Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending June 10th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA TO BECOME A REPUBLIC BY 2025 GENERAL ELECTIONS, SAYS MALAHOO-FORTE According to Jamaica’s Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo-Forte, Jamaica will declare that it is a Republic in the next general elections scheduled for 2025. The Minister provided this update during the House of Representatives 2022/23 Sectoral […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending June 10, 2022
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending June 10, 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
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A Dishonest Husband and His Enabling Wife
Ananias and Sapphira were members of the church. According to the narrative, they owned a piece of property that they sold, the proceeds from which would go to the church. However, Ananias, “with his wife’s full knowledge . . . kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it […]
Oscar de la Renta Fiallo, Dominican Republic – Caribbean-American Man of Influence
The fashion designer Oscar de la Renta Fiallo was born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic in 1932. He was the youngest of seven children and the only boy in the family. His mother was Dominican, and his father was Puerto Rican. His mother’s family trace its ancestry in the country to 1685. When […]
Jamaicans Honored as South Florida’s Most Influential & Powerful Black Professionals
Several Jamaicans have been honored by the M•I•A Media Group LLC, publishers of “Legacy Miami,” “Legacy South Florida,” “M•I•A Magazine.” The Media Group is one of the largest Black publishers in the country, having over one million readers for their monthly and bi-monthly publications. “Legacy Miami” and “Legacy South Florida” are business and news publications […]
Earl Gilbert Graves Sr., Barbados & Trinidad – Caribbean-American Man of Influence
The philanthropist, businessman, and publisher Earl Gilbert Graves Sr. was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1935. His father was an immigrant from Barbados, and his mother migrated from Trinidad. He earned a BA in economics in 1958 from Morgan State University. As an ROTC graduate, he attended Airborne and Ranger Schools. He volunteered to […]
Sidney Poitier, Bahamas : Caribbean-American Man of Influence
Actor, director, and diplomat Sidney Poitier was born in Miami, Florida, during a visit by his parents from their home in the Bahamas, which was still a Crown Colony at the time. As he was born in the United States, he automatically became a US citizen. He moved to Miami at the age of 15 […]
What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Colombia?
In this episode of “Jamaicans to the World”, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Craig Young. He is a Jamaican living in Colombia. Xavier: What is it like being a Jamaican in Colombia? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy, the founder of Jamaicans.com and today in Jamaicans to the world I talk to Craig Kingston Young, a […]
This Jamaican Woman’s Nonprofit Helps Women When They Get Out of Prison
After suffering terrible childhood abuse and nearly three decades in prison, Donna Hylton became an activist for criminal justice and women’s rights and has now made it her mission to provide support for women and girls who have been victims as she has been. Hylton has used the experiences of her life as motivation to […]
Jamaican-Born Centenarian Honored with Special Stamp in Cayman Islands
Wellesley Howell, 106 years old and a well-known saxophonist, has been honored with a special stamp by the Cayman Islands Postal Service (CIPS). Howell also operated a shoe-making and repaid business for many years in George Town and was the father of Wesley Howell, Supervisor of Elections and Chief officers in the country’s Ministry of […]