Inaugural 3on3 Basketball for Jamaican High School Boys
Calabar, Excelsior, Manchester High Schools along with Knox College will join York Castle, Herbert Morrison, Holland, St James and Cornwall for the inaugural 3on3 basketball in Montego Bay this Saturday (November 19). Calabar and Excelsior are the qualifiers from the southern conference, while Manchester and Knox came out on top in the central conference. Players will vie for […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending November 18, 2022
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending November 18, 2022. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our archives.
Jamaica Welcomes Inaugural Frontier Flight From Atlanta to Kingston
Continuing to expand ease of access to the island for US travelers, Jamaica welcomed new air service from Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport (ATL) to Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) in Kingston beginning November 3 by Frontier Airlines. In keeping with Jamaica’s warm island culture, the inaugural flight was celebrated with festivities upon departure from […]
Jamaican Team Beats Out 500 Schools from Around the World to Be One of Three Runners-Up for the Earth Prize 2022
The all-girls Team Viridis from Jamaica, comprising four friends from Campion College, beat 650 teams from 515 schools in 113 countries and territories around the globe to become one of the three runners-up for the 2022 Earth Prize, an environmental sustainability competition that invites young people between the ages of 13 and 19 worldwide to […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending November 18th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES STATE OF EMERGENCY ISSUED TO ADDRESS RISING CRIME RATE Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared a state of emergency in several areas of the country, responding to a rising crime rate that has impacted areas popular with tourists, including Montego Bay. Some of the nation’s central and western parishes […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Worshipping God in Difficult Places
According to the narrative, Hannah, much ridiculed by her husband’s second wife about her barrenness, after persevering in prayer and supplication before the Lord, finally conceived and gave birth to her first son, Samuel (see 1 Samuel 1:1-20). We are told that after the child was weaned, Hannah “brought him unto the house of the Lord […]