This email is lovingly delivered to you by Wellesley Gayle (that's me) and my-island-jamaica.com. If you like it, please do me (and your friends) a favour and share it with them. My-Island-Jamaica Digest Ezine #99: January 31, 2016
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Hi , How are things? I hope you are doing well today.
Well, in every things we give thanks my friend.
Can you imagine that
January is gone already? Whew!And there was so much already to to share with you in this edition. I had to make a decision and so I've highlighted: Please scroll below and read them all.
But, let's start with our DID YOU KNOW...
Note: You may also read more on the following when you find some time later:
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...that Black River in St. Elizabeth, then an extremely important port, got electricity in 1893, before New York.? Well now you know :-)
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The Ministry of Health has confirmed one case of the Zika virus in Jamaica. The patient who has now recovered is a four year old child from Portmore, St. Catherine.
The child began showing symptoms on January 17, 2016 after earlier returning to Jamaica from travel to Texas in the United States.
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Election Watch! PM Expected to Name Date For Elections |
Expectations are at its peak now as it is widely believed that our Prime Minister will be calling the elections today at a mass rally in Kingston.
For many, this is overdue, but the PM would probably respond by saying that she just 'got the touch' :-) |
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The Original Ocho Rios Craft Market |
On Friday, I stopped by the famous Ocho Rios Craft Market. It was not so much to buy
something, but just to get a feel of the array of products and services been offered there while getting a feel of the guest experience.
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10,000 + Email Subscribers ! |
I just checked my stats and noticed that your favorite little Jamaican website now has 10217 ardent email subscribers in addition to 10,317 real facebook fans- amazing!
I
just want to say thanks to all of them for their support, and that includes you ! Yes, you too is in that number, so thanks again!
This amazing growth, while heavily organic, was also based on user shares, mentions and engagement!
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I'm Inspired - Thank You! |
I received a little note from another of my readers, LisaGaye. Amoung other things she said:
"I have learnt and have been learning so much about my island Jamaica that I wasn't aware of before.
Thank you so much for this. I am truly inspired by your work and in addition I love the fact that you decided to base all of this on our home Jamaica!"
Read her entire post
here.
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And by the way, I continue to share the latest via special mail outs.
Meet Carlton: Turner's Taxi & Tours |
A family man and a proud resident of Negril, Carlton is one we would say is no stranger to the tour business.
Please also remember to support my other
hand-picked 'partners and sponsors'
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Thanks again for sharing your time with me again ,
And thanks for been an ardent subscriber, it is very much
appreciated.
I hope this was insightful to you.
Please continue to share my site with your friend and family circle.
And as usual, please keep your comments coming, I love getting 'em
:-)
Regards, Wellesley Gayle Founder & CEO, My-Island-Jamaica.com 876-562-9575
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