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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending June 26th, 2020

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES POVERTY RATE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL IN DECADE Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service, announced that the nation’s poverty rate decreased by 40 percent in 2018. The 12.6 percent rate was the lowest recorded in ten years. While recognizing that the significant reduction in poverty […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Faithfulness of God

Back in 1923 when Thomas Obadiah Chisolm put pen to paper and started to write, he had no idea that almost 90 years later, his poem, put to music by William M. Runyan, would continue to be sung by Christians all over the world. As one of Chisolm’s more than 1200 poems, “Great is Thy […]

Jamaica’s Workforce Training Program To Bolster Tourism Recovery – Hospitality Workers Well Prepared to Support Post-COVID Travel

Jamaica Workforce Training Program To Bolster Tourism Recovery

 Jamaica’s workforce training program is being hailed as a resounding success. The free online programs offered by the Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), in partnership with the National Restaurant Association, the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, the University of the West Indies Open Campus and HEART National Service Training Agency, trained more than 8,000 tourism workers […]

IFC Appoints Jamaican Regional Manager for the Caribbean

IFC Appoints Jamaican Regional Manager for the Caribbean Judith Green

Jamaican national, Judith Green, has been appointed as the Regional Manager for the Caribbean by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). A certified chartered accountant, she will be responsible for overseeing operations in the Caribbean encompassing Belize, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. “IFC’s role in the Caribbean is important […]

This Caribbean-Descent Filmmaker has Two Cannes Film Festival Selections

This Caribbean-Descent Filmmaker has Two Cannes Film Festival Selections - Steve McQueen

Sir Steven Rodney McQueen has the honor of having two Cannes Film Festival official selections in 2020, an extraordinary feat for any filmmaker. The films are “Lover’s Rock” and “Mangrove.” He was one of only two black filmmakers that were announced from more than 50 directors and he dedicated both of the films to George […]

Jamaican-Born Actor, Micheal Ward, Stars in Cannes-Selected Film “Lover’s Rock”

Jamaican-Born Actor Micheal Ward

Jamaican-born model turned actor, Micheal Ward, stars in the new film “Lover’s Rock,” an official Cannes selection for 2020. The film’s co-writer, Steven McQueen of “12 Months a Slave” fame, has dedicated it to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Floyd was killed in the U.S. when a white officer kneeled on his […]

Florida Non Profit Asks Dads to Honor The Memory of George Floyd This Father’s Day with an 8 Minutes 46 Second Reading With Children Challenge

Florida Non Profit Asks Dads to Honor The Memory of George Floyd This Father's Day with an 8 Minutes 46 Second Reading With Children Challenge

In the past for Father’s Day, the South Florida Non Profit Organization Reading Pays More highlighted the importance of parents reading with their children via a social media campaign called #lovereadingwithdad. The group encourages dads, granddads and uncles of all ages to share a picture of themselves reading a book with a child using the hashtag #lovereadingwithdad. […]