Jamaica's Williams-Mills Won Olympic Bronze After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Above: Novlene Williams-Mills (centre) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican sprinter Novlene Williams-Mills won a bronze medal in London last summer despite dealing with breast cancer, she revealed in an interview with the Daily Mail. Williams-Mills learned of the diagnosis […]
Jamaica, Animation Hub?
By the Caribbean Journal staff Is Jamaica the next great centre for animation? Jamaica is hosting the two-day KingstOON festival this week, a conference aimed at promoting job opportunities among the country’s youth and positioning the country as “the next […]
Simpson Miller: Jamaica's Growth "Incomplete" Without Active Diaspora
Above: the Hilton Rose Hall By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Diaspora is integral to the country’s prospects for growth, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said this week at the opening of the Fifth biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference. “We take […]
Rum Journal: The Perfect Jamaican Cocktail, Island Outpost Style
Above: Goldeneye in Jamaica IF IAN FLEMING had concocted a rum punch, this would have been it. The Goldeneye Punch is equal parts James Bond, Chris Blackwell and Jamaica. Goldeneye, the estate on Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay where Fleming created James […]