16 Year Old Jamaican Rynola Fraser Recruited as NASA Intern

Jamaican Rynola Fraser has been chosen to be a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intern at the Goddard Institute of Space Study in New York City. Fraser, 16, is the first Black and first Jamaican woman to be selected for an internship from Martin Van Buren High School in New York. She was chosen […]

Jamaican Daniel Harrison Named 2021 President’s Distinguished Graduate at Baltimore College

Jamaican Daniel Harrison Named 2021 Presidents Distinguished Graduate at Baltimore College

Jamaica’s Daniel Harrison has received the 2021 President’s Distinguished Graduate Award from the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in Maryland. The award is presented yearly to the student who has displayed “exemplary leadership and a commitment to help others.” Harrison will be recognized for his achievement at the CCBC Commencement ceremony on Saturday, June […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending May 21st, 2021

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES EXPLORATION FOR OIL AND GAS CONTINUES IN JAMAICA According to Daryl Vaz, Jamaican Minister of Science, Energy, and Technology, the country continues to see oil and gas exploration initiatives. In the first quarter of the 2020/2021 fiscal year, the Jamaican Cabinet approved acquisition of Tullow’s 80-percent interest by United Oil […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Borrow not a few…”

She was a mother of two sons and a widow. Her husband, a student of the prophets, had died and the family was left in debt. The creditor was demanding payment and if she didn’t pay, he would take her sons as slaves as was the custom at that time.  She was in dire straits […]