Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending August 7th, 2015
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Photo Highlights from The Jamaica Funday in London
The Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation held their Family Funday at the Crystal Palace Park in London on Sunday 2nd August 2015. Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Her Excellency Mrs. Aloun Ndombet-Assamba was in attendance at the event. Gospel artiste King Stitchie was one of several acts that performed at the event. It was […]
Alia Atkinson Is First Jamaican to Win A Medal At The Long Course Swimming World Championships
Alia Atkinson of Jamaica made history when she became the first Jamaican to win a medal at a long course World Championship. Atkinson did this when she won the bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke, on Tuesday August 4th, at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. She swam the distance in 1:06.42 which marks […]
Jamaica Independence Message from the Leader of the Opposition Mr. Andrew Holness
An independent nation exercises sovereignty over its own affairs, making its own decision, enforcing its own laws and governance over its people and territory. But, the people importantly, have a say in what the government does. Independence means the freedom to make decisions, but it also means that we bear the consequences of our decisions […]
19 Special Olympics Medals for Jamaica
The Special Olympics Jamaica (SOJ) athletes obtained medals in aquatics, athletics, bocce and badminton, for a total of 19. Jamaica’s women futsal players ranked sixth in their division at the end of the competition, while the men unified footballers finished fourth in their category. The female volleyball team is still decided the seeds for the […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “You Don’t Understand Now…”
Peter was adamant that Jesus would not wash his feet. After all, washing the feet of guests was the responsibility of the house servant (see 1 Samuel 25:11), but as they were lying with their feet extended from the table, having finished supper, Jesus “riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending August 7th, 2015
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- U.S. CONGRATULATES JAMAICA ON 53 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE—08/05/15 John Kerry, the United States Secretary of State, offered congratulations to Jamaica for its 53 years of independence. In his statement, Kerry noted that 2015 has been an historic one for bilateral and regional engagements between the U.S. and Jamaica. […]