Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending February 24 2023
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending February 24 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.
Jamaican American Judith Cunningham to Be Honored at This South Florida County’s Women’s Hall of Fame
The Broward County Women’s History Coalition will host the 2023 Broward County Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on March 19, 2023, from 11 am to 1 pm at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs. The ceremony will honor Jamaican-American Judith Cunningham, the co-founder and president of the People Profile organization, with its Rising Star […]
Jamaican American Congresswoman Introduces Legislation to Exonerate Marcus Garvey
United States Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke joined with her colleague Hank Johnson of Georgia to introduce legislation to the US House of Representatives that would exonerate Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s first national hero. Garvey was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist and the head of the Pan-Africanism movement. The legislation describes him as a champion for those of […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending February 24th, 2023
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA’S YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS CALL FOR NATIONAL PLAN TO MAKE GENDER EQUALITY A PRIORITY Young women members of the inaugural Young Women in Leadership Parliament have called for Jamaica’s government to put a national action plan in place that would make gender equality and women’s economic empowerment a priority. The […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – To Be Like Jesus
I can still hear it in my head, one of the choruses from my childhood: “To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus / All I ask is to be like Him / All through life’s journey / From earth to glory / All I ask, is to be like Him.” These words came to […]
Breadfruit Stories: Meet Tu One of The Characters Responsible For The Tree’s Journey From Tahiti to The Caribbean
His name was Tu. He was named at birth Tu-nui-ea’a-i-te-Atua-i-Tarahoi Vaira’atoa Taina, meaning Great-Tū-Road-to-the-God. Tu was born around 1753 in the principality of Pare-Arue on the northwest coast of Tahiti. Through years of intrigue, persuasion, alliance making, and military might, Tu succeeded in uniting many different chiefdoms into a single kingdom. Tu was eventually proclaimed […]
