Jamaican-born Peter Harrison a Candidate for Influential Internet Registry Board
Jamaican-born Peter Harrison has been named as one of four finalists seeking election to a seat on the board of trustees of the American Registry for Internet Number (ARIN). ARIN is one of five Internet registries in the world that is responsible for coordinating the distribution and administration of number resources. ARIN serves Canada, the […]
Bloomberg Raves at Jamaica’s World-Leading 233% Stock Market Rally
Jamaica’s stock market has experienced the largest rally in history over the past five years, and the rally shows no indication of slowing down. According to Bloomberg, Jamaica’s benchmark index gained 19 percent in terms of dollars in 2018, the greatest amount shown by the over 90 primary equity gauges tracked by the firm. In […]
Jamaican Swimmer Alia Atkinson Breaks World Record at 2018 FINA World Cup Competition
Jamaica’s Olympic swimmer Alia Atkinson, 29, broke her own world record in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke at the 2018 FINA World Cup in Budapest on October 6, 2018. Atkinson swam the distance in 28.56 seconds, outpacing her old record of 28.64 seconds, which she set in Tokyo on October 26, 2016. Atkinson’s time in Budapest […]
Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Chef Reveals Her Favorite Dish: Jamaican-Caribbean Soup
There has been considerable discussion about the favorite food of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, but now the royal chef has provided some definitive information. Mark Flanagan, a chef who has worked in Buckingham Palace since 2002, discussed the Queen’s favorite dish in a documentary for ITV called “Queen of the World,” and he reports that […]
Eight Young Jamaicans Make Finals for 2018 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Program in USA
The United States Embassy has announced the 2018 finalists from Suriname for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program. The program represents part of a commitment by the US to increase trade and investment in the region, and according to US vice president Mike Pence, to bring “even more of our […]
Jamaican Frantz Smith Named Interim Head Coach at Shaw University
Dr. Alfonza L. Carter, the director of athletics at Shaw University in North Carolina, announced that Jamaican Frantz Smith will be the interim head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country as well as the women’s outdoor track and field coach. Smith will start as coach at the beginning of the 2018 season. Smith […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 5th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES YELLOWSTONE CLUB SUED BY JAMAICANS OVER TIPS CONTROVERSY Several Jamaican citizens are suing the Yellowstone Club along with an employment staffing agency. The Jamaicans are charging the club and agency with robbing them of tips and service charges during the period they worked there in 2017-2018. The Jamaicans also said […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending October 5, 2018.
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The Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force (JDETF) and LasCo Chin Foundation (LCF) collaborate to fight crime, Leo Gilling
With the exception of driving along Mountain View Road to Kingston via Windward Road, I have never stopped, even to ask for directions, when heading to the airport. I was never afraid, but the stories about crime had preceded me as a member of the Diaspora. Last week Wednesday that changed. As part of the […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Gift of Encouragement
Every now and again we all could use a word of encouragement. Those times when we feel like giving up rather than going on. The online Merriam-Webster dictionary defines encouragement as “the act of encouraging” with encouragement defined as “giving hope or promise.” Another way of looking at it is that to encourage someone is […]