Bunji Garlin, The Womack Sisters, Ishawna, Mr. Killa, Nadine Sutherland & More to Perform at Angela Yee Day – August 27th, 2022, Brooklyn, New York

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Award-winning media personality and The Breakfast Club co-host Angela Yee, in partnership with iHeartMedia and The Social Justice Fund, will host the 4th annual Angela Yee Day celebration on Saturday, August 27th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. This free community event will provide school supplies, including bookbags and totes for 400 children thanks […]

Mobay Deputy Mayor ‘Kibba Yuh Mout’ on Calling Jamaicans Living Overseas Cowards

Mobay Deputy Mayor Kibba Yuh Mout on Calling Jamaicans Living Overseas Cowards

On the 24th day of May, 1947, the British flagged steamship, the Empire Windrush sailed away from the Kingston Harbour carrying 492 Jamaican passengers (491 men and one woman disguised as a man) for London, England. They were responding to the British Nationality Act of 1947 which had conferred British citizenship on member countries of […]

Jamaica Has The Second-Highest Rate of “Brain Drain” in The World

Jamaica Has Second-Highest Rate Of Brain Drain In The World

A report from TheGlobalEconomy.com has ranked Jamaica second in the world on its “human flight and brain drain index” in terms of talent migrating overseas in pursuit of better opportunities. The index ranked 177 countries on the basis of data gathered from central banks, national authorities, the World Bank, the United Nations, and the International […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending August 19th, 2022

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA HAS SECOND-HIGHEST RATE OF “BRAIN DRAIN” IN THE WORLD A report from TheGlobalEconomy.com has ranked Jamaica second in the world on its “human flight and brain drain index” in terms of talent migrating overseas in pursuit of better opportunities. The index ranked 177 countries on the basis of data […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “One thing you lack”

He was young and rich. According to the narrative, he came to Jesus asking: “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” to which Jesus, in part, replied, “If you want to enter life, keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:16-17, NIV). The rest of the dialogue was electric: “‘Which ones?’ he inquired. Jesus […]