• Tue, 27 October 2026

Jamaican Actor Paul Campbell To Present Live Talk on Film and Art at Island SPACE

Jamaican Actor Paul Campbell -1

Jamaica’s most accomplished male actor of our time, Paul Campbell, will sit for a fireside-style chat to discuss his work in film and art at Island SPACE Caribbean Museum on Friday December 2nd, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The classically-trained actor and surrealist painter, whose artwork is currently on display in the museum’s gallery for […]

Jamaican Olympic Sprinter Asafa Powell Retires at Age 40

Jamaican Olympic Sprinter Asafa Powell Retires

Jamaican sprinter and Olympic athlete Asafa Powell announced his retirement at his 40th birthday party on November 23, 2022. Powell held the men’s 100-meter world record prior to Usain Bolt and competed in his last race in May of 2021, according to World Athletics. Powell did not participate in the Olympic Trials in Jamaica in […]

Western Union Launches First-Of-It’s Kind Campaign with Mr. Vegas & DJ Drama to Celebrate Jamaican Language and Culture in Philadelphia

Western Union Launches First-Of-It's Kind Campaign to Celebrate Jamaican Language and Culture in Philadelphia - 1

“Boonununus” features Philadelphia’s own DJ Drama, a Grammy Award winner and newly crowned BET Hip-Hop DJ of the Year, and Jamaican Dancehall singjay Mr. Vegas to capture the essence of the campaign in one seamless activation. The campaign shows appreciation for the Jamaican community, one of the largest Caribbean groups, in Philadelphia. The campaign will […]

Your Marriage Needs Three Others To Survive

Your Marriage Needs Three Others To Survive

I always heard of these three growing up but never understood the power of having all three of them in my life until I reached manhood.   Even as a a man proposing to Michelle twenty two years ago, I barely realized the greatness of having these three others as a must in our marriage. Many […]

Jamaican-Born Principal Receives USA National Award

Jamaican-Born Principal Receives USA National Award - Dr Denise Aloma nee Wehby

Jamaican-born principal, Dr. Denise Aloma née Wehby, who has been a member of the faculty of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for more than 40 years and its principal for seven years, was recognized by the United States Department of Education with the 2022 Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School […]

Forbes Reports Jamaica Has 5th Largest Number of Native-Born People Living in the Diaspora

Forbes Reports Jamaica Has 5th Largest Number of Native-Born People Living in the Diaspora

According to a report by Forbes magazine, a business magazine based in the United States, Jamaicans represent the fifth-largest Diaspora population in the world. The report, which used data from the 2020 United Nations Population Division, stated that of all sovereign nations in the world with populations totaling at least 750,000 inhabitants, the share of […]

Jamaican Actuary Elected as First Black President of Professional Organization

Jamaican actuary John Robinson

Jamaican actuary John Robinson,  has been elected to serve as the first Black president of the Society of Actuaries. The Society is the largest actuarial organization in the world with some 100,000 members in 80 nations. Robinson was recognized in Orlando, Florida, on October 25, 2022, at a presidential installation event, which was attended by […]