As global conversations around reparations intensify, Scotland’s role in the Caribbean is coming under renewed scrutiny. On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave…
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On This Day in Jamaican History: Sir Solomon Hochoy, First Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago, Was Born
Chinese-Jamaican statesman Sir Solomon Hochoy was born on April 20, 1905, in Kingston (with some sources citing Spanish Town). He would go on to help guide Trinidad and Tobago through one of the…
Celebrating Xavier Murphy: Jamaicans.com Founder Reflects on 31 Years of Culture, Community and Connection
Today we take a moment to spotlight South Florida-based digital media pioneer Xavier Murphy, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica on April 18, 1968. Over the past three decades, Murphy has established himself…
Celebrating Xavier Murphy: Jamaicans.com Founder Reflects on 31 Years of Culture, Community and Connection
Today we take a moment to spotlight South Florida-based digital media pioneer Xavier Murphy, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica on April 18, 1968. Over the past three decades, Murphy has established himself…
Dennis Minott | The software of integrity
The Jamaican landscape is often described in the binary of “hardware” and “software”. We excel at the hardware, the construction of highways, the expansion of hotel room counts, hospital building, and the drafting…
Imani Tafari-Ama | Battlefields across borders
The ripple effects of war are rarely confined to the battlefield. They travel quietly but forcefully across oceans, seeping into economies, tightening household budgets and unsettling the fragile balance of small states like…
Mark Wignall | Why Jamaica’s BPO sector deserves a fairer narrative
A television feature some time ago reignited an all too familiar debate: are call centre workers in Jamaica being treated unfairly? The conversation struck a chord, as it often does. But, like many…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: The Echo of the Empty Grave
What we know as Easter has passed, but the reflections and lessons linger. On that first resurrection morning, the tomb was not only empty; it was also speaking. The women who came expecting to…
On This Day : Jamaican NFL Player Rohan Davey was Born in Clarendon Jamaica
Rohan St. Patrick Davey, the Jamaican-born former National Football League (NFL) quarterback, was born on April 14, 1978, in Clarendon, Jamaica, to parents Jeffry Davey and Dottlyn Carruthers. He has one brother, Christopher,…
Diana Thorburn | Changing Jamaica’s adoption law is necessary
There are several explanations for why, despite approximately 4,500 children in state care – of whom roughly 2,000 are in children’s homes and well over 1,000 in foster care – fewer than 20…