Jamaican Born Harvard University Professor Receives Gold Musgrave Medal
Professor Orlando Patterson has been honored with the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. Professor Patterson teaches at Harvard University and received the recognition for his achievements as a scholar. He was trained as a sociologist at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Mona and then went on to the London […]
Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise 2016 Announces Plans and Partial Lineup For 3rd Annual Expedition
The 5-Night, Jamaica-Bound, Musical Voyage Will Embark November 14, 2016 on Royal Caribbean Featuring Performances by Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Stephen “Ragga” Marley, Toots & The Maytals, Steel Pulse, Sean Paul, Tarrus Riley, Bounty Killer, Mavado, Mr. Vegas, Junior Reid, Collie Buddz, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Romain Virgo, J Boog and Kabaka Pyramid Welcome To […]
“I love Jamaica for the people, food, and music!!!! ” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS
Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights some positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. We asked the question “what is the one thing you love about Jamaica?” at the South Florida Jerk Festival. – Photo by X. Murphy “I love Jamaica for the people, food, and music.” The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone who loves Jamaica and/or Jamaicans. […]
Jamaican Scholar, Kamille Adair Morgan, at Top of Class at Oxford
Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholar for 2012, Kamille Adair Morgan was recognized as the top student in her class at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, winning the Winter Williams Prize. Adair Morgan, who is a native of St. Andrew, is in the Masters of Law program. The prize is given to the student who […]
Newsweek Magazine to Feature Bob Marley in Special Issue
Newsweek Magazine’s special issue, which it is calling the official 70th anniversary tribute to reggae legend Bob Marley, has just hit the newsstands in the United States. The magazine’s 100-page feature is dedicated to the Marley family, Jamaica, and several musical genres including reggae rocksteady and ska. In addition to chronicling the life of Bob […]
Jamaican Record-holding Discus Thrower, Jason Morgan, Gets Deal with Puma
Jason Morgan, who holds Jamaica’s national record in the discus for 2015 and who is working toward improving his performance and maybe winning a medal at the 2016 Olympics, has received a shoe contract with Puma. He expects the contract to last until the end of his athletic career. Overall, Morgan is moving ahead from […]
A Third World Country Called the USA
Like immigrants from every corner of the world who come to US, those of us who left the Caribbean came here to build ourselves our own “American Dream”. The countries we left are often referred to as “Third World”, or developing nations. Those terms mean we aren’t as industrialized as countries like the US and […]
Buju Banton to Serve Less Prison Time
Federal authorities in the United States have decided to take almost months off the prison sentence imposed on Buju Banton, Jamaica’s Grammy Award winning artiste. The Bureau of Prisons previously stated that Banton would be released in February of 2019, but his new release date is December 8, 2018. The reason for the earlier release […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Who Is to Be “Blamed”? – Part II
How much of what goes “wrong” in our lives do we hold God responsible for? The tendency to blame someone else has been with us since Eden. You might recall that after the Edenic fall, Adam blamed Eve who blamed the serpent (Genesis 3), and if the serpent could have passed on the blame he […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending January 8th, 2016
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- FOOD FOR THE POOR PAYS FINES, PRISONERS RELEASED FOR HOLIDAYS—01/02/15 Food for the Poor Jamaica (FFP) paid the fines of 18 nonviolent prisoners so that they could be released to celebrate the New Year with their family members. Eleven inmates were from St. Catherine Adult Correctional Center, four […]