Jamaican football star Raheem Sterling Receives Human Rights Award
Jamaican Raheem Sterling, who plays forward with England’s Manchester City, Has was honored for taking a stance against racism in football at the BT Sport Industry Awards on April 25, 2019. Sterling has been critical of the way newspapers portray black players and has called for stronger punishment for fans who racially abuse players. Sterling, […]
Jamaican-Canadian Model Winnie Harlow Pays Tribute to Carnival at MET Gala
The annual Met Gala was held on Monday, May 6, 2019, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York. The theme for this year’s Gala was “Camp,” which is a fashion trend intended to confront and challenge the status quo. Jamaican-Canadian model Winnie Harlow embodied Camp in a jeweled brown dress […]
Pimenta Jamaican Restaurant Brings Island Spice to Fredericksburg, Virginia
Roy Simmonds, the owner of the Jamaican Pimenta restaurant in downtown Fredericksburg, grew up in Jamaica and learned how to cook from his mother. As he became more experienced, he added some American-style preparations to her Jamaican specialties along with his own unique influence to create the cuisine that is on offer at his Pimenta […]
Jamaican in New York Is Small Business Award Honoree
Jamaican Dawn Kelly has been named 2019’s Microbusiness Person of the Year. She received her award from Small Business Administration (SBA) District Director Beth Goldberg. Kelly’s path to the honor was not without challenges. She grew up in South Jamaica and her successful career in public relations at a financial services company allowed her to […]
Jamaican Receives Prominent International Law Award
Jamaican Tracy Robinson is the recipient of the 2019 Prominent Women in International Law (PWA) Award. Robinson is a senior lecturer and deputy dean of graduate studies and research in the faculty of law. The award, which honors individuals who have worked to advance women, gender, and women’s rights in international law, is given by […]
10 Ways to Be Forty-Plus and Fa-bu-lous
It is said that life begins at forty. I don’t know who coined this adage, but I absolutely agree! At 50 plus, I am feeling way better than when I was in my 20s. In fact, I am feeling fabulous! For most persons this is the time when you are settled in a career, the […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending May 3rd, 2019
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTRY DISBANDS MOBILE RESERVE UNITE Jamaica’s Ministry of National Security has decided to disband the police Mobile Reserve unit, and Terrence Bent, head and senior superintendent, has been placed on leave in order to facilitate an investigation. The situation arose from a killing by three police of a […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending May 3, 2019.
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “The Problem is Me”
The prayer was simple but rather profound. Eight words that zeroed in on the problem: “Dear God: I have a problem. It’s me.” There is no doubt that in our Western culture we are more individualistic than in other cultures. Generally speaking, things are centered on ourselves – the things we like or don’t like, […]
Jamaican Actress Keturah Hamilton to Produce New Movie Lethalz
This summer, Keturah Hamilton undertakes her most challenging project since she became an actress 10 years ago. She co-stars in and is the executive producer for the movie Lethalz. Production on Lethalz is scheduled to start in August with Hamilton in the role of Samantha. Ikumi Yoshimatsu and Ally Teixeira are other main characters in the film […]