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Jamaican Lorna Goodison to Receive Prestigious Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry

Lorna Goodison Jamaican Poet

Poet Laureate, Lorna Goodison, will receive the 2019 Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2020 and will be presented with the medal during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Goodison is the first Jamaican to receive the honor. Established by King George V in 1933, the Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending December 20th, 2019

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER GIVES PROPERTY TITLES TO FAMILIES IN GREATER PORTMORE Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has provided 30 families in the Greater Portmore area with the titles to their homes. He told the families that the home titles will empower them to improve their social and financial status. Home […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A Celebration Like No Other

The night was probably quiet as the sheep rested in the field, the shepherds keeping a vigilant watch over them and perhaps sharing stories they had repeated many times before. Just another night in the life of a shepherd, or so they thought. Unknown to them, this was no ordinary night for while they engaged […]

Jamaican-born Doctor, Audrey Gregory, Named CEO of Detroit Medical Center

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Dr. Audrey Gregory, Ph.D., R.N, has been named the new CEO for the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), effective Jan. 1, 2020. Gregory is also president of the DMC and CEO, Adult Central Campus. She will take up her new position beginning Jan. 1, 2020. Gregory will be taking over the position from Dr. Anthony Tedeschi, […]

Why Usain Bolt is the Jamaican Athlete of the Decade

Usain Bolt Jamaican Athlete

Choosing the Jamaican Athlete of the Decade, there are many qualified candidates. I narrowed the field to three individual athletes. The athletes are female Olympic and World champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Frazer Pryce, Olympic and World champion sprinter champion Usain Bolt, and World record holder swimmer Alia Atkinson. Usain bolt is the Jamaican athlete of the […]

On this day in Jamaican History: Model and actor, Tyson Beckford, was born

Tyson Beckford

On December 19, 1970, model, actor, singer and producer, Tyson Beckford, was born in Bronx, NY. His mother, Hillary Dixon Hall is American of Chinese-Jamaican heritage, and his father, Lloyd Beckford, is an Afro-Jamaican of Panamanian descent. The multi-talented Beckford is most well-known as a Ralph Lauren model and being named the greatest male model […]

Jamaican-born actress, Parisa Fitz-Henley to Star in Movie “My Spy”

Parisa Fitz-Henley

Jamaican-born actress, Parisa Fitz-Henley, has been chosen to star in a new action-comedy film called “My Spy.” Slated for release on March 13, 2020, it tells the story of a CIA operative charged with protecting a little girl after being assigned to surveil her family. He instead finds himself at her mercy. Directed by Peter […]

Tennis Superstar Serena Williams Builds Schools in Jamaica and Africa

Serena Williams

American tennis superstar Serena Williams has been involved with building schools in Jamaica and Africa for some time. Williams has joined with Helping Hands Jamaica, a nonprofit organization, that helped to construct the Mariah Elementary School in Trelawny parish in Jamaica, as well as schools in Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe in partnership with Build Africa. […]

5 Things to Know about Jamaican Toni-Ann Singh, Miss World 2019

Toni-Ann Singh

Toni-Ann Singh is receiving the congratulations and adulation of people around the globe after being crowned Miss World 2019. The 23-year-old was crowned on Sat., Dec. 14, 2019 during official ceremonies held at the ExCeL exhibition centre in London, England. Singh brought down the house and received a standing ovation during the talent competition with […]