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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending June 23rd, 2017

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- NEW LAW TO REVEAL TRUE OWNERS OF LOCAL COMPANIES Judith Ramlogan, Registrar of Companies, said that the new Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 is meant to reveal the names of the true owners of offshore registered companies. According to Ramlogan, the law should take immediate effect to ensure that […]

Hot Temperatures, Food and Music Graced Jamaican Jerk Festival in DC

Folklorist Dr. Sue

The second staging of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival in Washington, DC took place Sunday, June 18th attracting over six thousand guests at its new venue, the Festival Lawn at RFK Stadium (Lot 6). The fun-filled day offered mouthwatering jerk food selections from various vendors, an interactive Kidz Zone, Jerk Cook-off Pavilion and a variety […]

How Much Do You Know about Catherine’s Peak?

Catherine’s Peak in the Blue Mountains is the highest point in St. Andrew. It is named after Catherine Long, the wife of Sir Henry Moore, the Governor of Jamaica who was also at one time Governor of New York. She was the sister of Jamaican historian Edward Long. She is thought to have been the […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Come and See”

In his book The God Delusion, renowned atheist Richard Dawkins writes, “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic [woman hater], homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal [egotistical], sadomasochistic, […]

Jamaican Among 15 Selected to Win Denmark Scholarship

Jamaican Among 15 Selected to Win Denmark Scholarship

Yohan Lee, 27, of Jamaica is among 15 students chosen from a field of 500 around the world to receive the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. The scholarship is designed to enhance the quality of higher education in Europe and to promote dialog and understanding between people of different cultures via cooperation with countries in the Third […]

Best of Festival back with a Bang, Starts June 27, 2017

The Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre will come alive with the return of the highly anticipated Best of Festival Series, a Jamaica 55 event, beginning on Tuesday, June 27. A five-day event celebrating the best of the Performing Arts in the areas of Dance, Drama, Music, Speech and Traditional Folk Forms, the Best of Festival series […]

The Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board Elects New Representatives for Board Member and Alternate Board Member in its Three Regions

JDAB newest representatives for the three regions; Northeast, South, and West-Mid-West, are ready to serve the Diaspora community. Toronto- June 21, 2017– The Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board recently elected its newest representatives to fill the positions of Board Member and Alternate Board Member in the three regions; Northeast, South and the West-Mid-West. The selected candidates; […]

Groovin’ in the Park – More Than Just a Concert…It’s an Experience

Groovin’ In The Park is New York City’s premier reggae and R & B concert taking place this Sunday in Roy Wilkins Park in Queens. The outdoor event is celebrating its seventh renewal, and over the years Groovin’ has attracted a dazzing array of the finest available talent in both genres. Beres Hammond, Jimmy Cliff, […]