Jamaican Swimmers Win Medals at Florida Synchronized Swimming Championship Meet
Swimmers from the Island Aquatics Synchro Club (IAS) of Jamaica won a variety of medals at the yearly Southeast/Southwest Florida Regional Association Age Group Championship competition in Coral Springs, Florida. The meet was hosted by Coral Springs’ Acquacades Synchro Club, and participants included synchronized swimmers from the Florida area, Puerto Rico, and Latin America. Nine […]
Jamaicans Now Represent the Largest Number of Black Migrants to U.S.
According to a survey by the United States Census Bureau, black immigrants from Jamaica are the largest group of foreign-born blacks in the U.S. It is estimated that Jamaicans number as many as 682,000 people, or 18 percent of the foreign-born blacks comprising the black population in the country. Haitians represent the second-largest group with […]
Jamaican Prof. Renn Holness, Honored with Canadian Neurosurgery Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Renn Holness of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona was chosen as the recipient of the Charles Drake Medal by the Canadian Neurosurgical Society (CNSS). The Medal is given by the Society in recognition for his lifetime achievement in the field of neurosurgery. Professor Holness will receive the award in Quebec City […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Come…and rest a while”
In his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People, John Ortberg observes, “We suffer from what has come to be known as ‘hurry sickness’,” a condition Meyer Friedman defines as “above all, a continuous struggle and unremitting attempt to accomplish or achieve more and more things or participate in more and […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending May 27th, 2016
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- REID ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH EDUCATION—05/23/16 Ruel Reid, Jamaica’s Minister of Education, Youth and Information, is calling for parent to become more involved with their children’s education. Reid said that students perform better in school when their parents are actively engaged. He made his remarks at […]
Raging Fyah’s New Album ‘Everlasting’ Out Now
Raging Fyah, one of the fastest rising roots reggae artists from Jamaica, just released their third studio album entitled Everlasting on the Dub Rockers imprint. The five-piece Kingston collective recently toured the U.S. with Stick Figure winning over new fans with AXS stating, “Raging Fyah is now poised for a significant impact upon America’s vast […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending May 27th , 2016
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Jamaican Downhill Ice Skier, Errol Kerr, Is Pond Skimming World Champion
Downhill Ice Skier, Errol Kerr, who represented Jamaica at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, won the inaugural Pond Skimming World Cup Championship by crossing the 85-foot pond with a seemingly slow-motion carve on the water. The Pond Skimming event is known for its costumed competitors and spectators. Judge Vince Goyette says that […]
Conversation with Cherrie Garden, Jamaican actress in the movie “White Folks”
While growing up in the beautiful island of Jamaica, Cherrie Garden aspired to be a doctor for all of her teenage years… but secretly she’d always had a hidden desire to replace Carson Daly as the next host on MTV’s TRL (Total Request Live)! Her career began by modeling formal wear at the Annual Wedding […]
The Miami Children’s Initiative Announces Celebrity Rapellers to “Go over the Edge” on June 3rd & 4th, 2016, Miami
Liberty City based Miami Children’s Initiative (MCI), a local nonprofit working to break the cycle of poverty by investing in each child and their families, will host its signature 4th annual “Over The Edge” fundraiser June 3- 4, 2016, to raise money and awareness and supporting programs for children from 3-18 years old residing in […]