Jamaican Student Seeks Help to Fight Cancer – Rojea McCook
Tenth-grade Jamaica College student Rojea McCook, 17, has already fought a two-year battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and in April of 2021, he learned that the cancer had returned even more aggressively and had spread from his neck to his stomach. His mother Nadine Morris, who had been optimistic and strong in her faith while Rojea […]
Former Football Star Pete Kennedy Tackles Love & Leadership in His Bestselling Book
In his first book, When a Man Loves – A Lifestyle & Leadership Most Men Will Never Experience, bestselling author Pete Kennedy shares his journey into manhood from a broken home to a community leader, striving to help other men acquire the leadership skills he never received. Kennedy will launch his book with a special event on […]
First Jamaican-Owned Restaurant Opens in Abu Dhabi
The new Jamaican restaurant “Kingston 21” in Abu Dhabi is the first Jamaican-owned and operated eatery in the city to offer authentic Jamaican dishes. Kingston 21 opened in April of 2021 and features a menu of traditional island favorites, including curry goat, jerk chicken, oxtail, ackee and saltfish, Jamaican beef patties, Jamaican porridge, fresh escovitch […]
Jamaican Makes History As The First Black Woman To Earn A Biophysical Chemistry Degree In Virginia
Jamaican Jay-Anne Johnson is set to be the first Black female student to graduate from James Madison University (JMU) in Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in biophysical chemistry. According to Linette Watkins, the head of the university’s chemistry and biochemistry department, James Mason University is the only school in the Virginia Commonwealth to offer this […]
What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Guinea Bissau?
Have you ever wondered what’s it like being a Jamaican living in Guinea Bissa? On our “Jamaicans to the World” Facebook Live show, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy spoke with Claudette Duncans. She is a Jamaican living in Guinea Bissau. Xavier: What is it like being Jamaican in Guinea Bissau? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy, the founder […]
Appleton Estate Wins Best Extra-Aged Rum Award at San Francisco World Spirits Competition
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC), the oldest spirits competition in the United States and second oldest in the world, has given its prestigious “Best in Category Extra-Aged Rum” award to the Appleton Estate 8 YO Rum from the famed Jamaican rum producer, Appleton Estate. The Appleton Estate distillery has been making rum since […]
10 Things to Know about Jamaica Champs, the World’s Largest In-Country High School Athletic Competition
Jamaica is home to some of the fastest athletes in the world – both men and women – and the competitors have the medals to prove it. Each year the nation turns to the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships, also known simply as “Champs,” for the next crop of outstanding track and field athletes. […]
Bakersfield Restaurant Named Best Place for Jamaican Food in California
Yelp, a crowd-sourced review enterprise, declared Barrington’s Jamaican Kitchen in Bakersfield, California, to be the best Jamaican food restaurant in the state. Yelp compiled a list of Jamaican restaurants in the United States and then chose the best one in each state on the basis of its customer reviews. Yelp used several factors to determine […]
Not trained but…Born to Teach
Not a trained teacher, but one who is passionate about teaching. It is a ‘love’, not a ‘like’. First degree, BA in Communications with Lang and Lit, UWI Mona, solidified the natural communication instincts. I was a television news anchor at 18, (the youngest) and had done TV and radio programmes while in school for […]
Did You Know Jamaica Has Won The Second-Highest Total of Sprint Medals at The Olympics
Did You Know…? Jamaica has won the second-highest total of sprint medals in the history of the Summer Olympics individual 100-meter and 200-meter events. Jamaican runners brought home three gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medal for a total of eight medals in the 100 meters and in the 200 meters, Jamaica won […]