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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending July 1st, 2016

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS   STORIES —————————————- JAMAICA TO DENY ENTRY TO TRAVELERS FROM YELLOW FEVER COUNTRIES—06/25/16 Jamaica’s Health Ministry has decided to deny entry to travelers coming from countries designated by the World Health Organization as “Yellow Fever Active” unless these individuals can prove they have been vaccinated against the disease at least ten […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?”

Satan was probably minding his own business.  As a matter of fact, when asked by the LORD “Whence comest thou?” he replied, “From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it” (Job 1:7, KJV). But the LORD did not stop there. His next question to Satan was one […]

Will Tourists to Jamaica Be Issued Medical Marijuana Cards Via Ganja ATMs?

Medical Marijuana

Jamaica’s Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) wants to outfit the airports and seaports on the island with dedicated desks or kiosks that would provide tourists with licenses to buy marijuana during their visit. The agency is investigating the framework of such an operation and believes an appropriate policy can be devised in a few weeks, said […]

Food For The Poor Celebrates 25 Years of Love and Loyalty in Guyana

Food For The Poor is celebrating 25 years of dedicated service in Guyana, which began with the delivery of food and basic items in June of 1991. Since then, the international relief and development organization has become the leading provider of aid to the people of Guyana, shipping 171 tractor-trailer loads of food, medicine, health […]

Jamaican Science Educator Takes Skills to Abu Dhabi

Dr. Kenisha Wilson, Jamaican in Abu Dhabi

Jamaica’s Dr. Kenisha Wilson’s passion for science education has taken her to Zayed University in Abu Dhabi as assistant professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. Dr. Wilson had to get used to a work-week that runs from Sunday through Thursday and a few other cultural matters, but says her adjustment to the country was […]

Jamaican Bobsled Team to Hold Trials in July 2016

Jamaican bobsled team

Jamaica’s world-famous bobsled team is preparing to hold team trials for participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics. The trials will be held at GC Foster College on Saturday, July 9, 2016, and are open to male and female athletes between the ages of 18 and 21. Team organizers are looking for men and women who […]

Jewish Cemeteries in Jamaica Being Restored by Jewish Jamaican genealogist

Ainsley Henriques and mother Ema standing in front of the tombstone of their Jewish ancestors

Ainsley Henriques, 77, a community leader and Jewish Jamaican genealogist, and Rachel Frankel, the volunteer coordinator from the nonprofit Caribbean Volunteer Expedition, which recruits individuals from the United States for work on projects involving historic conservation, are cataloging the remaining 13 Jewish cemeteries on the island to preserve the community’s history and heritage. The two […]

“Growing up there is still very fresh!!!!” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS

Smile Jamaica - Sonia E. Wilson

Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights some positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. This week we ask Sonia E. Wilson “What about Jamaica makes you smile?” “I love Jamaica because memories of friendships, sports, education, character building… growing up there is still very fresh, decades later.”  The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone who loves Jamaica and/or Jamaicans. If […]