Reggae Girlz, Konya Plummer, Makes History Becoming First Jamaican Drafted In National Women’s Soccer League, In The USA
Konya Plummer, the captain of Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz soccer team, has ensured her place in history by becoming the first player born in Jamaica to be drafted by the Orlando Pride. Plummer was chosen during the 2020 National Women’s League Soccer College Draft. At the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland. Plummer, 22, was the youngest […]
Jamaican-American Owner of Vegan Restaurant to Help Pay Tuition of Atlanta College Students
Thirty seniors at Clark Atlanta University will have their tuition balances paid off by Aisha “Pinky” Cole, owner of the Slutty Vegan restaurant. The Jamaican-American entrepreneur teamed up with Stacey Lee, co-owner of Harlem Hops and a fellow alumnus, to facilitate the generous bestowment. “Here at Slutty Vegan, we do more than just serve burgers […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending January 17th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES ASAFA POWELL APPROVES PLANS TO ERECT MONUMENT TO HONOR HIM AT NATIONAL STADIUM Jamaican Olympic sprinter Asafa Powell has given his approval to a monument being built to honor him at National Stadium. Powell and his wife viewed a maquetter of the monument with Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending January 17, 2020.
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Talking About Praise
One of my favourite parts of Scripture is Psalm 34, especially verses 1-3: “I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us […]
Jamaica College Florida Alumni Chapter Awards Bursaries and Scholarships to JC Students
Twenty-four students at Jamaica College (JC) received a total of more than J$500,000 in academic bursaries and scholarships for the 2020 school term from the Jamaica College Old Boys Association of Florida (JCOBAFL). The awards, which were presented on January 13, 2020, at the Jamaica College campus. The event was attended by the organization’s president […]
Three Keys Things To Do When Your Spouse Stops Showing Love To You
In one of my prior articles “LOVE DISECTED” the word love was explained. Today this word is like a loose cannon with no power in many cases. Real love is filled with the Holy Spirit of God. As much as God is perfect in love and us as spouses are to allow the Spirit of […]
3 Jamaicans Amongst 397 To Be Honored with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Three Jamaicans have been honored in the United Kingdom with appointments as Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Yvonne Grant, the co-founder and administrator of the Open Arms Development Centre in Kingston; the Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover; and Paulette Bolton, a nurse who ultimately earned three academic degrees after […]
Andrew Braata Clarke: A Thespian Blooming Where He’s Planted
Braata means give me a “tups” more; add a little more on top of what I asked for. It’s the Jamaican colloquial term that’s often heard in the local marketplace, as vendors seek to curry favor with their clients. Braata means you are appreciated by the giver and it means you are worthy of so […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending January 10th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES LEADER OF MAROONS CALLS FOR STATE TO RATIFY SOVEREIGNTY Maroon Colonel Rodolph Pink of the Scott’s Hall Maroon Town in St Mary has called for the Jamaican government to ratify the sovereignty of the Maroon community, which was won from the British nearly 300 years ago. The Maroon Peace Treaty […]