Jamaican-American Fashion Designer, Hope Wade, Honored by New York School District

The Jamaican American award-winning fashion designer, Hope Wade, was honored by the East Ramapo Central School District in Rockland County, New York, with her featured selection for the fifth annual East Ramapo Central School District Regent Judith Johnson Sheroes Series, a video production that celebrates the role that women of the local community have had […]

Jamaican Kerry Ann Thompson Honored with PALI Global Woman in Leadership Award

Jamaican guidance counselor and philanthropist, Kerry Ann Thompson, was presented with the Pan-African Leadership Institute (PALI) Global Woman in Leadership Award at a ceremony held in Accra, Ghana, in January 2024. The award was presented by the traditional head and chief from Ghana’s Ashanti region. PALI is an executive education institute established in 1921 to […]

Outstanding 16-Year-Old Jamaican Breaks Usain Bolt’s U-17 Record

Jamaican Nickecoy Bramwell, 16, displayed his athletic talent at the 51st staging of the Carifta Games at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium in Grenada by breaking the record set by the legendary Olympic champion, Usain Bolt, which stood for 22 years. Bolt set the U-17 record in the 400 meters when he was 15 years […]

Jamaican Olympic Sprint Superstar Elaine Thompson-Herah Named Dior Brand Ambassador

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, the national women’s 100-meter record holder, is one of the 17 female athletes chosen as brand ambassadors for Christian Dior, the prestigious, luxury fashion house. Thompson-Herah is the only athlete from the Caribbean to be included on Dior’s list. Thompson-Herah’s path to sprint stardom Elaine Thompson-Herah was born in 1992 in the […]