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The recreational pleasures that ordinary islanders enjoy have become synonymous with the name Jamaica: dancing to the heavily rhythmic musical beat; taking a little marijuana (or “ganja,” as it’s known here), which many Jamaicans view as a kind of medicinal herb; or simply sitting back and chatting with friends on a bench or street corner, where the situation is described as “Irie” — the equivalent of “Everything’s just fine! ”
Morgan died in 1588 before his task was complete, but nature finished what he had started: Jamaica suffered a powerful earthquake in 1692, and Port Royal sank into the sea, taking with it many of the treasures stolen from the Spanish.
"Frankly, I think the Jamaican Tourist Board should go back to that old 'Come Back to Jamaica' slogan."
As the 18th century began, the British colony of Jamaica was putting the disaster at Port Royal behind it.
Hype is underway for the second film adaptation of a best-selling Terry McMillan novel, after the unexpected success of the 1995 Waiting to Exhale . The story: A 40-year-old, workaholic stockbroker and single mom, Stella (Angela Bassett), goes with her best friend Regina (Whoopi Goldberg) on a vacation to Jamaica, where she falls in love with a man 20 years her junior.