Jamaican-Born Dr. Allyson Hall Joins CAHME Board of Directors

Jamaican-Born Doctor Allyson Hall Joins CAHME Board of Directors

Dr. Allyson Hall has joined the board of directors at the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Hall is director of the UAB graduate programs in healthcare quality and safety in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. “Our board and management team are looking forward to working […]

Jamaica Diaspora Groups Raises $14k For Back to School Supplies Drive

Jamaica Diaspora Groups School Supplies Drive - The team at Dennis Shipping Jamaica Limited preparing the palette for shipment

The Back To School Supplies Drive which ran from August 15 to September 12, 2020, was a huge success! Thanks to several Diaspora organizations, partners, and individual donors, donations exceeded approximately 14k USD and were used exclusively to purchase school supplies that will benefit over 1500 students across Jamaica in over 20 schools. The school […]

British-Jamaican Gospel Singer, Lurine Cato, to be Honored by the Queen

British-Jamaican Gospel Singer Lurine Cato

Each year on her birthday, Queen Elizabeth II recognizes those who have made a significant contribution to society. Gospel singer, Lurine Lilian Cato, is among the 2020 recipients to be honored “For services to Charity and Music (London, Greater London).” The Member of the British Empire (MBE) award is the third-highest ranking of the recognitions […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 23rd, 2020

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICANS HONORED ON NATIONAL HEROES DAY 2020 Jamaica honored its outstanding citizens on National Heroes Day, October 19, 2020, as the nation’s Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen conferred the awards. Professor Orlando Patterson received Jamaica’s fourth highest honor, the Order of Merit, at the event, the only recipient of the OM […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Talking About Truth

Have you noticed how truth seems fairly relative these days? In other words, society would have us believe that truth is whatever a person, group, or culture deems it to be and to some extent, that is true. But what about absolute truth? Things that are true regardless of time, place, or culture? Beliefs that […]

Celebrating cuisine and culture for virtual event on National Jamaican Jerk Day

Celebrating cuisine and culture for virtual event on National Jamaican Jerk Day

With most mega events canceled this year, producers of the Florida, New York, and Canada Grace Jamaican Jerk Festivals, along with Orlando and Palm Beach festivals are taking their celebration to you with a virtual event to mark October 25, 2020, National Jamaican Jerk Day – USA. The event will be streamed on VP Records YouTube channel at 7:00 […]

Buju Banton Tells Jamaicans Not to Wear a Mask in Video on Social Media

Buju Banton

In a series of three videos released on social media, reggae and dancehall artist Buju Banton is telling his fellow Jamaicans to be “done with this mask wearing.” In the first video, Banton said he was tired of “you intellectual fools trying to tell us how to live our lives” and went on to accuse […]