“Have Nuff Condom…Condom inna Bungle!”
Did you use a condom the last time you had sex? If your answer to this is no, you may be at risk of contracting HIV. Currently there are over 32,000 Jamaicans living with the virus and each day over three (3) new persons are infected. Notably the treatment surrounding HIV has vastly evolved over […]
Carl Lumbly, Actor of Jamaican Descent, Joins Marvel’s Disney Series
Veteran actor Carl Lumbly, who has been featured in many top-line television and film productions, is set to appear in “The Falcon & The Winter Warrior,” the latest project from Marvel Studios. The superhero series from Disney+, is currently being filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. It is scheduled to be available on the subscription streaming service […]
Alsion Wilson, Jamaica’s Consul General to New York Honored with International Relations Award
Alsion Roach Wilson, Jamaican Consul General to New York, was honored at the “Young, Gifted & Black™ (YGB) Entrepreneurial Awards ceremony, receiving the Alumni Hall of Fame International Relations Award. The Young, Gifted and Black (YGB) Entrepreneurial Awards celebration& ceremony was held on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, in Brooklyn New York. Wilson’s appointment as Consul […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending February 28th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN HEALTH MINISTRY EXPANDS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS In response to the coronavirus, Jamaica’s Ministry of Health has decided to expand the travel restrictions previously imposed to include four additional countries. Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tipton announced that the travel ban now applies to travel from Italy, South Korea, Singapore, and Iran. […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending February 28, 2020.
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Take God Out of the Box
We do not know much about her. According to the narrative in 1 Kings 17, she was a widow living with her son in Zarephath, a Baal-worshipping city on the Mediterranean coast of Phoenicia between Tyre and Sidon out of the borders of Israel. We also know that she was poor because at the time […]
Jamaican-American Violinist Among Four Winners Of 2020 Sphinx Music Competition
Jamaican-American violinist Jordan Bak was named as one of the four winners of the 2020 Sphinx Music Competition. Prior to winning this prestigious award, Bak won the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition in 2019. In the same year, he received the Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize, and the John White Special Prize at […]
Japanese City Tottori Prefecture To Host Jamaican Olympic Teams Ahead Of The Games
When Jamaican athletes travel to Japan to compete in the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, they will be hosted by the city of Tottori Prefecture. The announcement of the city to be hosting the Jamaicans was made by Hiromasa Yamazaki, Japan’s ambassador to Jamaica during a National Day reception on February 12, 2020. The reception marked […]
Jamaican-American High School Wrestler Wins Florida District Championship
Tristan Williams, who is of Jamaican descent, is The 2020 Class 3A District 12 FHSAA Wrestling Champion in the 182lb weight class. The District tournament was held on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Park Vista High School in Lake Worth, Florida. Winning the semi-final at the District level automatically qualified him for the Regional finals […]
“I feel when I visit Jamaica – a returning to a homeland for a special part of my soul.” – A conversation with American journalist, Ross Kenneth Urken, author of the book “Another Mother”
Ross Kenneth Urken is the author of the book “Another Mother” that chronicles the life of his Jamaican Nanny Dezna Sanderson and his visits to Jamaica to learn more about her. In the book, Ross writes about being a Jewish American growing up with his Dezna Sanderson, his yearning to learn more about her after […]