Former Jamaica College Students Worldwide Help the School During COVID-19 Crisis
Alumni associations of Jamaica College are planning to raise $1 million (JA Dollars) per month to help students at the school during the COVID-19 pandemic. The JC alumni associations worldwide chapters are taking strong action to mitigate the economic hardships imposed by the pandemic on Jamaica College (JC) and its students. After some two months […]
Immigration Advice: What To Expect When USCIS Offices Reopen On June 4, 2020
In a previous article, I shared with you that USCIS offices will resume public services and reopen to the public on June 4, 2020. This article will provide further important information regarding the reopening of USCIS offices and procedures to be followed upon entering UCSIS offices. As USCIS begins to restore services to the public, […]
Two Women Of Jamaican Descent On Joe Biden’s List Of Top 10 Picks For Vice President
Former Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden, who is now the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2020 presidential election, has stated that he will choose a woman to be his vice-presidential running mate. CNN has compiled a list of the ten most likely candidates for that position and ranked them in […]
Leonardo DiCaprio Applauds Jamaica’s Iguana Preservation Release Project
The Jamaican Iguana Recovery Group’s project received praise from Hollywood superstar, Leonardo DiCaprio, when he tweeted to his 19 million followers about the effort to save the nation’s endangered reptiles. The group hopes to be able to establish a sanctuary for the iguanas on Great Goat Island. DiCaprio has long been a supporter of eco-sustainability. […]
CBC Features Jamaican-Canadian Clement Virgo as one of the Architects of Black Film in Canada
Celebrated TV and film writer, producer, director, and owner of the production company Conquering Lion Pictures, Clement Virgo, has been featured by CBC Arts as one of the architects of Black filmmaking in Canada. Virgo was an early member of the Black Film and Video Network BFVN, an organization that began as a gathering at […]
Tears for my Queens (Black Lives Matter)
Created by the Almighty One, not to suffer by those that think our lives doesn’t matter, we were born to rule, not to be treated like a footstool. Like Queen Nefertiti, Yaa Asantewaa, Nandi, Moremi, Amina Mohamud, Makeda, and many more. The blood that runs through our vain is our strength, giving up is not […]
Racism in America 2020
This week felt different in race relations in America. It felt like a tipping point. We have been living in a state of chaos and overt racism ever since Donald Trump descended the gold escalator at Trump Towers in Manhattan in June, 2015. As he declared he would run for the Presidency of the United […]
I Can’t Breathe…Say my name, allow us all to breathe!!!
I cannot sit idly by in Miami and not be concerned about what happens in Minneapolis. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with […]
King George Floyd – I am broken, I am angry, I am sad, I am overwhelmed, I am speechless, I am—I am…
I am broken, beaten, and I am an angry Black man. My thoughts are not cogent. They are unfetteredly raw. Watching the video and witnessing king George’s breath rushing out of his body as he pleads to recapture it, was virulent. He desired to ascend his throne. However, the unhinged act of unknightliness prevented him. Understand this, […]
Why Police Brutality Still Exists and Why Black People Are Frustrated
I personally do not agree with looting and rioting. It doesn’t make sense to destroy the community that you build. If we cannot destroy the root of the poisonous plant, it will continue to spread across the land. With that said, the root of the problem lies deeper than the surface and should not be […]