Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending November 6th, 2020

weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES MORE BILATERAL TRADE COLLABORATION PLANNED FOR CHINA AND JAMAICA Audley Shaw, Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, has made a commitment to exploring the potential of greater cooperation with the Chinese government in some areas of trade, particularly involving pork exports to China. Shaw and Tian Qi, the Chinese […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Extravagant Love

In John 3:16 we have one of the most well-known verses in all the Scriptures: “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (KJV), but if you had to describe the extravagance of this love, how would you […]

Jamaican Melissa Dunn Becomes City Commissioner in Lauderhill

Melissa Dunn

Melissa Dunn, who was born in Jamaica, has won her election to Seat 2 on the City Commission of Lauderhill in Florida. A community activist and owner of a small business, Dunne has spent her career in the promotion of economic stimuli, health and wellness, and quality of life matters in South Florida. Dunn has […]

Jamaica Stopover Arrivals On The Decline Due To COVID-19

Jamaica Stopover Arrivals On The Decline Due To COVID-19

With the cruise ship industry affected by the pandemic COVID-19. Stopover visitors to Jamaica are on the decline. Jamaica received most of its visitors from America, where the virus is setting high records each day. Visitors to the island are expected to be tested on arrival. The ministry of health says visitors must self-quarantine for […]

Jamaican Jimmy Sinclair Named Teacher of The Year at South Florida School

Jamaican Jimmy Sinclair Named Teacher of The Year at South Florida School

James S. Sinclair, who is better known as “Jimmy,” has been named the 2020/2021 Teacher of the Year at the Pines Middle School, a public school in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The school has 846 students in Grades 6 through 8. Sinclair became a reading teacher at the school in 2005. He has been recognized twice […]

Coastal Communities In Danger!

Coastal Communities In Danger

Climate change unlike El Nino, La Nina and Global warming was unheard of ahead of hurricane Katrina; which destroyed much of New Orleans in 2005. The french quarter ecosystem took a severe blow. Last year Hurricanes Dorian, Florence, Maria, Irma, Harvey brought more devastation to our global community in low lying regions. Category 4, 5 […]

TripAdvisor Ranks 5 Jamaican Hotels among Top 25 for Families in Caribbean

TripAdvisor Ranks 5 Jamaican Hotels among Top 25 for Families in Caribbean

Travel website TripAdvisor, which ranks the best experiences in the world based on reviews of actual visitors to the listed sites, has included five Jamaican hotels among the Top 25 Family-friendly hotels in the Caribbean. These include the Tryall Club, which is ranked Number 1, the Moon Palace Jamaica, Beaches Negril Resort and Spa, Beaches […]

A Statue of Usain Bolt Will Be Erected in Trelawny by End of 2020

A Statue of Usain Bolt Will Be Erected in Trelawny by End of 2020

Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, reports that a statue of the nation’s legendary Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt will be ready for installation at his native parish of Trelawny by the end of 2020. She made the announcement at the historic William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church during National Heritage Week […]

Jamaican Dancer Kimiko Miller Featured in Netflix Series

Jamaican Dancer Kimiko Miller Featured in Netflix Series

The Jamaican dancer and choreographer Kimiko Miller, who is better known in the dancehall community as Kimiko Versatile, is one of the five dancers featured in the Netflix original documentary series “MOVE.” The series explores the dancers’ lives, and Miller’s story is told in Episode 3. In her introduction to the episode, Miller says it […]