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Winston Quest First Jamaican Architect to Win Prestigious German Award

Winston Quest First Jamaican Architect to Win Prestigious German Award

Jamaica’s Winston Quest made history when he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in Germany. Quest, who attended Black River High School and Munro College, is the first Jamaican architect to receive this award, besting 42 other candidates from 19 countries to win the award. He will start his one-year participation in the fellowship […]

How much do you know about the postal service in Jamaica?

Jamaica was the first British colony to have a post office as the booming sugar industry required the creation of a reliable postal service. The postal service began in 1671, and the first dedicated post office building was built in St. Jago De La Vega, which is now known as Spanish Town. The first Postmaster […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending October 27th, 2017

Jamaican and Caribbean News

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES GOVERNMENT SAYS CHINESE NOT ALLOWED TO FISH IN JAMAICAN WATERS According to Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the government of China and the government of Jamaica on September 22, 2017, will not permit Chinese fishers or boats to fish in […]

The Incursion Wins Best Documentary Award

Director Sasha-Gay Lewis filming her documentary The Incursion

The Incursion, a film by Jamaican director and producer Sasha-Gay Lewis, has won best documentary short at the Los Angeles Film and Script Festival. The Incursion, which also won a honorable mention award at the Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival (DOC LA) over the weekend was directed, produced, written and edited by Sasha-Gay Lewis. “For […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – By Accident or On Assignment?

She was a young Jewish girl and a slave in the household of a Syrian soldier. Like many other females in the Bible, we do not know her name. Yet the only recorded words she spoke live on almost 3,000 years later. The writer of the book of Kings tells us, “And she said unto […]

Facebook Features Jamaican in Hiring Campaign

Facebook features Jamaican in hiring campaign Shawna Jemison

Shawna Jemison, a data engineer at Facebook, was born in Kingston and raised in Miami, Florida. She has spent her whole professional career in the fields of data warehousing and business intelligence. She started at Facebook’s Bay Area headquarters, but not works out of the firm’s Seattle office on its Marketplace Trust and Safety Team. […]

Bob Marley’s Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Vandalized

Bob Marley Star Hollywood Walk of Fame Vandalized

The star honoring Jamaican reggae icon and activist Bob Marley on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame was vandalized. The damage was discovered on Monday, October 23, 2017, according to Ana Martinez of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and spokesperson for the Walk of Fame. The star was “pounded on with what appears to be a sledgehammer […]

Mingling on the Mezzanine at HHG Expo 2017, October 27-29, 2017, Kingston

The Health, Home and Garden Expo is back for its 11th staging and promises to be three days of nonstop fun and entertainment, promoting positive vibes for positive living. This weekend, October 27-29, the National Arena will be the stage for a riveting line-up of talented performers, colourful array of exhibits, exciting reveals, health related […]