ordering of drinks. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[333,334,335]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_HOTEL_EXTERIOR-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"333\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=333\" class=\"wp-image-333\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/STATE_OF_THE_ART_FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"334\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=334\" class=\"wp-image-334\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/GYM_AC_MARIOTT_HOTEL-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"335\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=335\" class=\"wp-image-335\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For those with difficulties with sight or have impaired hearing, there are features on the doors that facilitate easy access to their room.<br> <br>Adam and his team have thought of almost every convenience to make the guest experience as comfortable as possible. This speaks to the importance placed on service and customer satisfaction.<br> <br>This is the game-changer for Kingston\'s hotels.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Speaking with <strong>Buzz</strong>, Adam said: “This is a business lifestyle hotel which is designed to operate within a price bracket. We again applied the Stewart-family business ethos which is to be always elevating the bar.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business.\"</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business. Most business hotels are places where you come in and sleep but this AC Marriott is all about lifestyle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>European flair with a Jamaican touch best describes this stylish hotel. It oozes epicurean and artistic insouciance and as Adam says, “shows Jamaica can compete with the highest international standards”.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[341,342,343]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-1_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"341\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=341\" class=\"wp-image-341\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/MODERN-FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"342\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=342\" class=\"wp-image-342\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/SLEEK-DESIGN_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"343\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=343\" class=\"wp-image-343\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is the first time the Stewart family has gone into a hotel project outside the resort concept.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em> \"Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two\"</em></strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I saw a gap in the market which didn\'t exist in Jamaica before the AC Marriott.&nbsp; Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two in creating a modern 21-century hotel in the heart of Kingston,” Adam said. “We are creating our own space in the market and it\'s a space I haven\'t seen in Jamaica let alone Kingston.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Adam Stewart ups the ante for Kingston\'s hotels','','inherit','closed','closed','','281-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:47:20','2019-07-23 22:47:20','',281,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/281-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(346,4,'2019-07-23 17:48:53','2019-07-23 22:48:53','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Twenty-two-year-old\nJamaican reggae sensation Tessellated is over the moon with excitement at his opportunity\nto work with tech giant Apple.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>Pine and Ginger</strong>\ncreative recently collaborated with Apple, which featured his new song, <strong>I\nLearnt Some Jazz Today,</strong> in an AirPods commercial<em>.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":316} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316\" /><figcaption>TESSELLATED PERFORMING AT REGGAE SUMFEST LAST MONTH</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tessellated, whose\ngiven name is Joshua Meeks, says the global tech agent discovered his talent\nonline and contacted him for the collaboration.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The artiste says the\nfeeling to have worked with one of the leading technological agents in the\nworld is mind-blowing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\"PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT JAMAICAN MUSIC AS A SERIOUS FORCE\" </em></p><cite>— Tessellated</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It feels amazing, a\nbit surreal but it’s been a positive experience overall,” Tessellated says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":339} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-2-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think on all\nfronts Jamaican music is pushing forward in a new wave right now. People are\nstarting to look at Jamaican music as a serious force on the level of any other\nrather than a novelty. I think this is just one more of those things that is\ngoing to help push the overall movement even further,” he says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":327} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/airpods-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" /><figcaption>A SCREEN GRAB OF THE AIRPODS COMMERCIAL. </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He says he’s working on new singles\nand videos that will be unveiled later this year. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, I\'m\nfocused on planning to release new singles and an EP later in the year,”\nTessellated shares.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Tessellated delighted with his bite of the Apple','','inherit','closed','closed','','336-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:48:53','2019-07-23 22:48:53','',336,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/336-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(347,14,'2019-07-23 17:53:36','2019-07-23 22:53:36','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":344} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/diy-air-conditioning-screengrab-buzz-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" /><figcaption>DIY air cooling project for the home (Image contributed, DIY Volgs, YouTube) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaica continues to grapple with one of the largest,\nmost-encompassing heatwave citizens would never usually have to contend with.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As climate change takes root across the globe, warmer\ntemperatures, especially in the northern hemisphere, have left many countries unprepared\nin the face of this latest threat to humanity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XU2uAxYYM\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XU2uAxYYM\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here in Jamaica, the struggle to adapt in time is critical as the country recorded its highest-ever average temperature on Saturday, June 23. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Met Service, thermometers across the island\nnoted never-before-seen figures of 39.1 degrees Celsius or just around 102 degrees\nFahrenheit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’re active on social media, the hashtag #PlaceHotB\noffers some comic relief to the blistering heat, but it is still important that\nJamaicans take as much precaution to avoid the dizzying heat and stay hydrated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is especially true for the country’s most vulnerable - children,\npregnant women, the homeless and indigent, as well as the elderly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2YaJkkHQY\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2YaJkkHQY\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The recent temperature increases across Jamaica are indeed\nfrightening, and despite 2018 being the fourth hottest year on record,\ntemperatures are projected to exceed those this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Air-conditioning units, though more widespread across the\ncountry, might still be an exorbitant expense for some families.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\'re a Jack (or Jill) of all trades, <strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong> has presented a few interactive tutorials with some of YouTube\'s most viral do-it-yourself (DIY) projects.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Get busy and create that makeshift A/C you so desperately need with your standing fan and very few tools! Stay frosty!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Buzz Hacks: DIY A/C project for the summer heatwave','','inherit','closed','closed','','332-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:53:36','2019-07-23 22:53:36','',332,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/332-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(348,4,'2019-07-23 17:54:28','2019-07-23 22:54:28','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Twenty-two-year-old\nJamaican reggae sensation Tessellated is over the moon with excitement at his opportunity\nto work with tech giant Apple.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>Pine and Ginger</strong>\ncreative recently collaborated with Apple, which featured his new song, <strong>I\nLearnt Some Jazz Today,</strong> in an AirPods commercial<em>.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":316} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316\" /><figcaption>TESSELLATED PERFORMING AT REGGAE SUMFEST LAST MONTH</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tessellated, whose\ngiven name is Joshua Meeks, says the global tech agent discovered his talent\nonline and contacted him for the collaboration.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The artiste says the\nfeeling to have worked with one of the leading technological agents in the\nworld is mind-blowing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\"PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT JAMAICAN MUSIC AS A SERIOUS FORCE\" </em></p><cite>— Tessellated</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It feels amazing, a\nbit surreal but it’s been a positive experience overall,” Tessellated says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":339} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-2-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" /><figcaption>Tessellated says he\'s delighted working with Apple.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think on all\nfronts Jamaican music is pushing forward in a new wave right now. People are\nstarting to look at Jamaican music as a serious force on the level of any other\nrather than a novelty. I think this is just one more of those things that is\ngoing to help push the overall movement even further,” he says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":327} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/airpods-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" /><figcaption>A SCREEN GRAB OF THE AIRPODS COMMERCIAL. </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He says he’s working on new singles\nand videos that will be unveiled later this year. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, I\'m\nfocused on planning to release new singles and an EP later in the year,”\nTessellated shares.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Tessellated delighted with his bite of the Apple','','inherit','closed','closed','','336-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:54:28','2019-07-23 22:54:28','',336,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/336-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(349,11,'2019-07-23 17:54:29','2019-07-23 22:54:29','','AC Marriott Team','','inherit','closed','closed','','team_ac_marriott_kingston','','','2019-08-28 17:22:11','2019-08-28 22:22:11','',281,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/TEAM_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(350,14,'2019-07-23 17:55:41','2019-07-23 22:55:41','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":344} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/diy-air-conditioning-screengrab-buzz-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" /><figcaption>DIY air cooling project for the home (Image contributed, DIY Volgs, YouTube) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaica continues to grapple with one of the largest, most-encompassing heatwaves citizens would never usually have to contend with.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As climate change takes root across the globe, warmer\ntemperatures, especially in the northern hemisphere, have left many countries unprepared\nin the face of this latest threat to humanity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XU2uAxYYM\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XU2uAxYYM\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here in Jamaica, the struggle to adapt in time is critical as the country recorded its highest-ever average temperature on Saturday, June 23. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Met Service, thermometers across the island\nnoted never-before-seen figures of 39.1 degrees Celsius or just around 102 degrees\nFahrenheit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’re active on social media, the hashtag #PlaceHotB\noffers some comic relief to the blistering heat, but it is still important that\nJamaicans take as much precaution to avoid the dizzying heat and stay hydrated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is especially true for the country’s most vulnerable - children,\npregnant women, the homeless and indigent, as well as the elderly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2YaJkkHQY\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2YaJkkHQY\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The recent temperature increases across Jamaica are indeed\nfrightening, and despite 2018 being the fourth hottest year on record,\ntemperatures are projected to exceed those this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Air-conditioning units, though more widespread across the\ncountry, might still be an exorbitant expense for some families.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\'re a Jack (or Jill) of all trades, <strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong> has presented a few interactive tutorials with some of YouTube\'s most viral do-it-yourself (DIY) projects.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Get busy and create that makeshift A/C you so desperately need with your standing fan and very few tools! Stay frosty!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Buzz Hacks: DIY A/C projects for the summer heatwave','','inherit','closed','closed','','332-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:55:41','2019-07-23 22:55:41','',332,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/332-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(351,11,'2019-07-23 17:56:35','2019-07-23 22:56:35','','AC MARRIOTT Art','','inherit','closed','closed','','art-3_ac_marriott','','','2019-08-28 17:22:45','2019-08-28 22:22:45','',281,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-3_AC_MARRIOTT.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(352,14,'2019-07-23 17:56:44','2019-07-23 22:56:44','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":323} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/flying-into-sunset-demo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Summer’s here and with it the age-old question on many Jamaican minds: <strong><em>\"Where to unravel for my vacation?\"</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many Jamaicans who’ve experienced nearly all the island has to offer, the next best bet is to travel overseas – and enjoy the sights, sounds, tastes and feels of another country.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outside of the usual favourites of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, there are also many other countries that provide less-stringent access with visa-free travel all year round!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":325} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jamaica-passport-demo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" /><figcaption>Jamaican passports (Photo contributed, TheWorldUpCloser.com</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of March 2019, Jamaican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 84 countries and territories.  According to the <a href=\"https://www.henleypassportindex.com/passport\">Henley Passport Index</a>, the Jamaican passport is ranked 63rd in the world in terms of travel freedom. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, with the declaration of a visa waiver agreement between Jamaica and Ghana this July, the African country joins an impressive list of 84 countries and 11 disputed territories where Jamaicans are welcomed with open arms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Think you know them all? Well, here’s your challenge!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Try to come up with as many countries where visa-free travel is possible for Jamaicans before scrolling further (We double dare you).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":328} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/world-map-demo-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328\" /><figcaption>World map (Photo contributed, Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], Political map of the world) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How many did you come up with…10…20…40…95?!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’ve thought about expanding your horizons or are already a step closer to experiencing a new cultural frontier,&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>&nbsp;presents a comprehensive list of all 95 countries across the world where just your Jamaican passport is needed to enjoy a well-needed vacation:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>NB: This list is broken down into three categories: Visa-free access (*), Visa supplied on arrival (!), and e-Visas (an official document issued online by respective Immigration Departments or Foreign Ministries that allows for Jamaicans to enter and travel.)</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Bahrain (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Azerbaijan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Comoros (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Cote d’Ivoire</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Argentina (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Antigua and Barbuda (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Barbados (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Bangladesh (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Cook Islands (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Macau (!) [Territory of China]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>11. Palestine (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>12. Northern Cyprus [Territory of Turkey] (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>13. Curacao (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>14. Hong Kong (*) [Territory of China]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>15. Niue (*) [Territory of New Zealand]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>16. Monserrat (*) [Territory of the United Kingdom]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>17. Zimbabwe (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>18. Venezuela (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>19. Uganda (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>20. Trinidad and Tobago (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>21. Tuvalu (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>22. Serbia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>23. St. Vincent and the Grenadines (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>24. St. Lucia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>25. St. Kitts &amp; Nevis (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>26. Peru (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>27. Niger (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>28. Madagascar (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>29. Kiribati (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>30. Jordan (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>31. Myanmar (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>32. Seychelles (visitor’s permit on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>33. Palau (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>34. Mexico (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>35. Lesotho (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>36. Israel (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>37. Kenya (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>38. Nicaragua (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>39. Malaysia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>40. Kyrgyzstan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>41. South Korea (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>42. Togo (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>43. Suriname (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>44. Mozambique (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>45. Tajikistan (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>46. Sao Tome &amp; Principe (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>47. Rwanda (either visa on arrival/eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>48. Panama (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>49. Micronesia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>50. Nepal (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>51. South Africa (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>52. Sri Lanka (either eVisa/visa on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>53. Papua New Guinea (visitor permit)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>54. Qatar (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>55. Senegal (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>56. Pitcairn Islands (*) [Territory of the United Kingdom]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>57. Somaliland (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>58. Russia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>59. Mauritania (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>60. Guyana (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>61. Indonesia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>62. Laos (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>63. Timor-Leste (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>64. Zambia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>65. Mauritius (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>66. Namibia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>67. India (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>68. Guinea-Bissau (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>69. Grenada (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>70. Malawi (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>71. Philippines (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>72. Somalia (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>73. Tanzania (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>74. Vanuatu (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>75. Transnistria (*) [formerly part of Moldova, now known as Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>76. Samoa (entry permit on arrival)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>77. Haiti (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>78. Iran (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>79. The Maldives (!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>80. Sierra Leone (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>81. Singapore (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>82. Turkey (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>83. Uruguay (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>84. South Ossetia [formerly northern territory of Georgia in Europe]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>85. Georgia (eVisa) [not to be confused with the US state of Georgia]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>86. The Gambia (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>87. Gabon (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>88. Fiji (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>89. Eswatini, also known as Swaziland (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>90. Ethiopia (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>91. Ecuador (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>92. Dominica (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>93. Dominican Republic (*)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>94. Djibouti (eVisa)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>95. As of July 2019, Ghana!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How many of these countries have you visited? Which listing surprised you? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let us know where your next adventure will be in the comments section below!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Buzz Travel: Visa-free countries Jamaicans can visit','','inherit','closed','closed','','321-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:56:44','2019-07-23 22:56:44','',321,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/321-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(353,14,'2019-07-23 17:57:39','2019-07-23 22:57:39','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":301} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/bajo-nuevo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301\" /><figcaption>Satellite imagery of Bajo Nuevo from space (Photo contributed, National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], International Space Station [ISS])</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tucked away near the middle of the Caribbean Sea, lies the Bajo Nuevo Bank: a small, uninhabited reef with some grass-covered islets.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also known as the Petrel Islands, these tiny specs have been the subject of a bitter sovereignty dispute between Colombia and the United States.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But what you didn’t know, is over 30 years ago, Jamaica was also\ncaught up in the ownership dispute, but has since backed off for some time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Between 1982 and 1986, the Government of Jamaica signed and\nmaintained a series of bilateral agreements – culminating in a maritime\ndelimitation treaty between the island and the Republic of Colombia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The maritime delimitation treaty was signed in Kingston on\nFriday, November 12, 1993, by ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade\nfor Jamaica and Colombia respectively, Paul Robertson and Noemí Sanín Posada.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":304} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/posada-paul-robertson-sbscollage-buzz-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304\" /><figcaption>(from left) Former Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade for Colombia and Jamaica in 1993,  Noemí Sanín Posada and the late Paul Roberston respectively (Photos contributed, Jamaica Information Service [JIS], ElTiempo.com) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time, Jamaica\'s claim, as with the other countries\nembroiled in the dispute, stemmed from attempts to expand the island’s\nexclusive economic zone over the surrounding seas.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, Jamaica’s claim for Bajo Nuevo remains largely dormant\nsince bilateral agreements with Colombia came into force in 1994.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’ve made it this far then we still have your attention,\nand seeing as you’re eager to know more,&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Jamaica</em></strong>&nbsp;presents\n23 fast facts about Bajo Nuevo:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>1.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;The islands are located along the coordinates\n15°53′N (fifteen degrees, fifty-three minutes north) and 78°38′W (seventy-eight\ndegrees, thirty-eight minutes west) and are geographically closest to Jamaica –\nsome 288 kilometres southwest of the island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":302,\"width\":587,\"height\":334} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/bajo-nuevo-google-maps-jamaica-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" width=\"587\" height=\"334\" /><figcaption>Bajo Nuevo\'s proximity to Jamaica (Photo contributed, Google Maps)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;Bajo Nuevo Bank is about\n26&nbsp;kilometres (16&nbsp;miles) long and 9&nbsp;kilometres (5.6&nbsp;miles)\nwide. The closest neighbouring land feature is Serranilla Bank, located 110\nkilometres (68 miles) to the west.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The reef was first shown on Dutch maps dating to 1634 but was given its present name in 1654. British pirate John Glover rediscovered Bajo Nuevo in 1660.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;Satellite imagery from the\nNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows two distinct\natoll-like structures separated by a deep channel under a mile wide at its\nnarrowest point. The reef partially dries on the southern and eastern sides,\nwith the land area being minuscule by comparison.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>5.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The most prominent land area is Low Cay,\nin the southwest atoll, which extends for 300 metres and widens at a maximum of\n40 metres across. No more than two metres above sea level, the barren island is\ncomposed of broken coral, driftwood, and sand.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>6.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;A total of five countries have laid claim to\nsovereignty over Bajo Nuevo, namely: Jamaica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras and\nthe United States.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":305} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/bajo-nuevo-countries-dispute-flags-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\" /><figcaption>(From top left to bottom right) The flags of Colombia, the United States, Honduras, Jamaica and Nicaragua (Images contributed, Wikipedia)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>7.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;James W. Jennett, empowered under provisions\nof the controversial Guano Islands Act, initiated the US’ claim on November 22,\n1869. To this day, the US administers Bajo Nuevo bank as an ‘unorganized,\nunincorporated United States territory’.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;Similarly to other territories\nclaimed under the Guano Islands Act in the Caribbean and Oceania, persons born\non Bajo Nuevo to non-citizens are considered by the United States to be US\nnationals, but not US citizens.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":307} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/usa_flag-demo-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" /><figcaption>United States flag (Image contributed, US State Department)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>9.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia currently claims the area as part of\nthe department of San Andrés and Providencia. The San Andrés fleet of the\nColombian Navy carries out naval patrols in the area, as the republic maintains\nthat it has claimed these territories since 1886 – as part of the geographic\narchipelago of San Andrés and Providencia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>10.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The November 1993 maritime delimitation treaty, between Colombia and Jamaica, established a \"Joint Regime Area\", which allowed both countries to cooperatively manage and exploit living and non-living resources in designated waters between the two aforementioned banks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>11.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Bajo Nuevo’s territorial waters immediately\nsurrounding the cays themselves were excluded from the zone of joint-control,\nas Colombia considers these areas to be part of her coastal waters.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>12.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;The maritime delimitation treaty came effect four months later and was recognised by international law in March 1994.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>13.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Colombian Ministry of Defense constructed\na light beacon on Low Cay in 1982. The metal structure towers 21&nbsp;metres\nabove the Caribbean Sea and is painted white with a red top. The beacon emits\ntwo white flashes of light every 15 seconds. After sustaining some damage, the\nbeacon was reconstructed by the Colombians in February 2008 and is currently\nmaintained by the navy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":306,\"width\":412,\"height\":531} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/bajo-nuevo-light-beacon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" width=\"412\" height=\"531\" /><figcaption>A light beacon erected on the shores of Low Cay, Bajo Nuevo (Photo contributed, Colombian Ministry of Defence)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>14.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicaragua bases its claim to Bajo Nuevo Bank\ndue to the islands sitting on its continental shelf, covering an area of over\n50,000 square kilometres in the Caribbean Sea. In fact, the Central American\ncountry lays claim to all islands associated with the San Andrés and\nProvidencia archipelagoes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>15.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Successive Nicaraguan governments have\npersistently pursued claims against Colombia in the International Court of\nJustice (ICJ), filing cases in both 2001 and 2007.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>16.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On November 19, 2012, in regards to Nicaraguan claims to the islands, the ICJ ruled unanimously that Colombia has sovereignty over both Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla Banks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\"<strong><em>Bajo Nuevo reportedly contains no \'meaningful mineral reserves\'</em></strong>\" </p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>17.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The islands remain a Colombian territory and are a key stopping point in the country’s fight against drug and weapons smuggling, but all the other claimant nations still have limited access to them.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>18.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bajo Nuevo is positioned inside a modestly\nproductive fishing (mostly lobsters) zone, but the seabed reportedly contains\nno \'meaningful mineral reserves\', and only small amounts of hydrocarbon fuels\nhave been identified.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>19.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Honduras, another claimant to Bajo Nuevo and\nthe nearby Serranilla Bank, effectively ended its role in the dispute with the\nratification of a maritime boundary treaty with Colombia on December 20, 1999.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>20.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; According to the treaty, both states agreed upon a\nmaritime demarcation in 1986 that excluded Honduras from any control over the\nbanks or their surrounding waters.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>21.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; This bilateral treaty ensured that Honduras\nimplicitly recognises Colombia\'s sovereignty over the disputed territories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>22.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp; Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank have been\nrepeatedly included as per American sources as one of ten insular areas in the\nPacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea that make up the US’ Minor Outlying Islands\nclassification.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>23.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp; Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island comprise the remaining nine disputed territories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Did you know these islands existed? What were the most surprising facts you read? Let us know in the comments section! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Bajo Nuevo: What you should know about the island dispute Jamaica \'gave up\'','','inherit','closed','closed','','300-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:57:39','2019-07-23 22:57:39','',300,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/300-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(354,11,'2019-07-23 17:59:49','2019-07-23 22:59:49','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new AC Marriott Hotel on Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston is most definitely Adam Stewart\'s baby.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":324} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_Marriott_Hotel-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-324\" /><figcaption>AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Deputy Chairman of the Sandals/ ATL Group of Companies has spent his life in the hotel business learning from his father, Gordon \'Butch\' Stewart, the founder of Sandals.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":317} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Adam_Stewart_AC_Marriott-1024x857.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" /><figcaption>Adam Stewart, Deputy Chairman, Sandals/ATL Group of Companies</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those lessons have been taken and modified for a new generation of which he will be at the vanguard and this is reflected in this new state-of-the-art city hotel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":329} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" /><figcaption>ULTRA SLEEK LOBBY AT THE AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> <br>AC Marriott Kingston is a 220-bedroom hotel sitting on a 130,000 square foot facility with 18,000 square feet of that designated to indoor/outdoor banqueting. Its main banqueting hall can seat 600 persons. This makes the AC the largest hotel in Kingston. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":319} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_Marriott_Hotel_Rooms-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" /><figcaption>LUXURIOUS ROOM AT AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The US$55 million hotel is infused with technology with a cool feature being mobile check-in and a mobile key option from your handset. There is also a paging system connected to the waiter\'s watch for the ordering of drinks. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[333,334,335]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_HOTEL_EXTERIOR-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"333\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=333\" class=\"wp-image-333\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/STATE_OF_THE_ART_FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"334\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=334\" class=\"wp-image-334\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/GYM_AC_MARIOTT_HOTEL-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"335\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=335\" class=\"wp-image-335\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For those with difficulties with sight or have impaired hearing, there are features on the doors that facilitate easy access to their room.<br> <br>Adam and his team have thought of almost every convenience to make the guest experience as comfortable as possible. This speaks to the importance placed on service and customer satisfaction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":349} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/TEAM_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br> This is the game-changer for Kingston\'s hotels.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Speaking with <strong>Buzz</strong>, Adam said: “This is a business lifestyle hotel which is designed to operate within a price bracket. We again applied the Stewart-family business ethos which is to be always elevating the bar.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business.\"</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business. Most business hotels are places where you come in and sleep but this AC Marriott is all about lifestyle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>European flair with a Jamaican touch best describes this stylish hotel. It oozes epicurean and artistic insouciance and as Adam says, “shows Jamaica can compete with the highest international standards”.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[341,342,343,351]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-1_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"341\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=341\" class=\"wp-image-341\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/MODERN-FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"342\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=342\" class=\"wp-image-342\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/SLEEK-DESIGN_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"343\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=343\" class=\"wp-image-343\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-3_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"351\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=351\" class=\"wp-image-351\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is the first time the Stewart family has gone into a hotel project outside the resort concept.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em> \"Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two\"</em></strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I saw a gap in the market which didn\'t exist in Jamaica before the AC Marriott.&nbsp; Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two in creating a modern 21-century hotel in the heart of Kingston,” Adam said. “We are creating our own space in the market and it\'s a space I haven\'t seen in Jamaica let alone Kingston.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Adam Stewart ups the ante for Kingston\'s hotels','','inherit','closed','closed','','281-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 17:59:49','2019-07-23 22:59:49','',281,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/281-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(355,11,'2019-07-23 18:01:57','2019-07-23 23:01:57','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new AC Marriott Hotel on Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston is most definitely Adam Stewart\'s baby.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":324} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_Marriott_Hotel-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-324\" /><figcaption>AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Deputy Chairman of the Sandals/ ATL Group of Companies has spent his life in the hotel business learning from his father, Gordon \'Butch\' Stewart, the founder of Sandals.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":317} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Adam_Stewart_AC_Marriott-1024x857.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" /><figcaption>Adam Stewart, Deputy Chairman, Sandals/ATL Group of Companies</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those lessons have been taken and modified for a new generation of which he will be at the vanguard and this is reflected in this new state-of-the-art city hotel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":329} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" /><figcaption>ULTRA SLEEK LOBBY AT THE AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> <br>AC Marriott Kingston is a 220-bedroom hotel sitting on a 130,000 square foot facility with 18,000 square feet of that designated to indoor/outdoor banqueting. Its main banqueting hall can seat 600 persons. This makes the AC the largest hotel in Kingston. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":319} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_Marriott_Hotel_Rooms-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" /><figcaption>LUXURIOUS ROOM AT AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The US$55 million hotel is infused with technology with a cool feature being mobile check-in and a mobile key option from your handset. There is also a paging system connected to the waiter\'s watch for the ordering of drinks. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[333,334,335]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_HOTEL_EXTERIOR-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"333\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=333\" class=\"wp-image-333\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/STATE_OF_THE_ART_FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"334\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=334\" class=\"wp-image-334\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/GYM_AC_MARIOTT_HOTEL-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"335\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=335\" class=\"wp-image-335\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For those with difficulties with sight or have impaired hearing, there are features on the doors that facilitate easy access to their room.<br> <br>Adam and his team have thought of almost every convenience to make the guest experience as comfortable as possible. This speaks to the importance placed on service and customer satisfaction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":349} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/TEAM_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br> This is the game-changer for Kingston\'s hotels.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Speaking with <strong>Buzz</strong>, Adam said: “This is a business lifestyle hotel which is designed to operate within a price bracket. We again applied the Stewart-family business ethos which is to be always elevating the bar.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business.\"</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business. Most business hotels are places where you come in and sleep but this AC Marriott is all about lifestyle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>European flair with a Jamaican touch best describes this stylish hotel. It oozes epicurean and artistic insouciance and as Adam says, “shows Jamaica can compete with the highest international standards”.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[341,342,343,351]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-1_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"341\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=341\" class=\"wp-image-341\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/MODERN-FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"342\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=342\" class=\"wp-image-342\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/SLEEK-DESIGN_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"343\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=343\" class=\"wp-image-343\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-3_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"351\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=351\" class=\"wp-image-351\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is the first time the Stewart family has gone into a hotel project outside the resort concept.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em> \"Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two\"</em></strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I saw a gap in the market which didn\'t exist in Jamaica before the AC Marriott.  Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two in creating a modern 21st-century hotel in the heart of Kingston,” Adam said. “We are creating our own space in the market and it\'s a space I haven\'t seen in Jamaica let alone Kingston.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Adam Stewart ups the ante for Kingston\'s hotels','','inherit','closed','closed','','281-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 18:01:57','2019-07-23 23:01:57','',281,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/281-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(356,4,'2019-07-23 18:16:00','2019-07-23 23:16:00','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Twenty-two-year-old\nJamaican reggae sensation Tessellated is over the moon with excitement at his opportunity\nto work with tech giant Apple.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>Pine and Ginger</strong>\ncreative recently collaborated with Apple, which featured his new song, <strong>I\nLearnt Some Jazz Today,</strong> in an AirPods commercial<em>.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":316} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316\" /><figcaption>TESSELLATED PERFORMING AT REGGAE SUMFEST LAST MONTH</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tessellated, whose\ngiven name is Joshua Meeks, says the global tech agent discovered his talent\nonline and contacted him for the collaboration.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The artiste says the\nfeeling to have worked with one of the leading technological agents in the\nworld is mind-blowing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\"PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT JAMAICAN MUSIC AS A SERIOUS FORCE\" </em></p><cite>— Tessellated</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It feels amazing, a\nbit surreal but it’s been a positive experience overall,” Tessellated says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":339} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/tessellated-2-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" /><figcaption>Tessellated says he\'s delighted working with Apple.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think on all\nfronts Jamaican music is pushing forward in a new wave right now. People are\nstarting to look at Jamaican music as a serious force on the level of any other\nrather than a novelty. I think this is just one more of those things that is\ngoing to help push the overall movement even further,” he says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":327} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/airpods-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" /><figcaption>A SCREEN GRAB OF THE AIRPODS COMMERCIAL.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He says he’s working on new singles\nand videos that will be unveiled later this year. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, I\'m\nfocused on planning to release new singles and an EP later in the year,”\nTessellated shares.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Tessellated delighted with his bite of the Apple','','inherit','closed','closed','','336-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 18:16:00','2019-07-23 23:16:00','',336,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/336-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(357,4,'2019-07-24 14:32:23','2019-07-24 19:32:23','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Fly me to the moon<br>Let me play among the stars<br>Let me see what spring is like <br>On Jupiter and Mars,” sang Frank Sinatra </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>British billionaire Richard Branson wants to do just that: fly people to space with his Virgin Galactic company. And he\'ll be a step closer to doing so when he lists his company on the stock exchange later this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":314} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Richard-Branson-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-314\" /><figcaption>Billionaire Richard Bronson racing to make space tourism a reality.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson will join forces with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings (SCHH), which will take a 49 % share in his space company for US$800 million. Branson expects his space tourism company to launch into profitability in 2021.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson has already got 600 people to sign up for space flights, netting US$80 million in deposits. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>To fly on Branson’s VSS Unity will set you back US$250,000.</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":315} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Virgin-Galactic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\" /><figcaption>Branson plans to take tourists to space with his VSS Unity spacecraft.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson has already sunk close to US$1 billion of his own money into this project and is intent on being the first man to take tourists into space. But he may have stiff competition there. Fellow billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are also planning space missions for tourists. All three men&nbsp;have already completed test runs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Buzz Lightyear for real!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Who do you think will be the first into space with commercial flights? Branson, Bezos or Musk?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let us know at Buzz.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Branson a step closer to space tourism','','publish','open','closed','','branson-a-step-closer-to-space-tourism','','','2019-08-14 17:54:50','2019-08-14 22:54:50','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=357',0,'post','',0),(358,4,'2019-07-23 18:25:46','2019-07-23 23:25:46','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“ Fly me to the moon<br>\nLet me play among the stars<br>\nLet me see what Spring is like <br>\nOn Jupiter and Mars,” sang Frank Sinatra </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBritish\nbillionaire Richard Branson, wants to do just that, fly people to space with\nhis Virgin Galactic company and he is getting closer to doing so by preparing\nto list his company on the stock exchange.\n\n\n\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson who formed Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Media as well as many other ventures will join forces with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings  (SCHH)who will take a 49 % share in his space company for US$800 million.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The investment company  SCHH is headed by an ex Facebook executive and is already listed on the New York Stock Exchange.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It will fund Virgin Galactic until it becomes a profitable commercial venture. Branson expects the space tourism company to launch into profitability in 2021. <br> <br> <br> This new entity is expected to list later this year.<br> <br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\n“By embarking on this new chapter at this advanced point in Virgin Galactic’s\ndevelopment, we can open space to more investors and in so doing, open space to\nthousands of new astronauts. We are at the dawn of a new space age with huge\npotential to improve and sustain life on Earth,” said Branson.<br>\n<br>\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\nThe mercurial entrepreneur has already got 600 people to sign up for space\nflights netting US$80 million in deposits.&nbsp; <br>\n<br>\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\nTo fly on Branson’s VSS Unity —&nbsp;a SpaceShip Two-class suborbital\nrocket-powered plane, will set you back US$250,000. The spacecraft looks like a\ntricked-out private jet or something you’d see in a sci-fi movie.<br>\n<br>\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\nBranson has already sunk close to US$1 billion of his own money into this project\nand is intent on being the first man to take tourists into space. <br>\n<br>\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\nBut he may have stiff competition there. Fellow billionaires Jeff Bezos and\nElon Musk are also planning space missions for tourists. All three men&nbsp;have\nalready completed test runs.<br>\n<br>\nBuzz Lightyear for real!<br>\n<br>\nWho do you think will be the first into space with commercial flights? Branson,\nBezos or Musk?<br>\n<br>\nLet us know at Buzz.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Branson to take his space company public','','inherit','closed','closed','','357-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 18:25:46','2019-07-23 23:25:46','',357,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/357-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(359,4,'2019-07-23 18:46:25','2019-07-23 23:46:25','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Fly me to the moon<br>Let me play among the stars<br>Let me see what spring is like <br>On Jupiter and Mars,” sang Frank Sinatra </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>British billionaire Richard Branson wants to do just that: fly people to space with his Virgin Galactic company.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he\'ll be a step closer to doing so when he list his company on the stock exchange later this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson will join forces with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings (SCHH), which will take a 49 % share in his space company for US$800 million.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It will fund Virgin Galactic until it becomes a profitable commercial venture. Branson expects the space tourism company to launch into profitability in 2021.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson has already got 600 people to sign up for space flights, netting US$80 million in deposits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To fly on Branson’s VSS Unity will set you back US$250,000.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson has already sunk close to US$1 billion of his own money into this project and is intent on being the first man to take tourists into space.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But he may have stiff competition there. Fellow billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are also planning space missions for tourists. All three men have already completed test runs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Buzz Lightyear for real!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Who do you think will be the first into space with commercial flights? Branson, Bezos or Musk?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let us know at Buzz.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Branson to take his space company public','','inherit','closed','closed','','357-revision-v1','','','2019-07-23 18:46:25','2019-07-23 23:46:25','',357,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/357-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(360,4,'2019-07-23 18:49:31','2019-07-23 23:49:31','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Fly me to the moon<br>Let me play among the stars<br>Let me see what spring is like <br>On Jupiter and Mars,” sang Frank Sinatra </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>British billionaire Richard Branson wants to do just that: fly people to space with his Virgin Galactic company.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":314} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Richard-Branson-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-314\" /><figcaption>Billionaire Richard Bronson racing to make space tourism a reality.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he\'ll be a step closer to doing so when he list his company on the stock exchange later this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson will join forces with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings (SCHH), which will take a 49 % share in his space company for US$800 million.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson expects his space tourism company to launch into profitability in 2021.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson has already got 600 people to sign up for space flights, netting US$80 million in deposits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To fly on Branson’s VSS Unity will set you back US$250,000.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Branson has already sunk close to US$1 billion of his own money into this project and is intent on being the first man to take tourists into space.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But he may have stiff competition there. Fellow billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are also planning space missions for tourists. All three men have already completed test runs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Buzz Lightyear for real!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Who do you think will be the first into space with commercial flights? 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The book was\nalso launched as a webcomic at <a href=\"https://maroonblack.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https://maroonblack.net</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":371} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Maroonblack-issue-1-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-371\" /><figcaption>A selection from MaroonBlack.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reid-Grandison is one of the rare females in the profession worldwide.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I hope that this project will be received well by readers\nand inspire more Jamaicans to create comics using our culture. I also hope that\nthis would lead to the development of the comic book industry here in the Caribbean,” said Reid-Grandison, who is also an educator.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":375} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Maroonblack-3-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-375\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She said: “I have always had an interest in comics from an\nearly age. In 2007, my husband, who was just a friend at the time, was creating\nhis comic and I went on as his writer. <strong>MaroonBlack</strong>\nis the first one I wrote.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The book taps into local lore for a Jamaican take on the\nsuperhero.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":373} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Maroonblack-issue-2-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is an action-packed, thrilling adventure of the lives of\nmembers of a group called Maroonblack. It is set in Jamaica and thus\nincorporating the different landmarks in Jamaica. Characters from our culture\nand folklore are used to enhance the plot in creative ways.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Early versions of the comic have already drawn professional accolades. 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The book was\nalso launched as a webcomic at <a href=\"https://maroonblack.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https://maroonblack.net</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":371} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Maroonblack-issue-1-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-371\" /><figcaption>A selection from MaroonBlack.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reid-Grandison is one of the rare females in the profession worldwide.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I hope that this project will be received well by readers\nand inspire more Jamaicans to create comics using our culture. I also hope that\nthis would lead to the development of the comic book industry here in the Caribbean,” said Reid-Grandison, who is also an educator.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":375} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Maroonblack-3-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-375\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She said: “I have always had an interest in comics from an\nearly age. In 2007, my husband, who was just a friend at the time, was creating\nhis comic and I went on as his writer. <strong>MaroonBlack</strong>\nis the first one I wrote.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The book taps into local lore for a Jamaican take on the\nsuperhero.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":373} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Maroonblack-issue-2-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is an action-packed, thrilling adventure of the lives of\nmembers of a group called Maroonblack. It is set in Jamaica and thus\nincorporating the different landmarks in Jamaica. Characters from our culture\nand folklore are used to enhance the plot in creative ways.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Early versions of the comic have already drawn professional accolades. 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Quintero recently opened up about how cosmetic surgery to improve the look of her buttocks had made her sick.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":380} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Stevie-J_Estelita.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-380\" /><figcaption>Estelita Quintero and Stevie J. <em>(Photo: hollywoodlife.com) </em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Quintero noted that it wasn’t only a physical manifestation of being unwell but she also began to feel depressed. According to Quintero,  she received the butt injections while working as a stripper in Miami.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, she explained that approximately five years later, the injections had started to make her feel sick. In a 19-minute-long video posted to YouTube Quintero documented her journey to Colombia where she had the silicone fillers removed from her buttocks. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":384} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/During-Surgery-Quintero.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384\" /><figcaption>Estelita Quintero during her surgical procedure to remove silicone implants from her buttocks. Source: Instagram @estelitaquintero</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before her travels to the South American country, Quintero said she had tried four times to have the contents injected into her posterior to give its voluptuous shape removed. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":382} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Quintero-Pre-Surgery_Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382\" /><figcaption>Estelita Quintero during post-surgery recovery. Source: Instagram @estelitaquintero</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is crazy because I remember paying $1500 per section to get these freakin’ silicone injections right? And honestly, four unsuccessful surgeries in the U.S. was almost $80,000 through the years. And now I am here paying more money, but I know that this it,” said Quintero.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em> </em>“It is crazy because I remember paying $1500 per section to get these freakin’ silicone injections right.\"</strong></p><cite>— Estelita Quintero</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Opening up and documenting it all on camera and in the public domain of Instagram and YouTube, according to Estelita, is to spread awareness about the dangers associated with butt implants. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":383} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Excerpt-from-Video-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\" /><figcaption>Nurse displaying silicone waste removed from Quintero post-surgery. 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I had this poison in my body for over eight years I am lucky to be alive right now,” said Quintero, who then instructed the nurse to showcase a red bag, which was labelled with a radioactive hazard sign, noting that it contained the material that was taken out of her buttocks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>\"I had this poison in my body for over eight years I am lucky to be alive right now.\"</strong></p><cite>— Estelita Quintero</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The documented journey to recovery for the former reality TV show didn’t end with her near 20-minute-long <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://youtu.be/IN9S3LWqOiw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video</a> as she has continued to showcase her healing process in her <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/estelitaquintero/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Instagram stories</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In making her experience public, Quintero has not escaped criticism. However, she has proudly proclaimed that she is comfortable with her natural booty and beauty. Quintero isn’t the only reality show celeb to have had their butt implants removed. In 2018, K. 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Source: Instagram @estelitaquintero</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before her travels to the South American country, Quintero said she had tried four times to have the contents injected into her posterior to give its voluptuous shape removed. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":382} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Quintero-Pre-Surgery_Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382\" /><figcaption>Estelita Quintero during post-surgery recovery. Source: Instagram @estelitaquintero</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is crazy because I remember paying $1500 per section to get these freakin’ silicone injections right? And honestly, four unsuccessful surgeries in the U.S. was almost $80,000 through the years. And now I am here paying more money, but I know that this it,” said Quintero.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em><strong> “It is crazy because I remember paying $1500 per section to get these freakin’ silicone injections right .\"</strong></em></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Opening up and documenting it all on camera and in the public domain of Instagram and Youtube, according to Estelita, is to spread awareness about the dangers associated with butt implants. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":383} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Excerpt-from-Video-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\" /><figcaption>Nurse displaying silicone waste removed from Quintero post-surgery. Source: Youtube - Estelita Quintero</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The purpose of me filming this video is to hopefully … show all the girls that it is not worth it -don’t freakin’ do it. I had this poison in my body for over eight years I am lucky to be alive right now,” said Quintero, who then instructed the nurse to showcase a red bag, which was labelled with a radioactive hazard sign, noting that it contained the material that was taken out of her buttocks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em>\"I had this poison in my body for over eight years I am lucky to be alive right now\"</em></strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The documented journey to recovery for the former reality TV show didn’t end with her near 20-minute-long <a href=\"https://youtu.be/IN9S3LWqOiw\">YouTube video</a> as she has continued to showcase her healing process in her <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/estelitaquintero/?hl=en\">Instagram stories</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In making her experience public, Quintero has not escaped criticism. However, she has proudly proclaimed that she is comfortable with her natural booty and beauty.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Quintero isn’t the only reality show celeb to have had their butt implants removed. In 2018, K. 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I do not know what some are digging for but they need to apply to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for one of those excavation positions. He may sit across from or beside you and then reach over to touch you! Fix it Jesus!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Introducing the <strong>tight pants posse</strong>! If your phone or your ‘package’ is clearly visible through your pants, it is a no love.&nbsp; At the opposite end of the extreme are the ‘<strong>saggy bottom boys’</strong>. There is honestly no worse fashion infraction than a man who allows his underwear — usually discoloured and dingy ones — to show. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":388} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Tight-Jeans-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are a bonafide ‘<strong>mamma’s boy’</strong> then you need to stay home with your mamma. She will love you unconditionally and walk behind you to clean up your mess and wash, sort and fold your laundry. No grown, independent woman should ever have to compete with that kind of love and devotion. Cue J-Lo\'s<em> <strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&amp;v=Pgmx7z49OEk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Ain\'t Your Mama</a></strong></em>!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":389} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mamas-Boy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>‘phone\nsearcher’</strong> is another ‘no can do’. No listening to old voice notes,\nscrolling through Whatsapp messages scrutinising display pictures. Thou shall\nnot be subjected to that kind of invasion of privacy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3613} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/phone-search-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3613\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The chronic cheater. </strong>You know the type. The ones that say hate the game, not the player and proceed to explain that every female in his car is his cousin on his father’s side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":425,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Cheater-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The woman beater</strong>. If one more\nmisguided woman say, ‘If he doesn’t hit me he don’t love me’, I will snatch off\nmy wig. Under no circumstances is it okay for his fist to connect with your\neye. If he cannot walk away when he gets angry, then you should walk out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":393} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Woman-Beater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The narcissist</strong>. Yes, he is not a\nsuitable mate either because he is not interested in whatever you have going\non. It is all about his day, activities and feelings. You are just there to be\nhis cheerleader but do not expect the same in return. Indeed why should you\nhave to compete with his mirror?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":396} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Narcissist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mr 10 pm</strong>. There is a man on the loose formerly known as <em>‘Booty call Bob’</em>. The man who never takes you anywhere except to visit his 10-foot divan bed. You will never meet his family or friends; all the food he feeds you is either delivery or take out and he is never available to accept your calls during the day. It is like you are literally dating a ghost. Be gone, Casper!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":423} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Booty-Call.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The ‘baby mamma’ seeker</strong>. Lord! If a man ever starts a first (or second or third) date with that line, you need to make like a tree and leave! This individual means you no good, as being lauded for your fertility is not only demeaning but cheapens the whole business of bringing new life into this world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":427,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Baby-Mama-Seeker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Neanderthal</strong>. The caveman type\nthat wants you to wash, cook and clean because for him domesticity is woman’s\nwork. Women have long moved from wearing an apron to rocking business suits or\nany professional attire so the man who wants to keep you barefooted and busy\ncleaning is not welcomed through your door.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":435,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Womans-Place-In-The-Kitchen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having said all of that, you have to be mindful not to pass over a good man with a few flaws. Just because his socks do not match or he needs to lose ten pounds, does not mean he cannot be Mr. Right. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some things you can overlook or make suggestions on how to improve that diamond in the rough. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If his fashion sense is not on point then gently help him transform from corduroy to linen. Sometimes it just takes some patience and a good makeover to take a man from Gully Bop to Idris Elba.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Women, what are some of your deal breakers? </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','When man hunting, what are your deal-breakers?','','publish','open','closed','','when-man-hunting-what-are-your-deal-breakers','','','2019-08-15 11:48:06','2019-08-15 16:48:06','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=386',0,'post','',0),(387,11,'2019-07-24 12:17:40','2019-07-24 17:17:40','','Nose Picker','','inherit','closed','closed','','nose-picker','','','2019-08-28 17:27:24','2019-08-28 22:27:24','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Nose-Picker.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(388,11,'2019-07-24 12:27:07','2019-07-24 17:27:07','','Tight-Jeans-Buzz','','inherit','closed','closed','','tight-jeans-buzz','','','2019-07-24 12:27:07','2019-07-24 17:27:07','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Tight-Jeans-Buzz.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(389,11,'2019-07-24 12:28:26','2019-07-24 17:28:26','','Mamas-Boy','','inherit','closed','closed','','mamas-boy','','','2019-07-24 12:28:26','2019-07-24 17:28:26','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mamas-Boy.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(390,11,'2019-07-24 12:55:46','2019-07-24 17:55:46','','Straight up Mama\'s Boy','','inherit','closed','closed','','mamas-boy-1','','','2019-08-28 17:28:14','2019-08-28 22:28:14','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mamas-Boy-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(391,11,'2019-07-24 12:57:21','2019-07-24 17:57:21','','Phone-Searcher','','inherit','closed','closed','','phone-searcher','','','2019-07-24 12:57:21','2019-07-24 17:57:21','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Phone-Searcher.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(392,11,'2019-07-24 12:58:29','2019-07-24 17:58:29','','Cheater','','inherit','closed','closed','','cheater','','','2019-07-24 12:58:29','2019-07-24 17:58:29','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Cheater.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(393,11,'2019-07-24 13:01:04','2019-07-24 18:01:04','','Woman-Beater','','inherit','closed','closed','','woman-beater','','','2019-07-24 13:01:04','2019-07-24 18:01:04','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Woman-Beater.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(396,11,'2019-07-24 13:09:01','2019-07-24 18:09:01','','Narcissist','','inherit','closed','closed','','narcissist','','','2019-07-24 13:09:01','2019-07-24 18:09:01','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Narcissist.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(397,11,'2019-07-24 13:09:40','2019-07-24 18:09:40','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your best friend convinced you that meeting a man at church or at the workplace is so last century so she hooked you up with a dating app and you started swiping left and right as you scroll through the endless possibilities of man meat. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Suddenly you realise that you\'re even pickier today than you were when you started dating in your late teens but what exactly should be your deal-breakers when seeking a partner?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now everyone has their own pet peeves, likes, dislikes and hang-ups but the following should head the general list of ‘no-no’ when it comes to soulmate selection.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firstly, the <strong>nose picker</strong> has got to go! I do not know what some are digging for but they need to apply to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for one of those excavation positions. He may sit across from or beside you and then reach over to touch you! Fix it Jesus!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[387]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Nose-Picker.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"387\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=387\" class=\"wp-image-387\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Introducing the <strong>tight pants posse</strong>! If your phone or your ‘package’ is clearly visible through your pants, it is a no love.&nbsp; At the opposite end of the extreme are the ‘<strong>saggy bottom boys’</strong>. There is honestly no worse fashion infraction than a man who allows his underwear — usually discoloured and dingy ones — to show. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":388} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Tight-Jeans-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are a bonafide ‘<strong>mamma’s boy’</strong> then you need to stay home with your mamma. She will love you unconditionally and walk behind you to clean up your mess and wash, sort and fold your laundry. No grown, independent woman should ever have to compete with that kind of love and devotion. Cue J-Lo\'s<em> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&amp;v=Pgmx7z49OEk\">Ain\'t Your Mama</a></em>!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":389} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mamas-Boy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>‘phone\nsearcher’</strong> is another ‘no can do’. No listening to old voice notes,\nscrolling through Whatsapp messages scrutinising display pictures. Thou shall\nnot be subjected to that kind of invasion of privacy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":391,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Phone-Searcher.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The chronic cheater. </strong>You know the type. The ones that say hate the game, not the player and proceed to explain that every female in his car is his cousin on his father’s side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":392} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Cheater-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The woman beater</strong>. If one more\nmisguided woman say, ‘If he doesn’t hit me he don’t love me’, I will snatch off\nmy wig. Under no circumstances is it okay for his fist to connect with your\neye. If he cannot walk away when he gets angry, then you should walk out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":393} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Woman-Beater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The narcissist</strong>. Yes, he is not a\nsuitable mate either because he is not interested in whatever you have going\non. It is all about his day, activities and feelings. You are just there to be\nhis cheerleader but do not expect the same in return. Indeed why should you\nhave to compete with his mirror?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":396} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Narcissist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mr 10 pm</strong>. There is a man on the loose formerly known as <em>‘Booty call Bob’</em>. The man who never takes you anywhere except to visit his 10-foot divan bed. You will never meet his family or friends; all the food he feeds you is either delivery or take out and he is never available to accept your calls during the day. It is like you are literally dating a ghost. Be gone, Casper!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The ‘baby mamma’ seeker</strong>. Lord! If a man ever starts a first (or second or third) date with that line, you need to make like a tree and leave! This individual means you no good, as being lauded for your fertility is not only demeaning but cheapens the whole business of bringing new life into this world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Neanderthal</strong>. The caveman type\nthat wants you to wash, cook and clean because for him domesticity is woman’s\nwork. Women have long moved from wearing an apron to rocking business suits or\nany professional attire so the man who wants to keep you barefooted and busy\ncleaning is not welcomed through your door.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having said all of that, you have to be mindful not to pass over a good man with a few flaws. Just because his socks do not match or he needs to lose ten pounds, does not mean he cannot be Mr. Right. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some things you can overlook or make suggestions on how to improve that diamond in the rough. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If his fashion sense is not on point then gently help him transform from corduroy to linen. Sometimes it just takes some patience and a good makeover to take a man from Gully Bop to Idris Elba.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Women, what are some of your deal breakers? </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','When man hunting, what are your deal-breakers?','','inherit','closed','closed','','386-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 13:09:40','2019-07-24 18:09:40','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/386-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(404,6,'2019-08-14 16:14:31','2019-08-14 21:14:31','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3588} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Montego-Bay-SIGN-new-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3588\" /><figcaption>The sign that welcomes visitors to Montego Bay.  (Photos: Contributed)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The allure of downtown Montego Bay has dwindled in the last few years, as the town has been facing increasing challenges as other areas were recently developed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the plethora of shops and other facilities, Fairview and Whitter Village have become attractive alternatives to downtown Montego Bay, and are now flooded with patrons on any given day.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3589} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Montego-Bay-Sam-SHARPE-SQUARE-new-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3589\" /><figcaption>Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay is usually buzzing with excitement.  </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, it seems the town centre could be on the cusp of a resurgence with the proposed development of the Closed Harbour Beach or Dump Up Beach as it is popularly called by locals.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Work has now started on the area that is expected to increase the appeal of the town for both locals and visitors. More than $500 million is expected to be spent over a two-year period on revamping the 16-acre property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3590} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Montego-Bay-Dump-up-beach-new-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3590\" /><figcaption>Work is now under way at  Closed Harbour Beach (formerly Dump Up Beach)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the work is complete, the waterfront lands are expected to be transformed into a world-class recreational space with amenities that the public will be able to access free of cost. In addition to the beach, the&nbsp;park will feature soft and hard landscaping, a jogging trail, an outdoor amphitheatre, multipurpose courts, a children’s play area, food kiosks, a boardwalk and other amenities.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Downtown MoBay set for a resurgence','','publish','closed','closed','','downtown-montego-bay-set-for-a-resurgence','','','2019-08-14 22:17:21','2019-08-15 03:17:21','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=404',0,'post','',0),(405,14,'2019-07-24 15:03:10','2019-07-24 20:03:10','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":412} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" /><figcaption>(from left) Fine art photographers Cheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence. (Photo: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaicans are slowly gaining a greater appreciation for professional photography, a prospect that could see an explosion in creative spaces for local artists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One such group\nencouraged by the rise in interest is ‘<em>The Trio</em>’, which unveiled\nits&nbsp;<strong><em>Combined Perspectives</em></strong>&nbsp;collection for the first time\non Sunday, June 30, during the Kingston Creative Artwalk in downtown.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an interview with&nbsp;<strong>BUZZ</strong>, Trio members and fine art photographers Cheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence, noted that Jamaica’s change in attitudes bodes well for younger and more experienced talents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hylton told&nbsp;<strong>BUZZ</strong>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<em><strong>Combined Perspectives</strong></em>&nbsp;was an intrinsic display of The Trio’s journey into photography.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":415} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz3-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" /><figcaption>Some of the pieces from \'The Trio\' during its Combined Perspectives visual exhibition at the Kingston Creative Artwalk, downtown. (Photo: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We share a passion [for] photography. It’s a passion that has taken us all on individual journeys that have intersected, and we decided to put together an eclectic collection of art that represents each of us,” Hylton told <strong>BUZZ</strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> “If you look around, you’re going to find pieces that depict nature, slices of life and there’s digital art, which [is] derived from actual photographs”  </p><cite>Cheryl Hylton</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio said their\nexhibition was well received by art lovers, and while the group had initially\njoined the artwalk just for the exposure, the attention they received hints at\nthe start of a change in attitudes towards the profession.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":479} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-479\" /><figcaption>More from The Trio\'s Combined Perspectives collection (Photo: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s been a good morning so far, we\'ve gotten a lot of buzz. We actually had an overwhelming response, a lot of people came in and two pieces have already been sold,” Hylton beamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We didn’t really come here with the intention of selling, we came for the exposure and [to promote] awareness and to bring our careers to another level,” Hylton, now a full-time photographer, told&nbsp;<strong>BUZZ</strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":416} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz1-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" /><figcaption>Cheryl Hylton speaking with BUZZ in June (Photo: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of The Trio,\nall a part of the Jamaica Photography Society, trace their artistic roots to\nchildhood and have been working together as a group for over five years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Combined Perspectives</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em>was a visual treat for scores of patrons, who feasted their eyes on the powerful photographic display of beauty in the mundane, daily lives of Jamaicans across the island. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3020} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3020\" /><figcaption>More imagery from Combined Perspectives (Photo: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio\'s collection was also heavily inspired by nature – sprinkled with digital art and some of the country’s lesser-known, hidden gems.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Finally! \'Trio\' revels in greater interest in photography','','publish','closed','closed','','405','','','2019-08-14 18:10:32','2019-08-14 23:10:32','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=405',0,'post','',0),(407,11,'2019-07-24 14:35:48','2019-07-24 19:35:48','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new AC Marriott Hotel on Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston is most definitely Adam Stewart\'s baby.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":324} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_Marriott_Hotel-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-324\" /><figcaption>AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Deputy Chairman of the Sandals/ ATL Group of Companies has spent his life in the hotel business learning from his father, Gordon \'Butch\' Stewart, the founder of Sandals.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":317} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Adam_Stewart_AC_Marriott-1024x857.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" /><figcaption>Adam Stewart, Deputy Chairman, Sandals/ATL Group of Companies</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those lessons have been taken and modified for a new generation of which he will be at the vanguard and this is reflected in this new state-of-the-art city hotel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":329} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" /><figcaption>ULTRA SLEEK LOBBY AT THE AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> <br>AC Marriott Kingston is a 220-bedroom hotel sitting on a 130,000 square foot facility with 18,000 square feet of that designated to indoor/outdoor banqueting. Its main banqueting hall can seat 600 persons. This makes the AC the largest hotel in Kingston.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":319} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_Marriott_Hotel_Rooms-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" /><figcaption>LUXURIOUS ROOM AT AC MARRIOTT HOTEL KINGSTON</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The US$55 million hotel is infused with technology with a cool feature being mobile check-in and a mobile key option from your handset.&nbsp;There is also a paging system connected to the waiter\'s watch for the ordering of drinks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[333,334,335]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/AC_MARRIOTT_HOTEL_EXTERIOR-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"333\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=333\" class=\"wp-image-333\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/STATE_OF_THE_ART_FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"334\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=334\" class=\"wp-image-334\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/GYM_AC_MARIOTT_HOTEL-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"335\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=335\" class=\"wp-image-335\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For those with difficulties with sight or have impaired hearing, there are features on the doors that facilitate easy access to their room.<br> <br>Adam and his team have thought of almost every convenience to make the guest experience as comfortable as possible. This speaks to the importance placed on service and customer satisfaction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":349} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/TEAM_AC_MARRIOTT_KINGSTON-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br> This is the game-changer for Kingston\'s hotels.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Speaking with <strong>Buzz</strong>, Adam said: “This is a business lifestyle hotel which is designed to operate within a price bracket. We again applied the Stewart-family business ethos which is to be always elevating the bar.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business.\"</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This hotel is a place where people can hang out but can also do business. Most business hotels are places where you come in and sleep but this AC Marriott is all about lifestyle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>European flair with a Jamaican touch best describes this stylish hotel. It oozes epicurean and artistic insouciance and as Adam says, “shows Jamaica can compete with the highest international standards”.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[341,342,343,351]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-1_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"341\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=341\" class=\"wp-image-341\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/MODERN-FACILITIES_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"342\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=342\" class=\"wp-image-342\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/SLEEK-DESIGN_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"343\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=343\" class=\"wp-image-343\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/ART-3_AC_MARRIOTT-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"351\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=351\" class=\"wp-image-351\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is the first time the Stewart family has gone into a hotel project outside the resort concept.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em> \"Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two\"</em></strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I saw a gap in the market which didn\'t exist in Jamaica before the AC Marriott.&nbsp; Lifestyle and technology defines this new generation and I wanted to marry the two in creating a modern 21st-century hotel in the heart of Kingston,” Adam said. “We are creating our own space in the market and it\'s a space I haven\'t seen in Jamaica let alone Kingston.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Adam Stewart ups the ante for Kingston\'s hotels','','inherit','closed','closed','','281-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 14:35:48','2019-07-24 19:35:48','',281,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/281-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(410,3,'2019-07-24 14:54:52','2019-07-24 19:54:52','','Lee Scratch','','inherit','closed','closed','','lee_scratch-2','','','2019-08-28 17:28:35','2019-08-28 22:28:35','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Lee_Scratch-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(412,14,'2019-07-24 14:55:36','2019-07-24 19:55:36','','the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2','','inherit','closed','closed','','the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2','','','2019-07-24 14:55:36','2019-07-24 19:55:36','',405,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(414,11,'2019-07-24 14:56:06','2019-07-24 19:56:06','','Removing Butt Injections','','inherit','closed','closed','','removing-butt-injections','','','2019-07-24 14:56:06','2019-07-24 19:56:06','',379,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Removing-Butt-Injections.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(415,14,'2019-07-24 14:58:15','2019-07-24 19:58:15','','Kingston Artwalk','','inherit','closed','closed','','the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz3','','','2019-08-28 17:29:23','2019-08-28 22:29:23','',405,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(416,14,'2019-07-24 14:59:27','2019-07-24 19:59:27','','the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz1','','inherit','closed','closed','','the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz1','','','2019-07-24 14:59:27','2019-07-24 19:59:27','',405,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(417,14,'2019-07-24 15:00:50','2019-07-24 20:00:50','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":412} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" /><figcaption>(from left) Professional photographers Cheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence. The three have come together as \'The Trio\', unveiling their Combined Perspectives collection at the Kingston Creative Artwalk on June 30. (Photo, Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaicans are slowing\ngaining a greater appreciation for professional photography, a prospect that\ncould see an explosion in creative spaces for local artists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One such group\nencouraged by the rise in interest is ‘<em>The Trio</em>’, which unveiled\nits&nbsp;<strong><em>Combined Perspectives</em></strong>&nbsp;collection for the first time\non Sunday, June 30, during the Kingston Creative Artwalk in downtown.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an interview\nwith&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>, Trio members and fine art photographers\nCheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence, noted that Jamaica’s change in\nattitudes bodes well for younger and more experienced talents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hylton told&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz&nbsp;</em></strong>that&nbsp;<em>Combined\nPerspectives</em>&nbsp;was an intrinsic display of The Trio’s journey into\nphotography.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":415} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz3-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" /><figcaption>Some of the pieces from \'The Trio\' during its Combined Perspectives visual exhibition at the Kingston Creative Artwalk, downtown. (Photo, Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We share a passion [for] photography. It’s a passion that has taken us all on individual journeys that have intersected, and we decided to put together an eclectic collection of art that represents each of us,” Hylton told <strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you look around, you’re going to find pieces that depict nature, slices of life and there’s digital art, which [is] derived from actual photographs,” she explained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio said their\nexhibition was well received by art lovers, and while the group had initially\njoined the artwalk just for the exposure, the attention they received hints at\nthe start of a change in attitudes towards the profession.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s been a good morning so far, we\'ve gotten a lot of buzz. We actually had an overwhelming response, a lot of people came in and two pieces have already been sold,” Hylton beamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We didn’t really come\nhere with the intention of selling, we came for the exposure and [to promote]\nawareness and to bring our careers to another level,” Hylton, now a full-time\nphotographer, told&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":416} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz1-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" /><figcaption>Cheryl Hylton speaks with Buzz reporter Gavin Riley on June 30 (Photo, Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of The Trio,\nall a part of the Jamaica Photography Society, trace their artistic roots to\nchildhood and have been working together as a group for over five years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Combined Perspectives</em></strong><em> </em>was a visual treat for scores of patrons, who feasted their eyes on the powerful photographic display of beauty in the mundane, daily lives of Jamaicans across the island. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio\'s collection was also heavily inspired by nature – sprinkled with digital art and some of the country’s lesser-known, hidden gems.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','','','inherit','closed','closed','','405-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 15:00:50','2019-07-24 20:00:50','',405,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/405-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(418,14,'2019-07-24 15:01:28','2019-07-24 20:01:28','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":412} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" /><figcaption>(from left) Professional photographers Cheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence. The three have come together as \'The Trio\', unveiling their Combined Perspectives collection at the Kingston Creative Artwalk on June 30. (Photo, Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaicans are slowing\ngaining a greater appreciation for professional photography, a prospect that\ncould see an explosion in creative spaces for local artists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One such group\nencouraged by the rise in interest is ‘<em>The Trio</em>’, which unveiled\nits&nbsp;<strong><em>Combined Perspectives</em></strong>&nbsp;collection for the first time\non Sunday, June 30, during the Kingston Creative Artwalk in downtown.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an interview\nwith&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>, Trio members and fine art photographers\nCheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence, noted that Jamaica’s change in\nattitudes bodes well for younger and more experienced talents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hylton told&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz&nbsp;</em></strong>that&nbsp;<em>Combined\nPerspectives</em>&nbsp;was an intrinsic display of The Trio’s journey into\nphotography.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":415} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz3-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" /><figcaption>Some of the pieces from \'The Trio\' during its Combined Perspectives visual exhibition at the Kingston Creative Artwalk, downtown. (Photo, Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We share a passion [for] photography. It’s a passion that has taken us all on individual journeys that have intersected, and we decided to put together an eclectic collection of art that represents each of us,” Hylton told&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you look around, you’re going to find pieces that depict nature, slices of life and there’s digital art, which [is] derived from actual photographs,” she explained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio said their\nexhibition was well received by art lovers, and while the group had initially\njoined the artwalk just for the exposure, the attention they received hints at\nthe start of a change in attitudes towards the profession.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s been a good morning so far, we\'ve gotten a lot of buzz. We actually had an overwhelming response, a lot of people came in and two pieces have already been sold,” Hylton beamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We didn’t really come\nhere with the intention of selling, we came for the exposure and [to promote]\nawareness and to bring our careers to another level,” Hylton, now a full-time\nphotographer, told&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":416} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz1-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" /><figcaption>Cheryl Hylton speaks with Buzz reporter Gavin Riley on June 30 (Photo, Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of The Trio,\nall a part of the Jamaica Photography Society, trace their artistic roots to\nchildhood and have been working together as a group for over five years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Combined Perspectives</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em>was a visual treat for scores of patrons, who feasted their eyes on the powerful photographic display of beauty in the mundane, daily lives of Jamaicans across the island. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio\'s collection was also heavily inspired by nature – sprinkled with digital art and some of the country’s lesser-known, hidden gems.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','','','inherit','closed','closed','','405-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 15:01:28','2019-07-24 20:01:28','',405,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/405-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(420,14,'2019-07-25 13:03:37','2019-07-25 18:03:37','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3431} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-D-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3431\" /><figcaption>What\'s a staging of Artwalk if there isn\'t a bit of painting? (Photos: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tourists, artists, enthusiasts, and the general public descended en masse in sections of downtown Kingston on Sunday, June 30, as parts of the shopping district, usually sluggish at that time of day, were teeming with life for Kingston Creative’s Artwalk.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boasting many seasoned veterans and younger talent, as well as exhibitions in food, wines, fine arts, ceramics, and photography – Sunday’s Artwalk catered to the imaginative palette of scores of patrons who turned out to the monthly audio-visual spectacle.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3432} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-B-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3432\" /><figcaption>Art enthusiasts were out in their numbers, walking the streets of downtown Kingston.  </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was a packed schedule, kicking off as early as 6 a.m., with cyclists gathering at Fleet Street for the ‘<em>Ride Across Kingston</em>’ event; followed by a refreshing ‘<em>Community Yoga</em>’ session along the scenic waterfront.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art\nlovers were later treated to visual stimulation by ‘The Trio’, which presented\na riveting photography exhibition along Water Lane. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3433} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-E-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3433\" /><figcaption>The UWI Panoridim Steel Band provided sweet music for the art lovers. </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While the eyes were engaged, so too were the ears, as the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Panoridim Steel Band serenaded the crowds with creative and entertaining renditions of popular soca, dancehall, and afrobeat songs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following the Artwalk along Water Lane, towards the National Gallery on Orange Street, the Alpha Boys’ Band feted patrons to a nostalgic afternoon trip down memory lane – with reggae hits across generations, followed by a hotly contested poster auction from finalists in the International Reggae Day design competition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Man</em></strong><em><strong>y creatives displayed their wares at Artwalk. See the gallery below. </strong></em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[3434,3435,3436,3437]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-F-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3434\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/kingston-creative-artwalk-excites-yet-again/artwalk-f/\" class=\"wp-image-3434\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-H-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3435\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/kingston-creative-artwalk-excites-yet-again/artwalk-h/\" class=\"wp-image-3435\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-I-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3436\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/kingston-creative-artwalk-excites-yet-again/artwalk-i/\" class=\"wp-image-3436\" /></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-J-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3437\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/kingston-creative-artwalk-excites-yet-again/artwalk-j/\" class=\"wp-image-3437\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Executive Director of the Kingston Creative Andrea Dempster-Chung told Buzz that the Artwalk, while still in its infancy, goes a long way in restoring pride in downtown Kingston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\"We stand on the shoulders of those who have been advocating for creativity\"</p><cite>   — Andrea Dempster-Chung,  Executive Director of the Kingston Creative</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Kingston\nCreative is a movement; it’s a group of people who believe our capital city\nshould not look like this. We want to create an art district in downtown\n[Kingston] – our very own, Jamaican-owned Wynwood,” she explained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We\nstand on the shoulders of those who have been advocating for creativity and\nwaving this flag for a long time but sometimes, it’s not time yet, but we feel\nthe time is really now,” Dempster-Chung added.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3438} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-C-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3438\" /><figcaption>This mural on Water Lane caught many eyes. </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dempster-Chung,\na co-founder of the artistic renaissance that is Kingston Creative, further\nargued that the global creative industry, worth a staggering US$2.25 trillion,\nis very lucrative and with it, endless possibilities are on the horizon for\ntalented Jamaican artists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dempster-Chung told <strong>BUZZ </strong>she hopes corporate Jamaica gives more attention to the untapped opportunities now available through a partnership with the local creative industry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3439} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Artwalk-A-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3439\" /><figcaption>Several exhibitors lined Water Lane to sell their pieces. </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s a national conversation and so we really need corporates to come on board. This is about transforming our country. The creative industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors, and it’s what we’re best at,” she said. “See what is happening on the harbour: there’s a whole lot of developments going on. We need to make sure that creatives are at the heart of it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> \"The creative industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors.\"</p><cite> — Andrea Dempster-Chung,  Executive Director of the Kingston Creative </cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“What Kingston Creative is about is making that a reality. You should step into downtown and feel that we are a creative capital and the creatives should be prosperous,” Dempster-Chung told <strong>BUZZ</strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kingston Creative’s Artwalk, held on the last Sunday of each month, has stood as a primary staple in the creative calendar for the last three years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Kingston Creative\'s Artwalk excites again','','publish','closed','closed','','kingston-creative-artwalk-excites-yet-again','','','2019-08-14 15:48:20','2019-08-14 20:48:20','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=420',0,'post','',0),(422,11,'2019-07-24 15:14:26','2019-07-24 20:14:26','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":412} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" /><figcaption>(from left) Professional photographers Cheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence. 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The ones that say hate the game, not the player and proceed to explain that every female in his car is his cousin on his father’s side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":392} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Cheater-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The woman beater</strong>. If one more\nmisguided woman say, ‘If he doesn’t hit me he don’t love me’, I will snatch off\nmy wig. Under no circumstances is it okay for his fist to connect with your\neye. If he cannot walk away when he gets angry, then you should walk out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":393} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Woman-Beater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The narcissist</strong>. Yes, he is not a\nsuitable mate either because he is not interested in whatever you have going\non. It is all about his day, activities and feelings. You are just there to be\nhis cheerleader but do not expect the same in return. Indeed why should you\nhave to compete with his mirror?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":396} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Narcissist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mr 10 pm</strong>. There is a man on the loose formerly known as <em>‘Booty call Bob’</em>. The man who never takes you anywhere except to visit his 10-foot divan bed. You will never meet his family or friends; all the food he feeds you is either delivery or take out and he is never available to accept your calls during the day. It is like you are literally dating a ghost. Be gone, Casper!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":423} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Booty-Call.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The ‘baby mamma’ seeker</strong>. Lord! If a man ever starts a first (or second or third) date with that line, you need to make like a tree and leave! This individual means you no good, as being lauded for your fertility is not only demeaning but cheapens the whole business of bringing new life into this world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Neanderthal</strong>. The caveman type\nthat wants you to wash, cook and clean because for him domesticity is woman’s\nwork. Women have long moved from wearing an apron to rocking business suits or\nany professional attire so the man who wants to keep you barefooted and busy\ncleaning is not welcomed through your door.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having said all of that, you have to be mindful not to pass over a good man with a few flaws. Just because his socks do not match or he needs to lose ten pounds, does not mean he cannot be Mr. Right. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some things you can overlook or make suggestions on how to improve that diamond in the rough. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If his fashion sense is not on point then gently help him transform from corduroy to linen. 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It’s a passion that has taken us all on individual journeys that have intersected, and we decided to put together an eclectic collection of art that represents each of us,” Hylton told&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> “If you look around, you’re going to find pieces that depict nature, slices of life and there’s digital art, which [is] derived from actual photographs”  </p><cite>Cheryl Hylton</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio said their\nexhibition was well received by art lovers, and while the group had initially\njoined the artwalk just for the exposure, the attention they received hints at\nthe start of a change in attitudes towards the profession.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s been a good morning so far, we\'ve gotten a lot of buzz. 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The park will feature soft and hard landscaping, a jogging trail, an outdoor amphitheatre, multipurpose courts, a children’s play area, food kiosks, a boardwalk and other amenities. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Downtown Montego Bay set for a resurgence','','inherit','closed','closed','','404-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 15:50:13','2019-07-24 20:50:13','',404,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/404-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(431,14,'2019-07-24 15:51:11','2019-07-24 20:51:11','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":412} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/the-trio-kgnartwalk-jun30-buzz2-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" /><figcaption>(from left) Fine art photographers Cheryl Hylton, Dane Hucey and Ulrick Lawrence. 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It’s a passion that has taken us all on individual journeys that have intersected, and we decided to put together an eclectic collection of art that represents each of us,” Hylton told&nbsp;<strong><em>Buzz Lifestyle</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> “If you look around, you’re going to find pieces that depict nature, slices of life and there’s digital art, which [is] derived from actual photographs”  </p><cite>Cheryl Hylton</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trio said their\nexhibition was well received by art lovers, and while the group had initially\njoined the artwalk just for the exposure, the attention they received hints at\nthe start of a change in attitudes towards the profession.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s been a good morning so far, we\'ve gotten a lot of buzz. 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I do not know what some are digging for but they need to apply to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for one of those excavation positions. He may sit across from or beside you and then reach over to touch you! Fix it Jesus!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[387]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Nose-Picker.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"387\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=387\" class=\"wp-image-387\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Introducing the <strong>tight pants posse</strong>! If your phone or your ‘package’ is clearly visible through your pants, it is a no love.&nbsp; At the opposite end of the extreme are the ‘<strong>saggy bottom boys’</strong>. There is honestly no worse fashion infraction than a man who allows his underwear — usually discoloured and dingy ones — to show. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":388} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Tight-Jeans-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are a bonafide ‘<strong>mamma’s boy’</strong> then you need to stay home with your mamma. She will love you unconditionally and walk behind you to clean up your mess and wash, sort and fold your laundry. No grown, independent woman should ever have to compete with that kind of love and devotion. Cue J-Lo\'s<em> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&amp;v=Pgmx7z49OEk\">Ain\'t Your Mama</a></em>!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":389} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mamas-Boy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>‘phone\nsearcher’</strong> is another ‘no can do’. No listening to old voice notes,\nscrolling through Whatsapp messages scrutinising display pictures. Thou shall\nnot be subjected to that kind of invasion of privacy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":391,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Phone-Searcher.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The chronic cheater. </strong>You know the type. The ones that say hate the game, not the player and proceed to explain that every female in his car is his cousin on his father’s side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":425,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Cheater-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The woman beater</strong>. If one more\nmisguided woman say, ‘If he doesn’t hit me he don’t love me’, I will snatch off\nmy wig. Under no circumstances is it okay for his fist to connect with your\neye. If he cannot walk away when he gets angry, then you should walk out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":393} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Woman-Beater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The narcissist</strong>. Yes, he is not a\nsuitable mate either because he is not interested in whatever you have going\non. It is all about his day, activities and feelings. You are just there to be\nhis cheerleader but do not expect the same in return. Indeed why should you\nhave to compete with his mirror?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":396} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Narcissist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mr 10 pm</strong>. There is a man on the loose formerly known as <em>‘Booty call Bob’</em>. The man who never takes you anywhere except to visit his 10-foot divan bed. You will never meet his family or friends; all the food he feeds you is either delivery or take out and he is never available to accept your calls during the day. It is like you are literally dating a ghost. Be gone, Casper!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":423} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Booty-Call.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The ‘baby mamma’ seeker</strong>. Lord! If a man ever starts a first (or second or third) date with that line, you need to make like a tree and leave! This individual means you no good, as being lauded for your fertility is not only demeaning but cheapens the whole business of bringing new life into this world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":427,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Baby-Mama-Seeker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Neanderthal</strong>. The caveman type\nthat wants you to wash, cook and clean because for him domesticity is woman’s\nwork. Women have long moved from wearing an apron to rocking business suits or\nany professional attire so the man who wants to keep you barefooted and busy\ncleaning is not welcomed through your door.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":435,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Womans-Place-In-The-Kitchen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having said all of that, you have to be mindful not to pass over a good man with a few flaws. Just because his socks do not match or he needs to lose ten pounds, does not mean he cannot be Mr. Right. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some things you can overlook or make suggestions on how to improve that diamond in the rough. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If his fashion sense is not on point then gently help him transform from corduroy to linen. Sometimes it just takes some patience and a good makeover to take a man from Gully Bop to Idris Elba.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Women, what are some of your deal breakers? </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','When man hunting, what are your deal-breakers?','','inherit','closed','closed','','386-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 16:05:47','2019-07-24 21:05:47','',386,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/386-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(437,14,'2019-07-24 16:06:07','2019-07-24 21:06:07','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tourists, artists, enthusiasts, and the general public descended en masse in sections of downtown Kingston on Sunday, June 30, as parts of the shopping district, usually sluggish at that time of day, were teeming with life for Kingston Creative’s Artwalk.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boasting many seasoned veterans and younger talent, as well as exhibitions in food, wines, fine arts, ceramics, and photography – Sunday’s artwalk catered to the imaginative palette of scores of patrons who turned out to the monthly audio-visual spectacle.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\nwas a packed schedule, kicking off as early as 6:00 am, with cyclists gathering\nat Fleet Street for the ‘Ride Across Kingston’ event; followed by a refreshing\n‘Community Yoga’ session along the scenic waterfront.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art\nlovers were later treated to visual stimulation by ‘The Trio’, which presented\na riveting photography exhibition along Water Lane. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While the eyes were engaged, so too were the ears, as the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Panoridim Steel Band serenaded the crowds with creative and entertaining renditions of popular soca, dancehall, and afrobeat songs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following\nthe artwalk along Water Lane, towards the National Gallery on Orange Street,\nthe Alpha Boys’ Band feted patrons to a nostalgic afternoon trip down memory\nlane – with Reggae hits across generations, followed by a hotly contested\nposter auction from finalists in the International Reggae Day design\ncompetition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Executive\nDirector of the Kingston Creative Andrea Dempster-Chung told Buzz that the\nartwalk, while still in its infancy, goes a long way in restoring pride in\ndowntown Kingston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Kingston\nCreative is a movement; it’s a group of people who believe our capital city\nshould not look like this. We want to create an art district in downtown\n[Kingston] – our very own, Jamaican-owned Wynwood,” she explained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We\nstand on the shoulders of those who have been advocating for creativity and\nwaving this flag for a long time but sometimes, it’s not time yet, but we feel\nthe time is really now,” Dempster-Chung added.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dempster-Chung,\na co-founder of the artistic renaissance that is Kingston Creative, further\nargued that the global creative industry, worth a staggering US$2.25 trillion,\nis very lucrative and with it, endless possibilities are on the horizon for\ntalented Jamaican artists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dempster-Chung\ntold Buzz she hopes corporate Jamaica gives more attention to the untapped\nopportunities now available through partnership with the local creative\nindustry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s a national conversation and so we really need corporates to come on board. This is about transforming our country. The creative industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors, and it’s what we’re best at,” she asserted, adding, “See what is happening on the harbour: there’s a whole lot of developments going on. We need to make sure that creatives are at the heart of it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“What Kingston Creative is about is making that a reality. You should step into downtown and feel that we are a creative capital and the creatives should be prosperous,” Dempster-Chung told <strong>Buzz</strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kingston Creative’s artwalk, held on the last Sunday of each month, has stood as a primary staple in the creative calendar for the last three years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Kingston Creative artwalk excites yet again','','inherit','closed','closed','','420-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 16:06:07','2019-07-24 21:06:07','',420,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/420-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(438,11,'2019-07-24 16:07:50','2019-07-24 21:07:50','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your best friend convinced you that meeting a man at church or at the workplace is so last century so she hooked you up with a dating app and you started swiping left and right as you scroll through the endless possibilities of man meat. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Suddenly you realise that you\'re even pickier today than you were when you started dating in your late teens but what exactly should be your deal-breakers when seeking a partner?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now everyone has their own pet peeves, likes, dislikes and hang-ups but the following should head the general list of ‘no-no’ when it comes to soulmate selection.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firstly, the <strong>nose picker</strong> has got to go! I do not know what some are digging for but they need to apply to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for one of those excavation positions. He may sit across from or beside you and then reach over to touch you! Fix it Jesus!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[387]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Nose-Picker.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"387\" data-link=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=387\" class=\"wp-image-387\" /></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Introducing the <strong>tight pants posse</strong>! If your phone or your ‘package’ is clearly visible through your pants, it is a no love.&nbsp; At the opposite end of the extreme are the ‘<strong>saggy bottom boys’</strong>. There is honestly no worse fashion infraction than a man who allows his underwear — usually discoloured and dingy ones — to show. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":388} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Tight-Jeans-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are a bonafide ‘<strong>mamma’s boy’</strong> then you need to stay home with your mamma. She will love you unconditionally and walk behind you to clean up your mess and wash, sort and fold your laundry. No grown, independent woman should ever have to compete with that kind of love and devotion. Cue J-Lo\'s<em> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&amp;v=Pgmx7z49OEk\"><strong>Ain\'t Your Mama</strong></a></em>!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":389} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mamas-Boy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <strong>‘phone\nsearcher’</strong> is another ‘no can do’. No listening to old voice notes,\nscrolling through Whatsapp messages scrutinising display pictures. Thou shall\nnot be subjected to that kind of invasion of privacy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":391,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Phone-Searcher.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The chronic cheater. </strong>You know the type. The ones that say hate the game, not the player and proceed to explain that every female in his car is his cousin on his father’s side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":425,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Cheater-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" /></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The woman beater</strong>. If one more\nmisguided woman say, ‘If he doesn’t hit me he don’t love me’, I will snatch off\nmy wig. Under no circumstances is it okay for his fist to connect with your\neye. If he cannot walk away when he gets angry, then you should walk out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":393} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Woman-Beater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The narcissist</strong>. Yes, he is not a\nsuitable mate either because he is not interested in whatever you have going\non. It is all about his day, activities and feelings. You are just there to be\nhis cheerleader but do not expect the same in return. Indeed why should you\nhave to compete with his mirror?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":396} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Narcissist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mr 10 pm</strong>. There is a man on the loose formerly known as <em>‘Booty call Bob’</em>. The man who never takes you anywhere except to visit his 10-foot divan bed. You will never meet his family or friends; all the food he feeds you is either delivery or take out and he is never available to accept your calls during the day. It is like you are literally dating a ghost. 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talismanic Jamaican batsman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gayle was pictured posing with Mourinho and two others along the side of a helicopter with the caption, \"We out for some fresh air\". </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The apparent pilot of the craft was also in the photo.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both men were also pictured leaving the British Grand Prix on July 14 in England, where it seemed they both enjoyed the thrills and sights of racing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gayle, by all accounts, is in full recovery mode as he just\nplayed in his last Cricket World Cup. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The swashbuckling lefthander, however, did not have the sort of tournament many would have expected but still, the Jamaican has left behind an enviable legacy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This photographed encounter 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/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Simple things we do at home can be considered exercise, and are enhanced with deliberate actions while doing those things. For example, while brushing your teeth you can do squats to help build your leg muscles. If you aren’t sure how low to go, use your toilet bowl as a guide. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":445} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Brushing-Teeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another activity to consider is handwashing. Washing machines may be more popular now; however, it can’t hurt to select a few articles of clothing to wash by hand. This counts as a low impact cardiovascular exercise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":446} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Hand-washing-Clothes-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instead of driving to the shop or supermarket, try walking. Take a backpack to put items in, as this will also give you extra weight on the way back home. The benefit of the extra weight is that you’re going to burn more calories while you walk. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":448} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Supermarket-Backpack.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-448\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While using the stairs, instead of walking up one step at a time, use every other step on the way up. This will increase your heart rate, which will result in more stored calories being burned throughout the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":449} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Take-Stairs-Two-At-A-Time.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At work, you might have to buy lunch from a restaurant down\nthe road. Why not walk? You might even find somewhere&nbsp;to sit and have your\nmeal, taking in some fresh air and relaxing your mind, instead of going back to\nyour desk to sit and&nbsp;even possibly work while you are eating, which isn’t\na good thing. Remember that nutrition is 75 per cent of your\ngoal;&nbsp;cardiovascular exercise is 10 per cent; working out with weights is\n10 per cent and rest (meaning at least 8 hours of sleep)&nbsp;is 5 per cent.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":450} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Walking-While-At-Work-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>MOB Inc Tip</strong>: Try to get <strong><em>eight hours of sleep</em></strong>, as the body starts to heal during deep sleep which occurs only after <strong><em>6 hours</em></strong>. If your exercises included weights, you’ll need at least<strong><em> 7 hours</em></strong> of sleep.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":451} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Sleeping-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-451\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Exercising is simple but we put boundaries on it. Take away the boundaries and experience fitness in a way only you can enjoy. Once you start thinking of ways to do simple workouts, you’ll find that it can be a lot of fun. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s all about the choices we make and most times the easy way is adding to your cardiovascular disease or inactivity which is also a disease.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For more tips on how to exercise at home or at the\noffice, contact Master Trainer Nathaniel Cummings of Masters of&nbsp;Bodies Inc\nat (876) 851-7322, or check us out on Facebook and Instagram @mobincja.</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','How To Exercise On The Go','','inherit','closed','closed','','442-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 16:43:04','2019-07-24 21:43:04','',442,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/442-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(456,11,'2019-07-24 17:35:05','2019-07-24 22:35:05','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2010, the Clarks brand of shoes got such a boost that persons were literally falling over themselves to 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the L stitch have become a high demand item of late since dancehall artiste Jahvillani of the Wile Side Government clique dropped his popular track<em> \'Clarks pon foot\'</em>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/BzfkrBSgN6e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\",\"type\":\"rich\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"instagram\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.instagram.com/tv/BzfkrBSgN6e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since the release of his single, he has gotten the endorsement of the Clarks brand after a post on their social media page called the song the anthem of the summer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since then persons have become watchful to see how the\nprices of the shoes are playing out and persons expect to see some increases in\nthe price as 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That\'s how Wright Life Eatery describes what they sell at their location at Fairview in Montego Bay, St James.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The restaurant prepares a variety of healthy dishes that don\'t require cooking.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":475} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/65876745_2135845069875918_5173827031938367488_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475\" /><figcaption>The Zucchini wrap with Spinach bread and papaya salad is among the favourites. (Photos: Facebook - Wright Life Food)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This style of preparation is much healthier due to the limited use of oils and other not-so-healthy ingredients.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A big selling point for Wright Life is its selection of juices and smoothies, which are made with a touch of innovation such as mixing mango with Tumeric.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":486} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/IMG-20190724-WA0009-1024x495.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486\" /><figcaption>Wright Life mixes Tumeric and Mango for a sumptuous treat.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wright Life has developed a loyal following of persons who always flock to the restaurant for some Living Food.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Up for some \'living food\'? 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just\nplayed in his last Cricket World Cup. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The swashbuckling lefthander, however, did not have the sort of tournament many would have expected but still, the Jamaican has left behind an enviable legacy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This photographed encounter is not the first time that Gayle and Mourinho have rubbed shoulders as the pair were captured in 2017 bumping into each other.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','‘Universe Boss’ hangs with Mourinho days after collecting millions','','inherit','closed','closed','','444-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 17:50:05','2019-07-24 22:50:05','',444,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/444-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(475,4,'2019-07-24 17:51:11','2019-07-24 22:51:11','','65876745 2135845069875918 5173827031938367488 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artwalk on Sunday, June 30 (Photo, Haute People)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After\nmany years of asking, art lovers and culture enthusiasts in Kingston will\nfinally have something to celebrate come 2020, as an inaugural festival is set\nto put the downtown business and shopping districts on a dazzling showcase.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is according to Executive Director of the Kingston Creative Andrea Dempster-Chung, who in an interview with <strong><em>Buzz</em></strong> on Sunday, June 30, gave us the scoop on what’s to come.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dempster-Chung\nassured that the creative fanfare artists and citizens alike have been yearning\nfor will be fed through the inaugural Kingston International Festival.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“[We are] bringing everybody to Kingston to see our culture. Ten days of film, visual art, dance; put on [in] collaboration with Calabash, GATFFEST, JAFTA. We’re doing a showcase collectively and that will all be in downtown Kingston to stimulate the economy,” Dempster-Chung told <strong><em>Buzz</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Young\nartists also get more love from the Kingston Creative as Dempster-Chung added\nthat a creative hub, as well as incubator and business accelerator programmes\nare also set to be launched in the coming months.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Now\nwe’re at a stage where we really can start making moves. What does the creative\necosystem [in Jamaica] need? What training, development, spaces, loans, venture\ncapital do they need?” Dempster-Chung asked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The\nKingston Creative will be launching the hub at its headquarters and the\nbirthplace of the movement, F&amp;B Downtown on Harbour Street – with satellite\nstudios for dancers, podcasters and other talents to be set up across the lower\ndistricts of the city.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So there’s a co-working space that\'s going to open right upstairs and then there are other additional spaces that are going to be leased. 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It was released on their CTBC Music Group label in partnership with Membran/Empire.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Caption: Dancehall sensation Popcaan is also featured on the album.</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Use photo I sent of Morgan Heritage</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Producer Jerry Wonda&nbsp;</strong>—&nbsp;<strong>Image courtesy of Facebook (Jerry Wonda)</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Morgan Heritage’s new album, Loyalty, says it all','','inherit','closed','closed','','491-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 20:47:57','2019-07-25 01:47:57','',491,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/491-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(496,4,'2019-07-24 20:55:07','2019-07-25 01:55:07','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you want to find out exactly where Morgan Heritage in their development then you’ll need the group’s new album,&nbsp;<strong>Loyalty</strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The album features star-studded appearances from African superstars like Diamond Platnumz, Stonebwoy and Patoranking.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":494} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Morgans-Heritage-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" /><figcaption>Morgan Heritage </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It also features Reggae Rock stars, including Pepper and Iration, Dancehall sensation Popcaan, plus the voice of Emmy Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jeff Koinange on the album’s intro track.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The album displays the varied fusion of sounds that have influenced each member, including Reggae, Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, R&amp;B and Afrobeat.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Loyalty</strong>&nbsp;offers 16 diverse songs, produced by Morgan Heritage with co-production from fellow GRAMMY-award winners such as Jerry ‘Wonda’ Duplessis, Jason ‘J-Vibe’ Farmer, Shane Brown and Aston Barrett Jr.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":91} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jerry-wonda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91\" /><figcaption>Jerry ‘Wonda’ Duplessis co-produced Loyalty. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Jerry Wonda </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The album was created across several continents and completed in unorthodox fashion with the three brothers all in different locations. Mojo was in Kenya focusing on the group’s philanthropic efforts, Gramps was travelling the world healing people with the Masaya CBD products created by his wife Dr. Annabelle Manalo, and Peetah in Miami anchoring the production.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Loyalty</strong>&nbsp;is the trio’s 12<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;studio record. 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Ten days of film, visual art, dance; put on [in] collaboration with Calabash, GATFFEST, JAFTA. We’re doing a showcase collectively and that will all be in downtown Kingston to stimulate the economy,” Dempster-Chung told <strong><em>Buzz</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Young artists also get more love from the Kingston Creative as Dempster-Chung indicated that a creative hub, as well as incubator and business accelerator programmes are also set to be launched in the coming months.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Now\nwe’re at a stage where we really can start making moves. What does the creative\necosystem [in Jamaica] need? What training, development, spaces, loans, venture\ncapital do they need?” Dempster-Chung asked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The\nKingston Creative will be launching the hub at its headquarters and the\nbirthplace of the movement, F&amp;B Downtown on Harbour Street – with satellite\nstudios for dancers, podcasters and other talents to be set up across the lower\ndistricts of the city.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So there’s a co-working space that\'s going to open right upstairs and then there are other additional spaces that are going to be leased. An up-and-coming creative should be able to get access to everything they need to get their [creative] game from here to here,” she explained. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“There’s also a business accelerator, where a selected cohort of creatives is going to be run through a series of educational and development workshops so that they get the training they need to go global,” Dempster-Chung also told <strong><em>Buzz</em></strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To\nthis end, by driving entrepreneurship and training activities, Dempster-Chung,\nand the wider Kingston Creative aim for downtown to rightfully become an\nartistic and cultural hub.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Speaking with <strong>Buzz</strong>, Dempster-Chung said as the global creative industry generates an eye-watering US$2.25 trillion every year, the Kingston Creative is making the necessary steps to foster growth and training locally.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We can’t just paint the walls, we can’t just paint the surface, we have to deal with our own creatives; getting them to level up and that’s what Kingston Creative is about,” the Kingston Creative co-founder posited.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img alt=\"\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->','Kingston eyeing its own international arts/culture festival for 2020','','inherit','closed','closed','','440-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 08:08:54','2019-07-25 13:08:54','',440,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/440-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(500,14,'2019-08-14 09:01:09','2019-08-14 14:01:09','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3403} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3403\" /><figcaption>A shrine being taken over by shrubbery at the Calvary Cemetery in Kingston (Photo: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since its establishment in the 17th century, Kingston and its citizens have for many years interred the dead in cemeteries across the city.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cemeteries, from\nthe viewpoint of many, are morbid reminders of death and sadness – the final\nstop in paying respects with one’s hope to never set foot in another.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3406} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3406\" /><figcaption>A mausoleum for one of Jamaica\'s founding families, the Issas, at the Calvary Cemetery has seen better days as the facility has been repeatedly vandalised and left without upkeep.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, <strong>BUZZ</strong> is of the unpopular opinion that there is no greater teacher of past experiences than a cemetery. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Luckily for us (and you), sections of Kingston are still perfectly preserved in time, as the dead refuses none who wish to learn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With over 150 years as the capital of Jamaica, Kingston has seen its fair share of tragedies and disasters; the deaths arising from these, range in the thousands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3402} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/destoryed-rail-in-jamaica-buzz-demo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3402\" /><figcaption>Devastating imagery in the wake of the 1907 earthquake that levelled much of Kingston (Photo: Allen Morrison, National Libray of Jamaica)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The welcoming silence of a cemetery makes the skin of some crawl with fear and uncertainty – fuelled by decades of ‘duppy stories’ – Kingston\'s cemeteries hold some of the world\'s most interesting histories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3408} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-12-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3408\" /><figcaption>Overgrown bushes take more prominence at Kingston\'s largest cemetery, May Pen (Photo: Mark Llewellyn)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Old Jewish Cemetery</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arguably holding the distinction of being the oldest in the island, and the oldest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, the Old Jewish cemetery can be found at 1 Hunt’s Bay Road in St. Andrew.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3410} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3410\" /><figcaption>Reminiscent of its aged history, sections of the Old Jewish Cemetery have been crumbling (Photo: TheDailyBeast.com)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the latter part of the 17th century, when Port Royal was a bustling metropolis and the commercial hub of the British Caribbean, the thriving  Jewish community dedicated a cemetery for the final rites and rituals of its people to be performed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of those tombs are still preserved at the Old Jewish Cemetery, bearing inscriptions in three languages: &nbsp;Portuguese, Hebrew, and English.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3412} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3412\" /><figcaption>A tombstone bearing Portuguese and the signature skull and crossbones inscriptions at the Old Jewish Cemetery (Photo: The Jewish Star)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of the remaining Jewish tombstones either bear ornately chiselled rose and hourglasses, trees being cut down by a hand bearing an axe, or a skull and crossbones. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the devastating Port Royal earthquake of 1692, Jewish burials continued for a few more years into the 18th century, with the last tomb belonging to Moses Ferro – bearing the date 1771. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Old Naval Cemetery</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3457} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3457\" /><figcaption>A memorial at the Old Naval Cemetery (Photo: Mark Llewellyn)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Built on top of what remains from a much older cemetery, the Old Naval Cemetery was put into commission by the British around 1742.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The facility, found just outside of the sleepy town of Port Royal, was constructed in the aftermath of the former city sinking under the sea during the devastating 1692 earthquake.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Victims of the deadly Yellow Fever epidemics that plagued Kingston in the 18th and 19th centuries are also buried at the Old Naval Cemetery.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3455} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3455\" /><figcaption>The sea has begun reclaiming sections of the Old Naval Cemetery in Port Royal. These grave markers, shown submerged and nearly covered in mangroves, are some of the victims from the 1692 earthquake (Photo: Mark Llewellyn)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More recently, efforts to conserve the location\'s rich history have come under threat as the Kingston Harbour reclaims sections of the cemetery.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>St. Andrew Parish Church</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The second oldest\ncemetery within Kingston can be found on the grounds of the St. Andrew Parish\nChurch, built in 1664. With over 7,000 burials on the 8 ¼ acres, this cemetery\nis the largest private facility of its kind on the island in continual\nuse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3426} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-21-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3426\" /><figcaption>Kingston\'s second-oldest cemetery can be found on the ground of the St. Andrew Parish Chruch (Photo: TravelNotes.com)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interred there are\nthe remains of historic figures including Archbishop Enos Nuttall, the first\nArchbishop of the West Indies after whom the Nuttall Hospital in Kingston is\nnamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3428} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-20-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3428\" /><figcaption>A section of the historic St. Andrew Parish Church cemetery (Photo: TravelNotes.com)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It stands to this\nday as a popular internment plot for Kingston’s affluent – and is a prized\nfocal point of interest for genealogists, historians, researchers and archaeologists\nwho seek insight into personalities of the past, customs and culture over the\nlast 350 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>May Pen Cemetery</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kingston’s most famous (or infamous in equally as many eyes) cemetery, the May Pen Cemetery, can easily be seen from the busy Spanish Town Road thoroughfare that cuts adjacent to the massive property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3440} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-22-1024x456.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3440\" /><figcaption>Entrance to the May Pen Cemetery in Kingston (Photo: Jamaican Ancestral Records) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one of the oldest public cemeteries in the Caribbean, the May Pen Cemetery is one of the only burial sites where persons of all nationalities, races, religions and faiths are interred.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3458} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-11-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3458\" /><figcaption>The final resting place of iconic Jamaican cricketer, Oneil \'Collie\' Smith at the May Pen Cemetery in Kingston (Photo: Mark Llewellyn)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established on 200 acres of the derelict Littleworth Race Course in 1851, burials began some years afterwards according to ‘Law 21’ of 1874. By then, May Pen Cemetery was the most popular burial site of its kind in the Caribbean – with partitions and special plots called ‘grounds’ reserved for several Christian denominations, Jews, Muslims and others from across Europe (English, Spanish, French, Irish, German and Portuguese) who called Jamaica home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3442} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-10-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3442\" /><figcaption>A Dutch tombstone in memoriam to Ché van Beaumont, who died in 1937, stands perfectly preserved among the rubble at the May Pen Cemetery (Photo:  Mark Llewellyn)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Importantly, a section was deemed the \'Pauper Ground\', for the burial of the poor and indigent. There was even a section for victims of cholera, which affected Jamaica periodically back then, with the largest outbreak occurring in the early 1850s.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the advent of\nKingston’s well-to-do elites leaving the downtown district for the cool hills\nof St. Andrew, the May Pen Cemetery was frowned upon and largely reduced to a\npauper’s plot. So much so was this stigma that by 1905, nearly 76% of all\npersons buried there were classified as ‘poor and indigent’.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3459} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-13-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3459\" /><figcaption>Iconic Reggae pioneer, Cecil \"Prince Buster\" Campbell is one of many notable Jamaicans buried on May Pen Cemetery\'s massive grounds (Photo: Mark Llewellyn)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There have been recent attempts to resurrect May Pen Cemetery to its former glory, as records show many influential Jamaicans including pioneering musician and trombonist Don Drummond (<strong>BUZZ</strong> has learned his remains were moved recently).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Calvary Cemetery</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3443} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3443\" /><figcaption>The entrance to Calvary Cemetery (Photo: Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other side\nof Kingston, Calvary Cemetery, sprawled along Slipe Pen and Lyndhurst roads\ncame into existence in the late 1800s. Some records obtained show one of the\nfirst burials, Rose Escoffery, taking place in the 1880s. Burials at the quiet\nand scenic Calvary Cemetery are still common today.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Brigg\'s Park</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3446} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-23-1024x397.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3446\" /><figcaption>The entrance to Brigg\'s Park, Jamaica\'s only military cemetery, is restricted (Photo: Jamaican Ancestry Records)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Briggs\' Park, the\nonly military cemetery on the island, has been a part of the Jamaica Defence\nForce\'s (JDF) Up Park Pen (now Up Park Camp) estate since 1900. The JDF also\nhouses a special cemetery at its Newcastle Training Depot since the late 1800s\nfor soldiers and recruits alike.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Chinese Cemetery</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Chinese\nCemetery along Waltham Park Road in Kingston is the largest single burial\nground of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean for Chinese nationals and\ntheir descendants.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3447} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-15-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3447\" /><figcaption>The largest single burial ground for Chinese and their descendants is found in Kingston. (Photo: Chinese Benevolent Association)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With burials\nstarting in 1912, to date, over 3,600 persons have been interred at the\n11.5-acre property – managed and maintained by the Chinese Benevolent\nAssociation (CBA).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like many other\ncemeteries in the city, the Chinese Cemetery has endured periods of upkeep and\ndisrepair over the 100+ years it has existed – coming into being after the\ngreat 1907 earthquake that levelled much of Kingston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3449} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3449\" /><figcaption>Daniel Lee, one of thousands of Chinese and Jamaican-Chinese descendants finds his final resting place along Waltham Park Road (Photo: Chinese Benevolent Association)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>National Heroes Park</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Officially designated a botanical garden, National Heroes Park is the last stop in Kingston on our <strong>BUZZ</strong> cemetery tour.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3451} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-24-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3451\" /><figcaption>Attention! The Jamaica Defence Force\'s Guard of Honour stands unwaveringly at the entrance to the National Heroes Park in Kingston (Photo: Uncommon Caribbean)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the largest open space on the island, the park’s 50 acres also serves as the final resting place for several notable Jamaican figures, including founding fathers Norman Manley and Alexander Bustamante; freedom fighters Marcus Garvey, Paul Bogle, Sam Sharpe, and George William Gordon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3462} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-27-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3462\" /><figcaption>The tomb of National Hero Norman Manley in Kingston (Photo contributed: Flickr)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established in 1783, the park, originally a race track called Kingston Race Course – renamed to what stands after Jamaica’s independence in 1962 – is also the last resting place of other past Prime Ministers, athletes, entertainers, poets, sculptors and painters, and even mass fire victims.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3464} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/cemeteries-buzz-28-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3464\" /><figcaption>The final resting place of Jamaica\'s first National Hero, Marcus Garvey (Photo: Atlanta Black Star)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the exception of Briggs’ Park and the St. Andrew Parish Church, all the above-mentioned cemeteries are open to the public and available for tours.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Cemeteries: A silent journey through Kingston\'s past','','publish','closed','closed','','cemeteries-a-silent-journey-through-kingstons-past','','','2019-08-15 08:23:18','2019-08-15 13:23:18','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=500',0,'post','',0),(502,14,'2019-07-25 09:01:09','2019-07-25 14:01:09','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since its establishment in the 17th century, Kingston and its citizens have for many years interred the dead in a plethora of cemeteries across the city.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cemeteries, from\nthe viewpoint of many, are morbid reminders of death and sadness – the final\nstop in paying respects with one’s hope to never set foot in another.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Buzz Jamaica disagrees and our unpopular opinion wants to show the world that there is no greater teacher of past experiences than a cemetery. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Luckily for us (and you), sections of Kingston are still perfectly preserved in time as the dead refuses none who wish to learn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With over 150 years\nas the capital of Jamaica, Kingston has seen its fair share of tragedies and disasters;\nthe deaths arising from these range in the thousands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The welcoming silence of a cemetery makes the skin of some itch with fear and uncertainty – fuelled by decades of ‘duppy stories’ – Kingston\'s cemeteries hold some of the world\'s most interesting histories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arguably holding\nthe distinction of being the oldest in the island, and the oldest of its kind\nin the Western Hemisphere, the Old Jewish cemetery can be found at 1 Hunt’s Bay\nin Port Royal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Founded in the\nlatter part of the 17th century, when Port Royal was a bustling metropolis and\ncommercial hub the British Caribbean, the Jewish community was thriving and\ndedicated a cemetery for the final rites and rituals to be performed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the\ndevastating Port Royal earthquake of 1692, Jewish burials continued for a few\nmore years into the 18th century, with the last tomb being done for Moses Ferro\n– bearing the date 1771. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The second oldest\ncemetery within Kingston can be found on the grounds of the St. Andrew Parish\nChurch, built in 1664. With over 7,000 burials on the 8 ¼ acres, this cemetery\nis the largest private facility of its kind on the island in continual\nuse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interred there are\nthe remains of historic figures including Archbishop Enos Nuttall, the first\nArchbishop of the West Indies after whom the Nuttall Hospital in Kingston is\nnamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It stands to this\nday as a popular internment plot for Kingston’s affluent – and is a prized\nfocal point of interest for genealogists, historians, researchers and archaeologists\nwho seek insight into personalities of the past, customs and culture over the\nlast 350 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kingston’s most\nfamous (or infamous in equally as many eyes) cemetery, May Pen, can easily be\nseen from the busy Spanish Town Road thoroughfare that cuts adjacent to the\nmassive property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one of the\noldest public cemeteries in the Caribbean, May Pen is one of the only burial\nsites where persons of all nationalities, races, religions and faiths are\ninterred.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established on 200\nacres of the derelict Littleworth Race Course in 1851, with burials beginning\nsome years afterwards according to ‘Law 21’ of 1874. By then, May Pen Cemetery\nwas the most popular burial site of its kind in the Caribbean – with partitions\nand special plots called ‘grounds’ reserved for several Christian\ndenominations, Jews, Muslims and others from across Europe (English, Spanish,\nFrench, Irish, German and Portuguese) who called Jamaica home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Importantly, a\nsection was the Pauper Ground, for the burial of the poor and indigent. There\nwas even a section for victims of cholera, which affected Jamaica periodically\nback then, the largest outbreak occurring in the early 1850s.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the advent of\nKingston’s well-to-do elites leaving the downtown district for the cool hills\nof St. Andrew, the May Pen Cemetery was frowned upon and largely reduced to a\npauper’s plot. So much so was this stigma that by 1905, nearly 76% of all\npersons buried there were classified as ‘poor and indigent’.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There have been\nrecent attempts to resurrect May Pen Cemetery to its former glory, as records\nshow many influential Jamaicans including pioneering musician and trombonist\nDon Drummond being buried there.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other side\nof Kingston, Calvary Cemetery, sprawled along Slipe Pen and Lyndhurst roads\ncame into existence in the late 1800s. Some records obtained show one of the\nfirst burials, Rose Escoffery, taking place in the 1880s. Burials at the quiet\nand scenic Calvary Cemetery are still common today.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Briggs\' Park, the\nonly military cemetery on the island, has been a part of the Jamaica Defence\nForce\'s (JDF) Up Park Pen (now Up Park Camp) estate since 1900. The JDF also\nhouses a special cemetery at its Newcastle Training Depot since the late 1800s\nfor soldiers and recruits alike.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Chinese\nCemetery along Waltham Park Road in Kingston is the largest single burial\nground of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean for Chinese nationals and\ntheir descendants.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With burials\nstarting in 1912, to date, over 3,600 persons have been interred at the\n11.5-acre property – managed and maintained by the Chinese Benevolent\nAssociation (CBA).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like many other\ncemeteries in the city, the Chinese Cemetery has endured periods of upkeep and\ndisrepair over the 100+ years it has existed – coming into being after the\ngreat 1907 earthquake that levelled much of Kingston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Officially\ndesignated a botanical garden, National Heroes Park is the last stop in\nKingston on our Buzz cemetery tour.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the largest open space on the island, the park’s 50 acres also serves as the final resting place for several notable Jamaican figures, including founding fathers Norman Manley and Alexander Bustamante; freedom fighters Marcus Garvey, Paul Bogle, Sam Sharpe, and George William Gordon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established in 1783, the park, originally a race track called Kingston Race Course – renamed to what stands after Jamaica’s independence in 1962 – is also the last resting place of other past Prime Ministers, athletes, entertainers, poets, sculptors and painters, and even mass fire victims. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the exception of Briggs’ Park and the St. Andrew Parish Church, all the above-mentioned cemeteries are open to the public and available for tours.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Cemeteries: A silent journey through Kingston\'s past','','inherit','closed','closed','','500-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 09:01:09','2019-07-25 14:01:09','',500,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/500-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(511,14,'2019-07-25 10:28:06','2019-07-25 15:28:06','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Heading home from school: a mundane and tasking ordeal as my classmate and I make the mile-long trek. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our walk along Waltham Park Road usually takes us past a few amango trees and we make good use of the sweet, blissful nectars. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Gavin, mek wi go tru di cemetery nuh?! De aaman tree supposed to full and ripe by now,” my friend Patrick* remarked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Mi nuh like walk deh enuh, and Mama seh wi nuffi walk tru deh again, yuh waan mi get lick brejin?” I retorted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“A fraid yuh fraid! Look how much time we play football in deh and play marble? mi wah aaman before mi gwope,” he whipped, asking, “Yuh nuh waan ketch Dragon Ball Z before it start?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3695} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/buzz-memories-1-1024x829.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3695\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Being the second half of our mischievous rag-tag duo, I couldn’t possibly say no; Patrick was not my only friend, but we were closer than the actual brothers I was forced to live with. So yes, into the Chinese cemetery we went.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time, there was an opening in the perimeter wall that surrounded the massive property – cutting our walk time in half, we had been there many times and easily wormed our way through the crack.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Skipping over a few graves and running in between the tombstones, one could say the cemetery was a favourite for children, despite repeated warnings from adults.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>‘Cursed’ and ‘haunted’ were some of the words used to describe the cemetery, nonetheless, many kids flocked its grounds day and night, doing and playing everything imaginable.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This time was different for me and Patrick, we’ve never been here after the end of the evening shift at primary school – the sunset was quite advanced, and darkness crept slowly across the Kingston sky.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The almond tree was in sight and so Patrick and I grabbed some stones and threw them without abandon, trying to wrest the branches of a few fruits. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3693} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/buzz-memories-2-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3693\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They weren’t something I particularly enjoyed but Patrick seemed to be enraptured.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was as we sat in the near-darkness, munching greedily away before going home, at that moment, in the silence, we heard the sounds. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The uncanny recognition of footsteps was not a great cause for concern, however, my friend and I saw no one – just the sounds that gave the position away.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Yow! A wah kinda ramping unno a deal wid. A night enuh! Unno naave nuh yaad?” Patrick shouted out into the night, the anxiety setting deep in his bones.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It became increasingly harder to concentrate as the footsteps encroached ever so slowly, closer to us and the mound of almond shells nearby.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Me ah guh home enuh Patrick, dis nuh feel right,” I beckoned, trying to break my best friend’s incessant questioning of the darkness.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3696} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/buzz-memories-3-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3696\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patrick pulled out a pencil from his bag, so did I and we sharpened them with the intent to inflict pain on anyone that dared come any closer – and closer they did.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At this point, there were only three sounds – mine and Oneil’s ragged breathing, and the menacing rhythm of approaching footsteps – the fear paralysing us; keeping us frozen in place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That’s when two dots appeared, unassuming and harmless at first, until they grew, revealing reddish eyes. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then, to our collective horror, two arms appeared, trying to embrace us in a cold, deathly hug and we lost any sense of remaining composure.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Us two boys ran like our lives depended on it, beyond terrified, screaming all the whole way home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3697} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/buzz-memories-4-1024x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3697\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The trauma etched on our faces was concerning, but no matter how hard our families pressed for answers, we never spoke.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next day, at school, Patrick and I sat silent during lunchtime – at a loss at what transpired the night before.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Mi nah go back in deh,” he started, and it was the first time I ever heard Patrick’s voice shake. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I never told him that I made the mistake of looking back as we fled – convincing myself that I was just checking that we weren’t been chased by whatever it was.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was a woman, or at least that’s how my mind processed what I had seen.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Its skin so pale, eyes bloodshot red, that growling sound it made as we ran. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But it was the scream as it faded away, disappearing into the darkness – the sight forever haunts me…</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do you have any horror tales of your own? Tell us at <strong>BUZZ</strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Unassuming walk turns into night of terror','','publish','open','closed','','unassuming-walk-turns-into-night-of-terror','','','2019-08-15 13:23:21','2019-08-15 18:23:21','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=511',0,'post','',0),(512,14,'2019-07-25 10:28:06','2019-07-25 15:28:06','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Heading home from school: a mundane and\ntasking ordeal as my classmate and I make the mile-long trek. </em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Our walk along Waltham Park Road usually\ntakes us past a few mango trees and we make good use of the sweet, blissful\nnectars.&nbsp;</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>“Gavin, mek wi go tru\ndi cemetery nuh?! De aaman tree supposed to full and ripe by now,” my friend\nOneil remarked.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>“Mi nuh like walk deh\nenuh, and Mama seh wi nuffi walk tru deh again, yuh waan mi get lick brejin?” I\nretorted.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>“A fraid yuh fraid,\nlook how much time we play football in deh and play marble, mi waan aaman\nbefore mi gwope,” he whipped, asking, “Yuh nuh waan ketch Dragon Ball Z before\nit start?”</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Being the second half\nof our mischievous rag-tag duo, I couldn’t possibly say no; Oneil was not my only\nfriend, but we were closer than the actual brothers I was forced to live with.\nSo yes, into the Chinese cemetery we went.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>At the time, there was\nan opening in the perimeter wall that surrounded the massive property – cutting\nour walk time in half, we had been there many times and easily wormed our way\nthrough the crack.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Skipping over a few\ngraves and running in between the tombstones, one could say the cemetery was a\nfavourite for children, despite repeated warnings from adults.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>‘Cursed’ and ‘haunted’ were some of the words used to describe the cemetery, nonetheless, many kids flocked its grounds day and night, doing and playing everything imaginable.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>This time was\ndifferent for me and Oneil, we’ve never been here after the end of the evening\nshift at primary school – the sunset was quite advanced, and darkness crept\nslowly across the Kingston sky.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>The almond tree was in\nsight and so Oneil and I grabbed some stones and threw them without abandon,\ntrying to wrest the branches of a few fruits. </em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>They weren’t something\nI particularly enjoyed but Oneil seemed to be enraptured.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>It was as we sat in\nthe near-darkness, munching greedily away before going home, at that moment, in\nthe silence, we heard the sounds.&nbsp;</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>The uncanny recognition of footsteps was not a great cause for concern, however, my friend and I saw no one – just the sounds that gave the position away.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>“Yow! A wah kinda\nramping unno a deal wid. A night enuh! Unno naave nuh yaad?” Oneil shouted out\ninto the night, the anxiety setting deep in his bones.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>It became increasingly\nharder to concentrate as the footsteps encroached ever so slowly, closer to us\nand the mound of almond shells nearby.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>“Me ah guh home enuh Oneil, dis nuh feel right,” I beckoned, trying to break my best friend’s incessant questioning of the darkness.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Oneil pulled out a\npencil from his bag, so did I and we sharpened them with the intent to inflict\npain on anyone that dared come any closer – and closer they did.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>At this point, there\nwere only three sounds – mine and Oneil’s ragged breathing, and the menacing\nrhythm of approaching footsteps – the fear paralysing us; keeping us frozen in\nplace.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>That’s when two dots\nappeared, unassuming and harmless at first, until they grew, revealing reddish\neyes.&nbsp;</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Then, to our collective\nhorror, two arms appeared, trying to embrace us in a cold, deathly hug and we\nlost any sense of remaining composure.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Us two boys ran like\nour lives depended on it, beyond terrified, screaming all the whole way home.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>The trauma etched on\nour faces was concerning, but no matter how hard our families pressed for\nanswers, we never spoke.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>That day at school,\nOneil and I sat silent during lunchtime – at a loss at what transpired the\nnight before.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>“Mi nah go back in\ndeh,” he started, and it was the first time I ever heard Oneil’s voice\nshake.&nbsp;</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>I never told him that\nI made the mistake of looking back as we fled – convincing myself that I was\njust checking that we weren’t been chased by whatever it was.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>It was a woman, or at\nleast that’s how my mind processed what I had seen.</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Its skin so pale, eyes\nbloodshot red, that growling sound it made as we ran. </em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>But it was the scream\nas it faded away, disappearing into the darkness – the sight forever haunts me…</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Unassuming walk turns into night of terror','','inherit','closed','closed','','511-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 10:28:06','2019-07-25 15:28:06','',511,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/511-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(513,21,'2019-07-25 14:58:56','2019-07-25 19:58:56','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now here is one universal, irrefutable truth that men generally do not like to hear ... while you refer to us as the ‘weaker sex’, you all cannot handle pain very well. From a simple toothache or gas pain to a complicated hernia, men act as if the world is ending and want to be pampered at the first hint of pain. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3784} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/LEBRON-crying-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3784\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So if men are so defenceless and helpless over slight discomfort and minimal pain, how would they act if they had to handle pregnancy, labour and delivery? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not only would the world come to a screeching halt, as reproduction as we know it would cease to exist, but more importantly the world’s population would become extinct in short order.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":536} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Extinction-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>When that water breaks and contractions start, it would be next level world war three crisis up in that delivery room!  </p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instead of Lamaze and breathing techniques, it would probably be frantic screams and frustrated yells by bloated men with distended stomachs running around like chickens with their heads cut off!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":543} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Lamaze-Method-Of-Childbirth-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The initial challenge for them would be the early stages or first trimester when morning sickness is part of the package for some. Can you fathom men dealing with nausea and vomiting that can actually last well past the morning hours? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":537} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Men-Morning-Sickness-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-537\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Them having to give up a juicy steak and chewing on saltine crackers because red meat and fish make them nauseous? They would go crazy when they figure out that curried goat and barbecue Chicken would not be on the menu for a while.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next, they would have to deal with being moody. Many of them are already temperamental, so with a baby in the oven, their mood swings would be amplified times ten. The swearing, yelling and temper tantrums would probably be so bad that their partners would probably put them in timeout like a two-year-old! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":544} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mood-Swings-For-Men-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then for good measure, spice things up with swollen feet and a huge belly that makes them waddle around like a duck and makes sitting, sleeping and lotioning feet the most awkward thing ever. It may be funny to onlookers but when you are the ‘waddler’ in question, there is nothing amusing about having a protruding body part that knocks stuff over as if it has a mind of its own.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://giphy.com/gifs/running-W6K8MnLAy9W24\",\"type\":\"photo\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"giphy\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-giphy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://giphy.com/gifs/running-W6K8MnLAy9W24\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now let us discuss the discovery of stretch marks! This is when they get to share in having the battle scars of childbirth. Can you imagine those tiny lines cross-crossing across those beer and Buddha bellies? Wouldn’t that be a sight for sore eyes?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And finally the coup d\'état...childbirth itself! We welcome them to the world of hours-long, intense pain, wherein even your eyesight is compromised. They would climb walls, bite bed railings and curse the gods of sex and 2-minute orgasms during the process. An epidural may be their only saving grace but the real big question is ...where is that 9-pound infant going to pop out from?!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":541} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Men-Childbirth-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guys, understand that while you may be able to bench-press 300 pounds, change a tyre, fix a leaking pipe and kill a croaking lizard, women handle emotions, suffering and pain a lot better and we usually accomplish it without excessive whining.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>— Story written by C.W.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','If men could have babies...','','publish','open','closed','','if-men-could-have-babies','','','2019-08-17 10:50:29','2019-08-17 15:50:29','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=513',0,'post','',0),(514,14,'2019-07-25 11:39:39','2019-07-25 16:39:39','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since its establishment in the 17th century, Kingston and its citizens have for many years interred the dead in a plethora of cemeteries across the city.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cemeteries, from\nthe viewpoint of many, are morbid reminders of death and sadness – the final\nstop in paying respects with one’s hope to never set foot in another.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Buzz Jamaica disagrees and our unpopular opinion wants to show the world that there is no greater teacher of past experiences than a cemetery. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Luckily for us (and you), sections of Kingston are still perfectly preserved in time as the dead refuses none who wish to learn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With over 150 years\nas the capital of Jamaica, Kingston has seen its fair share of tragedies and disasters;\nthe deaths arising from these range in the thousands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The welcoming silence of a cemetery makes the skin of some itch with fear and uncertainty – fuelled by decades of ‘duppy stories’ – Kingston\'s cemeteries hold some of the world\'s most interesting histories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arguably holding the distinction of being the oldest in the island, and the oldest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, the Old Jewish cemetery can be found at 1 Hunt’s Bay in St. Andrew.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Founded in the latter part of the 17th century, when Port Royal was a bustling metropolis and commercial hub the British Caribbean, the Jewish community was thriving and dedicated a cemetery for the final rites and rituals to be performed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of the tombs have still preserved at the OId Jewish Cemetery have inscriptions in three languages:  Portuguese, Hebrew, and English.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of the Jewish tombstones either bear ornately chiselled rose and hourglasses, trees being cut down by a hand bearing an axe, or a skull and crossbones. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the\ndevastating Port Royal earthquake of 1692, Jewish burials continued for a few\nmore years into the 18th century, with the last tomb being done for Moses Ferro\n– bearing the date 1771. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The second oldest\ncemetery within Kingston can be found on the grounds of the St. Andrew Parish\nChurch, built in 1664. With over 7,000 burials on the 8 ¼ acres, this cemetery\nis the largest private facility of its kind on the island in continual\nuse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interred there are\nthe remains of historic figures including Archbishop Enos Nuttall, the first\nArchbishop of the West Indies after whom the Nuttall Hospital in Kingston is\nnamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It stands to this\nday as a popular internment plot for Kingston’s affluent – and is a prized\nfocal point of interest for genealogists, historians, researchers and archaeologists\nwho seek insight into personalities of the past, customs and culture over the\nlast 350 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kingston’s most\nfamous (or infamous in equally as many eyes) cemetery, May Pen, can easily be\nseen from the busy Spanish Town Road thoroughfare that cuts adjacent to the\nmassive property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one of the\noldest public cemeteries in the Caribbean, May Pen is one of the only burial\nsites where persons of all nationalities, races, religions and faiths are\ninterred.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established on 200\nacres of the derelict Littleworth Race Course in 1851, with burials beginning\nsome years afterwards according to ‘Law 21’ of 1874. By then, May Pen Cemetery\nwas the most popular burial site of its kind in the Caribbean – with partitions\nand special plots called ‘grounds’ reserved for several Christian\ndenominations, Jews, Muslims and others from across Europe (English, Spanish,\nFrench, Irish, German and Portuguese) who called Jamaica home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Importantly, a\nsection was the Pauper Ground, for the burial of the poor and indigent. There\nwas even a section for victims of cholera, which affected Jamaica periodically\nback then, the largest outbreak occurring in the early 1850s.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the advent of\nKingston’s well-to-do elites leaving the downtown district for the cool hills\nof St. Andrew, the May Pen Cemetery was frowned upon and largely reduced to a\npauper’s plot. So much so was this stigma that by 1905, nearly 76% of all\npersons buried there were classified as ‘poor and indigent’.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There have been\nrecent attempts to resurrect May Pen Cemetery to its former glory, as records\nshow many influential Jamaicans including pioneering musician and trombonist\nDon Drummond being buried there.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other side\nof Kingston, Calvary Cemetery, sprawled along Slipe Pen and Lyndhurst roads\ncame into existence in the late 1800s. Some records obtained show one of the\nfirst burials, Rose Escoffery, taking place in the 1880s. Burials at the quiet\nand scenic Calvary Cemetery are still common today.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Briggs\' Park, the\nonly military cemetery on the island, has been a part of the Jamaica Defence\nForce\'s (JDF) Up Park Pen (now Up Park Camp) estate since 1900. The JDF also\nhouses a special cemetery at its Newcastle Training Depot since the late 1800s\nfor soldiers and recruits alike.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Chinese\nCemetery along Waltham Park Road in Kingston is the largest single burial\nground of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean for Chinese nationals and\ntheir descendants.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With burials\nstarting in 1912, to date, over 3,600 persons have been interred at the\n11.5-acre property – managed and maintained by the Chinese Benevolent\nAssociation (CBA).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like many other\ncemeteries in the city, the Chinese Cemetery has endured periods of upkeep and\ndisrepair over the 100+ years it has existed – coming into being after the\ngreat 1907 earthquake that levelled much of Kingston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Officially\ndesignated a botanical garden, National Heroes Park is the last stop in\nKingston on our Buzz cemetery tour.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the largest open space on the island, the park’s 50 acres also serves as the final resting place for several notable Jamaican figures, including founding fathers Norman Manley and Alexander Bustamante; freedom fighters Marcus Garvey, Paul Bogle, Sam Sharpe, and George William Gordon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established in 1783, the park, originally a race track called Kingston Race Course – renamed to what stands after Jamaica’s independence in 1962 – is also the last resting place of other past Prime Ministers, athletes, entertainers, poets, sculptors and painters, and even mass fire victims.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the exception of Briggs’ Park and the St. Andrew Parish Church, all the above-mentioned cemeteries are open to the public and available for tours.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Cemeteries: A silent journey through Kingston\'s past','','inherit','closed','closed','','500-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 11:39:39','2019-07-25 16:39:39','',500,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/500-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(516,23,'2019-07-25 13:17:33','2019-07-25 18:17:33','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Oak Wine Bar and Cocktail Lounge recently\nlaunched its new lunch menu and are inviting food lovers to come dig into their\ndelicious meals. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1461} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Oxtail-Oak-Wine-Bar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1461\" /><figcaption>Oxtail dish at Oak Wine Bar &amp; Cocktail Lounge in Kingston, Jamaica<br><em>(Source: Oak Wine Bar &amp; Cocktail Lounge - Instagram)</em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Proprietor Lisa Chin, who also owns Fromage and Café Dolche, is\nexploring new ways in which to cater to patrons by providing a healthy and\naffordable lunch menu. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the moment, the lunch menu starts off light and easy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1475} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Fried-Chicken-Oak-Wine-Bar-Lounge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1475\" /><figcaption> Classic Jamaican fried chicken with rice and peas at Oak Wine Bar &amp; Lounge <br><em>(Source: Oak Wine Bar &amp; Cocktail Lounge - Instagram)</em> </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They range across three scrumptious Jamaican dishes: Fried Chicken, Curried\nGoat and Oxtail, served with white rice and rice and peas with raw vegetables.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1464} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Curry-Goat-Display-Pic-Oak-Wine-Bar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1464\" /><figcaption>Succulent curried goat dish at Oak Wine Bar &amp; Lounge <br><em>(Source: Oak Wine Bar &amp; Cocktail Lounge - Instagram)</em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The welcoming environment is indeed one to enjoy and look forward to. This\ncapped by quality customer service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lunch is served on Saturdays between the hours of 11 am and 4 pm.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em><strong>—Story written by Andre Cooper </strong></em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Oak Wine Bar and Cocktail Lounge launches new lunch menu','','publish','closed','closed','','oak-wine-bar-and-cocktail-lounge-launches-new-lunch-menu','','','2019-08-15 20:24:39','2019-08-16 01:24:39','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=516',0,'post','',0),(518,6,'2019-07-25 12:06:32','2019-07-25 17:06:32','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since its establishment in the 17th century, Kingston and its citizens have for many years interred the dead in cemeteries across the city.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cemeteries, from\nthe viewpoint of many, are morbid reminders of death and sadness – the final\nstop in paying respects with one’s hope to never set foot in another.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, Buzz Jamaica is of the unpopular opinion that there is no greater teacher of past experiences than a cemetery. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Luckily for us (and you), sections of Kingston are still perfectly preserved in time, as the dead refuses none who wish to learn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With over 150 years as the capital of Jamaica, Kingston has seen its fair share of tragedies and disasters; the deaths arising from these, range in the thousands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The welcoming silence of a cemetery makes the skin of some crawl with fear and uncertainty – fuelled by decades of ‘duppy stories’ – Kingston\'s cemeteries hold some of the world\'s most interesting histories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arguably holding the distinction of being the oldest in the island, and the oldest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, the Old Jewish cemetery can be found at 1 Hunt’s Bay Road in St. Andrew.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the latter part of the 17th century, when Port Royal was a bustling metropolis and the commercial hub of the British Caribbean, the thriving  Jewish community dedicated a cemetery for the final rites and rituals of its people to be performed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of those tombs are still preserved at the Old Jewish Cemetery, bearing inscriptions in three languages:  Portuguese, Hebrew, and English.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of the remaining Jewish tombstones either bear ornately chiselled rose and hourglasses, trees being cut down by a hand bearing an axe, or a skull and crossbones. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the devastating Port Royal earthquake of 1692, Jewish burials continued for a few more years into the 18th century, with the last tomb belonging to Moses Ferro – bearing the date 1771.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The second oldest\ncemetery within Kingston can be found on the grounds of the St. Andrew Parish\nChurch, built in 1664. With over 7,000 burials on the 8 ¼ acres, this cemetery\nis the largest private facility of its kind on the island in continual\nuse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interred there are\nthe remains of historic figures including Archbishop Enos Nuttall, the first\nArchbishop of the West Indies after whom the Nuttall Hospital in Kingston is\nnamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It stands to this\nday as a popular internment plot for Kingston’s affluent – and is a prized\nfocal point of interest for genealogists, historians, researchers and archaeologists\nwho seek insight into personalities of the past, customs and culture over the\nlast 350 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kingston’s most famous (or infamous in equally as many eyes) cemetery, the May Pen Cemetery, can easily be seen from the busy Spanish Town Road thoroughfare that cuts adjacent to the massive property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one of the oldest public cemeteries in the Caribbean, the May Pen Cemetery is one of the only burial sites where persons of all nationalities, races, religions and faiths are interred.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established on 200 acres of the derelict Littleworth Race Course in 1851, burials began some years afterwards according to ‘Law 21’ of 1874. By then, May Pen Cemetery was the most popular burial site of its kind in the Caribbean – with partitions and special plots called ‘grounds’ reserved for several Christian denominations, Jews, Muslims and others from across Europe (English, Spanish, French, Irish, German and Portuguese) who called Jamaica home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Importantly, a section was deemed the \'Pauper Ground\', for the burial of the poor and indigent. There was even a section for victims of cholera, which affected Jamaica periodically back then, with the largest outbreak occurring in the early 1850s.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the advent of\nKingston’s well-to-do elites leaving the downtown district for the cool hills\nof St. Andrew, the May Pen Cemetery was frowned upon and largely reduced to a\npauper’s plot. So much so was this stigma that by 1905, nearly 76% of all\npersons buried there were classified as ‘poor and indigent’.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There have been\nrecent attempts to resurrect May Pen Cemetery to its former glory, as records\nshow many influential Jamaicans including pioneering musician and trombonist\nDon Drummond being buried there.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other side\nof Kingston, Calvary Cemetery, sprawled along Slipe Pen and Lyndhurst roads\ncame into existence in the late 1800s. Some records obtained show one of the\nfirst burials, Rose Escoffery, taking place in the 1880s. Burials at the quiet\nand scenic Calvary Cemetery are still common today.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Briggs\' Park, the\nonly military cemetery on the island, has been a part of the Jamaica Defence\nForce\'s (JDF) Up Park Pen (now Up Park Camp) estate since 1900. 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With over 7,000 burials on the 8 ¼ acres, this cemetery\nis the largest private facility of its kind on the island in continual\nuse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interred there are\nthe remains of historic figures including Archbishop Enos Nuttall, the first\nArchbishop of the West Indies after whom the Nuttall Hospital in Kingston is\nnamed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It stands to this\nday as a popular internment plot for Kingston’s affluent – and is a prized\nfocal point of interest for genealogists, historians, researchers and archaeologists\nwho seek insight into personalities of the past, customs and culture over the\nlast 350 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kingston’s most famous (or infamous in equally as many eyes) cemetery, the May Pen Cemetery, can easily be seen from the busy Spanish Town Road thoroughfare that cuts adjacent to the massive property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one of the oldest public cemeteries in the Caribbean, the May Pen Cemetery is one of the only burial sites where persons of all nationalities, races, religions and faiths are interred.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established on 200 acres of the derelict Littleworth Race Course in 1851, burials began some years afterwards according to ‘Law 21’ of 1874. 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So much so was this stigma that by 1905, nearly 76% of all\npersons buried there were classified as ‘poor and indigent’.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There have been recent attempts to resurrect May Pen Cemetery to its former glory, as records show many influential Jamaicans including pioneering musician and trombonist Don Drummond (<strong><em>Buzz</em></strong> has learned his remains were moved recently) being buried there.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other side\nof Kingston, Calvary Cemetery, sprawled along Slipe Pen and Lyndhurst roads\ncame into existence in the late 1800s. Some records obtained show one of the\nfirst burials, Rose Escoffery, taking place in the 1880s. Burials at the quiet\nand scenic Calvary Cemetery are still common today.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Briggs\' Park, the\nonly military cemetery on the island, has been a part of the Jamaica Defence\nForce\'s (JDF) Up Park Pen (now Up Park Camp) estate since 1900. 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This\ncapped by quality customer service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lunch is served on Saturdays between the hours of 11 am and 4 pm.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Oak Wine Bar and Cocktail Lounge launches new lunch menu','','inherit','closed','closed','','516-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 13:15:37','2019-07-25 18:15:37','',516,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/516-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(533,4,'2019-07-25 15:29:52','2019-07-25 20:29:52','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kanye West wants Danny McBride to play him in a movie.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 42-year-old rapper went to the actor\'s home to pitch him a \"pretty brilliant idea\" for a project about the story of his life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":539} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Kanye-West.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-539\" /><figcaption>Kanye West</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, Danny, 42, was surprised by Kanye\'s pitch.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"I had a pretty interesting guest shortly after we moved there [to Charleston]. 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I thought it was a cool enough idea and we hung out, we went out on a boat, we just talked. He was awesome, it was the most incredible afternoon.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Would Danny McBride make a great Kanye? 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One day I got a phone call out of nowhere and the voice sounded familiar but I wasn\'t sure who it was. I was like, \'Hello?\' and he was like, \'Hey, is Danny there?\' He was like, \'This is Kanye West\'.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"He basically said he was a fan of mine and wanted to come hang out. I think he thought I lived in Los Angeles so I was like, \'No I live in Charleston,\' and he was quiet and then said, \'OK, I can go there too.\' I was getting nervous, like, \'What should I wear when Kanye gets here.\' He had an idea for a project which I think was a pretty brilliant idea. He wanted to do a movie about the story of his life and he wanted me to play him. I thought it was a cool enough idea and we hung out, we went out on a boat, we just talked. 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From a simple toothache or gas pain to a complicated hernia, men act as if the world is ending and want to be pampered at the first hint of pain.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":535} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Meny-Crying-Like-Babies-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So if men are so defenceless and helpless over slight discomfort and minimal pain, how would they act if they had to handle pregnancy, labour and delivery? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not only would the world come to a screeching halt, as production as we know it would cease to exist, but more importantly the world’s population would become extinct in short order.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":536} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Extinction-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>When that water breaks and contractions start, it would be next level world war three crisis up in that delivery room!  </p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instead of Lamaze and breathing techniques, it would probably be frantic screams and frustrated yells by bloated men with distended stomachs running around like chickens with their heads cut off!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":543} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Lamaze-Method-Of-Childbirth-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The initial challenge for them would be the early stages or first trimester when morning sickness is part of the package for some. 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The swearing, yelling and temper tantrums would probably be so bad that their partners would probably put them in timeout like a two-year-old! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":544} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mood-Swings-For-Men-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then for good measure, spice things up with swollen feet and a huge belly that makes them waddle around like a duck and makes sitting, sleeping and lotioning feet the most awkward thing ever. It may be funny to onlookers but when you are the ‘waddler’ in question, there is nothing amusing about having a protruding body part that knocks stuff over as if it has a mind of its own.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://giphy.com/gifs/running-W6K8MnLAy9W24\",\"type\":\"photo\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"giphy\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-giphy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://giphy.com/gifs/running-W6K8MnLAy9W24\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now let us discuss the discovery of stretch marks! This is when they get to share in having the battle scars of childbirth. Can you imagine those tiny lines cross-crossing across those beer and Buddha bellies? Wouldn’t that be a sight for sore eyes?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And finally the coup de tat...childbirth itself! We welcome them to the world of hours-long, intense pain, wherein even your eyesight is compromised. They would climb walls, bite bed railings and curse the gods of sex and 2-minute orgasms during the process. 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Can you fathom men dealing with nausea and vomiting that can actually last well past the morning hours? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":537} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Men-Morning-Sickness-Buzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-537\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Them having to give up a juicy steak and chewing on saltine crackers because red meat and fish make them nauseous? They would go crazy when they figure out that curried goat and barbecue Chicken would not be on the menu for a while.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next, they would have to deal with being moody. Many of them are already temperamental, so with a baby in the oven, their mood swings would be amplified times ten. The swearing, yelling and temper tantrums would probably be so bad that their partners would probably put them in timeout like a two-year-old! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":544} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Mood-Swings-For-Men-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then for good measure, spice things up with swollen feet and a huge belly that makes them waddle around like a duck and makes sitting, sleeping and lotioning feet the most awkward thing ever. It may be funny to onlookers but when you are the ‘waddler’ in question, there is nothing amusing about having a protruding body part that knocks stuff over as if it has a mind of its own.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://giphy.com/gifs/running-W6K8MnLAy9W24\",\"type\":\"photo\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"giphy\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-giphy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://giphy.com/gifs/running-W6K8MnLAy9W24\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now let us discuss the discovery of stretch marks! This is when they get to share in having the battle scars of childbirth. Can you imagine those tiny lines cross-crossing across those beer and Buddha bellies? Wouldn’t that be a sight for sore eyes?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And finally the coup d\'état...childbirth itself! We welcome them to the world of hours-long, intense pain, wherein even your eyesight is compromised. They would climb walls, bite bed railings and curse the gods of sex and 2-minute orgasms during the process. 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That bubbly gut feeling in the pit of your stomach said whatever she is coming with is not going to be good. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After much hand wringing, she finally blurted out that she was dating Tyrone your ex and she actually wants your blessing, suggesting that maybe some time soon you can all double date! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\"While she may be a homie hopper, can you really throw away years of friendship over a man who is not even your man anymore?\"</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your initial reaction is to tell her every choice fabric that Pings and Pablo’s sells as she is the first cousin to Judas Iscariot, but then you stop to think: do you really have the right to curse her out? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Granted she should have levelled with you about her interest in him but since she did not, what can you really do about the situation? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can most definitely run her out of your home and out of your life in addition to calling her every vile and disgusting name you can find in the dictionary and even some that have not made it in there as yet. But after venting, does it change anything? Not really.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While she may be a homie hopper, can you really throw away years of friendship over a man who is not even your man anymore? Before you can consider any of that you need to examine if she really violated the friendship by dating your ex? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":4322} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/dating-african-lady-close-up-couple-1667847-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4322\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do you cut her off and declare war on social media or do you take time to lick your wounds and realise that your past relationship is always just that - the past.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some will say yes it was disrespectful on her part as she is putting her desire for a man thought to be off-limit over your friendship, hence she probably was never a true friend to begin with.&nbsp; </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In short, it is a betrayal of your trust. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A real friend would not put themselves in a position that would lead to dating the ex-lover of someone they called a sister. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, others will argue that once that relationship ended, he was fair game. As long as she was not dating him when you guys were together, nothing is wrong with her seeing someone you once had a relationship with. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We would all want a ‘kumbaya’ moment, but the reality is a different matter. First of all, there will be awkwardness when you all have to cross paths. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Is he allowed to tag along to parties and events or will it be an unspoken rule for her to just not bring him around you? &nbsp;Also, he now has intimate knowledge of both you and your friend in the bedroom and you may wonder if he does the comparisons in his head! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is easy to say it would not be a problem but for most women, there are too many untenable factors at play to make it a situation to which they can truly say they are okay with it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>— Story written by C.W.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Is it ok to date your friend’s ex?','','publish','closed','closed','','is-it-ok-to-date-your-friends-ex','','','2019-08-15 13:17:26','2019-08-15 18:17:26','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=547',0,'post','',0),(548,14,'2019-07-25 15:12:18','2019-07-25 20:12:18','','koffee-backstage-jimmy-kimmel-live','','inherit','closed','closed','','koffee-backstage-jimmy-kimmel-live','','','2019-07-25 15:12:18','2019-07-25 20:12:18','',542,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/koffee-backstage-jimmy-kimmel-live.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(549,14,'2019-07-25 15:13:00','2019-07-25 20:13:00','','koffee-backstage-jimmy-kimmel-live-1','','inherit','closed','closed','','koffee-backstage-jimmy-kimmel-live-1','','','2019-07-25 15:13:00','2019-07-25 20:13:00','',542,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/koffee-backstage-jimmy-kimmel-live-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(551,14,'2019-07-25 15:18:01','2019-07-25 20:18:01','','koffee-official','','inherit','closed','closed','','koffee-official','','','2019-07-25 15:18:01','2019-07-25 20:18:01','',542,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/koffee-official.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(552,14,'2019-07-25 15:19:37','2019-07-25 20:19:37','<!-- wp:image {\"id\":551} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/koffee-official-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" /><figcaption>Koffee (Photo contributed)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fast-rising Reggae sensation Koffee was in her element\nrecently when she stepped out and performed on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show in\nthe US.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Spanish Town lyricist electrified the set with the\nbreakthrough hit <strong><em>Toast</em></strong>, backed by her own live band.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the looks of the party-style audience that witnessed,\nthe entire performance was epic!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See Koffee’s performance in the video below:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BtonHilG0E\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BtonHilG0E\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since Koffee\'s breakthrough hit in 2018, the young Jamaican\nact has taken the industry and the world by storm. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":549} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/koffee-backstage-jimmy-kimmel-live-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549\" /><figcaption>Koffee backstage during her set Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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One day I got a phone call out of nowhere and the voice sounded familiar but I wasn\'t sure who it was. I was like, \'Hello?\' and he was like, \'Hey, is Danny there?\' He was like, \'This is Kanye West\', Danny said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Danny said: \"He basically said he was a fan of mine and wanted to come hang out. I think he thought I lived in Los Angeles so I was like, \'No I live in Charleston,\' and he was quiet and then said, \'OK, I can go there too.\' I was getting nervous, like, \'What should I wear when Kanye gets here.\' He had an idea for a project which I think was a pretty brilliant idea. He wanted to do a movie about the story of his life and he wanted me to play him. I thought it was a cool enough idea and we hung out, we went out on a boat, we just talked. 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One day I got a phone call out of nowhere and the voice sounded familiar but I wasn\'t sure who it was. I was like, \'Hello?\' and he was like, \'Hey, is Danny there?\' He was like, \'This is Kanye West\', Danny said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":554} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/danny-mcbride-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-554\" /><figcaption>Danny McBride</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Danny said: \"He basically said he was a fan of mine and wanted to come hang out. I think he thought I lived in Los Angeles so I was like, \'No I live in Charleston,\' and he was quiet and then said, \'OK, I can go there too.\' I was getting nervous, like, \'What should I wear when Kanye gets here.\' He had an idea for a project which I think was a pretty brilliant idea. He wanted to do a movie about the story of his life and he wanted me to play him. I thought it was a cool enough idea and we hung out, we went out on a boat, we just talked. He was awesome, it was the most incredible afternoon.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Kanye asks Danny McBride to play him in a movie','','inherit','closed','closed','','533-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 15:29:47','2019-07-25 20:29:47','',533,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/533-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(558,11,'2019-07-25 15:39:59','2019-07-25 20:39:59','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check this out: in 2015 you stopped dating Tyrone because he could not control the one-eyed snake that was slithering around in his trousers. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So after a year and a string of broken promises, you called it quits and gathered your best friend and a tub of ice cream to bawl, commiserate and watch Lifetime movies together as you both cuss out every male for being a furry four-legged creature that pees on fire hydrants and shags every available woman as if marking their territory.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As time heals all wounds, you eventually dusted yourself off, got a new hot hairstyle and an even newer and hotter beau and moved on. #SnapBack</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fast forward to present day and your bestie called you up to say she is coming over to talk. That bubbly gut feeling in the pit of your stomach said whatever she is coming with is not going to be good. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After much hand wringing, she finally blurted out that she was dating Tyrone your ex and she actually wants your blessing, suggesting that maybe some time soon you can all double date! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your initial reaction is to tell her every choice fabric that Pings and Pablo’s sells as she is the first cousin to Judas Iscariot, but then you stop to think: do you really have the right to curse her out? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Granted she should have levelled with you about her interest in him but since she did not, what can you really do about the situation? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can most definitely run her out of your home and out of your life in addition to calling her every vile and disgusting name you can find in the dictionary and even some that have not made it in there as yet. But after venting, does it change anything? Not really.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While she may be a homie hopper, can you really throw away years of friendship over a man who is not even your man anymore? Before you can consider any of that you need to examine if she really violated the friendship by dating your ex? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do you cut her off and declare war on social media or do you take time to lick your wounds and realise that your past relationship is always just that - the past.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some will say yes it was disrespectful on her part as she is putting her desire for a man thought to be off-limit over your friendship, hence she probably was never a true friend to begin with.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In short, it is a betrayal of your trust. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A real friend would not put themselves in a position that would lead to dating the ex-lover of someone they called a sister. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, others will argue that once that relationship ended, he was fair game. As long as she was not dating him when you guys were together, nothing is wrong with her seeing someone you once had a relationship with. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We would all want a ‘kumbaya’ moment, but the reality is a different matter. First of all, there will be awkwardness when you all have to cross paths. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Is he allowed to tag along to parties and events or will it be an unspoken rule for her to just not bring him around you?  Also, he now has intimate knowledge of both you and your friend in the bedroom and you may wonder if he does the comparisons in his head! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is easy to say it would not be a problem but for most women, there are too many untenable factors at play to make it a situation to which they can truly say they are okay with it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Is it ok to date your friend’s ex?','','inherit','closed','closed','','547-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 15:39:59','2019-07-25 20:39:59','',547,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/547-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(559,11,'2019-07-25 16:31:21','2019-07-25 21:31:21','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have you ever seen grown people do some crazy things and you wonder what drove them to do it and their explanation is that their granny used to say how bad luck would follow them if they did not?&nbsp; Superstitions. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not the kind that Stevie Wonder sang about, but the garden variety type that leaves normally sensible individuals doing acts all in the name of customs that usually have no logical bearing or reason.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You are not Jamaican if you have not heard or done a few yourself, because sometimes we do them so often it becomes second nature. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3697} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/buzz-memories-4-1024x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3697\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The following represent some common ones that you can probably relate to.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>If you point on a grave you haffi (have to) bite all ten fingers and ‘spin u roll’</li><li>Two pregnant women should not walk together, because the second one will have a painful labour and delivery.</li><li> If you are walking home and you feel that a duppy (ghost) is following you, pick up a stone and continue walking. Then pretend that you throw the stone away. The duppy will spend the rest of the night at the spot looking for it. </li><li>If you open an umbrella in a house, you are not going to get married.</li><li>If a person of the opposite sex jumps over you, you will stop growing (‘done grow’).</li><li>If a pregnant woman looks down into a bottle, her baby will be born with one ‘squinty’ eye.</li><li>If a woman has sex with a man other than the father of her baby, the baby will be delayed in walking.</li><li>If a mother cuts her son’s hair before he is one-year-old or starts walking, he will have delayed speech.</li><li>If you throw something outside at night through a window you must say ‘excuse me’ or duppy (ghost) will box you for startling him/her.</li><li>If a husband dies, the widow must wear red panties so that his duppy (ghost) does not try to have intercourse with her.</li><li>If a parent dies leaving an infant, the child must be passed over the coffin so that the deceased recognises him and won’t come back to ‘trouble’ him.</li><li>Drive nails into the foot bottom of a deceased person so that their duppy (ghost) does not come back around.</li><li>If you wash your face with rice water you will see duppy (ghost).</li><li>If you are pregnant and feeling for a particular food and do not get it and shortly after scratch your skin, the baby will be born with that birthmark.</li><li>If you put your handbag on the floor, you will stay poor.</li><li>If a woman mixes her menses with a man’s food, she will ‘tie’ him to her for life.</li><li>If you see a black bat at night, it is your dead granny ‘visiting’ with you.</li><li>If you open a Bible over the head of a baby, he/she will be protected.</li><li>If you are coming late at night, enter your home backwards so that a duppy (ghost) does not follow you in.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>What other superstitions did you hear while growing up?</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','How superstitious are 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Not the\nkind that Stevie Wonder sang about but the garden variety type that leaves\nnormally sensible individuals doing acts all in the name of customs that\nusually have no logical bearing or reason.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You are not Jamaican if you have not heard or done a few yourself because sometimes we do them so often it becomes second nature. The following represent some common ones that you can probably relate to.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>If you point on a grave you haffi (have to) bite all ten fingers and ‘spin u roll’</li><li>Two pregnant women should not walk together, because the second one will have a painful labour and delivery.</li><li>If you open an umbrella in a house, you are not going to get married.</li><li>If a person of the opposite sex jumps over you, you will stop growing (‘done grow’).</li><li>If a pregnant woman looks down into a bottle, her baby will be born with one ‘squinty’ eye.</li><li>If a woman has sex with a man other than the father of her baby, the baby will be delayed in walking.</li><li>If a mother cuts her son’s hair before he is one-year-old or starts walking, he will have delayed speech.</li><li>If you throw something outside at night through a window you must say ‘excuse me’ or duppy (ghost) will box you for startling him/her.</li><li>If a husband dies, the widow must wear red panties so that his duppy (ghost) does not try to have intercourse with her.</li><li>If a parent dies leaving an infant, the child must be passed over the coffin so that the deceased recognises him and won’t come back to ‘trouble’ him.</li><li>Drive nails into the foot bottom of a deceased person so that their duppy (ghost) does not come back around.</li><li>If you wash your face with rice water you will see duppy (ghost).</li><li>If you are pregnant and feeling for a particular food and do not get it and shortly after scratch your skin, the baby will be born with that birthmark.</li><li>If you put your handbag on the floor, you will stay poor.</li><li>If a woman mixes her menses with a man’s food, she will ‘tie’ him to her for life.</li><li>If you see a black bat at night, it is your dead granny ‘visiting’ with you.</li><li>If you open a Bible over the head of a baby, he/she will be protected.</li><li>If you are coming late at night, enter your home backwards so that a duppy (ghost) does not follow you in.</li><li>If you are walking home and you feel that a duppy (ghost) is following you, pick up a stone and continue walking. Then pretend that you throw the stone away. 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Then pretend that you throw the stone away. The duppy will spend the rest of the night at the spot looking for it.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>What other superstitions did you hear while growing up?</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','How superstitious are you?','','inherit','closed','closed','','559-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 16:31:21','2019-07-25 21:31:21','',559,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/559-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(571,21,'2019-08-14 18:51:10','2019-08-14 23:51:10','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We Jamaicans are notorious for many things and one of them is that we do not like to show appreciation for services rendered. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We blatantly state that they are already being paid so “weh tipping a go?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":5587} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Tip-Jar-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We usually do not feel compelled to dip into our purses or wallets to give a little something extra. But what really is the deal when it comes to this practice and how many of us are guilty of being stingy with our coins?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A prevailing view is that Jamaicans have never been big on tipping as most feel that service providers such as bellmen and waiters are already being compensated for the service they provide, so culturally we tend to ignore that outstretched hand or just give a handshake instead. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":2620} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Tipping-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2620\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The practice of tipping dates back to the 17<sup>th</sup> century in Tudor, England where it became the custom that overnight guests to private homes gave small sums of money known as ‘vails’ to the host’s servants. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Later, customers at London coffee houses and places where commercial services were provided joined in. &nbsp;Today, it is formally referred to as ‘gratuity’. A tip is a sum of money customarily tendered, in addition to the basic price for a service performed or anticipated and will vary from country to country as norms and customs are different. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not all settings, however, encourage tipping and it can actually be seen as insulting to some professionals. In the case of police officers, offering gratuity can be viewed as bribery; giving money to journalists or disc jockeys is seen as ‘payola’ and some hotels discourage the practice of tipping in Jamaica as some employees go too far and actually harass guests when tips are not given or if it is not the amount they expected.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Which brings us back to whether tipping is really practised in Jamaica. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tipping is still being done in restaurants and salons as these are service industries where the most satisfaction is derived – from eating good food and looking pretty. Its popularity, however, may be on the decline for two reasons.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To put it simply, ‘nuh money nah run’. One cannot tip what one does not have. Another reason is that the attitude of some service providers turn off customers when they get demanding. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For some, it is almost as if their arms are being twisted to give regardless of if they are satisfied with a service or not. 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src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/dunns-river-splash-pad-demo-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568\" /><figcaption>The kid-friendly \'Splash Pad\' at the Dunn\'s River Falls and Park (Photo contributed, Urban Development Corporation [UDC])</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winding queues of people, locals and tourists alike, have been a mainstay at the attraction as vast numbers of patrons wait anxiously to gain access to the facility. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On any given day the lines are lengthy, but the situation escalates on weekends as well as holidays, with the park usually brimming at maximum capacity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one of Jamaica\'s biggest tourist magnets, Dunn’s River Falls rises from the hills overlooking Ocho Rios and empties into the alluring Caribbean Sea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patrons looking to 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Not everyone can feel from just reading but [people] definitely\nget sparked or triggered from a visual representation of a message,” he\nexplained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":583} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583\" /><figcaption>The award-winning \'Sun and Moon Eclipse\' piece (Photo: Jik-Reuben Pringle)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pringle is hailed as a ‘visual advocate’ due to his unique, bold representation of illnesses through photography.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Known in the local creative spaces as the \'Visual Ninja\', Jik-Reuben finished his <strong>Made for More</strong> project two years ago with Davianne Tucker, which was lauded for exceptionally tackling Endometriosis and other societal topics. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":585} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-585\" /><figcaption>Jik-Reuben\'s DOMZ piece (Photo: Jik-Reuben Pringle) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is currently working with Sanshegay Peart (S.A.C.E) on a project/documentary to bring awareness to a rare bone disease called Osteogenesis Imprefecta.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":584} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" /><figcaption> Sanshegay Peart (S.A.C.E) stands as Jik-Reuben\'s muse as the pair bring awareness to Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Photo: Jik-Reuben Pringle)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My influences definitely move from various places, music, artists and even family members, some of the primary ones are members of the Reggae Revival. I love pulling references from documentaries, other art forms, such as writing, paints, and illustrations,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He named two recent influences, Justice Mukheli and Andre D.\nWagner.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pringle is currently working on a potential 10-year anniversary piece that will go on exhibit in October 2020.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>— Story written by Shania Hanchard </em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','\'Visual Ninja\': Compelling stories through photography','','publish','closed','closed','','visual-ninja-compelling-stories-through-photography','','','2019-08-16 11:43:53','2019-08-16 16:43:53','',0,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/?p=581',0,'post','',0),(582,14,'2019-07-25 18:06:08','2019-07-25 23:06:08','','jik-rueben-1','','inherit','closed','closed','','jik-rueben-1','','','2019-07-25 18:06:08','2019-07-25 23:06:08','',581,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(583,14,'2019-07-25 18:06:47','2019-07-25 23:06:47','','jik-rueben-2','','inherit','closed','closed','','jik-rueben-2','','','2019-07-25 18:06:47','2019-07-25 23:06:47','',581,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(584,14,'2019-07-25 18:08:14','2019-07-25 23:08:14','','jik-rueben-4','','inherit','closed','closed','','jik-rueben-4','','','2019-07-25 18:08:14','2019-07-25 23:08:14','',581,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(585,14,'2019-07-25 18:08:35','2019-07-25 23:08:35','','jik-rueben-3','','inherit','closed','closed','','jik-rueben-3','','','2019-07-25 18:08:35','2019-07-25 23:08:35','',581,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(586,14,'2019-07-25 18:12:26','2019-07-25 23:12:26','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jik-Reuben Pringle is a 27-year-old Jamaican photographer, who is known for his captivating story-telling portraits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Personally, photography is an important channel of\ncommunicating. Not everyone can feel from just reading but [people] definitely\nget sparked or triggered from a visual representation of a message,” he\nexplained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":583} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583\" /><figcaption>The award-winning \'Sun and Moon Eclipse\' piece (Photo contributed, Jik-Reuben Pringle)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pringle is hailed as a ‘visual advocate’ due to his unique, bold representation of illnesses through photography.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":582} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582\" /><figcaption>The \'Visual Ninja\' himself (Photo contributed, Jik-Reuben Pringle)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Known in the local creative spaces as the \'Visual Ninja\', Jik-Reuben recently did a <strong>Made for More</strong> project with Davian Bennett that was exceptional as they tackled Endometriosis and other societal topics. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":585} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-585\" /><figcaption>Model Davina Bennett offers a piercing gaze in Pringle\'s Made for More project (Photo contributed) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is currently working with Sanshegay Peart (S.A.C.E) on a project/documentary to bring awareness to a rare bone disease called Osteogenesis Imprefecta.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":584} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" /><figcaption> Sanshegay Peart (S.A.C.E) stands as Jik-Reuben\'s muse as the pair bring awareness to Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Photo contributed)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My influences definitely move from various places, music, artists and even family members, some of the primary ones are members of the Reggae Revival. I love pulling references from documentaries, other art forms, such as writing, paints, and illustrations,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He named two recent influences, Justice Mukheli and Andre D.\nWagner.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I did always peep the works of Ansel Adams, Gordon Parks\nand my mentor lizzy brown (yes in all lower case, that’s her vibe). It was in\nplanning for that project I discovered how I could use portraits to uplift and\nhighlight the black woman.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is currently working on a potential 10-year anniversary\npiece that will go on exhibit in October 2020.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','\'Visual Ninja\': Compelling stories through photography','','inherit','closed','closed','','581-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 18:12:26','2019-07-25 23:12:26','',581,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/581-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(588,14,'2019-07-25 18:16:45','2019-07-25 23:16:45','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jik-Reuben Pringle is a 27-year-old Jamaican photographer, who is known for his captivating story-telling portraits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Personally, photography is an important channel of\ncommunicating. Not everyone can feel from just reading but [people] definitely\nget sparked or triggered from a visual representation of a message,” he\nexplained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":583} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583\" /><figcaption>The award-winning \'Sun and Moon Eclipse\' piece (Photo contributed, Jik-Reuben Pringle)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pringle is hailed as a ‘visual advocate’ due to his unique, bold representation of illnesses through photography.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":582} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582\" /><figcaption>The \'Visual Ninja\' himself (Photo contributed, Jik-Reuben Pringle)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Known in the local creative spaces as the \'Visual Ninja\', Jik-Reuben recently did a <strong>Made for More</strong> project with Davian Bennett that was exceptional as they tackled Endometriosis and other societal topics. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":585} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-585\" /><figcaption>Jik-Reuben\'s DOMZ piece (Photo contributed) </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is currently working with Sanshegay Peart (S.A.C.E) on a project/documentary to bring awareness to a rare bone disease called Osteogenesis Imprefecta.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":584} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/jik-rueben-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" /><figcaption> Sanshegay Peart (S.A.C.E) stands as Jik-Reuben\'s muse as the pair bring awareness to Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Photo contributed)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My influences definitely move from various places, music, artists and even family members, some of the primary ones are members of the Reggae Revival. I love pulling references from documentaries, other art forms, such as writing, paints, and illustrations,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He named two recent influences, Justice Mukheli and Andre D.\nWagner.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I did always peep the works of Ansel Adams, Gordon Parks\nand my mentor lizzy brown (yes in all lower case, that’s her vibe). It was in\nplanning for that project I discovered how I could use portraits to uplift and\nhighlight the black woman.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is currently working on a potential 10-year anniversary\npiece that will go on exhibit in October 2020.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','\'Visual Ninja\': Compelling stories through photography','','inherit','closed','closed','','581-revision-v1','','','2019-07-25 18:16:45','2019-07-25 23:16:45','',581,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/581-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(589,11,'2019-07-26 09:18:22','2019-07-26 14:18:22','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We Jamaicans are notorious for many things and one of them is that we do not like to show appreciation for services rendered. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We blatantly state that they are already being paid so “weh tipping a go?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We usually do not feel compelled to dip into our purses or wallets to give a little something extra. But what really is the deal when it comes to this practice and how many of us are guilty of being stingy with our coins?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A prevailing view is that Jamaicans have never been big on tipping as most feel that service providers such as bellmen and waiters are already being compensated for the service they provide, so culturally we tend to ignore that outstretched hand or just give a handshake instead. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The practice of tipping dates back to the 17<sup>th</sup> century in Tudor, England where it became the custom that overnight guests to private homes gave small sums of money known as ‘vails’ to the host’s servants. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Later, customers at London coffee houses and places where commercial services were provided joined in. &nbsp;Today, it is formally referred to as ‘gratuity’. A tip is a sum of money customarily tendered, in addition to the basic price for a service performed or anticipated and will vary from country to country as norms and customs are different. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The practice caught on in the United States after the American Civil War, when wealthy Americans travelling abroad to Europe witnessed it and its association with an aristocratic custom, which seemed to ‘bestow’ things on those less fortunate than themselves.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By the turn of the 20th century, tipping had become a routine practice but there was an anti-tipping backlash in 1909 prompting the government to intervene and it became illegal in Washington and six other states. However, some employers protested, resulting in these states eventually overturning the ban. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not all settings, however, encourage tipping and it can actually be seen as insulting to some professionals. In the case of police officers, offering gratuity can be viewed as bribery; giving money to journalists or disc jockeys is seen as ‘payola’ and some hotels discourage the practice of tipping in Jamaica as some employees go too far and actually harass guests when tips are not given or if it is not the amount they expected.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Which brings us back to whether tipping is really practised in Jamaica. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tipping is still being done in restaurants and salons as these are industries where the most satisfaction is derived – from eating good food and looking pretty. Its popularity, however, may be on the decline for two reasons.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To put it simply, ‘nuh money nah run’. One cannot tip what one does not have. Another reason, is that the attitude of some service providers turn off customers when they get demanding. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For some, it is almost as if their arms are being twisted to give regardless of if they are satisfied with a service or not. While they would love to be able to tip lavishly, their pockets cannot afford to make it happen every time and service providers need to understand that it is the customers’ right to give at their own discretion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have no problem brightening some one’s day, then give a little ‘supm supm’ to your hairdresser, supermarket bag handler, driver, bartender, musician etc. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And while restaurants may have a service charge, still slip the waiter/waitress something as not all establishments actually give their workers the money they charge you.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Do Jamaican people tip?','','inherit','closed','closed','','571-revision-v1','','','2019-07-26 09:18:22','2019-07-26 14:18:22','',571,'https://buzz-caribbean.com/article/571-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0);
