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

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES JAMAICA TO HAVE PLANT-BASED MEDICINE RESEARCH FACILITY Jamaica is set to become the home of a new research center focusing on plant-based medicine. The government announced its plans to create the center, noting that its opening will involve Dr. Henry Lowe, Jamaican scientist and business leader; Dr. Julius Garvey, son […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Small in Your Own Eyes”

For some people, success is very difficult to handle. The more successful they become, the more they become strangers to humility. Irving Berlin shone a spotlight on the dilemma of successful people when he observed, “The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.” In other words, it comes […]

Montego Bay Ranks 8th on List of Caribbean’s Top Conference Sites for 2019

Montego Bay Ranks 8th on List of Caribbean’s Top Conference Sites for 2019

According to a ranking by Cvent, an events, meetings, and hospitality technology provider, Montego Bay in Jamaica ranks eighth in a list of the Top 10 places to hold conferences in the Caribbean region in 2019. The other top sites in the Caribbean and Latin American region ranked by Cvent included Nassau, Bahamas; Playa del […]

New York State Honors Jamaican Musician Ding Dong

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The Jamaican musical artist known as Ding Dong has devoted his career to creating music meant to uplift his listeners and the overall goal of spreading Jamaica’s culture around the world. In recognition of his efforts, the State of New York acknowledged Ding Dong, a dancer turned deejay, during the 52nd anniversary of the West […]

These 4 Women From This Caribbean Island Featured On Cover Of Vogue Magazine

These 4 Women From This Caribbean Island Featured On Cover Of Vogue Magazine

Four Afro-Dominican models are featured on the cover of the September 2019 issues of Vogue Mexico and Vogue Latin America. The historic cover’s release was timed to coincide with Fashion Month. The four models include Licett Morillo, Manuela Sánchez, Annibelis Baez and Ambar Cristal Zarzuela. The statement “This is the fashion that unites us” appears […]

Nine Things To Know About The Aluminum Industry In Jamaica

Nine Things To Know About The Aluminum Industry In Jamaica

1. WHAT IS ALUMINIUM/ALUMINUM? Aluminium/Aluminum, Planet Earth’s most abundant metal, is the world’s most widely used non-ferrous metal. It is lightweight, durable, malleable, non corrosive and chemically reactive. Aluminum is the material that made 20th century modernity possible, and being essential to warfare is considered a strategic metal stockpiled by governments who fear its scarcity. […]

This Caribbean Island Is Giving Rastafarians 60 Acres to Grow Ganja

This Caribbean Island Is Giving Rastafarians 60 Acres to Grow Ganja

The government of Barbados plans to give 60 acres to members of the Rastafarian community for the legal cultivation of cannabis. Indar Weir, the Agriculture Minister of Barbados, has also promised the group that it will have a major role in the development of a medicinal cannabis industry. According to Weir, the government of Barbados […]