State Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Franklin Witter, is urging stakeholders in the mining sector to begin now to plan for a future beyond bauxite. “We know that bauxite is a diminishing asset, with mining in Jamaica having just another 30 to 40 years to go. We must now look at life after […]
A group of 12 dedicated members of the Carpenters’ Union Local 27 Equity Committee embarked on a humanitarian mission in Chapleton, Clarendon, Jamaica. They told the Caribbean Camera about the work involved in building a home for a less fortunate family in need in just two days. Last week, the Carpenters’ Union Local 27 Equity […]
Hip hop legend DJ Kool Herc is to commemorate 50 iconic years of hip hop with a star-studded celebration set to take place in Jamaica in December 2023. Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell, the Jamaican sibling duo behind this event – set for December 29 and 30 at Plantation Cove in St Ann – have […]
World 200 meters champion Shericka Jackson is one of 11 nominees for the World Athletics Female Athlete-of-the-Year award. According to a announcement on the website of World Athletics, the sport’s world governing body, the voting process for the award opened on Wednesday, and the athletes were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, […]
Veteran photographer Eddie Grant, longtime chauffeur Derrick McIntosh and Bishop James Robinson received awards from Jamaica’s Governor General Patrick Allen on Monday, National Heroes Day, in Jamaica. Grant received the Badge of Honour for Long & Faithful Service in photojournalism and documenting the development of the Diaspora Community in Toronto. “I have been doing this […]
Calling on influences ranging from The Skatalites to Santana, Third World dared to be different in the 1970s roots-reggae era. Michael “Ibo” Cooper, the band’s co-founder, was a driving force behind their eclectic sound. Cooper died October 12 in St Andrew at age 71. No cause of death has been announced but the keyboardist […]
In a remarkable display of talent and innovation, Jamaica’s robotics team secured the coveted Katherine Johnson Award for engineering documentation at the Robotics Olympics in Singapore. The event, which took place from October 7 to 10, witnessed Jamaica’s triumphant journey to victory in the field of robotics. The Katherine Johnson Award, named after the renowned […]
Two-time world 200m champion Shericka Jackson is now the second-best female combined sprinter of all time and could soon to become the greatest of all time if she runs faster in the 100m, 200m or 400m in the coming season. As at the end of the 2022/2023 season when she won her second 200m […]
Five of a group of over 60 students from the Ocho Rios Primary School in Jamaica remain in hospital in stable but critical condition after consuming weed-infused candy and experiencing extreme side effects. The group of 60 primary school students were rushed to the hospital last Monday after purchasing a candy called Sour Belts, […]
By Lincoln DePradine Jamaicans living in Canada have been labelled as “Brand Ambassadors’’ for their “significant contribution’’ to their Caribbean birthplace. They were commended on the weekend in Toronto by state minister with responsibility for Diaspora Affairs, Alando Terrelonge, who said many Jamaican-Canadians have spent a “lifetime in supporting’’ and building what he termed, […]
