Jamaican Alia Atkinson Wins First Gold Medal at World Swimming Championships

Jamaica’s swimming sensation Alia Atkinson, who just turned 30 on December 11, 2018, celebrated the milestone a day later with her first gold medal at the short course FINA World Swimming Championships on December 12 in Hangzhou, China. Atkinson won the 50-meter breaststroke gold with a time of 29/05 seconds, well under her world-leading time […]

Jamaican Named Executive Director of Regional Caribbean Renewable Energy Center

Jamaican Dr. Gary Jackson has been appointed executive director to the Caribbean Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE). Dr. Jackson has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Project Management. Both of these degrees are from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He has also pursued studies under a […]

“Empowered, Not Enabled.” – A Conversation with Laura Borland, President & Co-Founder of the Vyllage app

Laura Borland, MBA, is the President & Co-Founder of Vyllage, Inc. Born and raised in Jamaica, she has been a Florida resident for over 25 years and is an alumna of Barry University and Florida International University. She is a Distinguished Past President of Kiwanis Club of Sawgrass Sunrise and a former Board member of […]