British-Jamaican Among Winners of 2017 Brit Music Awards
“Shout Out to My Ex” recorded by the girl group Little Mix was the winner in the Best Single category at the 2917 Brit Awards in London. One of the group’s members is British-Jamaican Leigh-Anne Pinnock, who was born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, but considers Jamaica to be her second home. Pinnock has Jamaican and Barbadian […]
Rohan Marley and Lauryn Hill Welcome Birth of Grandchild
Lauryn Hill, American singer/songwriter, and Rohan Marley, businessman and son of reggae legend Bob Marley, are celebrating the birth of their first grandson Zephaniah, the child of Zion David Marley, 19, and his girlfriend, whose name was not given. The baby’s name was chosen from the Bible verse Zephaniah 3:16 “In that day it shall […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending February 24, 2017
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending February 24 2017. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com.
CaribbeanTales Flow into Production: Leading Film producers begin production on three new pilots
Three of the Caribbean’s leading film producers will now develop pilots for their original TV series projects, via funding from Flow and CaribbeanTales Media Group. With $40,000 funding for each project, production work will begin on Battledream Chronicle, a sci-fi/drama animated series created by Alain Bidard, which is based on his groundbreaking multi-award winning feature […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A Comma, Not a Period
Every now and again I receive a forwarded e-mail that contains something useful. This one, a PowerPoint slideshow titled “25 Beautiful Short Phrases,” was really good. One of the phrases that ‘jumped’ out at me was “In the sentence of life, the devil may be a comma, but never let him be a period.” That, […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending February 24th, 2017
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- NATIONAL ID SYSTEM LEGISLATION TO BE DRAFTED Jamaica’s government has promised to implement the National Identification System (NIDS) in 2018, and before the end of 2017, a “soft launch” of the system is slated to occur. According to Ruel Reid, Education and Information Minister, the Cabinet has given […]