Air Jamaica Inspires Jamaican-American Designer, Theophilio, Spring/Summer 2022 Fashion Collection
Jamaican pride is reflected in the Spring/Summer fashion collection from Theophilio. The designer’s creative director and designer Edvin Thompson used the former national airline of the country, Air Jamaica, as the inspiration for the collection. Even the invitation ticket for the Theophilio show was an Air-Jamaica-type plane ticket to remind customers of Brooklyn-based designer Edvid […]
Florida’s 20th Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival Postponed Due to Covid Concerns
After carefully considering current conditions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, the management team of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival has decided to postpone the 2021 event. The festival will be rescheduled, for a date in 2022, which will be announced, as soon as the team is confident that conditions are favorable for staging a safe […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending September 17, 2021.
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending September 17, 2021. Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending September 17, 2021. This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending September 17th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICANS SPLIT ON OFFERING CASH INCENTIVES TO SENIORS TO TAKE COVID-19 VACCINES The Jamaican government’s plan to provide senior citizens with cash incentives to get a COVID-19 vaccine has met with a divided response from the nation’s citizens. An initiative to allow fully vaccinated Jamaicans aged 60 or older to […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A Messy Situation
What do you do when the messy situations you find yourself in are a direct result of the choices you made? For some of us, the instinctive thing is to blame others for our misfortunes, or the ever-present easy target, the devil. This blame game has been going on since Adam and Eve in the […]
Jamaica National Heritage Trust Approves New Design for Falmouth Fountain That Includes Statue of Usain Bolt
The Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) announced that the new design for the fountain in Falmouth’s historic Water Square has been approved. The approved rehabilitation of the fountain will include a statue of Jamaica’s superstar athlete Usain Bolt. According to C. Junior Gager, mayor of Falmouth, the TMC was provided with the design for its approval […]
Jamaican Charlyne Smith Becomes First Black Woman to Earn PhD In Nuclear Engineering at University of Florida
Charlyne Smith, who grew up in St. Catherine and is a former student at St. Catherine High School in Jamaica, is the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida (UF). Smith was inspired by her grandfather to use her intelligence and drive to help “make Jamaica a […]
What is it like being a Jamaican in New Zealand?
In this episode of “Jamaicans to the World”, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with speaks with Johnnel. She is a Jamaican living in New Zealand. Xavier: What is it like being a Jamaican in New Zealand? Hi. I am Xavier Murphy the founder of Jamaicans.com. Today in Jamaicans to the World, we talk to Johnnel […]
New Internet Service from Barbados-Based Company, Neptune Communications, Available in Jamaica soon
A new internet service company has launched its operations in Jamaica. The firm’s priority is reliable connectivity for cloud users, said Neptune Communications CEO Julian Jordan. Its portfolio of products will also include online security solutions. Neptune believes that its satellite service will offer “game-changing” and resilient broadband internet access for government entities and companies […]
Joint Select Committee Approves Plan To Make Portmore Jamaica’s 15th Parish
After reviewing a proposal that would make Portmore the 15th parish of Jamaica, a joint select committee gave its approval to the plan, noting that it will be subject to additional fine-tuning before being brought before Parliament. The plan was approved without input from the opposition People’s National Party, however, as those members were absent […]