Jamaican Team Wins 15 Gold Medal In Florida Taekwondo Tournament
In June 2019, Jamaica’s taekwondo team won a slew of medals at the Pan Am Taekwondo Championships in Ocala, Florida. The eight-member team came home with six gold medals, five silver medals, and four bronze medals. According to the team’s coach Wayne Smith, its performance at the high-level competition was “beyond expectation.” This was the […]
US Restaurant Chain to Introduce Jamaican Jerk Turkey Sub Sandwich
Firehouse Subs, a restaurant chain based in Jacksonville, Florida, is introducing the Jamaican Jerk Turkey sub sandwich, a tasty delight that features slices of smoked turkey with pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo with a sweet mustard sauce and Caribbean seasonings on the restaurant’s signature toasted roll. A portion of all 2019 purchases […]
Jamaican-Born Woman Named to RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants List
Kimberlee Shelley-Ajibolade, who was born in Jamaica and now lives in Oakville, has been honored with a place on the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants list. The award is given in recognition of people who serve as inspire others by making positive contributions to their communities in Canada after migrating to that country. Shelley-Ajibolade says, […]
Alia Atkinson To Be Inducted into Texas A & M Hall of Fame
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson, world indoor swimming champion, has been named one of the ten legendary athletes from Texas A&M to be inducted into the University’s Sports Hall of Fame on September 13, 2019. The Texas A&M Letterman’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019 includes ten athletes who represent a cross-section of sports. These athletes are […]
Jamaican Restaurant in Wichita Brings Flavors of the Island to Kansas
Jeffery Rhoden, the owner of the new Sorrel’s Jamaican Food restaurant, wants diners to experience as much as possible what it is like to chill on an island beach and enjoy authentic, healthy Jamaican cuisine. The restaurant offers indoor seating as well as an outdoor bar situated in the midst of sand and tiki huts. […]
More Free Wi-Fi Coming to Jamaica
Fayval Williams, Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Energy, and Technology, announced that the island will have an additional four free public Wi-Fi hotspots in place by the end of 2021. The four new locations will be added to the seven already available across Jamaica and installed “where persons can connect while they are on the go,” […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending July 19, 2019.
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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 19th, 2019
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA HOSTS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION CONFERENCE From July 8 to 10, 2019, the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean was held in Montego Bay. According to Desmond McKenzie, the Minister of Local Government and Community Development, noted that this was the first time […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – By Accident or On Assignment?
She was a young Jewish girl and a slave in the household of a Syrian soldier. Like many other females in the Bible, we do not know her name. Yet the only recorded words she spoke live on almost 3,000 years later. The writer of the book of Kings tells us, “She said to her […]
Fewer Jamaicans Migrating to US and Europe; Migration to Canada Increases
According to the 2018 Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ), fewer Jamaicans migrated to countries overseas in 2017 than in the previous year. Historically, Jamaicans have most frequently chosen to migrate to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and that trend continues to be the case, according to the survey data, but the […]