Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 6, 2023
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending January 6, 2023. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicns.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit https://www.youtube.com/outofmanyonline
Jamaican American Charmaine Wilkerson Author Appears on Barack Obama’s 2022 Book List
Every year, former United States President Barack Obama shares a list of the books he liked best among those he read. On Twitter, he wrote that he looks forward to sharing his list of favorite books – along with lists of his favorite films and music for the year. For 2022, the novel “Black Cake” […]
Here Are The Names of The 9 Jamaicans Who Were The Most Searched in 2022
The premier Jamaican community website Jamaicans.com has compiled a list of the top Jamaicans searched for by the site’s visitors. The list, which is ranked in order of the total number of searches, uses the search metrics at Jamaicans.com. The top five in the ranking are Rita Marley, Rebecca Silvera, Sean Paul, Shaggy, and Suzanne […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending January 6th, 2023
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT PARTNERS WITH CHURCHES TO ADDRESS NATION’S MENTAL HEALTH Jamaica’s government plans to partner with churches to develop a program that will provide interventions that support the mental health of the nation’s population. Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced the plan at the “Heal the Family, Heal the Nation” conference […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Power of Silence
In a world with so much noise and distractions, we often fail to appreciate the power of silence. According to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary, silence is the “absence of sound or noise.” While it is imperative that we individually and collectively speak out against evil and injustice, it is just as important that we know when and […]
The Top 15 YouTube Videos You Were Watching in 2022 On Our Jamaica Channel
What were you watching on your YouTube channel in 202? Here are The Top 15 Youtube Videos You Were Watching in 2021 on Our Jamaica Channel. he No. 1 video was “What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in the Philippines? Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel today. 1. What’s It Like Being […]
The Top 10 Jamaican Diaspora News Stories of 2022
The major news for the Jamaican Diaspora in 2022 included the naming of a new Jamaican ambassador to Cuba, a symbolic removal of ties with Jamaica’s colonial history by Australia, the installation of a Jamaican doctor as head of the United States National Medical Association, and the celebration of Windrush Day in the United Kingdom. […]
Top 10 Jamaican Arts and Entertainment News Stories of 2022
The top entertainment news in Jamaica presented several notable happenings, including the adaptation of the classic reggae film, “The Harder They Come,” into a musical production for the stage. Other stories included the historic Grammy nomination of Blvk H3ro, a Google Doodle honoring folklorist “Miss Lou,” and a historic Emmy Award win for Jamaican actor […]
The Top 10 Caribbean News Stories of 2022
Significant news stories from around the Caribbean addressed the mid-term election victories in the United States of several candidates of Black Caribbean heritage, recognition of a project in St. Lucia that succeeded in restoring unique ecosystem, plans by Digicel to provide reparations to countries in the Caribbean, and the environmental disaster of seaweed smothering the […]
Top 10 Jamaican Business News Stories of 2022
Jamaica’s business news was dominated by the introduction of new airline services to the island, which is expected to prompt higher visitor numbers and tourist revenue. The other major story was the increase in psychedelic tourism with resorts opening to provide experiences with substances like “magic mushrooms. Jamaican also became the first country in the […]