• Sat, 11 July 2026

Jamaican-American Featured as one of the Black Farmers in Washington, USA

Jamaican-American Shellie-Ann Kerns Featured as one of the Black Farmers in Washington USA

Shellie-Ann Kerns comes from a long line of farmers. The Jamaican-American is one of the black farmers featured in a story by KING-TV Channel 5 based in Seattle, WA. Kerns is the owner of Bunkhouse Acres, a 20 acre farm in the Middle Satsop Valley in Washington State. Kerns comes from a long line of […]

Jamaican Owner of Restaurant Listed Among Top 20 in US Opens New One

Jamaican Chef Nicole Blaque is the owner of The Jerk Shack Restaurant and Mi Roti

Chef Nicole Blaque is the owner of The Jerk Shack in San Antonio, Texas. Recently, this restaurant was selected as one of the best new restaurants in the United States by GQ Magazine. Now, Chef Blaque is expanding her culinary reach by opening a new Caribbean restaurant at the city’s Pearl Food Hall. The new […]

Usain Bolt Sometimes Misses Competition; Works Out When Putting On Weight

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt, legendary eight-time Olympic gold medal winner and Jamaican sprinter once described as “the world’s fastest man,” confesses that he has slowed down since his retirement from track and field athletics in 2017 and now only works out when he finds he is putting on weight. In an episode of the Slate podcast “The […]

Former Air Jamaica Employee in US Re-launches Travelers Care Business to Assist Flyers

Former Air Jamaica Employee in US Re-launches Travelers Care Business to Assist Flyers 2

These are tough times for business owners, especially persons with small enterprises like Jamaican-born Shelly-Ann Cawley, proprietor of the Los Angeles-based Travelers Care. In January, she celebrated the company’s first anniversary but one month later came the first signs of the coronavirus which shut down the global economy. By April Travelers Care — which accompanies […]

Four Great Interracial Marriage Facts

Four Great Interracial Marriage Facts

One of my favorite lyrical truths is found in a popular song done by the late and great Bob Marley who is the offspring of an interracial relationship.  “Until the color of a man’s skin is of NO MORE SIGNIFICANCE, than the color of his eyes, there will be war.”  The sad reality is that […]