Jamaican-American Pinky Cole Launches New Shoe Line
Jamaican-American Pinky Cole, a successful businesswoman and CEO of the “Slutty Vegan” restaurants, celebrated the Juneteenth federal holiday by introducing a new line of shoes. Cole has taken a historic step and made the “Slutty Vegan” the first vegan restaurant to join with a fashion brand – Steve Madden – in a limited-edition collaboration. She […]
Six Jamaicans Amongst Ignite Caribbean 30 Under 30 Awards
The Washington DC-based, Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) honored 30 leaders under the age of 30 years old, including six Jamaicans, with Ignite awards as Caribbean change-makers for exemplary work in their field of interest. Thirty leaders at the Ignite Caribbean 30 Under 30 ChangeMaker Awards were honored on Saturday, June 25, 2022, commemorating National […]
Jamaica House Returns To The UK for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Jamaica’s 60th Independence
The popular hospitality pop-up, Jamaica House, which highlights the best of Jamaican culture, music, and food for fans of Jamaica, will come to life in Birmingham this year, from August 3rd to August 7th, 2022. It will coincide with Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of independence and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Jamaica’s Tourist Board and Ministry […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 29th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN TOURISM MINISTER PROMOTES SHARED CARICOM VISA Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, is calling for a single visa to be shared among the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He proposed the shared visa at the inaugural Organization of American States (OAS) policy forum held in Montego Bay. […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending July 29, 2022
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending July 29, 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
Florizelle O’Connor – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Florizelle O’Connor is a firm believer in equal rights and justice, that all persons – rich or poor, black or white – are created equal and should be so treated by the government and laws of the land. ‘Flo’ as she was popularly and lovingly known, dedicated her life to seeing that poor people who […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Holding God Responsible
It was a battle they should have won. Coming off the conquest of Jericho (Joshua 6), taking Ai should have been like the proverbial walk in the park. The men who had spied out the region had returned confidently and told Joshua, “Not all the army will have to go up against Ai. Send two […]
Did you know: There is a sports car called the Jamaican?
There is a sports car that is called the Fiberfab Jamaican II V8, and its story of its origin is both fascinating and tragic. Fiberfab was an American car company in California that started out making body kits for cars like Corvettes. Fiberfab evolved from the firm Sports Car Engineering (SCE), which was founded by […]
Jamaican Restaurant Owner in Las Vegas Hosts Back-to-School Drive with Ex-NFL Player
Oniel Smith, the owner of the House of Dutch Pot Jamaican restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada, partnered with former NFL linebacker Morlon Greenwood to donate more than 800 backpacks and other school supplies in a back-to-school drive and customer appreciation day on July 9, 2022. The donations were made with the aid of local businesses […]
Photo Highlights: ‘All-Black Chic Theme’ Blitz Party in MoBay Led the Charge into Reggae Sumfest 2022
In the run-up to Reggae Sumfest 2022, Montego Bay’s hip strip definitely had the craze courtesy of the Blitz ‘All-Black Chic Theme’ party that took place at Lounge 27/27. As one of the marquis Sumfest pre-events, Blitz certainly showed out as evidenced by the full-capacity crowd of attendees who reveled into the wee-hours of the […]