jamarchVoting is now open for the Jamaica Diaspora and Friends Champion Awards (JDAFCA). JDAFCA is the first global and virtual Jamaica Diaspora peer award with completely open and online nominations and voting. Hundreds of nominations were submitted in...
The Jamaica Diaspora Northeast, USA will host its first community forum on May 17, 2020, via ZOOM, beginning from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m., EDT. The purpose of the convening is to engage with the Jamaican Diaspora to develop an action plan regarding the...
A Message from Dr. Karren Dunkley, Global Jamaica Diaspora Council, NE Representative Thank you for the tremendous collaboration during this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis is global, and we have learned of several deaths related to the...
Staff WriterOver the past 2 ½ years as a part of the current Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board (“the Board”) we have focused on evolving the process of Jamaican Diaspora engagement with the Government of Jamaica through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has rebuffed assertions made by Diaspora Advisory Board Member, Mrs. Akelia Lawrence-Maitland from the North East Region of the United States of America, that there is discord within the Diaspora...
The Jamaican Diaspora in the United States will be holding a Leadership Summit to formulate a Diaspora Development Plan to address specific issues and develop a more effective leadership framework for the Diaspora while still allowing for individual...
MAYOR OF KINGSTON SCHOOLED ABOUT POT INDUSTRY IN DENVER—03/14/15 Angela Brown Burke, the mayor of Kingston, is visiting Denver, Colorado, to learn more about the marijuana industry. The mayor met with officials from Denver and the state to discuss...
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CREATE ALLIANCES WITH CANADIANS—03/07/15 Students from Islington High School in St. Mary are participating in an innovative communications project that involves connecting with students in St. Thomas More Catholic School in...
CARIBBEAN NATIONALS TRY TO ENTER UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY—02/28/15 Ten migrants from the Caribbean were caught trying to enter the United States illegally off Miami, Florida. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (GBP), the...
UTECH, COLORADO LABORATORY PARTNER ON MARIJUANA RESEARCH—02/21/15 Jamaica’s University of Technology (UTech) has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Ganja Inc. in the United States to partner on research into the best practices of medical...