Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation’s (HHJF) annual Jam-walk 5km and brunch returns to Toronto’s Lakeshore on Saturday, May 27, 2022. This year’s walk will support the foundation’s 26th school build, Orange Bay Infant School this summer in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Everyone is invited to join the philanthropic community of Toronto for a day full of fun […]
Khadija Shaw is the first Caribbean player to win CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year honors. The 31-year-old talismanic striker enjoyed another superb year in 2022. Four years after helping Jamaica become the first-ever Caribbean nation to qualify for a FIFA Women’s World Cup, Shaw played a huge role in helping Jamaica qualify for […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Carnival has become a major tourism driver for the country, with the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) capitalizing on the event to attract even more visitors to the destination. As part of the island’s Sports and Entertainment marketing pillars, the event has seen an uptick in overseas participants, with week-long fetes culminating […]
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to the process of transitioning the country from a Constitutional Monarchy to a Republic. Holness told the newly formed Constitutional Reform Committee at the Prime Minister’s Office that the approach must be collaborative and guided by expert advice. “In spite of the delay in formally […]
In St. Elizabeth, Jamaica Jamaican rum producer and spirits distributor J. Wray & Nephew Limited (JWN), a member of the Campari Group, has unveiled a monument at the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience (JSAERE) in St. Elizabeth, paying tribute to the enslaved people who worked on the Appleton Estate Plantation during slavery. The […]
Jamaica-born Charmaine Crooks was appointed Canada Soccer’s interim president on Wednesday last week following the resignation of Nick Bontis. Canada Soccer noted that Crooks is the first woman and the first person of colour to lead the organization. Bontis resigned on Monday last week amid the current labour dispute with the men’s and women’s national […]
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is once again inviting Canadians to sink their teeth into one of the island’s favourite snack foods on Thursday, February 23 in celebration of Jamaican Patty Day. Now in its 38th year, the annual food-focused holiday pays tribute to the legendary beef between Toronto’s Jamaican patty vendors and local food […]
Jamaica-born Ainsworth Morgan attended his final meeting as a member of the Toronto Police Services Board on Thursday last. Morgan who had served for more than three years as the lone Black member of the Board, told The Caribbean Camera that he was thankful for the opportunity to serve. “I was able to bring community […]
Last Tuesday, January 17, Jo Mersa Marley was interred at Nine Miles, St Ann, like his legendary grandfather, Bob Marley. Jo Mersa (born Joseph Marley) passed away suddenly in Miami, at the tender age of 31, on December 27th. The Reggae singer is survived by more than 50 family members, including his wife, Qiara, and […]
Lawyers for eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt say their client has been defrauded of $12.7m from his account with a private investment firm in Jamaica that authorities are investigating. Bolt was informed last week that his account balance at Kingston-based Stocks and Securities Ltd (SSL) had inexplicably dwindled. Linton P Gordon, a lawyer of […]
