Daily Archives: February 17, 2014


Visit Clarendon

  CLARENDON Area km2 : 1,196.3 Population: 245,103 Major Towns: May Pen, Hayes Attractions: Portland Point Lighthouse, Halse Hall Great House, Milk River Spa Economy: Agriculture – livestock, tobacco, ginger, pimento, sugar,                                                 […]


Rodney Memorial Statue in Spanish Town

History of Jamaica

Pre Columbus – Inhabited by the Tainos from 1000 b.c.e. to 1494. Tainos came to the Island from South America. They were a peaceful group of people who named it Xamayca which means land of wood and water. 1494 May 4 – Christopher Colombus arrived in Jamaica and landed at Discovery Bay on his second voyage to […]