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JCDC Receives Gold Star at HRMAJ Innovation Awards

Tamara Wright-Brown, Director of Human Resource Management, Development & Administration (left) and Elizabeth Smith, Director of Corporate Services (right) both of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) receive the 2016 Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica’s (HRMAJ)  First Place Golden Star Award  for Leadership in HR Innovation  from Myrtle Weir, Chief Judge of the HRMAJ  […]

JCDC Empowers Youth Through Culture

The JCDC Eastern Region which covers the parishes of Kingston & St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Thomas will be hosting its annual Culture Club Consultation under the theme “Cultural Interaction for Greater Regional Integration (Social Growth)”. This will be held on Friday, December 2, 2016 starting at 9:30 a.m. at Caenwood Auditorium, Caenwood Centre, […]

Creative Writing Exhibition Tours Western Jamaica

The award-winning pieces of the 2016 Jamaica Creative Writing Competition which are currently being showcased in the competition’s annual island-wide tour have now reached the Western Region, and will be on display throughout the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, beginning on Monday November 28. The western leg of the tour, which was […]

Sean Henry postured to become Jamaica’s next Master Artist

Sean Henry Jamaican Master Artist

On Thursday, November 17, 2016, Sean Henry’s Art Cart exhibition opening was a smashing success with over a hundred art lovers, business colleagues, fellow artists, collectors, family and friends in attendance. The show, hosted at Toyota Jamaica Ltd., opened without much fanfare at seven pm, then, after an hour of whirlwind activity, more than half […]

New Zealand Museum Shows Rare Collection of Bob Marley Photographs

Bob Marley

The Waikato Museum in Hamilton, New Zealand, plans a tribute to Jamaica’s reggae legend and social activist Bob Marley from December 17, 2016 to April 2, 2017. The exhibit will feature a rare collection of photographs featuring the international music star that were commissioned by the Marley estate and the music label Island Records. The […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Looking Inward Part II

Thud! Thud! Thud!  The sound of stones dropping on the ground as the self-righteous accusers, convicted by their own consciences, went out one by one from the presence of Jesus and the accused woman.  That they were convicted is not to be overlooked. After all, they were right in their black-and-white thinking that the adulteress […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending November 15th, 2016

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS   STORIES —————————————- CHRISTOPHER “DUDUS” COKE HAS NOT DIED Despite a flurry of alleged news stories announcing the death of Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the man is not dead. A spokesman from the Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution in the United States where Coke is serving a sentence of 23 […]

SRHA Aims to Create Healthier Communities Through Targeted Interventions

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has embarked on a series of interventions in communities across Manchester, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth in an effort to reduce or eliminate health issues and other factors impacting the behavioural practices of community members. The Targeted Community Interventions aim to impact positive bahaviour changes in relation to health and […]

National Geographic Society Study Finds Small Farms in Jamaica Promote Biodiversity

National Geographic Society Study Finds Small Farms in Jamaica Promote Biodiversity

Farmers in Jamaica’s John Crow Mountains grow, on average, 87 useful plant varieties, which include an unusually high number of foods, on a single plot of land, according to a study sponsored by the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration. It is difficult to tell, sometimes, where the lush forest lands end and […]