• Tue, 3 November 2026

COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Imposed By Jamaican Employers Could Expose Them To Legal Risk

COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Imposed By Jamaican Employers Could Expose Them To Legal Risk

Legal authorities are warning Jamaican employers who are considering firing workers who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 that they could be in violation of the law. Attorneys have noted that under the nation’s Employment Termination and Redundancy Act, such a move could be considered “unjust termination” as the Labor Code establishes how workers can […]

Rita Marley Foundation to Fund Scholarships

In honor of the 75th birthday, Mrs. Rita Marley, cultural icon and founder of the Rita Marley Foundation has announced it is funding the inaugural annual Rita Marley Scholarship. According to the Foundation, the Rita Marley Scholarship is geared towards the empowerment of women from the lower socio-economic stratum of Jamaica’s society and will be […]

Jamaica Independence day Honored with Google Doodle

Jamaica Independence Honored With A Google Doodle

Jamaica Independence day was honored on Google’s homepage today, with a Doodle showcasing the Jamaican flag. Below is the message on the Google Doodle page. Today’s Doodle celebrates Jamaica’s Independence Day, an annual holiday that commemorates the Caribbean island’s establishment as a sovereign nation on this day in 1962. Following the passage of legislation that […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Keep the Dream Alive

As Ezekiel stood in the valley of the dry bones, Israel as a people had ceased to exist.  According to the Expositor’s Bible commentary on the text, seemingly cast off by its God, driven from its land, dismembered and deprived of its political organization, to the feeble and demoralized remnant who had survived the fall […]

Terri-Karelle Reid Is the First Jamaican-Based Woman to Speak at TED Talk UK

Terri-Karelle Reid Is the First Jamaican-Based Woman to Speak at TED Talk UK

Television host and motivational speaker Terri-Karelle Reid has become the first woman based in Jamaica to be a speaker at TEDx Aston University in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. She is one of several international speakers from outside the UK to participate in a TEDx talk, and along with Zachary Harding, is the first Jamaican-based […]