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Jamaican Actor, Ulato Sam, Shining Bright in Bob Marley’s Hope Road in Las Vegas
Jamaicans.com
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July 28, 2025
When Bob Marley Hope Road premiered on the Las Vegas Strip, it brought more than music and spectacle—it introduced audiences to a rising Jamaican star. Ulato Sam, an Ardenne High School alumnus, is one of the standout performers in this bold new...
Palm Beach Jamaica Independence Festival to celebrate culture and music in Lake Worth Beach
WPTV 5 - Florida
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July 31, 2025
LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — A celebration of culture, music, and community is coming to Lake Worth Beach this weekend as the Palm Beach Jamaica Independence Festival takes over John Prince Park on Saturday, Aug. 2 from noon to 10 p.m. The...
Jamaican conjoined twins in Saudi Arabia for life-changing surgery
Jamaica Observer
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July 29, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith shares a moment with conjoined twins Azora and Azaria Elson aboard a Medevac aircraft at Norman Manley International Airport on Sunday, July 27, 2025 ahead of their...
Jamaican conjoined twins depart for Saudi Arabia ahead of life-changing surgery
Jamaica Observer
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July 28, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Jamaica, His Excellency Dr Waleed bin Abdulrahman Alhamoudi (right), observe as a flight crew...
Jamaicans in Washington DC Region Give Thanks at Emancipendence Church Service Sunday
Jamaica Information Service
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July 27, 2025
Jamaicans in the District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) will give thanks for the nation’s 187th anniversary of Emancipation and 63rd year of Independence at a special church service on Sunday (July 27). The event will be held at the Sligo...
Jamaican-Canadian prodigy Jazmin Headley wows crowd at Claressa Shields’ championship fight
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 28, 2025
While Claressa Shields dominated Lani Daniels with a flawless performance inside the ring in her undisputed heavyweight title win on Saturday, July 26, at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, it was 12 year old Jamaican-Canadian singer...
Today in History: 1945, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
The Mining Journal - Michigan
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The area around the Sangyo-Shorei-Kan (Trade Promotion Hall) area of Hiroshima is laid waste after an atomic bomb exploded within 100 meters of here in 1945. (AP photo) Today is Wednesday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2025. There are 147 days left in...
Ennismore, Accor Set to Debut in Jamaica With $450M Residential Resort Project
Caribbean Journal
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July 31, 2025
A major new partnership is bringing two internationally recognized lifestyle hospitality brands to Jamaica for the first time. LCH Development Limited has announced a landmark agreement with Ennismore, a joint venture in which Accor holds a...
Tuberculosis or ‘TB’ is still with us
The Gleaner
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August 6, 2025
A cough that will not go away should prompt you to get checked for tuberculosis or TB. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the germ Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mtb that affects mainly the lungs. TB can also affect the spine...
Rural Jamaicans urged to embrace Jamaica 63 celebrations
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 31, 2025
Jamaicans living in rural parishes are being encouraged to fully participate in this year’s Jamaica 63 Independence celebrations, with festivities set to reach deep into communities across the island. The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment...
Jamaica’s Third City to be in St Elizabeth – PM
Nationwide 90FM
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July 28, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr. Andrew Holness (second left), tours the new KFC Black River store in St. Elizabeth following the grand opening on Saturday (July 26). He is joined by (from left) Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Aubyn...
Midwife ‘Indi’ launches début dancehall single
Jamaica Observer
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August 5, 2025
Shanice “Indi” Barham . TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Shanice Barham knew from a very tender age that she wanted to enter the music business as a singer, but was daunted by fear. However, Barham, who is a midwife at Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston,...
KALW Almanac - Wednesday August 6, 2025
KALW - California
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Today is Wednesday, the 6th of August of 2025, August 6 is the 218th day of the year 147 days remain until the end of the year. 47 days until autumn begins Sunrise at 6:18:08 am and sunset will be at 8:12:09 pm. We will have 13 hours and 54...
Guyanese duo to attend Paralympic Training Camp in Jamaica
I News Guyana
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July 31, 2025
The Executive Committee of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has taken a bold step toward strengthening Paralympic sport in Guyana by partnering with Commonwealth Sport through its GAPS (Gather, Adjust, Prepare, Sustain) training programme. As...
Savienne Club Launches With Unique Chef Dinners And Wish-List Destinations
Forbes
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The interior of a kasbah outside of Marrakesh, the site of a five day/four night experience in October created by the new dining club SAVIENNE. Courtesy of SAVIENNE With gastronomic travel surging, overtourism in certain culinary hotspots has...
Suddenly, Jamaica
The New York Review of Books
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July 31, 2025
“Girl,” Jamaica Kincaid’s first published short story, appeared in June 1978 in The New Yorker, a magazine I could find time for only during summer vacation, when I would lie in my parents’ backyard and read each issue straight through—or, at...
Consulate General of Jamaica, MIami Independence Message
South Florida Caribbean News
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July 31, 2025
Hon. Oliver Mair SOUTH FLORIDA –Message from the Consul General, Mr. Roderick Oliver Mairon the occasion of Jamaica’s 63rd Anniversary of Independence: On behalf of the Consulate General of Jamaica, Miami, I extend greetings to my Diaspora family...
Slate of Activities in Rural Parishes for Jamaica 63
Jamaica Information Service
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July 30, 2025
Jamaicans in rural parishes are being encouraged to participate in the slate of events to be held in communities across the island for Jamaica 63 Independence celebrations. The activities are being organised by the Ministry of Culture, Gender,...
Joy Spence reflects on JWN legacy as company celebrates 200 years
Jamaica Observer
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August 6, 2025
Dr Joy Spence, master blender, delivers remarks at J Wray & Nephew Limited’s 200th anniversary launch. ON Wednesday, July 23, heads of industry and State, including Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, came together to mark a moment few companies in...
Today In Culture, Thursday, July 31, 2025: Eaves Opening At Lyric | Car-Free Days On Milwaukee Avenue | Cleve Carney Announces Hokusai Japan Fest
Newcity - Illinois
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July 31, 2025
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Art Institute Defends Name Change Of Gustave Caillebotte Exhibit “Two things set Gustave Caillebotte apart from his Impressionist...