Education in Jamaica gets a Spark in the Diaspora – JDETF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: A. Leo Gilling Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force Email: [email protected] Cell: 909-348-1819 South Florida, October 21, 2015: “Education in Jamaica gets a Spark in the Diaspora” In continuing their mission to support Jamaica’s Vision 2030 goals as well as the recommendations that came out of the 2013 Jamaica Diaspora Conference and […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending October 23rd, 2015
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- JAMAICAN SENATE DEBATES BILLS ON CCJ—10/18/15 Jamaica’s Senate is debating bills involving the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Parliament has been divided on the issue for some time, and each side appears to maintain its long-held position. The bills are being moved through the Senate by Senator Mark […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Power of a Testimony
The narrative of Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well (John 4:3-43) is one with which some of us are familiar. For some, the event culminated with the woman leaving her waterpot “and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, ‘Come, see a man, which told me all things […]
Jamaican Jokes: HiJack
A Jamaican man named Peter stood up in the plane and shouted ‘HiJack’. Chaos broke out in the plane. People were running around. Jack stood up and said ‘ Hi Peter’ I did not know you were on this flight?
HAKKA Chinese Hail Byron Lee – Jamaica’s Dragon
Reportedly, there are 800 million Hakka-Chinese descendants from China residing all over the world. But until last Friday, there has not been a single Hakka Caribbean national to receive the coveted Walking Buddha Achievement Award. Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee, a Jamaican musician popularly known as Byron Lee changed that by claiming the first ever […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending October 23, 2015
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending October 23rd, 2015. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our archives.
