Five Jamaicans Nominated for Award in Grammy’s Best Reggae Album Category
The Jamaican reggae artists Koffee, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Protoje, and Kabaka Pyramid have each received a nomination in the Best Reggae Album category of the 65th annual Grammy Awards. The final voting round is scheduled sometime between December 14, 2022, and January 4, 2023, with the winner announced on February 5, 2023, in Los Angeles, […]
Why Early Childhood Education is the key to “Ward-Off” Adolescent Criminal Actions
When the Commissioner of police announced that 875 crimes were committed by children between the ages of 15 and 17 between 2019 and 2022, and the makeup of these crimes are murders, shootings, rapes, break-ins, robberies, and aggravated assaults, the act of collecting and reporting these statistics is TOO LATE. When the National Parenting Supporting […]
What is it like being a Jamaican in Nigeria?
Xavier: What is it like being a Jamaican in Nigeria? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy, the founder of Jamaicans.com. And today, in Jamaicans to the world, I talk to Carmen Latty, a Jamaican living in Nigeria. Hi, Carmen. Welcome. How are you? Carmen: Hi, Xavier, thank you very much. I’m fine. Thanks. Xavier: Good. Carmen: What […]
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Makes Final List of Those Nominated for Female Athlete of the Year
Jamaican 100-meter sprint champion and three-time Olympic champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been nominated to receive the title of Female Athlete of the Year for 2022 by World Athletics. The Olympian was among the five finalists announced by World Athletics on November 14, 2022. Fraser-Pryce, 35, won her fifth world 100-meter title during the 2022 season […]
Joe Biden’s Agenda Trumps Projected Red Wave
As the US midterm elections approached American voters (Democrats) bolstered themselves in preparation for the much touted “Red Wave” predicted by commentators, expected to sweep away the guts of the Biden Administration’s democratic support in the House of Representatives and Senate. History, it appeared, supported the predictions as it has been the tradition in American […]
Jamaican-Born Scholar Featured on Billboard in New York’s Times Square
Victoria Horne, who was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, and migrated to New York at the age of 10, has been featured on a billboard for Morgan Stanley in New York City’s Times Square as one of the Capstone Project winners in the company’s Jumpstart Lead program for 2022. Horne won first place in the team […]
This Jamaican Beach Listed as One of Traveler’s Choice 2022 Top 25 Beaches in the Caribbean
Jamaica’s Seven Mile Beach in Negril has made Traveler’s Choice 2022 list of the best 25 beaches in the Caribbean. The list is based on ratings by individuals who have actually paid a visit to each location. Commenting on Seven-Mile Beach, one traveler wrote, “Absolutely love this stretch of Jamaica. Some of the clearest turquoise […]
America’s First Caribbean Museum Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary and Launches Giving Season Campaign
Island SPACE, the first and only Caribbean heritage museum in the United States, is celebrating its second anniversary and the #GivingSeason with a series of opportunities for patrons to support its mission to elevate the profile of Caribbean art, history and culture throughout the diaspora. Starting with Island SPACE Milestones 2022, the museum will recognize […]
This Jamaican Entrepreneur’s Business One of Fastest-Growing Enterprises in the US
Jamaican entrepreneur Ingrid Murray has been included on the prestigious “Inc. Magazine 5000” 2022 list of the fastest-growing, private firms in the United States with her New York-based Prospect Cleaning Service business. Inc. magazine is a highly respected business publication based in the US. Prospect Cleaning Service is a minority, woman-owned business that has received […]
Reggae Girls to Face Brazil and France in Group stage of Women’s World Cup in 2023
During the group stage of the women’s football World Cup tournament in the summer of 2023, the Reggae Girlz will face France and Brazil in Group B, according to a draw performed at a ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand, on October 22, 2022, before an audience of over 800 people that included the country’s Prime […]