Jamaicans.com Founder Xavier Murphy Receives Caribbean American Heritage Award
The founder of the popular Jamaican website Jamaicans.com, Xavier Murphy, has been honored with the Caribbean American Heritage Award. The award was presented to Murphy on June 9, 2019, at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida. The event was scheduled to celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month and to recognize 15 individuals-everyday people doing extraordinary things. […]
Falmouth Food Festival to show case yam and other staples of Jamaican cuisine
Because of his superlative exploits, Usain Bolt helped give the rural Jamaican parish of Trelawny an international profile. The yams he supposedly ate as a boy there, helped make him the world’s greatest athlete. Yam and other staples of Jamaican cuisine will be on show at the first Falmouth Food Festival, scheduled for Falmouth, Trelawny’s […]
Jamaican Ice Hockey Team to Participate in South Florida Competition
Helping Jamaica’s ice hockey team during its participation in the Amerigol Latam Cup competition in Miami, Florida, will be a coach from Nanaimo in Canada. Donovan Tait, VIU Mariners assistant coach and member of the Nanaimo RCMP will join the Jamaican team when they travel to Florida for the Amerigol 2019 LATAM CUP in early […]
“Live Your Life Right Now.” – A Conversation with Kelly McIntosh, Founder of Kelly’s Keto Cooking
Kelly McIntosh is a supply chain management professional, blogger and entrepreneur resident in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Trained to the postgraduate level in both the life sciences and the humanities, she has worked in the industry over the past twenty-four years in various capacities: Post Harvest Scientist, Operations Manager, Procurement Manager, and Supply Chain Manager. A […]
British-Jamaican, Raheem Sterling, Makes the Cover of GQ
Fans of famous footballer, Raheem Sterling, will be happy to see their favorite player on the cover of the August 2019 British edition of “GQ” magazine. Adorned in a set of black wings, the edition includes an in-depth article about the many obstacles and challenges Sterling has faced on his rise to the top of […]
Grace’s 2019 Revamped Jerk Food Festival South Florida Transfers to Miramar’s Regional Park Amphitheater – Announced at Media Reception
The 18th staging of Grace Kennedy’s Annual Jamaican Jerk Festival will be transferred in 2019 to the Amphitheater in Miramar, Florida on November 10, which moves it from Markham Park in Sunrise where the Festival had called home for the past 14 years. The relocation announcement was made at the recent media reception and launch […]
Professional Women Over 30 and Single? 3 Reasons Why You Might Be
You studied long and hard. You attended College/University and obtained your Bachelor’s, and Master’s Degrees or even your Doctorate. You landed a good job; you may even own a house and a nice car. You have accomplished all that you set out to. You have made it! You are over 30. You’re still single and […]
Jamaica, Ghana Enter into Visa Waiver Agreement
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that his government will enter into a visa waiver agreement with the Republic of Ghana in Africa. According to Holness, the Foreign Affairs Ministers of both Jamaica and Ghana have received mandates to conduct negotiations to complete the agreement. Prime Minister Holness issued a press statement on the matter […]
Jamaican Canadian and Husband Donate Chinese Editorial Cartoons to Chinese Embassy
Yves and Cynthia Bled, both retired Canadian professors, started a project that involved completing Chinese editorial cartoons from the “People’s Daily” newspaper, published in China. The project, which began some 30 years ago, was designed to help Canadians obtain a better understanding of China by showing them how the Chinese perceived themselves and the issues […]
How the Jamaican Culture has dominated the Toronto Raptors NBA championship
June 14, 2019 will forever be etched in the memories of Canadians. On this day, the Toronto Raptors dethroned the Golden State Warriors in game 6 of the NBA finals, to win their first ever NBA title, taking the Larry O’Brien trophy across the border for the first time. The city came alive, the entire […]