Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending May 15th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES BUDGET CUTS DUE TO COVID-19 COSTS The Jamaican government has proposed making serious cuts to the national budget to address an $81 billion “hole” in revenues due to COVID-19. According to Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke, the coronavirus pandemic is devastating Jamaica’s economy and various initiatives will […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – It’s All God
When Elisha sent Gehazi, his servant, to the Shunamite woman’s house with instructions to “lay my staff upon the face of the child” (2 Kings 4:29, KJV), an interesting thing happened when the servant did so. According to the narrative, Gehazi “laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, […]
Jamaican Supermodel, Alicia Burke, featured on the Cover of Elle Magazine
Known worldwide for her beauty, grace, and poise, Jamaican supermodel, Alicia Burke, is featured on the May 2020 cover of the German edition of Elle Magazine. Burke has achieved star status and is ranked among the world’s Top 50 models, no easy feat in the highly competitive world of modeling. Born in St Catherine, Jamaica, her […]
Jamaica Ranked 6 in World Press Freedom Index; UK is 35, USA is 45
Jamaica has the distinction of being ranked as No. 6 in the world in the Freedom Press Index. The rankings are compiled by Reporters Without Borders and are based on the degree of freedom that journalists, news organizations, and citizens have in each country. The Index doesn’t gauge the quality of the journalism but does […]
My Two Weeks On The Darkside with COVID-19
April was an unkind month. I spent the entire month not feeling the greatest and it went from one extreme to the other. First, I just couldn’t shake off symptoms brought on by allergy season. Soon thereafter headaches and fatigue set in. I felt my sinus was infected somehow. It was enough for me to […]
Michelle Obama Praises Jamaican-Canadian Who Is Princeton’s First Black Valedictorian
Nicholas Johnson, a Jamaican-Canadian, made history by becoming Princeton University’s first black valedictorian. Johnson, a graduate of Marianopolis College in Montreal, is the valedictorian of the 2020 graduating class at Princeton. Among those who congratulated Johnson on his achievement was the former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, who is herself a Princeton […]
The Ocean Cleanup Awards $1 Million (USD) to help in Cleaning up Kingston Harbor, Jamaica
Jamaica’s Kingston Harbor has been awarded $1 million in funding from The Ocean Cleanup organization. The funds will be used in a multi-year project designed to help clean up Hunts Bay that empties into Kingston Harbor, the island’s most polluted waterway. The Ocean Cleanup organization was founded by Dutch inventor, Boyan Slat, when he was […]
Covid-19 Recovery Hospital in England To Be Named for Jamaican Nurse Mary Seacole
A first-of-its-kind COVID-19 recovery community hospital in England will be named in honor of Mary Seacole. A Jamaican nurse who established a hospital to support British officers wounded in the 19th-century Crimean War. The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom confirmed that the NHS Headley Court Hospital located in Leatherhead, Surrey, will be […]
This Couple Brought Jamaica to their Home in Canada After Postponing their Wedding on the Island
Shaleen Kennedy and Jonathan Neary spent almost two years planning their dream destination wedding in Jamaica for April 22, 2020. Then the COVID-19 virus intervened. Instead of being despondent, they rescheduled and improvised a little bit of Jamaica in their own back yard on what would have been their original wedding day. When asked why […]
Jamaica’s Danielle Williams Inducted into NCAA Division 8 Hall of Fame
Jamaican, Danielle Williams, who was the World 100-meter hurdles champion in 2015 and the winner of a bronze medal in 2019, is slated to be inducted into the USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020. The organization stated that there was no question that Williams would […]