Jamaican Joke – Letter to God
A man became desperate after praying to God to help him. Not seeing any help coming to him he decided to write to God instead. He wrote, “Gad mi tiad fi pray an yuh nah ansa mi. Sumtime mi wanda if yuh caan hear mi. Suh mi tink it betta fi mi write yuh caa […]
5 Things You Did Not Know About Konshens
Dancehall reggae singer Konshens burst onto the scene in 2005 and has been making hit songs since then. His hits include “Winner”, “Rasta Impostor”, “This Means Money”, “Good Girl Gone Bad”, “Gal Dem A Talk”, “Realest Song”, “Represent”, “Do Sumn” and “Forward”. Born Garfield Spence, he has stated his primary musical influence is Beres Hammond. We […]
Top 2016 Reggae & Dancehall Highlights
January: Billboard’ choice of Joss Stone, for 2015 as Reggae Artiste of the Year, for her album, “Water for Your Soul.” This ignited an instant firestorm of criticism/pushback from critics of cultural appropriation Winston Blake, renown musicologist of the world famous “Merritone” sound system a rock steady pioneer died Shaggy and Friends Show Based Jamaican […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 6, 2017
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 6 2017. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our “News and Events Archives”.
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending January 6th, 2017
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- HEALTH MINISTRY LOOKING TO RECRUIT NURSES FROM OVERSEAS Dr. Christopher Tufton, Jamaica’s Health Minister, says his agency wants to fast-track the recruitment of critical care nurses from countries outside Jamaica to help address the shortage of local nurses. Jamaican nurses tend to leave the island’s public health system. […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Talking About Praise
One of my favorite part of Scripture is Psalm 34, especially verses 1-3; “I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us […]
