Jamaican Jerk Included in Tasteatlas Traditional Food Awards of 100 Best Dishes

Jamaican Jerk Included in Tasteatlas Traditional Food Awards of 100 Best Dishes

Jamaican jerk is ranked at Number 44 on the list of the 100 best dishes in the world by TasteAtlas, an online guide to traditional foods.  Founded in 2015 TasteAtlas collects authentic recipes, reviews, and research about dishes and ingredients around the world. TasteAtlas describes itself as “a world atlas of traditional dishes, local ingredients, […]

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

weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN JAMAICA NOW PROVIDING EMERGENCY CARE ONLY As of January 19, 2022, Jamaica’s public hospitals will be providing only emergency care services. The Health Ministry has decided to restrict the hospitals’ provision of care in response to a rising number of COVID-19 cases. A reduction in hospital staff […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A Winning Mindset

The day’s motivational quote was from motivational speaker Zig Ziglar and I thought it was profound: “You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”  What stood out for me was the lack of passivity despite being born to win.  In other […]

Jamaican-Born Nurse Awarded Honorary Visiting Professorship at University of London

Jamaican-Born Nurse Awarded Honorary Visiting Professorship at University of London - Nichole McIntosh

Nichole McIntosh, a nurse, writer, motivational speaker, and podcaster, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom, and she has been awarded an honorary visiting professorship at the University of London for 2022. McIntosh was born and raised in Jamaica and is immensely proud of her Maroon heritage. In 2019 […]

New York Public Radio Appoints Jamaican-Born Kristina Newman-Scott as 
Executive Director of The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space

Kristina Newman-Scott Jamaican

New York Public Radio (NYPR), home of WNYC, WQXR, Gothamist, WNYC Studios, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, and New Jersey Public Radio, announced that Jamaican-born Kristina Newman-Scott has been appointed the newly created position of Executive Director of The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space.  Newman-Scott brings strong leadership experience, a vast network in the […]

Jamaican Bobsled Team Qualifies for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Jamaican Bobsled Team

Jamaica’s bobsled team has officially secured a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics. This is the first time in history that Jamaica will compete in three Olympic bobsled events: the four-man bobsled, the two-man men’s bobsled, and the women’s monobob. It is also the first time in 24 years that Jamaica will field a four-man […]

Jamaican-Born Lawyer Tremaine Hemans Honored for Public Service

Jamaican-Born Lawyer Tremaine Hemans Honored for Public Service 2

Florida lawyer Tremaine Hemans, who was born in Moneague, St. Ann, Jamaica, has received the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Service Award. The award is given to a lawyer, aged 35 or younger, or who has practiced law for less than five years, in recognition of their public service or legal aid work. […]