Caribbean-American Lifestyle Magazine Shines, Winning Eighth Florida Magazine Association Award
Island Origins takes home two new Florida Magazine Association awards for creative excellence. Island Origins Magazine, South Florida’s Caribbean-American lifestyle quarterly, received its seventh and eighth Florida Magazine Association awards this July in Sarasota, Florida. Island Origins celebrates the best in Caribbean achievement, travel, art, business, cuisine and more. The annual gala and awards honor […]
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah Wins the Olympic Women’s 200m Final
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked 20.53 seconds in the women’s 200 meters final, to successfully defend her Olympic crown. It’s Thompson-Herah second gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics games so far. On Saturday Thompson-Herah clocked 10.61 sec to led Team Jamaican in a clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 100 meters final, with two-time Olympic champion […]
Jamaica Will Aid Costa Rica’s Effort to Honor Marcus Garvey
According to Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the ministry has promised to help Costa Rica’s government to honor the life and philosophy of Jamaican National Hero Marcus Garvey. At a virtual event held July 2, 2021, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Diplomatic Relations between Costa Rica and Jamaica, […]
Miramar, Florida’s ‘Taste of the Caribbean Islands’ Brimmed with Good Vibes and Eats
The City of Miramar in Florida capped off its month-long Caribbean-American Heritage celebrations by featuring the Taste of the Caribbean Islands festival at the City’s Town Center Plaza. A colorful showcase of Caribbean culinary artistry and culture, this marvelous event was hosted by the City’s Commissioner, Alexandra P. Davis and went from 6—10pm with attendees […]
Motherhood and the Arts – Happy Emancipation Day & Independence
Here on the banks of the ancient Nile, living an endless lockdown in a far-away land, I find myself reflecting on my beautiful homeland, Jamaica, on the anniversary of her independence. In solitude, I contemplate… what does celebrating independence really mean to her in these unprecedented and troubled times? Also, I ponder on her struggles, […]
Sports Illustrated Features Jamaican Olympian Marilyn Neufville, 1970’s World Record Holder
Sports Illustrated magazine is running a feature story on Jamaican Marilyn Neufville who set the world record in the 400-meter dash in 1970 at the age of 17 and in 1976 in Montreal became the first female track-and-field Olympian from the University of California Berkeley. She is the only Jamaican woman to set an outdoor […]
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah Leads Sweep in Olympic Women’s 100m
On Saturday in Tokyo Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked 10.61 sec in the women’s 100 meters final, successfully defended her crown and breaking Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record. Thompson-Herah led Team Jamaican in a clean sweep of the medals women’s 100 meters final, with two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking silver in 10.74 sec and […]
Why the 100-Meter Sprint Featuring Jamaican Women is the Must-Watch Tokyo Olympics Event
The women’s 100-meter sprint final is shaping up to be the must-see competition of the Tokyo Olympics, notable because of Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson, and Shericka Jackson. All three have clocked 100-meter times under 10.8 seconds, most impressively Fraser-Pryce who has only increased her speed after taking two years from competitive running to have her […]
Jamaican Descent Candidate, John Eaves, Makes a Historic Run to Become The First African American Secretary of State in Georgia
Seasoned Georgia elected official Dr. John Eaves announces his candidacy for Secretary of State. “Georgia has been a battleground for partisan bickering surrounding voter access and claims of fraud. I am prepared to fight to make our state a model of democracy, where we honor everyone’s right to vote, and we have systems in place […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 30th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT STIFFENS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS DUE TO RISE IN INFECTIONS In response to rising rates of COVID-19 infections in Jamaica, the government has imposed stronger restrictions to combat what it views as a third wave of cases. Approximately 1,318 new cases were reported for the month of July, with an […]