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Jamaican Sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah Nominated for 2021 World Athlete of the Year Award
Elaine Thompson-Herah, 29, has received a nomination for the title of World Athlete of the Year for 2021 from World Athletics. Sprinter Thompson-Herah represented Jamaica at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and won gold in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4×100-meter competitions. She joins nine other nominees from which the title winner will be chosen by […]
Jamaican Shernette Levy Wins Florida Bodybuilding Competition
Jamaican Shernette Levy was named the winner in the National Physique Committee (NPC) Bodybuilding Competition Ultimate Grand Prix in Boca Raton, Florida, taking first place in both Masters 40, which is open to women who are 40 years and older, and Masters 45, which is open to women who are 45 years and older, categories. […]
Sculpture in East London to Honor Windrush Generation
Authorities in London have installed the first permanent public monument in honor of the Windrush Generation in Hackney, East London. The monument is the work of Veronica Ryan, and it is the first in the United Kingdom to celebrate the generation of Caribbean migrant workers who came to the UK after World War II to […]
Did You Know that Jamaican Gymnast Danusia Francis Was a Stunt Double in a George Clooney Directed Movie
Danusia Francis, 27, is a British-born gymnast of Jamaican and Polish heritage who represented Jamaica at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It is not widely known that Francis also worked as a stunt double in the 2020 film “The Midnight Sky,” a science fiction story based on the novel “Good Morning, Midnight” by Lily Brooks-Dalton and […]
Nick Cannon Clears Jamaican Student’s Loan Debt
Hollywood star Nick Cannon has joined with the Thurgood Marshall Fund and the United Negro College Fund to bring relief from loans to students who graduate from historically Black colleges and universities. As part of the initiative, Cannon cleared the debt of Marie Rattigan, which totaled US$52,684. Rattigan, 25, was born in the United States […]
11 Young Jamaican Players from Phoenix All-Star Academy Receive Full Scholarships in Europe
The Phoenix All-Star Football Academy is making the dream of becoming a professional player in the European league a reality for many youngsters. Many scouts contacted the academy after one of its teams toured England in August of 2021; 11 of the young players involved have since been given full scholarships to football academies in […]
This Jamaican Woman Started a Patty Company in Canada during the Pandemic
Jamaican Opal Rowe was on a mission to make gourmet patties a favorite choice among diners in Toronto, Canada. A self-taught patty maker, Rowe is the founder of Stush Patties, a gourmet patty company that makes patties of many varieties, ranging from the classic beef patty to those filled with curried shrimp, jerk chicken, lentils, […]
Honoree List – Consul General of Jamaica, New York Heritage Awards 2021
The Consulate General of Jamaica, New York is pleased to announce its upcoming Consul General’s Heritage Awards, which will be held on 5th November 2021, at the Offices of the Consulate General of Jamaica. Since its inception in 2013, the Consul General’s Heritage Awards continues to honor a special tradition of recognising the outstanding service […]
UN Honors Workers on Jamaica’s COVID-19 Frontlines
United Nations Jamaica marked UN Day 2021 through initiatives that included a three-day Virtual Partnership Forum and a week-long campaign dedicated to honoring the frontline workers who have supported and continue to support the nation’s response to and recovery from COVID-19. According to Dr. Garry Conille, the UN Resident Coordinator, UN Day recognizes the founding […]