Waterfalls at Rafjam Bed and Breakfast. Courtesy of Poetess Denise Fyffe

Jamaican Lifestyle : Cool Runnings, enjoy the waterfalls at Rafjam Bed and Breakfast

My summer vacation has been made awesome by this quaint getaway. One of Jamaica's hidden treasure Rafjam Bed and Breakfast off the road of Irish Town via Redlight Square. Waiting for me was this beautiful gem of a waterfall. Address: 6 Springdale Cove, Hopewell Road, Red Light District, Irish Town, Kingston, St Andrew Telephone: 944-8094      

North Coast -Highway- St Ann- Jamaica by Lechmoore Simms on Flickr

Jamaican Lifestyle : Highway 2000 – Linstead to Moneague bypass Mount Rosser

Jamaica has seen major differences as it relates to its road network via the Highway 2000 project, over the last 20 years; since the The Hon. PJ Patterson lead administration. His legacy continues 14 years later, with another major accomplishment. The Mount Rosser bypass is set to open today August 5 2014, and for one … Continue reading Jamaican Lifestyle : Highway 2000 – Linstead to Moneague bypass Mount Rosser

Highway 2000 - Linstead to Moneague

Jamaican Lifestyle : Final touches being put on Mount Rosser bypass of Highway 2000 for August 5 opening

Reblogged Its good news for Jamaica's development. Contractors are putting the finishing touches on the Mount Rosser bypass to facilitate its official opening on August 5. “The contractors are…doing clean-up work, installing signs, and doing the final road markings,” Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Construction Company (NROCC), Ivan Anderson, said. Motorists will travel … Continue reading Jamaican Lifestyle : Final touches being put on Mount Rosser bypass of Highway 2000 for August 5 opening

chikungunya virus spread by aedes mosquito

U.S. mosquitos spreading Chikungunya, the excruciatingly painful disease that tore through the Caribbean

Reblogged Health officials are reporting that for the first time, U.S. mosquitos are spreading a virus that has been tearing through the Caribbean. Two people in Florida have domestically acquired chikungunya infections, officials said. In both cases, they said, a person infected with the virus after visiting the Caribbean was then bitten again by an … Continue reading U.S. mosquitos spreading Chikungunya, the excruciatingly painful disease that tore through the Caribbean

Drought in Jamaica

Official Says Jamaica’s Drought Is Intensifying

Reblogged from DAVIDMcFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – A severe drought is intensifying in Jamaica with water supply systems already well below normal, the Caribbean country’s environment minister said Sunday night In a national address, Robert Pickersgill told Jamaicans the government is trucking water to hard-hit farming districts where parched conditions have withered crops. … Continue reading Official Says Jamaica’s Drought Is Intensifying

chikungunya virus spread by aedes mosquito

Jamaican Health: Jamaica has first suspected Chikungunya virus case

Reblogged KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica may be facing its first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. The Ministry of Health announced in a release today that a suspected imported case of the chikungunya virus has been detected through its “heightened surveillance system”. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kevin Harvey says the case is of an individual … Continue reading Jamaican Health: Jamaica has first suspected Chikungunya virus case