Barbie Jerk in Virginia Helping to Build Community Bridge
In 2016, Janey Brown and her daughter, Tanya Andersson, started an outdoor kitchen on a Roanoke, Virginia, street corner. Their business, Barbie Jerk, which sold barbecued meats flavored with Jamaican spices and cooked on a tent-grill-fryer setup, had a business license, but did not have the required permits from the health department. The duo did […]
Jamaican Food Fight: Black Mangoes vs East Indian Mangoes – Guess Who Won?
We asked our Facebook fans who would win a Jamaican food fight between Black Mangoes vs East Indian Mangoes. Here are the results and what some of what our fans wrote. Feel free to add your own comments. Vote count: Black Mangoes – 45% East Indian Mangoes – 55% Selected Comments: V Buchanan – East Indians, sweet to […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending October 6, 2017
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending October 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” – href=”http://archives.jamaicans.com/”>archives.
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending October 6th, 2017
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT TO HEAD DISASTER RELIEF IN CARIBBEAN Jamaica’s government announced its plans to lead disaster relief efforts in the Caribbean at a meeting of the United Nations in China. Ed Bartlett, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, was named to head the disaster working group. According to Bartlett, the […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Silence Within
Occasionally, I love the sound of silence. Silence punctuated by the sound of running water, the rustling of leaves, and the chirping of birds is also just as good. Growing up in the bustling capital city of my island home did not afford a lot of opportunities for outward silence and it took a tremendous […]
