Fastest Woman Alive, Jamaican, Elaine Thompson-Herah Signs With PUMA
Five-time Olympic champion and fastest woman alive Elaine Thompson-Herah has signed with global sports brand PUMA. The 30-year-old Jamaican will further boost the company’s impressive roster of track and field athletes ahead of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Elaine Thompson-Herah is the first woman in history to win the “sprint double” […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 15th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT INCREASES PUBLIC SECTOR PAID MATERNITY LEAVE, EXPANDS LEAVE TO NEW FATHERS AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS The Jamaican government has decided to increase paid maternity leave from 40 days to three months, according to an announcement from Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service. Fathers of […]
Wyvolyn Gager – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
“Oh, it’s the best job in the world.” – Wyvolyn Gager The teenager from Trelawny knew she had strong skills, an inquisitive mind and an eye for detail, but initially she did not plan on becoming a journalist. However, is was inevitable that her choice of profession would be journalism. It therefore came as no […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Projects for Divine Restoration
God sure has a sense of humor, doesn’t He? During one of my recent quiet times and as I reflected on the believer being “under construction,” it occurred to me that some of us were restoration projects. At one time or another, the love of God flowed through us and we were so in love […]
These Young Sisters and Their Jamaican Mom Were Recently Featured at Macy’s in Atlanta
Macy’s department store in Atlanta, Georgia, invited Jamaican Ramone Reid-Ventura, who operates Cultured Naturals Body Care in downtown Christiansted on St. Croix in the Caribbean, to participate in a pop-up sale on a recent weekend. Her two daughters, Gracie, who is four, and Juliett, who is nearly five, also participated with a pop-up of their […]
The Hon. Donna Parchment, CD, JP, Notary Public – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Donna Parchment was born in the parish of St. Elizabeth – the breadbasket of Jamaica – on to the Hampton High School for girls where her talent for public speaking was discovered and honed, Donna, at the tender age of 20, headed for Kingston and the University of the West Indies to do a programme […]
The Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New York Celebrates 10th Anniversary Milestone Year of Jamaica 60th and Grace Foods 100th
New York’s premier Caribbean food and music event, The Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival, returns to Roy Wilkins Park in Queens on Sunday, July 31. This year, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival, and we also celebrate Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of independence and our title sponsor, Grace Foods’ 100 years of service to the community. The […]
It’s Now Dr. Usain Bolt as UK University Awards the Fastest Man Alive an Honorary Doctorate
Jamaican Olympic champion sprinter and the “fastest man alive” Usain Bolt has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Brunel University in London. Bolt is familiar with Brunel University as he trained there several times during his career, including preparations for the 2012 London Olympics where he won three gold medals. He said that he has […]
Lorna Goodison – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Lorna Goodison, born in Kingston, rooted in the parish of Hanover, once declared that the date of her birth – August 01 (the date of Jamaica’s emancipation from slavery) was no accident, nor was the gift of poetry; so she works with them with a sense of responsibility, giving back to those who inspired her. […]
What is it like being a Jamaican in Antigua and Barbuda?
In our “Jamaicans to the World” show, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Marjorie Parchment. She is a Jamaican living in Antigua and Barbuda. Xavier: What is it like being a Jamaican in Antigua and Barbuda? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy, the founder of Jamaicans.com, and today in Jamaicans to the World we talked to Marjorie […]