Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC)
The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean recently awarded the Honourable Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, an honorary doctorate in Tourism and Hospitality Management at their annual commencement ceremony, which took place at the National Arena in Kingston on Sunday, July 28, 2024. UCC lauded for role in developing Jamaica’s human capital Minister Bartlett, who […]
From Top American PR Agency to Own PR Consultancy: Jamaican Lyndon Taylor
Lyndon Taylor’s journey in public relations has taken him from working at a top agency to starting his own consultancy. His story shows the ups and downs of the industry and how he adapted to new challenges. The turning point came when a key client’s public relations account was up for review. Finn Partners, the […]
Celebrating the 137th Anniversary of the Birth of Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s First National Hero
On August 17, 1887, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., Jamaica’s first National Hero, was born in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann. Garvey was a journalist, publisher, orator, and black nationalist, a leader in the Pan-Africanism movement, and the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Garvey was also the founder of […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: “We are not able”
When the twelve spies returned from searching out the land God had promised them, ten of them returned with a negative report (Numbers 13). The land was as God said it would be, “nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw […]
Celebrating Jamaican Sculptor Ronald Clive Moody, ‘One of the Most Significant Artist of the 20th Century’
Modernist sculptor Ronald Clive Moody was born on August 12, 1900, in Kingston, Jamaica. Moody, who attended Calabar High School, wanted to pursue an arts degree, a career path that was strongly discouraged by his well-to-do family of medical and legal professionals. And so, in keeping with family tradition, he chose to study medicine, dentistry […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: “I have finished my course”
As the apostle Paul came to the close of his second letter to his spiritual son Timothy, he spoke of the Christian life as a fight to be fought, a race to be run, and a faith that is to be steadfastly maintained. In his first letter to Timothy, Paul admonished him to “fight the […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: “I want your will, not mine”
At one time or another, we have probably heard it: to pray effectively is to pray in the will of God. If we regard God as our Source of the good and necessary things in life, as well as we should, James tells us there are two reasons we do not have the things we […]
Business Started by Childhood Friends from Jamaica Up for Pharrell Williams 2024 Black Ambition Award
Jamaicans Rory Richards and Jermain Morgan have been friends since 2011, when they both lived in Clarendon. Both migrated to the United States and were accustomed to sending remittances to their families in Jamaica. In 2020, they co-founded GroceryList Jamaica, a company that allows people from anywhere in the world to order groceries for family […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: The Whole Armour of God
Christians are engaged in a spiritual battle. Despite the action being in our earthly experiences, Paul reminds us that “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12, KJV). Having encouraged the church at Corinth […]
10 Amazing Facts About Jamaican-Born Hollywood Actor, Producer & Activist Frank Alvin Silvera
On July 24, 1914, actor, theatrical director, producer, and activist Frank Alvin Silvera was born in Kingston to a black Jamaican mother, Gertrude, and a white Jewish father, Alfred. At the age of 8, Frank, his brothers, and his mother moved to the United States, where they settled in Boston, Massachusetts. Frank would later attend the […]