• Tue, 7 July 2026

Jamaican Paulette Simpson to Receive CBE at 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Honors

Jamaican Paulette Simpson to Receive CBE at 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Honors

Paulette Simpson, the Deputy Chair of both the Windrush Advisory Panel and the Windrush Commemoration Committee in the United Kingdom, will be made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), the highest-ranking Order of the British Empire award,  for her service to the Caribbean community in the UK. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will […]

Immigration Advice: Recent Us Immigration Law Tidbits

Immigration Advice: Recent Us Immigration Law Tidbits

Hello everyone.  Today I wish to share some recent developments in US immigration law with you, to give you a flavour of all that is happening at any given time in US immigration law.   First, the US Supreme Court heard very interesting legal arguments in a case on Wednesday 14 October.  The Justice Department […]

American Airlines to Pre-Flight Test Passengers Traveling to Jamaica and the Bahamas

American Airlines Plans for Cashless Transactions at Jamaican Airports

American Airlines plans to introduce pre-flight testing for COVID-19 on some flights in the Caribbean. The plan will launch with pre-flight testing for travelers going to Jamaica and the Bahamas. Under an agreement between Jamaica and the airline, Jamaica will be the first country impacted with initial testing to begin at Miami International Airport in […]

Jamaica to Increase Shipment of Mangoes to USA and Other Countries

Jamaica to Increase Shipment of Mangoes to USA and Other Countries

Floyd Green, Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture, recently announced the government’s plans to establish several mango orchards on the island to take advantage of the high demand in the United States for Jamaican mangoes. According to Green, the project will be undertaken in partnership with private investors. Green said that 100,000 pounds of mangoes have been […]

Three Flesh-Tearing Darts To Avoid In Marriage

Three Flesh-Tearing Darts To Avoid In Marriage

“Two is better than too many” is a popular phrase in my country of birth, Jamaica.  Although this phrase evolved as a necessary encouragement to parents having too many children, it is a great word of encouragement for married couples also.  Why?  A marriage can only have room for two,  a male and female becoming […]

Rowana-Kay Campbell Becomes First Jamaican to be Awarded Prestigious Oxford Scholarship

Rowana-Kay Campbell Becomes First Jamaican to be Awarded Prestigious Oxford Scholarship

The University of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England is one of the oldest and most prestigious learning institutions in the world and Jamaican Rowana-Kay Campbell will soon be walking its hallowed halls. She’s the first Jamaican to be awarded the Oxford-ID Travel Group Foundation Bonham Carter Scholarship to the university. Under the full scholarship, Campbell will […]

6 Things You Can Do as a Caribbean American to Fight Voter Suppression

6 Things You Can Do as a Caribbean American to Fight Voter Suppression

With the 2020 presidential election just a few weeks away, voter suppression and the COVID-19 pandemic are being used to prevent thousands of people from exercising their right to vote. Political activist Stacy Abrams noted the example of the primary election in Georgia on June 9, 2020, where long lines and nonfunctional voting machines created […]