Toronto Chef of Jamaican-Chinese Heritage Featured in the Huffington Post

Chef Craig Wong of Toronto, Canada, describes the way his Jamaican-Chinese heritage has an influence on his cooking style in a feature at the Huffington Post. Wong takes pride in being a storyteller and has always been interested in encouraging his clients and guests to get to know him better after dining on his food. […]
Usain Bolt Featured in BBC’s “Weird Things” Athletes Eat

The foods that top athletes eat to fuel their exceptional performances on the field are sometimes surprising, according to the United Kingdom’s BBC. Jamaican Usain Bolt, the superstar sprint legend and eight-time Olympic champion, admits a love for chicken nuggets. In particular, Bolt favors nuggets from a well-known fast-food chain. At the Beijing Olympics in […]
NBC Features Jamaican Women’s Bobsled Team and Their Upcoming Olympic Debut

Almost 30 years after Jamaica’s “Cool Runnings” men’s bobsled team participated in the Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada, in 1988, a women’s team from the island is moving ahead with its bid to win a first Winter Olympics medal. The women’s bobsled team is preparing to make history with its first-ever appearance in Pyeongchang. The […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending December 8th, 2017

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS SLAVE AUCTIONS IN LIBYA Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, responded to international media reports of slave auctions of migrant workers in Libya by addressing the Senate, stating, that “This human indignity is unreservedly and entirely condemned by the Government, and we […]
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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, […]
Black Enterprise Magazine Features Jamaican Home Depot Cashier Who Now Runs All US Stores

The story of Ann-Marie Campbell of Jamaica is featured in Black Enterprise Magazine. Campbell’s story has been called a “corporate fairytale” as it describes her starting her career at The Home Depot some 30 years ago as a cashier and rising to the position of executive vice president of all the home improvement chain’s 2,000 […]
Jamaican Doctor Named President-Elect of international Endocrine Society

Jamaican, E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, will be the new president of the Endocrine Society. He will take on his new role as president-elect on March 20, 2018, and serve as president for one year, beginning on March 20, 2019. Dr. Abel attended Wolmer’s High School in Jamaica, and he is the first individual to […]
A Tribute To Lowell Hawthorne, Founder & CEO of Golden Krust – A Brilliant Jamaican Star!

God Knows. To a man who never said no. He and his family sang the Alpha song in a strange land. I saw the NY Daily News article on my Whatsapp yesterday and I immediately went to the Gleaner website. There it was – the stark reality confirmed from a credible source in this age […]
Chapelton Hospital to be Renovated: Limited Services to be Offered

Minister of Health, Dr. Christopher Tufton has announced that the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon will be renovated at a cost of J$ 23. 7 million. The renovation project will begin on Monday, December 4, 2017, for a period of six months. Speaking in Clarendon on Thursday, November 30, Minister Tufton appealed for the understanding […]