12 Most Popular Jamaican Recipes for 2021
There is no denying the love that people around the world have for Jamaican food but finding authentic recipes that reflect the “real” Jamaica can be hard to find. Luckily, Jamaicans.com is a known source for the real thing. Here are the 12 most-searched-for Jamaican recipes on the site, according to Google Analytics. 1. Jamaican […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 7, 2022
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 7 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.
The Top 10 Caribbean News Stories of 2021
The 2021 news in the Caribbean was marked by coverage of political occurrences and natural disasters. Caribbean leaders welcomed new United States President Joe Biden with some added enthusiasm generated by his choice of Kamala Harris as his Vice President. Harris, whose father is Jamaican, will be the first Black and Caribbean American to serve […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending January 7th, 2022
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER HOPING FOR SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT IN NATIONAL ID SYSTEMS Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness hopes that a large number of the nation’s citizens will enroll in the new National Identification Systems (NIDS) by the end of 2022. NIDS was established by the National Identification and Registration Act, which […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Remember Ye Not the Former Things”
As we crossed over the threshold of another new year, many of us looked back wistfully at the past year. For some, despite the lingering COVID-19 presence and its continued impact on our daily lives, the year was one of mixed blessings; some successes mixed in with some failures. For others of us, it was […]
Top 10 Jamaican Business News Stories of 2021
In 2021, Jamaica continued to position itself as a center for leisure travel and for health and medical tourism. It also strengthened its branding as a cannabis and psychedelic health destination, as well as continuing to promote new cannabis products and licenses. The news also covered the expansion of resorts and telecommunications. Jamaica and its […]
Jamaican American Owner of Vegan Restaurant on Cover of Essence
Aisha “Pinky” Cole, 34, the entrepreneurial force behind the Slutty Vegan restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, graces the cover of Essence magazine and is the subject of a featured article inside. Cole, who was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and the daughter of Jamaican, Rastafarian immigrants, began her vegan empire in August of 2018 with a single […]
The Top 10 Jamaican Diaspora News Stories of 2021
Many Jamaicans in the Diaspora were recognized for their achievements in 2021: a Jamaican soldier is the first Black individual to lead the Queen’s Coldstream Guards in the United Kingdom, a regiment of 500 tasked with protecting the Queen and playing a role in state visits at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle; the Vice-Chancellor of […]
Jamaica Wins Top Destination Honors at 2021 World Travel Awards
Jamaica received international recognition at the 2021 World Travel Awards, winning two world-level awards on Thursday, December 16 during Expo 2020 Dubai. The awards presented to Jamaica were World’s Leading Cruise Destination, World’s Leading Family Destination and World’s Leading Wedding Destination. “We are honored to earn these awards, which serve as a testament to Jamaica’s […]
12 Most Read Jamaican Articles for 2021
Based on Analytics for Jamaicans.com, visitors to the site in 2021 displayed a strong interest in understanding and learning about Jamaica’s patois language, as well as knowing English equivalents of common phrases. Usain Bolt’s creation of a new word also attracted considerable interest. In addition to searching for articles about Jamaican patois, visitors wanted to […]