• Wed, 28 October 2026

Did you know – Sabina Park Is Named after a Defiant Enslaved Woman?

Did you know - Sabina Park Is Named after a Defiant Enslaved Woman

Sabina Park, the home of the Kingston Cricket Club and the only Test cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica, is named after an enslaved woman with a tragic story. Sabina Park was one of the 17 enslaved people on Goat Island. They were owned by Joseph Gordon, a Scottish planter who had a total of 17 […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 21st, 2022

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES WOMEN REPRESENT SEVEN OF 10 RECIPIENTS OF THE ORDER OF JAMAICA AWARD Seven Jamaican women received the Order of Jamaica (OJ), the fifth-highest honor presented by the nation, at the Ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honors and Awards on October 17, 2022. They included Olivia Grange, Minister of […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Life is Like a Vapor”

“See you tomorrow!” “Have a good weekend; see you on Monday!” How many times have you said or heard those words said to someone?  For some of us, we often say these statements without thinking about them. They are a part of our social interactions. Yet there is something presumptuous about them. They assume that […]

85-Year-Old Jamaican-Born Grandmother Graduates from York University in Canada

85-Year-Old Jamaican-Born Grandmother Graduates from York University in Canada

Hortense Anglin, 85, who was born in Jamaica, just earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Toronto’s York University on October 13, 2022. The grandmother lives in Markham, Ontario, north of Toronto. She was inspired to pursue her university degree by her younger sister, Osra Lindo, who graduated from York at the […]

Plans Approved to Construct Tallest Building in Jamaica

Plans Approved to Construct Tallest Building in Jamaica

Jamaican authorities have given their full approval for the local firm Stratosphere Development Limited to begin construction of the tallest building in Jamaica. The Ascent at the Oxford, Sheer Luxury, as the building is called, will be located at 18 Oxford Road in St. Andrew. Approval was given after Stratosphere Development impressed multiple agencies with […]

Pieces of Jamaica Take Over at South Florida Caribbean Museum Book Signing

Pieces of Jamaica Take Over at South Florida Caribbean Museum Book Signing

Jamaican co-authors David I. Muir and Sean “IYA” Henry were greeted by a packed house on October 8th at Island SPACE Caribbean Museum for the authors’ first book signing together for their new coffee table photo book, Pieces of Jamaica®: Jamrock Edition. The book signing attracted an auspicious crowd of diaspora members and fans of […]

What is it like being a Jamaican in Guyana?

Xavier:  What is it like being a Jamaican in Guyana? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy, founder of Jamaicans.com And today in Jamaicans to the World, I talk to Dr. Tamirand DeLisser. Hi Tamir, how are you?   Tamirand:  I am fine, thanks for having me. How are you?   Xavier:  I’m doing good, I’m doing good. So, my first […]

Jamaican Writer Geoffrey Philp Awarded Silver Musgrave Medal in Literature

Jamaican Writer Geoffrey Philp

Miami-based Jamaican writer, Geoffrey Philp, has been awarded a Silver Musgrave Medal in Literature by the Institute of Jamaica. Awarded annually in recognition of excellence in art, science, and literature, the Musgrave Medal is named in memory of Sir Anthony Musgrave, the founder of the Institute and the former Governor of Jamaica. ‘I was one […]