Jamaican Food Fight: Red Herring vs Callaloo & Saltfish – Guess Who Won?

We asked our facebook fans who would win a Jamaican food fight between Red Herring vs Callaloo & Saltfish. Here are the results and what some of what our fans wrote. Feel free to add your own comments. Vote count: Red Herring – 40% Callaloo & Saltfish – 60% Selected Comments: D Scott – Callalloo and saltfish. […]
Dre Tosh joins Capleton, Queen Ifrica, Sizzla, Frankie Paul & Agent Sasco on Digital Fashion rhythm

Andre “Dre Tosh” McIntosh, arguably a reggae legend in the making, has already joined forces with some of reggae’s greatest acts of all time. The 23 year old will release his second single entitled ‘Don’t You Worry’ on iTunes and Spotify this Friday, June 23 along with Capleton’s ‘You Body Good’, Queen Ifrica’s ‘Tell the […]
Simple Yet Profound: Southern Region Health Facilities Receive 1000 Pairs of Overshoes From FLOW Foundation

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending June 23rd, 2017

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- NEW LAW TO REVEAL TRUE OWNERS OF LOCAL COMPANIES Judith Ramlogan, Registrar of Companies, said that the new Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 is meant to reveal the names of the true owners of offshore registered companies. According to Ramlogan, the law should take immediate effect to ensure that […]
Hot Temperatures, Food and Music Graced Jamaican Jerk Festival in DC

The second staging of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival in Washington, DC took place Sunday, June 18th attracting over six thousand guests at its new venue, the Festival Lawn at RFK Stadium (Lot 6). The fun-filled day offered mouthwatering jerk food selections from various vendors, an interactive Kidz Zone, Jerk Cook-off Pavilion and a variety […]
How Much Do You Know about Catherine’s Peak?

Catherine’s Peak in the Blue Mountains is the highest point in St. Andrew. It is named after Catherine Long, the wife of Sir Henry Moore, the Governor of Jamaica who was also at one time Governor of New York. She was the sister of Jamaican historian Edward Long. She is thought to have been the […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending June 23, 2017

This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending June 23, 2017 . The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our archives.
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Come and See”

In his book The God Delusion, renowned atheist Richard Dawkins writes, “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic [woman hater], homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal [egotistical], sadomasochistic, […]