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Mojo Morgan ‘Dreams’ about ‘Jamaica Love’
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 30, 2025
Cover of Mojo Morgan’s ‘Dreams.’ Photo courtesy Mojo Morgan Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own! GRAMMY-winning artist and founding member of Morgan Heritage, Mojo Morgan, has...
UNIA president urges deeper understanding of Emancipation Day
The Gleaner
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August 1, 2025
Steven Golding, president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), is urging Jamaicans to deepen their understanding of the fight for emancipation from slavery in order to fully grasp the...
A taste of Royal Palm Beach: Savor flavors of Cuba, Jamaica, Vietnam
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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Royal Palm Beach has a growing, diverse population with many immigrant-owned restaurants. Casa Santiago, a Cuban restaurant, is known for its award-winning Cuban sandwiches and pastelitos. Pho 16 offers traditional Vietnamese pho and Thai milk...
50 Over 50: Lifestyle
Forbes
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View the list: A-G Claudine Adamo 55 | Executive Vice President & COO, Merchandising, Costco As head of merchandising at Costco, Claudine Adamo and her team decide what the wholesale giant's more than 140 million cardholders put in their shopping...
In memory of a great Jamaican patriot
Jamaica Observer
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July 30, 2025
I worked with Don Wehby twice, once when I was at GraceKennedy and again as part of an advisory group when he became minister of finance in the Bruce Golding Administration. On both occasions, it was very clear to me that, in all his actions,...
Immigration Corner | Options after request to return items seized by UK Customs
The Gleaner
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July 29, 2025
Dear Mr Bassie, A while ago you advised a reader on how to request items to be returned if they were seized by customs in the United Kingdom. If I am not in agreement with their response, I would like to know what other options are available to...
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...
Anderson urges diaspora to be proud, bold for Jamaica 63
The Gleaner
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July 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC: The colours black, green and gold adorned the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church in Takoma Park, Maryland, on Sunday as scores of Jamaicans and friends of the island gathered in thanksgiving for its 63rd year of Independence....
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...
Michael Abrahams | Why left-hand drive school buses place our children at risk
The Gleaner
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July 29, 2025
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz, recently announced the introduction of a rural school bus programme utilising 110 refurbished American school buses. However, there are safety concerns as the buses are old...
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...
Treasure Beach festival returns
The Gleaner
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August 1, 2025
Known for its community spirit, St Elizabeth, the breadbasket parish of Jamaica, is set to host three days of culinary flavour, local rums, and the pulse of sweet reggae music as the Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Festival returns for its...
ICE Busts Jamaican Illegal Working as Reserve Maine Cop
KVOR - Colorado
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July 29, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday it arrested an illegal immigrant from Jamaica who was working as a reserve police officer in Maine after he tried to purchase a firearm. Jon Luke Evans was arrested Friday in Biddeford, Maine, after...
Miss Jamaica Festival Queen to be crowned on August 2
Jamaica Observer
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July 30, 2025
Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2024, Omolora Wilson (centre), with first runner-up, Miss Manchester, Shannoya Houston (left), and second runner-up, Miss Kingston and St Andrew, Daindra Harrison (right), during the 2024 national coronation. (Photo:...
Opposition spokesperson on culture calls for full disclosure of Independence celebration costs
Jamaica Observer
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July 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – People’s National Party Spokesperson on Culture and Creative Industries, Deborah Hickling Gordon, is calling on the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport to disclose the full budgeted and projected costs...
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...
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...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Pennsylvania
The Wellsboro Gazette - Pennsylvania
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Pennsylvania Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Ohio
K99.1FM - Ohio
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July 29, 2025
Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...
Biggest sources of immigrants to New York
106.1 BLI - New York
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July 29, 2025
Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...