“Jamaica makes up a big part of my heritage.” – A conversation with Jamaican-American Melissa Proctor the EVP/Chief Marketing Officer for the Atlanta Hawks
Melissa Proctor is the EVP and Chief Marketing Officer for the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club and State Farm Arena. This role oversees the club’s marketing team, creative group, brand merchandising, live experience, production, brand communications and Hawks Studios. Proctor’s accomplishments range from being honored in the UK by Leaders in Sport to domestic accolades by […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending June 28th, 2019
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES LAWMAKERS WANT CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO REVIEW OF ANTI-GANG LEGISLATION Jamaican legislators favor a cautious approach to the government’s review of anti-gang legislation. Their recommendation follow the introduction of a proposal that would compel Jamaican immigration authorities to provide the police with alerts about convicted gangsters who are about to leave […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending June 28, 2019.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending June 28, 2019. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaican & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit https://www.youtube.com/outofmanyonline
On this day in Jamaican history: Sir Clifford Campbell, the first Jamaica-born Governor-General of Jamaica
On June 28th, 1892, Sir Clifford Campbell, the first Jamaica-born Governor-General of Jamaica was born in Petersfield in Westmoreland Parish. He was the son of James Campbell and Blance Ruddock Campbell. He attended Petersfield Elementary School from 1901 to 1912 and Mico Training College from 1913 to 1915. Campbell became a school teacher and began […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “God Hath Made Me to Laugh”
When was the last time God did something for you that was so ridiculously miraculous that you just had to laugh? You know, one of those situations in which everybody who could offer an opinion declared the situation dead and buried, but God came through as He said He would. It was a time when […]