Jamaican Driver, 14, Debuts in Formula 4

Justin Sirgarny, a 14-year-old Jamaican, made his Formula 4 debut in the season opener of the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda on April 8 and 9, 2017, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida. He will drive the black-white-and-green-striped Number 39 F4 Global Racing Group car as one of 39 drivers who are representing […]

Jamaican Violet Brown, 117, Named Oldest Person in the World

Violet Mosse Brown of Duanvale, Trelawny in Jamaica was officially named the oldest person alive by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on Saturday, April 15, 2017. She is 117 years old, being born on March 10, 1900. Brown received the title after the passing of Emma Morano of Italy who was born on November 29, […]

Carl Bennett: President-elect Jamaica College Old Boys Association of New York

Carl Bennett is the new President-Elect of the Jamaica College Old Boys Association of New York (JCOBA-NY).  Making the official announcement, at the Griffin Awards, current President Michael McDonald, remarked, “It has been the honor of my life to serve as President of the Jamaica College Old Boys Association of New York. As my tenure […]

Megastar Stevie Wonder Announces Wedding in Jamaica

Legendary Motown recording artist Stevie Wonder, 66< will marry Tomeeka Robyn Bracy, 42, at a ceremony in Jamaica on June 17, 2017. It will be Wonder’s third marriage. According to an unidentified guest, the list of those attending the event is “spectacular” and stated that there are will be some “surprise performances” as well. The […]