Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending May 27th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES CHANNER RESIGNS AS CHAIR OF NHT, INGLETON SET TO HEAD HEART/NSTA Changes in leadership are underway at two of Jamaica’s national agencies. Leadership scholar Dr. Taneisha Ingleton will lead the HEART/NSTA Trust, the training agency that has experienced controversy about its governance and handling of taxpayer funds. As the agency’s […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending May 27th, 2022
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending May 27th, 2022. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our archives.
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Asking with Confidence
I watched him as he went from person to person in the food court asking for spare change “to buy some food.” He wasn’t having any success and so he came over to where I was standing in line and in broken English, asked the people serving for something to eat. The husband-and-wife team looked […]
Veronica Campbell-Brown and Husband Expecting Second Child
Jamaica’s Olympic gold medal athlete Veronica Campbell-Brown and her husband Omar Brown announced that they are expecting their second child. The couple made the announcement on Campbell-Brown’s 40th birthday, May 15, 2022. Their first child, daughter Avianna, was born on February 23, 2019. Posting to Instagram, Campbell-Brown wrote, “Four decades! I am grateful to celebrate […]
Jamaican, Raxann Chin, Among Costume Design Nominees for Indie Series Award
Jamaican designer Raxann Chin received her very first nomination at the 12th annual edition of the Independent TV Awards in the Best Costume Design category for her work on the television series, “Cady Did.” The Indie Series Awards are presented every year to honor the top scripted entertainment created for the internet by independent producers. […]
Film Directed by Chinese Jamaican Gets Nomination at Yorkton Film Fest
“A Brief History of My Father’s Time at Sea” from Jeanette Kong, a Chinese Jamaican documentary filmmaker, has been nominated in the Research category of the 2022 Yorkton Film Festival. Kong was born in Jamaica and raised in Kingston, but is now based in Toronto, Canada, where she moved at age nine. Before moving into […]
What is it like being a Jamaican in Kazakhstan?
In this episode of “Jamaicans to the World”, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Denneille Luke. She is a Jamaican living in Kazakhstan. Xavier: What is it like being a Jamaican in Kazakhstan? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy the founder of jamaicans.com, and today in Jamaicans to the World, I talk to Denneille Lee, a […]
Jamaican Model Wayne Booth Featured in Fenty Campaign
In February 2022, Wayne Booth, a Jamaican model, was chosen to be the face of a makeup campaign representing Fenty Beauty, the line of beauty products offered by superstar recording artist and entrepreneur Rihanna. Commenting on her selection, Booth described the experience of seeing herself in a makeup ad from one of the world’s top […]
Jamaica to Celebrate Africa Day on May 25
Jamaica is preparing to celebrate Africa Day for the first time on May 25, 2022, joining the African Union and other countries with a high percentage of the African Diaspora. According to Marlon Williams, the senior Education Officer in Jamaica’s Ministry of Education and Youth, the celebration will be a part of the schools’ Culture […]
I Want to Be a Scammer – Jamaica’s punishing unemployment problem
Some months ago, a friend of mine shared a “TikTok” video with me where someone asked a young boy who appeared to be about 10 years of age, what he wanted to be when he grew up. His prompt response was “a Scammer.” For the better part of the last twenty years, the BPO Sector […]