KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid, says Patois must be regarded as a first language for individuals who have little exposure to the English ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – When English teacher Faith Linton first proposed translating the Bible into Jamaica’s patois tongue in the late 1950s, most people who heard the idea shook their heads. Some on the ...

During the early days of National Heritage Month (October), and also during the celebration of the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages, there were some discussions on patois.

Kingsley Ben-Adir can currently be seen portraying late Reggae icon Bob Marley in the biopic One Love. Now that production is over and the cast is promoting the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed film, ...

CENTURIES ago when the world powers of the day roamed the high seas, not only were they in a race to colonise new territories, they were also engaged in a battle for the minds of its inhabitants—a ...

We may not think of Jamaica as a bilingual society, but local bloggers are assuring us that it is. English and Patois—or Patwa, as it's often written—are widely spoken, but the Jamaican mother ...

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Tom Hanks‘ son Chet Hanks is addressing a viral video that showed him speaking in a Jamaican Patois accent on the Golden Globe Awards red carpet. On Sunday, the 29-year-old posted an Instagram video ...

Tom Hanks’ son Chet confused many people after footage of him speaking with a Caribbean accent on the Golden Globes red carpet surfaced. Ahead of his father accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award, Chet, ...

Stonebwoy has a subtle way of blowing his trumpet which ultimately produces the loudest noise. The BET award-winning artiste touched on a wide range of issues when he had a chat with Andy Dosty On ...