Cricketer Marlon Samuels Donates J$1.5 Million to Jamaica Society for the Blind

Marlon Samuels of the West Indies cricket team has donated J$1.5 million to the Jamaica Society for the Blind through his Marlon Samuels Foundation. The donation will help the organization promote the education, employment and welfare of blind or visually impaired people in Jamaica.  Lola Marson, the executive director of the Society, received the donated […]

Jamaican High School Robotics Team Participating in World Championship

The Jamaica College Robotics Team is participating in the FIRST® Robotics Competition World Championships scheduled for April 27 through 29, 2017, in St. Louis, Missouri. The team is the only one from a Caribbean school. It will represent Jamaica, joining nine other participating countries. Called the “ultimate sport for the mind,” the competition combines the […]

UK Company Helps Ex-Employee Open Jamaican Restaurant

With help from SSI Task Force funding, a program of the British government totaling £80 million, former Redcar steelworker Mark Hill, 38, has been able to open Irie Jerk, an authentic Jamaican restaurant and take-out venue in Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom. Hill started his restaurant, where he cooks all the food himself, to bring […]

Chronixx hits Long Island

In the relatively short time since Jamar McNaughton, aka Chronixx son of roots reggae artist Chronicle, burst on the scene with his serious and thoughtful music, he’s made great strides in energizing another generation of reggae lovers. His tours are sold out love-fests, he has snagged not one but two appearances on NBC’s popular late-night […]