JDTAN announces education workshop and gala in June
The summit is the network's flagship event that will host 100 educators arriving from Jamaica to attend various workshops, panel…
- | Diaspora, Education
Old Harbour diaspora annual Spring Ball in New York returns
The annual showpiece makes its highly anticipated return after a three-year hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Each Spring Ball…
- | Diaspora
Holy Week: A recollection of Easter in Jamaica
Suffice it to say; I understood the response entirely because I also missed the start of Lent. Two days after Ash Wednesday, I realized…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Leadership and the Diaspora
Many of us jump into action and in front to capture the opportunity to quickly become famous, with the fantasy of knocking heads with high-…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Jamaican family worried after US National goes missing
Whyte, who hails from May Pen, Clarendon in Jamaica, was last seen by family members on December 29, 2022 stated local media the Stamford…
- | News, Diaspora
Jamaican duo making waves aboard world’s largest cruise ship
Portland’s Consie “Omar” Cover and St. Ann’s Janet Jackson Dinnall are not only rated as high-quality employees but…
- | Diaspora
Jamaican Diaspora: Reflections of the good ole days at Christmas time
With December hosting the darkest day of the year, the Pagans lit bonfires to keep the darkness away. Unable to curb the Pagan…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
From hungry child to humanitarian | Old Harbour’s ‘Aunty Donna’ to receive US President’s highest award
Today she can look back and reflect on those challenges that moulded a character that allowed her to dream big about one day escaping the…
- | Diaspora
Sandra Samuels | Wolverhampton’s first black mayor always ‘see myself firstly as a Jamaican’
Having served in the medical field as a nurse for 40 years, Councillor Samuels saw, first-hand, the gap in political representation for…
- | Diaspora
Canada target international students to address labour shortage
Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser made the announcement Saturday, saying: “With the economy…
- | Diaspora, International
Protect women against sexual predators, time to come out of the darkness
Many of us recall various bad things about our childhood, and a significant amount of us refuse to challenge…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Nation building through educational engagement
Communities that shape schools and schools that are driving forces behind the transformation of the communities make a major difference in…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Two years after Old Harbour News feature, Shirley Nathan-Pulliam receives US lifetime achievement award
At a gala celebrating Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence held in Baltimore on Saturday (August 13), Mrs. Nathan-Pulliam was recognised…
- | Diaspora
Jamaica Diaspora group to use RICE to aid educators back home
The conference is coordinated by the combined five education task forces led by Dr. Noel Gordon, Ms. Andrea Thomas, and Dr. Sherian Demetrius…
- | Diaspora, Education
Google start-up academy for Jamaica
The programme will be held virtually and will comprehensively cover a wide range of topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
- | Diaspora
Marlie Mount Primary past student ‘100% on Jamaica’ educators with TagHeart Foundation
But in the last few years she and husband Mark McTaggart, who is an avionics engineer, saw themselves branching out on their own.
In…
- | Diaspora, Education, Health