JamaicanAffairs.com was launched with the following in mind:

1. Keeping Jamaicans in contact with each other.
2. Provide resourceful information to its visitors.
3. Keeping Jamaicans abroad in tune with what's happening at home.

The missions of JamaicanAffairs.com are:

1. To retain and strengthen friendships made on the campuses of Jamaican high schools and colleges by keeping graduates and former students in lifelong contact with each other.
2. To keep graduates and former students informed of happenings at their past high schools and colleges.
3. To involve the graduates, former students and special friends in the ongoing growth and development of their past high schools and colleges.

Our Vision Statement

JamaicanAffairs.com aspires to promote a sense of pride, excitement and loyalty for past students to the ever-changing needs, attitudes and interests of Jamaican alumni and friends.

After their high school, college and university days have passed, alumni still maintain ties through their associations and many affiliation groups. We provide you with a list of the associations and their affiliated groups with contact information.

JamaicanAffairs.com Membership

Becoming a JamaicanAffairs.com member is FREE and easy. The first step is to sign-up by filling out a simple form. It takes just a few minutes.

Below is a list of the member's benefits:

1. A web site that can be used for personal or / and business. The site features will be identical to those of JamaicanAffairs.com except your web address will be in the form http://www.jamaicanaffairs.com/somename where "somename" is a name of your choice. At anytime you may upgrade your site to a fully qualified domain site in the form http://www.mydomain.com where "mydomain" is an available domain of your choice. Once the upgrade is completed your site will function just like JamaicanAffairs.com.
2. Add Unlimited Articles (pages) and relate them
3. Admin Control Panel
4. Approve Articles before Publishing them
5. Create E-Letters
6. Photos Resizing
7. Setup Online Polls and Surveys
8. What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) Editor with Microsoft Word like editing capabilities
9. Instantly create new pages, update navigation menus and manage page security.
10. Upload and place images, documents & other files including PDF, Flash, Word and Excel
11. Unlimited multi-level site navigation allows for unlimited hierarchical menus.
12. Advanced style sheets for dynamics layout and complex design.
13. CMS allowing you to update your web site from any computer with Internet access.
14. Visitor Traffic Statistics Tracking

Create your web site and start earning money with Google Adsense. Below is a brief step by step outline of how to get started with Google Adsense.

Steps on how to start earning with Google Adsense

1. Choose a subject area you have a passion for and can write articles on. The articles will be your original creations plus researches from the Internet or any other sources.


2. We will help you choose a domain name and register it and host the site.


3. The domain will be registered for one year (a $25 value) with the option to renew it.
4. We will create you a web site and host it under the domain name created.


5. We will train you on how to update the web site using the Hands-On Times Content Management System (HOT-CMS). 


6. You will then add content including, videos, audios, photos and Flash files to your web site.


7. You will also have the option to maintain Blogs for yourself and selected users that register with your web site.


8. Visitors to your web site will be able to write comments, rate the content, videos, audios and slide shows and blog if he / she is a selected blogger.


9. Google will place links related to the content on each page from companies paying Google to advertise.


10. Every time visitors to your web site click the Google Links you earn anywhere from $0.10 to $3.00, sometimes more, depending on the popularity (ranking) of the link. Imagine getting thousands of clicks daily, the revenue adds up.


11. Each month Google writes us a check for the total revenue for that month if it exceeds $100. Revenue under $100 will be carried over to the next month. The check will be shared among Hands-On Times, youself and the hard working Adsense Team based on the Adsense Plan you selected.

Click here to learn more about Google Adsense.