What is it really like being a Jamaican living in Nigeria? Meet Cherise Ige, a Jamaican professional now living and working in Lagos. Her journey from Kingston to the UK and eventually West…
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: The Love That Keeps Knocking
Unanswered prayers test the depth and sincerity of our love for God. Jesus’ invitation to ask, seek, and knock (Matt. 7:7-8) is not a guarantee of instant results but a call to persistent…
Youth Spotlight: Tajay Lindsay’s Journey from Hurricane Beryl to Valedictorian and Entrepreneur
In the rural community of Sunbury, Clarendon, a young Jamaican’s story of grit, faith, and perseverance is quietly inspiring everyone who hears it. At just 18 years old, Tajay Lindsay has already shown…
Rebuilding Parottee: The Women-Led Coalition Restoring Hope After Hurricane Melissa
When Hurricane Melissa tore through southern Jamaica, few communities were hit as hard as Parottee, a quiet fishing village along the St. Elizabeth coastline. Homes were ripped apart, fishing boats destroyed, and families…
Deta Hedman, the ‘Caribbean Queen’, Finally Claims the WDF World Title
For more than forty years, Deta Hedman, known as the “Caribbean Queen”, has been one of darts’ most enduring figures: admired, feared, sometimes underestimated, but always present. When she finally became the World…
Touchscreens Turn Browsers into Bigger Buyers — KFC Jamaica’s Kiosk Rollout and the Upsell Revolution
When KFC Jamaica quietly opened its first self-service ordering kiosks at the Springs Plaza outlet in Half-Way-Tree this month — signalling an island-wide roll-out across all 43 locations — it joined a global…
Not a Fluke: Why Jamaica Men’s Basketball Is Building Real Momentum Ahead of 2026 Home Games
Jamaica’s Men’s National Basketball Team has stunned the region with back-to-back wins over Puerto Rico in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers, both secured on Puerto Rican soil. In the first…
Sophia Frazer-Binns | The interconnected crisis
The quote by John Muir ‘When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.’ or by Chief Seattle, that “All things are bound…
Debbie-Ann Gordon | Westmoreland: At the epicentre of Hurricane Melissa’s wrath
With winds stronger than those required for Category 5 designation, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in New Hope, Westmoreland, on October 28. Forecasts pointed to eastern Westmoreland and western St Elizabeth, but the storm…
How This Jamaican in Panama Took Action for Hurricane Relief Before the Disaster Hit
When Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica, Judith Falloon-Reid, a Jamaican living in Panama, saw what was coming long before the storm made landfall. She had lived through major hurricanes while doing relief work in…