Jamaican Reggae Boyz Tarick Ximines Signs With Belgian Pro League Club
Tarick Ximines, a former student at Jamaica College, will move from Harbor View in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) to Cercle Brugge K.S.V. of the Belgian Pro League. According to Fitzroy Simpson, a former Reggae Boys player and agent for Ximines, the move to join the Belgian team is in the right-back’s best interest. Simpson […]
Four Marriage Resolutions For Your Choosing
The access to freedom is such a privilege many often miss out on. Every married couple has this golden nugget which can help to BOOST marriages, but miss it. Deception is a very subtle thing which lead to chaos, war, fights, conflicts and much more fire in marriages which can be avoided. The greatness of […]
Jamaican Agency Complicit In Exposing Minors In Its Care To Harmful Behaviors
There is a famous quote that runs ‘the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members, including its at-risk children. I am drawn to referencing this quotation as developments in Jamaica involving the questionable relationship between the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Embracing Orphans’ […]
Separating the Art from the Artiste
Reggae music continues to evolve. And with that evolution comes the attraction to a more diverse listenership. Research has shown that many of Jamaica’s more established artistes have an audience whose average age is 30 years and above. Does lyrical content influence their audience? Do the performers’ real-life circumstances have any bearing on the quality […]
Stocks & Securities Ltd’s Massive Fraud Highlights Jamaica’s Systemic Corruption
The Jamaican Minister of Finance, Dr. Nigel Clarke finally broke the Government of Jamaica’s self-imposed silence when he spoke late Thursday, January 19, 2023, on the massive fraud at Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) in Kingston, Jamaica. Dr. Clarke gave the assurance of a full and thorough investigation, hours after he announced that the executive […]
Dwight Geddes Become First Jamaican Elected To U.S. National Insurance Board
Dwight Geddes will be the first Jamaican to be elected to the National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA). Geddes was born in Jamaica and attended John Mills Primary School and Jamaica College. He is the son of Tino Geddes, a journalist, a migrated to the United States in 1985 to continue his studies at Pace […]
Former Miss Universe Jamaica, Davina Bennett, Features on Billboard in New York’s SoHo Community
Davina Bennett, the winner of the Miss Universe Jamaica title in 2017, was featured on a New York billboard advertising the fine jewelry department of Nordstrom’s department store. The billboard was located in the city’s SoHo community and left Bennett “speechless,” as she posted to her Instagram account. She added that it had been one […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 20 2023
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 20 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.
Central Alabama Caribbean American Organization (CACAO) receives grant from the Alabama Humanities Alliance
Central Alabama Caribbean American Organization (CACAO) has earned a competitive grant from the Alabama Humanities Alliance. This award will facilitate the presentation of the Roy T. Anderson documentary The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey, to be shown on February 5th at the UAB Hill Center Alumni. In addition to the grant, the documentary […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending January 20th, 2023
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES PRIME MINISTER ANDREW HOLNESS INTENDS TO MOVE JAMAICA QUICKLY TO REPUBLICANISM Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has repeated his intention to remove British King Charles III as the nation’s head of state and to change its status to that of a republic. Holness made his intentions known at a reception […]