Anything for Beyonce: Winnie Harlow, Model of Jamaican Descent, Appears in “Lemonade”

Winnie Harlow Canadian Jamaican Model

Winnie Harlow, 21, a model of Jamaican descent who was born in Canada, received an invitation to participate with a star-studded cast of black women on Beyonce’s groundbreaking “Lemonade” project. Harlow, named Chantelle Brown-Young at birth, has emphasized her rare skin condition of vitiligo in her modeling career and has previously appeared in ad campaigns […]

Jack Radics Mother’s Day Show in South Florida Postponed

Jack Radics’ Caribbean Style Mother’s Day Show, which was due to be held at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, (LPAC) on Saturday May 7 has been postponed. Show Producer and President of Radics’ Sound Faculty Label, Michelle Knight Stanley has stated that the postponement is due to logistic and technical issues. “We have determined that […]

Jamaica Named Top Three Island in the World by Tripadvisor

Jamaica is celebrating its #3 ranking on the TripAdvisor® Travelers’ Choice™ awards’ “World’s Best Islands” list. TripAdvisor, the travel planning and booking website, highlighted the world’s top islands based on the quantity and quality of reviews and ratings for hotels, restaurants and attractions. The data was gathered over a 12-month period from destinations worldwide. “Jamaica […]

Deaf Dancers to highlight Performing Arts Dance Champs

The most anticipated event of the National Festival of the Performing Arts National Finals in the area of Dance, Deaf Dance will take place at the Little Theatre this Wednesday, April 27, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,  […]

Swimwear Competition featuring Miss Jamaica Diaspora Contestants

The Miss Jamaica Diaspora swimwear competition will kick off the evening’s performances, followed by comedy and music sets. Singer Bridget Belcher will headline the gospel segment featuring performers from a number of local churches. Emprezz Mullings, visiting from Jamaica, will host the lineup of performers including Leon Coldero and Kevin Lyttle, who will close the […]

Kevin “Turn Me On” Lyttle to Headline Caribbean Village 2016

Friends of South Florida’s Caribbean community are gearing up to enjoy the second installment of “The Caribbean Village”, an exciting, family-friendly music, arts, food and wellness festival celebrating Caribbean American Heritage Month. Kevin Lyttle, a son of St Vincent and one of the prestigious few artists to have entered the Billboard Top 5, will headline […]

Jamaican Opposition Leader, Portia Simpson Miller, Opposes Trinidad Boycott

Portia Simpson Miller

Jamaican Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller believes that a boycott against goods and services provided by Trinidad and Tobago is unnecessary because diplomatic solutions can be applied instead. Simpson Miller has joined her peers in rejecting calls for restrictions on trade with T&T, which have arisen due to alleged maltreatment of Jamaican nationals by T&T […]

Jamaican Student, J’Nae Peart, Wins International Schools Essay Competition

J’Nae Peart - Jamaican Student Wins Essay Competition

  Jamaican student, J’Nae Peart has won the 2016 Trust for Sustainable Living International Schools Essay Competition. J’Nae is a student in the 6th Form at Immaculate Conception High School. She was the top-prize winner in the Secondary School contest and was the winner of the overall competition grand prize out of a total of […]

Traveler Alert: Pregnant Vacationers Beware

pregnant woman

It was late 2013 when I started reporting in my now expired online news program, on the proliferation of the Chikungunya virus in the Caribbean region. Many of my viewers were Jamaican, and they were more amused by the name of the virus than concerned about its possible implications. A few months later when it […]