Connecticut City Honors Reggae Singer Freddie McGregor with His Own Day
Reggae artiste Freddie McGregor was honored with his own day by the Hartford Court of Common Council, which officially named August 14 as Freddie McGregor Day. He was presented with a certificate proclaiming Freddie McGregor Day during the city’s annual West Indian Independence Celebration, which is held every August to mark Jamaica’s independence. Commenting on […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending August 20, 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending August 20, 2021. 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
Oliver Samuels & Alia Atkinson amongst 14 Eminent Regional Figures to receive UWI Honorary Degrees
Fourteen eminent Caribbean people will receive honorary degrees from the University of the West Indies (UWI) at the 2021 graduation ceremony in recognition of their outstanding contributions to regional and global development. Among those to be presented with honorary degrees at UWI’s Mona campus are Jamaican swimming legend Alia Atkinson, philanthropist Gary “Butch” Craig Hendrickson, […]
Jamaica’s Consul General Visits the Eighth Annual South Carolina Reggae Jerk & Wine Festival on Sunday, August 29
Meet Hon Oliver Mair, Consul General of Jamaica to Miami representing the Thirteen Southeastern Diaspora States, on his inaugural visit to Charleston, South Carolina. Join the celebration at the Eighth Annual SC Reggae Jerk Wine Festival on Sunday, August 29, at Brittle Bank Park from 12:00 – 7:00 PM, a time to feast on the […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending August 20th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES IN-PERSON SCHOOL CLASSES MAY BE DELAYED DUE TO COVID’S DELTA VARIANT According to Jamaican Minister of Education Fayval Williams, plans to reopen face-to-face classes in Jamaica’s schools in September could be “recalibrated” because of the increase in number of cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19. In order to provide […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A God of Order
In the first creation story found in Genesis 1, we see an orderly creation over a period of six days upon the earth that at the time “was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep” (v. 2). As the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, […]
