5 Top Jamaican Sports Moments of 2016
The past year has been an eventful one for Jamaica and Jamaican athletes. Below is a list of the five Jamaican top sports achievements of 2016. 1) Usain Bolt Wins “Triple Triple” at the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Bolt took gold medals in the men’s 100-meter and 200-meter competitions to become a […]
Jamaica’s International Reggae Film Festival Returns
The Jamaica International Reggae Film Festival will be staged on February 16 through 19, 2017, at Devon House in St. Andrew, following an absence of four years. According to Barbara Blake Hannah, the festival’s director, film represents an effective method to promote Jamaica’s culture, particularly its music. Since UNESCO has declared Kingston to be a […]
Day 365 of 365 Things to Do, See & Eat in Jamaica – Visit the Birthplace of Poet Claude McKay
Claude McKay, a well known writer and poet, was born in James Hill, Clarendon, in 1889. Once he finished his elementary schooling, he worked as an apprentice to a cabinet maker and wheelwright in St. Ann. He went to Kingston in 1910 and joined the constabulary force. His first volume of poems “Songs of Jamaica […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending December 30th, 2016
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- TRASH THREATENS CRUISE SHIP ARRIVALS AT PORT ANTONIO Port Antonio in Jamaica is working to eliminate a build-up of garbage that has attracted a high population of rats, which in turn, has prompted six cruise ships to cancel their arrivals at the port. Port Antonio is known among […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Two Resolutions We Should Keep
So, what is/are your resolution(s) for the New Year? According to the experts, most resolutions are broken within the first week of the New Year, yet despite the futility, some of us start the year committing to changes we hope to carry out during the year. Perhaps most of the desired changes are behavioral; things […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending December 30, 2016
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