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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending December 3rd, 2021

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES MEMBER OF JAMAICA’S PARLIAMENT CALLS GOVERNMENT INACTION TO CUT TIES WITH BRITAIN “DEPRESSING” Fitz Jackson, St. Catherine Southern Member of Parliament, has raised concerns about the Jamaican government’s silence on a resolution from 2020 that would terminate the country’s ties to the British monarchy that date back to the colonial […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Living with Purpose

Recently I was reflecting on Job’s observation recorded in Job 14:1, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble,” and I was immediately reminded of the question posed in James 4:14b, “For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” […]

South Florida City to Celebrate Jamaican Sprinter Usain Bolt with $250,000 Statue

Usain Bolt Jamaican Sprinter Fastest Man Alive

The city of Miramar, Florida, will soon be home to a monument honoring Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, the eight-time Olympic champion who dominated track and field sports until he retired from competition after the 2012 Olympics in London. The statue will cost $250,000, and some taxpayers in Miramar have questioned whether this is appropriate and that […]

3 Jamaican Creative Startups win $800,000 in Seed Funding

3 Jamaican Creative Startups win 800000 in Seed Funding

Film, Literature and Gastronomy startups received $800,000 in seed funding on Friday November 26th, from Kingston Creative’s ‘Best Pitch Forward’ investment programme, now in its second year. 10 creative entrepreneurs were prepped to pitch by Dmitri Dawkins, Entrepreneur Development Specialist, Kingston Creative. Andrea Dempster Chung, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kingston Creative commented,”This is our […]

Caribbean Prime Minister, CEOS, Entrepreneurs and Investors Ponder the Future of Caribbean Money

Caribbean Prime Minister CEOS Entrepreneurs and Investors Ponder the Future of Caribbean Money

Prime Minister of Bahamas, Philip Davis, CEOs, Entreprenurs, Investors, Policy makers and tech community leaders will gather next week at SiliconCaribe’s first annual Future of Caribbean Money (FOCMNY) event on December 8 & 9th, 2021. “We’re happy to have just over 30 Caribbean and Global speakers, who are people  representing businesses and organisations already re-imagining and […]

Jamaican Restaurant Opens in Wausau, Wisconsin

Jamaican Restaurant Opens in Wausau Wisconsin

Diners in Wausau, Wisconsin, can now sample the flavors of the Caribbean. A new restaurant called “A Taste of Jamaica” opened recently in the admissions building of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau campus. Owner Janice Watson said it has always been her dream to open her own restaurant, and she is excited to […]

Jamaican Sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah Wins The 2021 World Athlete of the Year Award

Elaine Thompson-Herah

Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah is the World Female Athlete of the Year for 2021.  Thompson-Herah, the five-time Olympic champion, represented Jamaica at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and won gold in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4×100-meter competitions. The World Female Athlete of the Year for 2021 title winner was chosen by a panel of athletics […]