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Kwame Onwuachi’s Afro-Caribbean Journey To Lincoln Center
Portrait Chef Kwame in Lady and Butler Designed Uniforms at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. Kwame Onwuachi Curries and peppers, garlic and ginger, mangos and carrots, and Egusi seeds and pimen...
Jamaica’s First Bob Marley-Branded Cannabis Store Comes To Market
The Marley Natural Dispensary has just launched at The Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica. CH Photography As the legal cannabis retail business gains momentum again in the United States, one of th...
World’s First Bob Marley Restaurant To Open As Part Of Montego Bay Airport Retail Revamp
The first Bob Marley-branded restaurant is on its way. (Photo by Mike Prior/Redferns) Redferns Jamaica’s busiest international gateway, Sangster Airport, which serves resorts in and around Montego Bay...
What to make for Christmas dinner? It depends on where you live
People traveling abroad this Christmas may not find their favorite holiday food on the menu. That’s because traditional holiday fare varies around the world. To see who’s eating what this ...
Jamaica Pioneers CBDC As Legal Tender
The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), the country’s central bank, has officially recognized its “Jam-Dex” central bank digital currency (CBDC) as legal tender, the first country to do so, along...
Jamaica on Track to Launch CBDC, says Jam-Dex
The Jamaican Decentralized Exchange (Jam-DEX), the official name of the Jamaican Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), is set to go live for domestic use later this month, according to Bank of Jamaica...
Jamaica Becomes World’s First Country to Issue CBDC Legal Tender
The CBDC is now expected to reduce the difficulties that come with Jamaica’s predominantly cash-based economy. The Central Bank of Jamaica has officially legalized the “Jam-Dex” central bank digital c...
Jamaica, in a historic move, makes its CBDC a legal tender
Jamaica has become the first country to offer a CBDC legal tender in an attempt to provide a difference in a cash-rich environment — and help the unbanked. Jamaica’s parliament passed legislation rend...
Illinois Star Kofi Cockburn Can’t Wait To Enter The NBA So He Can Give Back To Children In Jamaica And The U.S.
Illinois’s Kofi Cockburn (21) tries to get around Chattanooga’s Josh Ayeni, right, during the first … [+] half of a college basketball game in the first round of the NCAA tournament,...
The Flavor Of Peppatree Is A Scotch Bonnet Infused Tribute To Jamaica
Nathan Haddad is in a state of reemergence. The sixth generation Jamaican (by way of Lebanon, Africa and Scotland) has spent the past decade in culinary hibernation, mindfully crafting a repertoire of...
This is why Jamaica is making efforts to launch CBDC ASAP!
Caribbean region country Jamaica has been developing its digital currency for a long time now and claims to launch it soon Cryptocurrencies brought the notion of a currency that could be based on bloc...
Jamaica Introduces Its CBDC to Support Those who are Financially Excluded
The central bank of Jamaica doubled down on its plans to design a digital version of its national currency. The institution claimed that the financial product will benefit a considerable percentage of...
Best Photos Of A Glamorous But Controvertial Royal Tour
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the Commissioning Parade for service … [+] personnel from across the Caribbean on day six of their week-long tour. Photo by Chris Jackso...
Jamaica Will Airdrop $16 To Early Adopters Of CBDC Wallet
Jamaica’s government said it will deposit 2500 Jamaican dollars ($16) to the first 100,000 citizens to use the country’s new digital currency wallets, in a bid to boost the use of its recently unveile...
Caribbean Food Security Likely To Be Impacted By Russia-Ukraine Conflict
As Russia began its invasion of neighboring Ukraine on February 24th, the world watched— and reacted. On top of the deeply devastating human elements of war have been the unavoidable global political ...
Jamaica all set to launch its New Jam-Dex CBDC
Jamaica is cleaning up everything prior to sending off its new CBDC The logo of the CBDC alludes to the Ackee Mexico hopes to send off a CBDC in 2024 No money, no issue! Assuming you are one of the pe...
Bank Of Jamaica Says It’s Ready To Roll Out The Jam-Dex CBDC
The Jamaican government says it is getting everything ready before launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC), called Jam-Dex. The Bank of Jamaica, in a press release this week, announced that...
Jamaica Has Everything Ready For Its New Jam-Dex CBDC
No cash, no problem! If you are one of those who think that physical money is old-fashioned, you might want to move to Jamaica, where the Central Bank has a similar stance and is getting closer each d...
‘Bank of Jamaica Will Roll Out Digital Jamaican Dollar in 2022,’ Says Prime Minister – Bitcoin News
According to an announcement from Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness the Bank of Jamaica plans to “roll out” its central bank digital currency (CBDC) after the country’s successful pilot last yea...
Jamaica is on track to roll out a digital currency in 2022
advertisement Jamaica is planning to roll out its central bank digital currency (CBDC) this year, according to an announcement from Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Holness tweeted the news yesterday in...
Post successful pilot test, Jamaica may begin nationwide CBDC rollout this quarter
The global race between governments to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) has heated up exponentially over the past month, especially now that some of these currencies have already been rol...
Raging Non-Communicable Diseases In The Caribbean Have Sparked A War Between The Food Industry And Public Health
In the English-speaking Caribbean, one of the sub-regions of the world with the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), public health organizations are locked in a tug-of-war with the ...
Federal Judge Says Capitol Riot Defendant Can’t Travel To Jamaica While Awaiting Trial
Topline A Michigan man accused of storming the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 cannot fly to Jamaica for 10 days later this month, a federal judge said in a scathing order Thursday, exactly one yea...
Jamaica Completes CBDC Pilot And Anticipates A Full Launch In The Coming Months ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Jamaica has completed the pilot phase of its CBDC testing. The nationwide rollout is to begin in the first quarter. The race for CBDCs continues. Th...
Jamaica is a step ahead of establishing its CBDC
CBDC will be established by Jamaican central bank in the first quarter of this year Jamaican central bank has successfully accomplished its first CBDC pilot program NCB is the first wallet provider fo...
Bank of Jamaica completes CBDC pilot that will roll out soon
TL;DR Breakdown Jamaica is ready to welcome its CBDC soon. The Bank of Jamaica has tested its CBDC through the National Commercial bank. Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has completed the Central Bank Digital Cu...
Bank of Jamaica completes CBDC pilot project- The Cryptonomist
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced that it has successfully completed the pilot project for the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), on 31 December 2021. By the first quarter of 2022, the BOJ e...
After successful completion of CBDC pilot, Jamaica eyes national roll-out
The ambitious central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiatives that were undertaken by most countries globally over the past few years are finally bearing fruit, and developing economies seem to be le...