Kirk Diamond and Bob Da Builda Receive 2015 ReggaeXclusive Recognition Award for Video of the year
To say that it has been an eventful year for reggae/dancehall recording artist Kirk Diamond would be an understatement. The whirlwind year since being nominated for his first JUNO Award has left the young star humbled by the love and support of his friends, family, fans and media. “Kirk Diamond & Bob Da Builda from […]
Jamaican Named Volunteer Of The Year
Jamaican Vivienne Cunningham, a real estate agent, has been honored as Volunteer of the Year for 2015 by New Beginnings, an agency that assists homeless individuals. Every Saturday, Ms. Cunningham sets up tents in a supermarket parking lot and provides groceries and clothing to the homeless. She asks for donations of food and clothes, and […]
Immigration Q & A: How can a religious worker file to live and work in the United States?
Q: How can a religious worker file to live and work in the United States? Answer: A religious worker or a U.S. employer would need to file an I-360 form to receive an EB-4 visa for special immigrant religious worker. The U.S. employer would be an established non-profit organization of a recognized religious denomination. Both […]
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Hall Of Fame celebrating Caribbean American Heritage Month
Sheryl Lee Ralph is an actress, singer, director, producer and writer. She was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to Stanley, a college administrator, and Ivy, a fashion designer from Jamaica. She spent much of her childhood living between Mandeville, Jamaica and Long Island, New York. Sheryl attended Uniondale High school in Uniondale, New York and graduated […]
Onika ‘Nicki Minaj’ Maraj – Hall Of Fame celebrating Caribbean American Heritage Month
Onika Tanya Maraj AKA Nicki Minaj was born in 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. She lived with her grandmother until age five when she moved to Queens, New York to be with her mother. Nicki auditioned for the singing department at the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art (the […]
Jamaican Doctor Turn Down US$100 million For Cancer Research Patent
Jamaica’s Dr. Lawrence Williams, research consultant at the Scientific Research Council, has been offered more than $11 billion (US$100 million) for his breakthrough cancer research patent. He recently revealed in a media interview that his company turned down the $11 billion (US$100 million) offer. He and a Jamaican partner have current ownership of a patent involving the […]
Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant Winners 2015
On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at the Coral Springs Center for The Arts, The Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant crowned the new ambassadors of Miss Jamaica Florida at their annual coronation ceremony. The newly crowned ambassadors of the Miss Jamaica Florida from left are: Little Miss Jamaica Florida, Abigail Blake sponsored by The South and Blake Families, Miss […]
Little Jamaican girl might be molested.. REPORT!
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, On my last visit to Jamaica, I suspect a little girl is being tormented & molested by her cousin, but I dont want to say anything because the mother is so aggressive. I stay in the same tenement yard where I lived for years. Sometimes in the very late hours of the […]
Book Review: Tunda On The Rock by Jamaican author Sabrina K. Marshall
About the book Tunda On The Rock – While the rest of the Bailey pack is out of the yard taking care of important business, the youngest member, who they call Tunda with their Jamaican accents, is ordered to stay home on guard duty where it’s safe. But the courageous, day dreaming, golden-brown puppy has […]
JMMB Goal Getter Round 1 Challenger Receives Cash Prize
JMMB Group’s newest promotion, the JMMB GoalGetter Challenge, concluded the first of three levels of the competition by awarding 22-year old Tavian Brooks-HoSang with a cash prize of J$50,000, her having achieved the top score in that level. She beat out a pool of over 600 registered persons, who had signed up for the interactive […]