Jamaican, Ebony Drysdale-Daley, Makes History by Qualifying to Compete in Judo at 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Jamaican Ebony Drysdale-Daley made history for Jamaica and the Olympic Games when she qualified to compete at the 2021 Olympics in the sport of judo. Drysdale-Daley, 26, will competed in Tokyo on July 28, 2021, in the women’s 70-kg category. Her qualification was confirmed on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, when the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) […]
Jamaican Olympian Veronica Campbell Brown to Retire
One of Jamaica’s most honored and decorated athletes, Olympic sprint champion Veronica Campbell Brown, announced her retirement with an emotional social media message on June 23, 2021. Writing on her Facebook page, the iconic runner known to fans as VCB made her announcement just one day before the beginning of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association’s […]
Reggae Girl Khadija Shaw Joins Manchester City
Jamaican Khadija Shaw, the leading Division 1 Feminine scorer in the 2020-2021 season, has signed a three-year contract with Manchester City. Speaking to ESPN, Shaw said what attracted her to Manchester City was “The way they build up, the way they use the channels, the way they play through the team, the channels, and how […]
Jamaican-Born British Soldier Battling Lupus Wins National Award
Claudine Martin, a Staff Sergeant in the British Army, has been battling lupus for the past five years and works to raise awareness of the disease. Martin has been named one of the five winners in the Defense Category of the We Are The City Rising Star of the Year awards for 2021. The awards […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending June 25 2021.
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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending June 25th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES POLICE FORCE IN JAMAICA TO TRAIN ONLY NEW RECRUITS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED According to Dennis Brooks, the senior communications strategist of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), the police will train only the new recruits who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The JCF decided to take this action after consulting […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Living by Grace
In his book What’s So Amazing About Grace? (1997), author Philip Yancey writes, “I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.” (p. 16). As I pondered the two statements, I found myself wondering: what was it that he had not found […]
American Actor Michael B. Jordan to Rename J’Ouvert Rum after Accusations of Cultural Misappropriation
On June 20, 2021, American actor Michael B. Jordan was accused of cultural appropriation by angry citizens of Trinidad and Tobago for naming his new rum “J’Ouvert.” The rum came in a box set that displayed a schematic of the island nation, a written reference to Trinidad, and a description of J’Ouvert as a local […]
Jamaican Gymnast Makes History with Bronze Medal
Jamaican gymnast Alana Walker, 14, made sports history by winning a bronze medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics competition at the Junior Pan Am Gymnastics Championships in Mexico on June 19, 2021. This was the first time that Jamaica won a medal at a major gymnastics competition. With the win, Walker is automatically qualified for […]
Vivian Crawford Hailed as a Jamaican ‘National Treasure’ at The 2021 Gracekennedy Foundation Lecture
The 2021 GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) lecture delivered on its promise to share the rich and diverse heritage of our island nation. The lecture, which was presented by Vivian Crawford, Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), was streamed live via Zoom and attracted an audience of over 700 online participants from Jamaica and overseas […]