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
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
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 […]
Fantastic Flavors and Delightful Eats at First-Time Jamaican ‘Jerk Fete’ in Miramar, Florida
Last month’s Jamaican Jerk Fete was certainly a much-welcomed culinary experience—especially since the much larger annual 2021 Jamaican Jerk Festival had been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Fete took place on November 14th at Miramar’s Vizcaya Park, and afforded all those who attended an opportunity to indulge in authentic Jamaican jerk cuisine, as […]
Singer and Entrepreneur Rihanna Named First National Hero of Barbados in 20 Years
Superstar singer and entrepreneur Barbadian Rihanna, 33, was named the 11th National Hero of Barbados by Prime Minister Mia Mottley at a ceremony on November 29, 2021, to celebrate the nation removing British Queen Elizabeth II as the nation’s head of state and its new status as a republic. This is the first time in […]
Jamaican Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce Honored In Florida
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce was honored at a fundraiser for her Pocket Rocket Foundation in South Florida at the Miramar Cultural Center. The event, “An Evening with an Olympian,” successfully raise thousands of dollars for the foundation with an auction of a pair of Fraser Pryce’s running spikes, wig, competition gear, a painting of the […]
12 Things the Queen of England Still Does for Jamaica
Jamaica and Britain’s monarchy has had a turbulent history throughout the years, but when Jamaica gained its independence from British rule on Aug. 6, 1962, Jamaicans chose to retain Queen Elizabeth II as its sovereign. However, that role is much different than the one she holds in Britain. The island has a Constitutional monarchy and […]
Buju Banton Creates His First NFT Artwork on The First and Largest NFT Platform
Buju Banton teams up with CrimsonTide Ltd. to continue his legendary work by entering the NFT space with an Artwork titled “Indigenous” listed at 7 ETH. With this pioneering move Grammy winner, multiple Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping artist, and international reggae icon Buju Banton continues to make history by becoming the first Grammy Award-winning reggae […]
Jamaican American Woman Hired as Vice President, Executive Producer of ESPN Films
Jamaican American Marsha Cooke has been selected to serve as the vice president and executive producer of ESPN Films. Based in New York, Cook will report to ESPN Films and Original Content senior vice president Brian Lockhart and will be in charge of development, production, distribution, branding, and strategy for all the projects undertaken by […]
Barbados to Be First Country to Establish an Embassy in the Metaverse
The Caribbean nation of Barbados has joined with several metaverse firms to establish digital sovereign land, a historic move that signals legitimizing the metaverse. Barbados plans to declare, legally, digital real estate sovereign land by establishing a metaverse embassy. To this end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Barbados signed an agreement […]