Simone Edwards, who was the first Jamaican woman to play in the WNBA, has died at age 49. According to the Seattle Times, the former Seattle Storm player had been privately dealing with health concerns after being diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer in ...

During a recent trip to Ocho Rios, I ventured away from the resorts and into the hills of St Ann for a culinary experience with Jamaican chefs Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau.

March 8 is International Women's Day (IWD), and the 2025 theme is “Accelerate Action.” According to the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Gender Gap Report, it will take until 2158 to achieve gender parity at the existing rate of progress.

Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx are putting the spotlight on the diverse journeys of Black women across sports—from the veteran athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, executives and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in ...

Jamaican native Charlyne Smith has become the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida. The graduate has big plans to help develop her country’s energy infrastructure and nuclear engineering education.

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta wants teenage mothers reintegrated into schools to give them a chance to complete their education. She said early pregnancies should not mean a dead end to the education of girls or condemn the young mothers to misery and ...

A popular Jamaican social media influencer, Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was reported missing on July 13, two days after she accompanied her boyfriend, Police Constable Noel Maitland, to his apartment in New Kingston, still has not been found – but by August ...

Four people are confirmed dead in Jamaica while at least 20 others have died in Haiti in flooding as a result of Hurricane Melissa The hurricane made landfall on Tuesday as a category five storm in Jamaica,

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.