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Jamaican Awarded Prestigious Fellow Designation By CPA Ontario, Canada

Jamaican Awarded Prestigious Fellow Designation By CPA Ontario Canada - Lennox Parkins

Jamaican born Manchester High School graduate, Lennox A Parkins was recently, along with forty-nine (49) other accounting professionals, conferred with the honour of Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants (FCPA) in Ontario, Canada. An event hosted by CPA Ontario, Global Mail and distinguished Canadian broadcaster, Peter Mansbridge. The FCPA designation represents the mark of a […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending January 29th, 2021

weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES COVID-19 TESTING OFFERED AT RESORTS AND AIRPORTS IN JAMAICA Over 50 resorts in Jamaica are now offering onsite testing for COVID-19 along with sample collection as Jamaica works to increase its testing capacity for visitors to the island. Some hotels offer free testing. According to Edmund Bartlett, the hotels have […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Calling “Home”

The phone rings and it is the dreaded automated response: “If you’re calling for ABC, press 1; for DEF, press 2” and so it goes. Another unsuccessful attempt, and depending on the number of times experienced, maybe a bit of frustration. As if by conspiracy, more times than not this happens when we really need […]

Jamaican Restaurant One of Eater Boston’s Top Four African Diaspora Spots

Jerk Chicken - Jamaican Restaurant One of Eater Boston Top Four African Diaspora Spots

Boston is known for its rich and varied diversity of cultures, thanks to the many immigrant communities located there. Some of these communities are home to people in the African Diaspora, and the dining scene in Boston reflects this fact. Available cuisine choices in the Boston area include foods that reflect traditions of Cape Verde, […]

Jamaica Olympic Team, Tokyo Japan July 2021, Going For Gold

Jamaica Olympic Team Tokyo Japan 2021 Going For Gold

In the wake of the global pandemic Covid-19, the Olympic federation postponed the XXXII games from summer 2020 to summer 2021. The Tokyo, Japan games will include 206 countries with over 11,000 athletes. There will be 33 sporting disciplines, the biggest global event. Jamaica first participated in the games of 1948, and have sent a […]

Diners in Colorado Springs Can Enjoy Jamaican Food in a New Spot Downtown

Diners in Colorado Springs Can Enjoy Jamaican Food in a New Spot Downtown - oxtails

Dainty’s Jamaican Kitchen, a popular Colorado Springs eatery, has moved to a new location downtown. The restaurant’s owner Dainty Wheaton made the move to 302 E. Platte Avenue from its previous location in Fort Carson. Wheaton said she loved Fort Carson and will “miss the noon rush.” She believes that many of her Fort Carson […]

What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Costa Rica?

What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Costa Rica?

Have you ever wondered what’s it like being a Jamaican living in Costa Rica? On our “Jamaicans to the World” Facebook Live show, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy spoke with Craig Lewars. He is a Jamaican who has been living in Costa Rica for 4 years. Xavier: What is it like being a Jamaican living is […]