Jamaicans Excel at Emergency Medical Technician Training in Cuba

Jamaicans Excel at Emergency Medical Technician Training in Cuba

Emergency medical calls at the Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) in Cuba will now be answered by firefighters who have received training beyond that provided to the emergency medical responders at the Fire and Emergency Services dispatch center who have previously handled emergency calls. These responders and the NSGB Fire Department have started to […]

Ride-Hailing Firm Uber to Launch Service in Jamaica

Ride-Hailing Firm Uber to Launch Service in Jamaica

Uber, the ridesharing company based in the United States, announced that it will be bringing its app to Jamaica soon. Uber has invited people to sign up virtually at its website, since the app will soon be available in Kingston. Kingston will serve as a test market for the transportation provider. According to Uber, with […]

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

weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES TRAVEL BAN IMPOSED BY JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT ON SIX SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS The government of Jamaica expanded its restrictions on visitors coming to the island to apply to travelers from six countries in South America. These include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and Peru. According to the Office of the Prime […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Not an End, But a Beginning

Today is Good Friday!  The origin of the term “Good” is unclear, but for Christians everywhere around the world, it really doesn’t matter.  They could have called this day of memorial whatever they wanted to because regardless of whatever it was called, it could not change the momentous event it commemorated.  Over two thousand years […]

Jamaican-Ghanaian Kwame Dawes Earns PEN Award

Jamaican-Ghanaian Kwame Dawes Earns PEN Award

Kwame Dawes, George Holmes professor and the Glenna Luschei Editor of the literary journal Prairie Schooner, is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing. The award honors Dawes for his high literary standards and taste, which have made significant contributions to the publication. PEN America called Dawes a “bold and […]

Jamaican Khadija Shaw Ranked on ESPN FC List of 50 Best Players in the World

Khadija Shaw

Jamaica’s Khadija “Bunny” Shaw, 24, has been ranked 31st on the ESPN FC list of the 50 best female football players in the world in 2021. Shaw, 24, has already become the top goal scorer, male or female, in Jamaica’s history. No Jamaican has ever ranked higher than Shaw on the ESPN list. She joined […]

Jamaican Swimmer, Keanan Dols, Medals in Florida Swim Meet

Jamaican Swimmer Medals in Florida Swim Meet - Keanan Dols

Jamaican swimmer Keanan Dols won the bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke at the International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) International Senior Cup competition held in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 25, 2021. Dols, 22, indicated the day before the meet that he is looking to compete at the Tokyo Olympics later in 2021, having had […]