MIAMI GARDENS – Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan kicked off the festivities by joining the energized crowd in doing the Wakanda salute from the movie “Black Panther” at her sixth annual Black Heritage Festival. Approximately 500 residents flocked to Miami Carol City Park to celebrate Black History Month and the contributions of African Americans at the annual festival.

Jamaica’s Consul General, Oliver Mair has announced that the Consulate General will host a series of Community forums.  The first will be held on Thursday, March 7, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the City of Miramar (Commission Chamber) 2300 City Place, Miramar, FL 33025.   

COCONUT CREEK, Fla.  – Local religious leaders are invited to Food For The Poor to pray for peace and continued blessings for humanitarian aid toHaiti.

MIAMI — A Miami-Dade Transit Bus Operator dove into a canal to save a baby from drowning after the family’s car plunged into a canal. 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Two of South Florida's premier Caribbean diaspora entities formed an alliance on the evening of January 30, 2019. The Caribbean Bar Association (CBA) signed a memorandum of understanding with Island Syndicate, the media, arts, and entertainment creative agency behind international television brands including ‘Taste the Islands’, award-winning print publications, acclaimed art exhibitions including ‘The Reggae Reel’ and the upcoming ‘Caribbean Culinary Museum and Theater Exhibition Series’, and the production of major events in South Florida.

MIAMI – Recently, Commissioner Dennis C. Moss and the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners recognized the Richmond-Perrine Giants Varsity Dance Team for winning the 2018 Southeast Division of the Greater Miami Pop Warner Nationals Cheer/Dance Competition.  

South Florida’s Jamaican-born residents are among the most active diaspora community when it comes to giving back to the country of their birth.The growing number of high school alumni associations and parish development groups in the state underscores the importance of community building and support among Jamaicans.

Applications are now being accepted for the Jamaican Women of Florida “Powerful Women…Next Generation” scholarship.