• Thu, 5 November 2026

“Come apart . . . and rest a while”

In his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People, John Ortberg observes, “We suffer from what has come to be known as ‘hurry sickness’,” a condition Meyer Friedman defines as “above all, a continuous struggle and unremitting attempt to accomplish or achieve more and more things or participate in more and […]

Young Jamaican Leader Selected as a Youth Delegate for the 2020 YOUNGA Forum – Global Takeover of the United Nations

Young Jamaican Leader Selected as a Youth Delegate for the 2020 YOUNGA Forum Global Takeover of the United Nations - Jenine Shepherd

This fall, Jénine Shepherd, Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence in Nation Building Recipient, from Jamaica has been selected to represent Youths For Excellence Limited for the inaugural YOUNGA™Forum. Organized by BridgingTheGap Ventures, this first-of-its-kind virtual global youth takeover of the United Nations is focused on a central theme for 2020—the future youth want, the action we need.  Using […]

Ziggy Marley Releases Book Celebrating Life of His Father Bob Marley

Ziggy Marley Releases Book Celebrating Life of His Father Bob Marley

Ziggy Marley, the eldest son of reggae legend Bob Marley and his wife Rita Marley, is honoring the 75th anniversary of his father’s birth with the release of a book containing over 150 photographs the celebrate and life and legacy of Bob Marley. Bob Marley has been recognized as the “forefather of reggae” and as […]

 Jamaica Asked To Host Flag Football World Championship in 2021

 Jamaica Asked To Host Flag Football World Championship in 2021

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF), the body responsible for governing flag football, has contacted the National Tackle Football Association (NTFA), the body responsible for the local governance of American football, concerning the hosting of the American Flag Football World Championship tournament in 2021. Jerome Harriott, founder and director of the NTFA, has been […]

Essence Features Jamaican Fashion Designer’s Spring/Summer 2021 Collection

Essence Features Jamaican Fashion Designer Edvin Thompson

Jamaican designer Edvin Thompson, the creator of the contemporary clothing brand Theophilio, presented his Spring and Summer 2021 collection entitled “Migration” on September 16, 2020. The digital presentation, which features Thompson’s approach to design that combines nostalgia for his Jamaican childhood and the modern and progressive culture of the New York where the brand is […]