Jamaican Runners Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson among 10 Nominees for World Athlete of the Year Title
Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson have been included on the short list of athletes being considered for the title of Female Athlete of the Year by World Athletics for 2022. Fraser-Pryce, 35, achieved a historic first in 2021 when she became the oldest female athlete to win a sprint title. Jackson, 28, was awarded […]
Reggae Girlz’s Hishamar Falconer First Jamaican Woman Inducted into Lindsay Wilson College Hall of Fame
Hishamar Falconer, a former player for Jamaica’s national women’s Reggae Girlz football team, has been inducted into the Lindsay Wilson College Soccer Hall of Fame. She is the first woman from Jamaica to receive the honor and only the second Jamaican, the first being Tyrone Marshall. Falconer played for Maverley and Barbican in the local […]
Jamaican-Born Individuals Celebrated History Channel as Black British World War Heroes
The United Kingdom celebrates Black History Month in October, and in recognition of Black History, Sky History has compiled a list of ten Black British war heroes who served the country in one of the two World Wars. Several of these heroes were born in Jamaica. Jamaican-born William Robinson “Robbie” Clarke, who was the first […]
Study Finds Jamaica Has Double the Global Average Percentage of Women in Managerial Jobs
According to a study by the International Labor Organization (ILO), women accounted for about 28.3 percent of all managerial positions in the world in 2020, but in Jamaica, which was ranked in eighth place in the survey, approximately 56.7 percent of the country’s managerial jobs are held by women. This is over twice the global […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 14th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN REGULATORY AGENCY BANS BROADCAST CONTENT THAT “GLORIFIES” CRIME The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica has issued new rules that will impost a ban on television and radio broadcasts of content that it deems “glorifies” drug abuse, scamming, illegal firearms, or other “criminal activity.” The ban includes specific phrases and words […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaican & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending October 14, 2022
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending October 14, 2022. 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
Taste Bits Of Jamaica Comes To New York This Weekend With A Unique Spin On Cultural Favorites
Lovers of Jamaican and Caribbean culture are invited out in their numbers to celebrate heartily at the sixth annual staging of Taste Bits of Jamaica hosted by Unique Weddings & Tours and LC Promotions, in association with the Jamaica Tourist Board, on Saturday, October 15, 2022, 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Brooklyn Commons Rooftop […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Take me to the Place”
We know the story well. Lazarus, a friend of Jesus, had fallen sick and his sisters, Mary and Martha, sent word to Jesus, expecting He would come and heal him. However, Jesus waited four days, during which time Lazarus died. Undeterred, Jesus went to Bethany, where the family lived. Martha was the first to approach him and […]
15 Amazing Photos from Miami Carnival 2022
It was bacchanal time in Miami over Columbus Day weekend! The Miami Carnival 2022 extravaganza was nothing short of a cultural spectacle—which capped off the annual Caribbean Carnival season with an ostentatious display of West Indian music, fashion and culture. Aside from the many masquerade bands that strutted their stuff in competition for prizes, pageantry, […]
Jamaica’s Backyard Farming Movement Featured in Forbes Magazine
Forbes magazine has highlighted the implementation and benefits of Jamaica’s backyard farming movement, an activity that was actively promoted by the government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative economic impacts it brought to individual income and the national economy. The experience of Jamaica offers an excellent example of how to use social […]