• Sat, 15 August 2026

Applications Now Open For The 2016 GraceKennedy Jamaican Birthright Programme

After reviving its popular Jamaican Birthright programme in 2015, GraceKennedy has announced that applications for the 2016 period are now open. The aim of the programme is to expose second and third generation Jamaican university students to a diversified Jamaican experience through music, social activities and professional tutelage through internships at GraceKennedy. “The programme this […]

Jamaican Community in Atlanta Mourns Novelist Anthony C. Winkler

Atlanta Jamaicans are mourning the passing of Anthony C. Winkler, one of Jamaica’s most gifted and successful writers.  He died peacefully at his home in Dunwoody, Georgia on September 18, 2015. He is survived by his wife Cathy, daughter Becky, son Adam and his wife of three weeks, Amy. He was 73. In 2014 Winkler […]

21 Reasons Why South Florida Is Kingston 21 – A part of Jamaica

The lyrics of a song by  well-known reggae singer Pluto Shervington who now spends quite a lot of time in South Florida, “I man on yah, I man born yah, I nah leave yah, fi go America… No way sah, pot a boil yah, belly full yah, Sweet Jamaica,” virtually provides support for the argument […]

Adult and Children’s Gospel Song Competitions Now Open

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture is now inviting entries for the 2016 Jamaica Gospel and Jamaica Children’s Gospel Song Competitions. The JCDC, through these Gospel Song Competitions, have been providing a platform for talent development and inspiration over the years. Persons who wish to enter […]

Entries Now Open for 2016 Festival of Performing Arts Competition

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture is now accepting entries for the 2016 Festival of the Performing Arts Competition. Entries for the annual competition are being accepted in the areas of speech, drama, music, traditional folk forms and dance and will close on Friday, November 27, […]

Call For Caribbean Diaspora Brand

A Caribbean-American community leader called on West Indians living in the United States to establish a Caribbean Diaspora brand. Following the success of the 48th West Indian American Labor Day Carnival Parade, Kwayera Archer Cunningham asserted it was time build on brand Caribbean, starting in Brooklyn – “Caribbean Central” in the United States. “Yes, I […]

Oliver Samuels Files “Divorce Papers” in New York

(l-r) Dennis Titus, Maylynne Walton-Lowe, Oliver Samuels, and Ruth Ho Shing. Photo courtesy of Herman Hall, Everybody’s Magazine As experts usually confess, there is a serious side to marriage. Those same know-it-alls might also conjecture the funny aspects of divorce. Oliver Samuels, an actor versed at explaining both sides of the marital adventure is due […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Guiding Hand

He had called her “Mom”; it seemed he was frightened by the rush-hour crowd exiting and entering the train.   As we bobbed and weaved our way through, I watched them as they jostled their way to the exit. In a overwhelming crowd like this, it was easy for a child to become separated from a […]