“Barrel Children” Documentary by British Jamaican Journalist, Nadine White, Looks at Windrush Children Left Behind in the Caribbean
“Barrel Children,” a new documentary film from British Jamaican journalist Nadine White, depicts the experience of the children left behind in the Caribbean when their parents traveled to Britain for work after World War II in what has come to be known as the Windrush Migration. The announcement of the documentary came on Windrush Day […]
Deon Hemmings – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
“Sometimes it may feel like you cannot make it, but just keep on working hard at it.” – Deon Hemmings Jamaica’s sprint history is full of ‘firsts’ and Deon Hemmings is no exception. She is the first Jamaican and Caribbean female to win an Olympic Gold Medal. Her race of choice? The 400-metre hurdles. The […]
Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls Win 2022 Championship Title at Inaugural Caribbean Games
Jamaica’s U-23 Sunshine Girls netball team won gold and the title of Caribbean Champions at the inaugural Caribbean Games held at the Laurel Flessel Complex in Guadeloupe on Saturday, July 2, 2022. The Sunshine Girls defeated Trinidad and Tobago in their final game, following their wins over Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines on […]
Jamaican Sandra Lindsay awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
During a special ceremony held at the White House on Thursday, President Joseph R. Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jamaican-born Sandra Lindsay, RN, DHSc, for becoming the first American to receive an approved Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine and her continued advocacy for public health equity. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending July 8, 2022
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending July 8, 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
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 8th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA’S FIRST CASE OF MONKEYPOX CONFIRMED Jamaican Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton confirmed that the monkeypox virus has appeared on the island. At a press conference, Tufton shared that a man contacted the public health system on July 5, 2022, having returned to Jamaica from the United […]
Bishop The Hon. Rev. Dr. Carmen Stewart (1924 – 2020) – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
“I would like to encourage women to be the best that they can be” – Carmen Stewart. Her mother was a music teacher and her father a civil servant. She grew up in Kingston in a home with four brothers and sisters. When she was sixteen years of age, she began active evangelical work in […]
Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
“I was never focused on the fact that I was a woman.” – Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman On January 01, 2022, Jamaica struck another note for women and history. Currently, this country has the only Female Chief Of Defence Staff worldwide and is the second woman globally to have served in this position, after Slovenia […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Under Divine Construction
In my neighbourhood is a fenced lot dotted with some fairly large holes, mounds of dirt, and some construction equipment. Among the other commercial buildings in the area, this plot of land is a bit of an eye sore, and undoubtedly, were it to be left that way, the protests would be loud and many. […]
Jamaican American Becomes First Black Woman to Serve as President of this Florida County Bar Association
Alison Smith, a Jamaican American attorney, became a part of history when she took the oath to serve as the first Black woman to be president of the Broward Bar Association in Florida in the 97 years of its existence. She noted in her acceptance speech that the “historic moment” of her position in a […]