Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Our Stories

Our Stories

The inspirational stories of Jamaicans in business. Our Stories is intended to highlight and promote the positive in challenging and life-altering experiences.

In his final year of high school, he sat and successfully passed CSEC Mathematics. At the school leaving ceremony other students boasted passes in multiple CSEC and CAPE subjects, but David proudly graduated with his single distinction (Grade One)...

What is your first impression of him? Rastafarian with dreadlocks? Hails Haile Selassie, Jah! Right? If those were your exact thoughts, you’re actually wrong. This reggae artiste, who has been sporting locks since 2011, explained that he is a messenger...

In this installment of Our Stories, we will explore Shavane Daley’s journey to realizing his dream of becoming a music producer. For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise – white sandy beaches, a beautiful and vivacious...

One day I felt extremely woozy while I was in Courts Jamaica Limited in Linstead and suddenly I collapsed on one of the beds then was rushed to the Linstead Hospital and was later admitted to..

In 2014, his younger sister, Kenya died while giving birth to her son. This was possibly a blessing and a curse for Hardio who revealed that he was extremely close to his sister. The reggae artiste admitted that Kenya’s...

And even though, I would receive an excellent review on my performance appraisal and many of my colleagues thought I would be given the role, I was blind-sided by my employers...

By then, we were both cornered by the police. I looked dead, straight down into the nozzle of the M-16 and I saw...

Three years ago, Zabloxz decided to embark on a musical journey that would further the work of his granduncle and famed reggae artiste, Jacob Miller. Jacob Miller, known for songs like Mr. Officer, Bald Head, Healing of the Nation and...

In this installment of Our Stories, CEO of Romeich Entertainment, Romeich Major, shares how his first-hand experience with poor employer-employee relationships prompted his decision to become his own boss. For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise –...

Meet Lennox “Villa Flamez” Hales Long before he learnt how to spell violence, Lennox could easily spot the barrel of a gun, he painfully witnessed his neighbours being laced with gunshots and learnt how to “duck” from stray bullets. For...