Jamaican East Indian & Julie Mangoes Now Available in South Florida

Jamaican East Indian and Julie Mangoes Now Available in South Florida

The favorite Jamaican mango varieties of East Indian and St. Julian, better known as Julie mangoes, are now available in South Florida at Bravo, Broward Meats & Fish, and Presidente in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, as well as through South Florida-based Jamaica Place online. Shipments of Jamaican mangoes were renewed after an […]

Jamaican Appointed New Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Scotland

Jamaican Appointed New Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Scotland

Professor Sir Geoff Palmer, Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Scotland and an internationally known scientist and human rights activist, has been named to serve as the new Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He will be officially inaugurated at a ceremony held during the bicentennial festivities honoring the University in October of 2021. In his […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending May 14th, 2021

weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES SHAGGY CALLS FOR JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT AND DIASPORA TO ENHANCE SUPPORT FOR REGGAE AND DANCEHALL MUSIC Grammy award winner reggae artist Shaggy is appealing to the government of Jamaica and to the Jamaican Diaspora to make a greater effort to support and promote Jamaican reggae and dancehall music. He is also […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “My Grace is Sufficient for Thee”

In 2 Corinthians 12:7, Paul speaks of his “thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure,” or as another translation puts it, “to keep me from becoming conceited” (ESV). Theologians have long speculated on what that “thorn” might have been, and remain divide on the […]