Jamaican Swimmer Alia Atkinson Wins 3 Gold Medals in Florida

Alia Atkinson, Jamaica’s four-time Olympian, won three gold medals at the Florida Gold Coast Senior Swimming championships, which were held from March 19 through 21, 2021, dominating the competition. Competing for South Florida Aquatics, she won all three of her individual events, which meant she had 13 victories in 14 starts for 2021. Atkinson holds […]

Jamaican Doctor Co-Founds Nonprofit to Support Development of Black Physicians

Dr. Celeste Green, a first-generation Jamaican American and a native of South Florida, is one of the founders of the White Coats Black Doctors (WCBD) foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity in the medical profession and to support the development of future Black physicians. The organization was created in 2015 by a group of […]

Tourism in the Pandemic – How can the Jamaica Diaspora help?

Few industries have been impacted by COVID-19 as severely as the travel industry. There is no downplaying the effect a global lockdown has had in what CNN Business called the “worst shock since 9/11.” Jamaica’s budget planning agency (PIOJ) estimates that it will take two to three years for the industry to recover. “We expect […]