On this day in Jamaican History: U.S. Judge, Tanya Chutkan, was born

Born July 5, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica, Tanya Sue Chutkan is a U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was appointed to the position by former President Barack Obama and assumed the office on June 5, 2014. Her husband is Peter Arno Krauthamer, a judge on the bench […]

British Jamaican Fashion Model, Naomi Campbell, Wins Fashion Icon Award

British Jamaican model, Naomi Campbell, is the recipient of the British Fashion Council’s 2019 Icon Award. The award was announced in advance and the ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Dec. 2, 2019. While many people associate the famous model with London, the supermodel is the daughter of Jamaican […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 5th, 2019

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES POPULATION OF JAMAICA GETTING OLDER Jamaica had a second consecutive year of negative population growth in 2018, according to the Planning Institute’s Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica (ESSJ). The population was measured an estimated 2.7 million people in 2018. This number was attributed to the fact of a trade-off […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Good “​Eating​”​ Habits

Science and nutrition together have tried to find ways of eating that are best for us. One way to accomplish this goal is to eat routinely rather than only when we want to eat. Eating balanced meals at regular intervals is one key to long term good health.  Given the rising health risks and costs, […]