Jamaicans on Twitter Celebrate “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Scene Set in Jamaican Store
Jamaican fans of the Marvel franchise took to Twitter to express their excitement about a scene in the new animated film, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” which takes place inside a Jamaican store. The film by Sony Pictures Animation Studios is a sequel to “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and is set for release on June 2, […]
Immersive “Bob Marley One Love Experience” to Premiere in US in Early 2023
The immersive 15,000-square foot “Bob Marley One Love Experience” that celebrates reggae legend Bob Marley will open in the United States for the first time on January 27, 2023, at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, for a 12-week engagement. The exhibition has previously run in Toronto and London and explores Marley’s life through a […]
Listen to the Podcast of The Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending December 30, 2022.
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending December 30, 2022 The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com . For more stories from this week’s Jamaican/Caribbean Weekly News Summary please visit – http://www.jamaicans.com/news
Jamaica is No 1 on the World Athletics top 10 women’s track nations of 2022
According to World Athletics, the women athletes of Jamaica ensured that their country ended 2022 at the top of women’s track nations for the year. In a placing table for 2022 that was released on December 19, 2022, Jamaica finished in first place with 75 points, beating out the United States, which had accumulated 74 […]
Jamaica Ranked 2nd-Highest in Brain Drain and Human Flight in the World
According to a study by the research site GlobalEconomy.com, Jamaicans leave the country to look for better opportunities overseas to such a degree that the island ranks second among 177 countries listed on the Human Flight and Brain Drain Index. Only Samoa has a higher rate of human displacement than Jamaica. Between 2007 and 2022, […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending December 30th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES AUTHORITIES IN JAMAICA IMPOSE STATE OF EMERGENCY ON EIGHT PARISHES Eight Jamaican parishes were brought under a declared state of emergency as of December 29, 2022, because of high crime levels, according to Jamaican officials. States of emergency were declared in Kingston, Clarendon, Hanover, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Year-End Reflections
Christmas, as we know it, is over. Though the Christmas trees, lights, and decorations are still up in some homes and places, psychologically, we have shifted our minds and thoughts toward the coming new year. With one week between both celebrations, it is also a time of reflection for some of us. Reflecting on what […]
What’s the Best Where You Live? Jody Ann Gray & Xavier Murphy to Host the Best of Jamaica 2022 Awards Show on January 1st, 2023
The Best of Jamaica 2022 Awards Show will be aired on the Jamaicans.com Facebook and YouTube platforms January 1st, 2023, and will be hosted by media personality Jody Ann Gray and Xavier Murphy, the founder of Jamaicans.com. The Best of Jamaica Awards Show is the biggest event of the year for Jamaicans.com, the world’s leading […]
Bounty Killer and Bennie Man to Get Lifetime Awards from MECA
The Marketplace Entertainment Center for the Arts (MECA) honored Bounty Killer and Bennie Man at its awards show on December 28, 2022. Featured at the awards show will be the presentation of lifetime awards from MECA to Jamaican recording artists Bounty Killer and Beenie Man. The two reggae artists competed in the first in-person reggae […]
Jamaican Tina Clayton Named 2022 International Junior Athlete of the Year
Athletics Weekly named Jamaican sprinter and World Athletics Champion the International Female Junior Athlete of the Year for 2022 on December 8, 2022. Clayton was included on a shortlist for the award that is presented according to the selection of Athletics Weekly readers and featured fellow Jamaican track and field athlete, Kerrica Hill. Clayton received […]