Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 13 2023
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jamaicans/episodes/2023-01-13T10_28_54-08_00 This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 13 2023. The Jamaica Weekly News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our archives.
Statue of, Jack Leslie, First-Ever Black British-Jamaican Football Player Unveiled
A statue of Jack Leslie, a pioneering football athlete who would have been the first Black individual to play football for England if he had been allowed to take the field in 1925, was unveiled outside of the stadium of Leslie’s former club, the Plymouth Argyles. Hundreds of fans, family members, and former Argyle players […]
Jamaican Usain Bolt to Be Honored with BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award
Eight-time Olympic gold medal winner, Jamaican Usain Bolt, will receive the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award on December 21, 2022, at Media City in the United Kingdom. Bolt, who retired in 2017, is the fastest sprinter in history and was the Olympic champion in the 100-meter and 200-meter events in 2008 […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending January 13th, 2023
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES PRECIOUS METALS ARE PROPERTY OF THE STATE Many Jamaicans, who thought they would become rich, were disappointed when the mineral discovered in Hanover was not gold, but pyrite, a mineral of little economic value. In response, Jamaica’s Mines and Geology Division decided to use the situation to remind Jamaicans that […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “All things are possible”
At one point or another, we have all done it. Struggling under the weight of a situation and facing a crisis of faith, we have prayed words to the effect, “Lord, increase my faith.” I am reminded of the narrative in Mark 9 in which Jesus met a man whose son had a “dumb spirit” […]
