Reggae Month Requires Us To Tell Reggae Stories
Reggae Month 2023 is on in earnest with concerts, parties and other musical extravaganzas unfolding across Jamaica, her in South Florida and elsewhere in the Diaspora. As the celebrations unfold with the clicking of glasses and the presaging well-crafted speeches by members of the island’s political class, spare a thought for the work done over […]
Usain Bolt Thanks Fans After Receiving His First Billboard Plaque
Jamaica’s legendary eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt retired from track and field competition in 2017 but has gone on to have a successful career as a music producer. He has now received his first Billboard plaque, which commemorates his album, “Country Yutes,” debuting at Number 6 on the Billboard Reggae Album chart in September […]
Courtney Greaves, Recently Named Head Girl of Jessie Ripoll Primary School, Makes History
Courtney Greaves, 11, a student at Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica, has made history by becoming the youngest individual to win the Global Poetry Foundation Competition and the first to win seven awards in a single year. Greaves, who was recently named Head Girl at her school, submitted her competition entries in both […]
WATCH: Jully Black, a Singer of Jamaican-Descent, Performs Canadian National Anthem at NBA All-Star Game
Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Jully Black sang Canada’s national anthem, “O Canada,” at the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 19, 2023. She joined a number of star performers, including Burna Boy, Jewel, Post Malone, and actor Vin Diesel. Black, a Juno Award winner and a platinum-selling […]
The “What Lef” Marriage….Its Spoiled Leftovers
Mama used to cook a good tasting chicken soup. I especially loved the spinners (dumplings) and would take them out and drink the soup to leave them for last to eat. I can remember mama saying, “boy, stop doing that. Eat the food with the soup. Somebody might tek weh yuh dumpling.” Those were good […]
Jamaican Singer Tessanne Chin and Husband Welcome Birth of Second Daughter
Jamaican singer Tessanne Chin and her husband, Brandon Crooks, have welcomed their second daughter, Aayla Denise Crooks. The new baby was born on February 2, 2023, at Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston. Chin’s first child, Zaia Christine Crooks, was born three years ago on February 1. The couple made their announcement of the pregnancy on […]
Jamaican Shani Roper to Make Presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Museum Association of the Caribbean
Jamaican Dr. Shani Roper, the curator of the University of the West Indies UWI Museum and the co-president of the Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC), will make a presentation at the 32nd annual conference of the MAC, which is scheduled to run from March 1 to March 5, 2023, in Nassau, Bahamas. The theme […]
Jamaican WNBA Champion Simone Edwards Dies at Age 49
Jamaican Simone Edwards, a star Seattle Storm player in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), died of ovarian cancer at the age of 49 at her Florida home on February 16, 2023. She was diagnosed with the disease in early 2021. Simone Edwards was born in Kinston, Jamaica, in 1973. While she did not play […]
Oliver Mair, Consul General of Jamaica, Named Dean of Caribbean Consular Corp in South Florida
Oliver Mair, the Consul General of Jamaica, is the new Dean of the Caribbean Consular Group in South Florida. He was appointed Consul General at Jamaica’s Consulate General in Miami in October 2018 and is the first to be appointed Dean in more than seven years, according to Consul General of Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador […]
Ghetto Kirk – 10 Truths You Should Know About Him
If you’ve ever dreamt of starring in a ghetto-based, action-packed film, set in the heart of downtown Kingston where you can expect traffic at every hour of the day, a gun salute at any time, and a random woman shouting, “Give your life to Jesus”, then you just need to spend a day inside a […]