• Fri, 25 September 2026

Jamaican American Nurse Who Was First In The USA To Be Vaccinated Honored By President

Jamaican American Nurse Who Was First In The USA To Be Vaccinated Honored By President

Jamaican American nurse Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, RN, who was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19, was recognized with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services Outstanding Americans by Choice award at a special naturalization ceremony held at the White House in Washington DC. The Outstanding Americans by Choice program is […]

Jamaica’s Swim Team Wins 22 Medals In Outstanding Performance In Puerto Rico

Jamaica Swim Team Wins 22 Medals In Outstanding Performance In Puerto Rico

The nine members of Jamaica’s swim team did much better than expected at the Central American and Caribbean Amateur Swimming Confederation (CCCAN) Championships in Puerto Rico, coming home with 22 medals. While the team had little preparation for the competition, they focused on achieving personal-best times and achieved more than 54 of them. The swimmers […]

Lester Holt, Broadcaster of Jamaican Descent to Be Inducted into Broadcasting Hall of Fame

Lester Holt, Broadcaster of Jamaican Descent to Be Inducted into Broadcasting Hall of Fame

Lester Holt, an award-winning journalist of Jamaican descent, will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame in October of 2021. He will receive the honor for his contributions to broadcast television from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) at the NAB Show Welcome event on Monday, October 11, 2021. According […]

Chris Smalling and Wife Claim to See UFO While on Vacation in Jamaica

Chris Smalling and Wife Claim to See UFO While on Vacation in Jamaica

Chris Smalling, who is a defender for the Serie A football club Roma, and his wife enjoying a vacation in Jamaica before the pre-season begins, claim they saw a UFO while on the island, but were “too gobsmacked to get their cameras out.” Smalling’s wife, model Sam Cooke, posted their story to Instagram, assuring fans […]

Jamaican-American Lawyer, Dahlia Walker-Huntington, Wins US National Diversity and Inclusion Award

Jamaican-American Lawyer Wins US National Diversity and Inclusion Award Dahlia Walker-Huntington

Dahlia Walker-Huntington, an immigration and family lawyer and diversity and inclusion consultant, has received The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) national Diversity and Inclusion award. The award is presented to individual attorneys, law firms, law schools, nonprofits, or other immigration organizations in recognition of their promotion of diversity and inclusion excellence in the profession of […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 2nd, 2021

Jamaican and Caribbean weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES HOLNESS DECLARES NO LOCAL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN 2021 Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that there will be no local elections in 2021, adding that his decision will remain in force until he is sure that the country is on the right track for COVID-19 vaccinations. Holness made […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Rearranging Our Priorities

If you were told that at best you had only seven more days to live, what would you do differently?  For some of us, our priorities would be immediately rearranged.  For example, we would probably reach out to loved ones to repair broken relationships; make restitution where needed; evaluate ourselves spiritually to make sure our […]