Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending October 7, 2022
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending October 7, 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
Did You Know – Top model Naomi Campbell Was in a Bob Marley Music Video?
The British supermodel Naomi Campbell was the first Black woman to appear on the covers of both Time Magazine and French Vogue. She was one of the most recognizable and highly paid models of the 1990s. She was born in 1970 in London and began her modeling career at the age of 15. By the […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 7th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES ILLEGALLY BUILT STRUCTURES IN ST. CATHERINE DEMOLISHED BY JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT The Jamaican government demolished several structures that had been built illegally on land in St. Catherine and had been occupied by gang members. The demolition undertaken on October 6, 2022, followed a notice from Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Today is Like No Other
When we woke up this morning, for most of us in the familiarity of our homes, doing the same chores, doing the same commute, basically following the same routine, it is easy to lose sight of an important fact – today is a day like no other. In today’s case, it is Friday but it […]
Jamaican World Traveler Attains Goal of Visiting 195 Countries, Completing Journey in Antigua and Barbuda
Jamaican Romaine Welds, 37, achieved his goal of visiting 195 countries around the world, with a celebratory finish in the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda. Tourism officials on the island celebrate Welds’ “major achievement.” Welds arrived at the V.C. Bird International Airport on September 18, 2022, along with his family who helped him mark […]
Best Friends David I. Muir and Sean Henry to Launch Iconic Jamaican Photo Collection Coffee Table Book at South Florida Caribbean Museum on October 8th, 2022
Once in a generation, a photo collection comes along that captures the spirit of a country so perfectly that it sets the standard for everything that comes after. For Jamaica, in the last generation, this was the work of Ray Chen. Today, the quintessential coffee table book of photos portraying the realness and beauty of […]
Tarrus Riley, Baby Cham, Romain Virgo & Christopher Martin to perform at the 20th Anniversary Florida’s Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival November 13th, 2022
It has been the most asked question in the last few months, “Who is appearing at the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival?” Ask no more, the word is out. The producers of the annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival have finally announced the main stage performers scheduled for their 20th-anniversary celebration on Sunday, November 13th at Miramar […]
What is it like being a Jamaican in Peru?
Xavier: What’s it like being a Jamaican in Peru? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy, the founder of Jamaicans.com and today in Jamaicans to the world; we talk to Joseph Wong, a Jamaican living in Peru. Welcome Joseph, how are you? Joseph: I’m okay Xavier. I’m fine thanks. How are you? Xavier: I’m doing good. Actually today […]
Jamaican Descent Star National Hockey League Player PK Subban to retire
P.K. Subban, 33, a star National Hockey League (NHL) defenseman, announced his retirement from the NHL on September 20, 2022, ending a career of play that comprised 13 seasons for teams that included the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators, and New Jersey Devils. He played in 834 games during his career and scored 115 goals and […]
Michael Farquharson One of Five Jamaican-born and Jamaican Heritage Candidates Running for Office in Brampton, Canada
Among the five candidates of Caribbean heritage who are running to serve as councilors in the town of Brampton, Canada, is Michael Farquharson who was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. His father died in a workplace accident when he was just two months old, and his mother died of an illness when he was […]