• Mon, 17 August 2026

Jamaica’s Team Wins 33 Medals at Special Olympics Held in the United Arab Emirates

The athletes who comprised Jamaica’s Special Olympics team traveled to compete at the 2019 World Summer Games in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and came back with a record thirty-three medals overall. This was four medals more than the team achieved at the 2015 Summer Games in California. The medal total included fifteen gold, […]

Jamaican Wayne Hewett Appointed to Wells Fargo Board of Directors

Jamaican Wayne Hewett Appointed to Wells Fargo Board of Directors

Wells Fargo and Company, an American multinational financial services firm, has named Jamaican-born Wayne Hewett to serve on its board of directors. Hewett was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to Miami, Florida, with his family when he was six years old. Specifically, Hewett will be a member of the board’s Human Resources Committee and […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending March 29th, 2019

Jamaican and Caribbean weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES WINNING DESIGN FOR NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT UNVEILED The new design fir Jamaica’s Houses of Parliament has been unveiled. A team headed by architect Evan Williams of Design Collaborative. This group won out over 21 other design teams in an international competition. The name of the winning proposal is “Out […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Never Out of His Sight

never out of his sight

In healthy attachment relationships between a child and a primary caregiver, the caregiver watches over the child, providing for, helping, directing, setting appropriate limits when necessary, and providing comfort and empathy when the child is upset. As children get older and assume more independence, some parents and caregivers still hover. Not in extremes that stifle […]

Jamaican-Born Philadelphia Deejay to Receive International Award

Roger Culture, a deejay in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been chosen to receive the International Community Service Award in that city on April 23, 2019. The deejay is one of three individuals to be honored with the award at the 6th Annual International Awards & Scholarship Program of the Young Caribbean Professional Network (YCPN). Roger Culture […]

Award-Winning Film “Sprinter” in Theaters on April 24, 2019

“Sprinter,” the award-winning film that depicts everyday life in Jamaica, something that is rarely seen on the movie screen, will be released in theaters nationwide on April 24, 2019, through Gathr Films’ Theatrical-On-Demand. The film’s executive producers are Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. It was the winner of several awards at the 2018 American […]

Jamaicans let’s move forward to Victory

Jamaicans let’s move forward to Victory

To be clear, I’m currently not a JLP supporter nor a PNP supporter. My motto is all politics are “politricks.” Albeit, both my paternal and maternal parents’ family are JLP supporters (the genteel variety). My dad and his business partner used to go bird hunting with Prime Minister Edward Seaga. I was raised in a […]

Jamaican Nadine Ralliford Competes on “Project Runway” TV Show

Jamaican Nadine Ralliford fashion designer Competes on Project Runway TV Show

Nadine Ralliford, Jamaican-born professor of fashion, is participating on Season 17 of the popular television program “Project Runway.” Also the creator of her own brand, Ralliford Hall Designs, she has loved fashion since childhood, drawing and putting together her own creations from scraps of cloth and old clothing. Ralliford cites her mother Dolce Ralliford Jones […]