World record holding sprint legend Usain Bolt is to be honoured by the City of Miramar in Florida on July 15. A statue of Bolt will be unveiled as part of the city’s tribute. The statue was done by renowned Jamaican sculptor Basil Watson, out of...
Five-year-old Jermaine Taylor successfully underwent an operation on Wednesday to have a new pacemaker implanted, following an appeal that galvanised the Jamaican diaspora around him to get the much-needed surgery. Jermaine’s plight had been...
He is a product of St Theresa Prep and Excelsior High schools who used to race go-carts along Palisades Road before migrating to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot, following in the footsteps of his father. Today, Ricky Wade...
The Manchester High School Choir, winners of the Television Jamaica’s ‘All Together Sing’ competition for 2022, is currently in New York. The choir was brought to New York on a prize trip for copping the top spot in the competition by Jamaica’s...
Four university students, two from the United States, one from Canada and one from the United Kingdom, selected for this year’s summer intern programme under the GraceKennedy Jamaican Birthright Programme, will arrive in Jamaica on June 28 for a...
Florida-based Jamaica-born businessman Ricky Wade has announced that he will be establishing a foundation to honour his late mother. The foundation, to be known as the Rite Beverley Maria Robinson Foundation, is expected to become a reality within...
Jamaica-born educator Eleanor Williamson has received the 2023 Muller Award given to New York City public school teachers for professional influence in education. The award recognises two New York City public school teachers who, during their...
Jamaica-born US-based businessman Ricky Wade is decrying a Florida immigration bill which is slated to become law on July 1, which he believes has the potential for serious repercussions for employers and potential employees. Wade, who owns and...
A VISIT to any green grocery in the New York Tri-State area to purchase Jamaican products will show a constant feature – these stores are Korean-owned. This has led to many conversations within the community as to why Jamaicans do not feature in...
Adeline Lewis-Lancaster celebrated her 102nd birthday anniversary on June 12. She was born June 12, 1921. Lewis-Lancaster, who is from Crofts Hill in Clarendon, currently resides in Queens, New York with her sole surviving child, Jean Lewis....
A St Thomas mother and her three children have been gifted a three-bedroom house through the efforts of the Jamaican Consulate in Miami and Food For The Poor in Jamaica. The consulate, through Consul General Oliver Mair, raised some US$5,000 which...
THE SIX people arrested last Tuesday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and charged with mail fraud and money laundering, arising out of a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Programme of US$14.7 million, are all Jamaicans. Earlier...
He is now the highest ranked Jamaican in the New York Police Department and the first Jamaican ever to be appointed borough commander in the history of the NYPD. He is Jamaica-born Ruel Stephenson who was recently promoted to the rank of assistant...
FLORIDA: A JUDGE in Florida has dismissed a charge of perjury brought against the former schools’ superintendent of Broward County, Jamaican, Robert Runcie. Circuit judge Martin Fein dismissed the grand jury’s 2021 indictment against Runcie...
Heavy D, who is credited with being one of the architects of hip hop music, was honoured recently with the unveiling of a sculpture in his memory in Mount Vernon, his adopted home. The sculpture unveiling, hosted by Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard,...
Jamaican community leaders in Florida are raising the alarm about an immigration bill that was passed in the Sunshine State last Friday, pointing out that it will have a “chilling” effect on immigrants, legal and non-legal alike. Democrats have...
Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States have paid tribute to the late Harry Belafonte who died on Tuesday, April 26 at the age of 96 years. He has been described as a true son of Jamaica who never lost his commitment to the country...
The Jamaican Consulate in Manhattan, New York, has implemented a number of changes designed to cope with the volume of requests for passports and other services. Consul General Alsion Wilson said given the number of calls that the consulate deals...
Five-year-old Jermaine Taylor, who was born with a heart defect, is set to receive a pacemaker, following The Gleaner’s publication of his story last week. Doctors at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital for Children will perform the surgery to...
New York State Assembly speaker Carl Heastie, is one of three persons to be honoured at the annual Jah Jerry scholarship fundraising dinner on Friday, April 28. Heastie will receive the “Community Spirit” award, while honorees Doreen Shaffer and...
Scholarships totalling some US$40,000 have been awarded to sixteen students in Jamaica and the United States from proceeds raised from last year’s Jamaica 60th gala hosted by the Jamaican Consulate in New York City . A breakdown of the...
Five-year old Jermaine Taylor is urgently in need of a new pacemaker, a situation which has forced his family to start a GoFundMe account to raise the necessary funds to purchase the device. “His heart function is very poor right now,” Lorraine...
NEW YORK: Several Jamaica-born Republicans have condemned the indictment of former United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday, describing the charges brought against him as political victimisation. In unsealing a historic 34-count felony...
NEW YORK: Tameka Cooke spent two and a half years shuttling between homeless shelters in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx in New York and survived domestic violence and hunger all while battling a rare cancer. Today, Cooke has her own apartment, is...
Newly elected Governor of Maryland Wes Moore has announced the appointment of the first black person to become head of the Maryland State Police.Tasked to lead the Maryland State Police and usher in a new era of law-enforcement strategy is Lt Col...
