Jamaican, Dr. Michelle Richards, Receives 2021 US Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award
Jamaican Dr. Michelle Richards has received the highest award presented through the United States President’s Office in recognition of her volunteer work in the service of others. The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2003, and Dr. Richards is among the few Americans who qualified for the award by having accumulated at least 4,000 […]
UCLA Appoints Jamaican-Born Dr. E. Dale Abel Chair of Department of Medicine
Dr. E. Dale Abel, who was born in Jamaica, has been appointed the new chair of the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Abel currently works as the chair and executive officer of the University of Iowa’s Department of Internal Medicine and is […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending November 26th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA’S “WICKEDEST CITY,” MAY RECEIVE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION Jamaica is moving ahead in trying to obtain World Heritage Site recognition from UNESCO for Port Royal, which was a major shipping and trade center in the 17th century and the country’s largest city. Once labeled Jamaica’s “wickedest city,” […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending November 26, 2021
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending November 26, 2021. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit https://www.youtube.com/outofmanyonline
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Have faith in God”
The disciples were astonished that the fig tree, cursed by Jesus the previous evening, was dead; dried up from its roots (Matthew 21:20; Mark 11:20). Before them was one more practical evidence of the incredible effectiveness of Jesus’ words. According to Mark, “And remembering, Peter said to Him, ‘Rabbi (Master), look! The fig tree which […]
World’s Fastest Man Usain Bolt Got Back on The Track at “Run The World” in Dubai
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, eight-time Olympic champion and holder of the title of “world’s fastest man,” returned to the track as a participant in Expo 2022 in Dubai on November 13, 2021. The event was a part of the commitment of PepsiCo to make sports and wellness available and accessible to all people. “Run the World,” […]
This Jamaican Man Went from Selling Onions to Being the Youngest Professor at a US College
Daren Johnson, 28, has followed a unique path to his current position of being the youngest full-time professor at Howard Community College in Colombia, Maryland. At the start of his journey, Johnson was an onion and sweets seller working to earn lunch money and to keep himself in school in the relatively unknown district of […]
Former Miss Jamaica Universe Opening Restaurant in the United Kingdom
April Jackson, who won the title of Miss Jamaica Universe in 2008 and appeared as a contestant on “The Apprentice” BBC television program, plans to relaunch her original Three Little Birds restaurant, which was located in London’s Clapham, as a new dining venue called Wood & Water in Brixton in November 2021. The new restaurant […]
Jamaican Jazz Pianist ‘Monty Alexander’ to Perform at the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York on Thanksgiving Friday
After being sidelined for over a year due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, New York based Jazz legend Monty Alexander is now fully vaccinated and ready to take his Harlem-Kingston Express – that brings together musicians versed in both reggae and jazz – for a special live performance upstate at the Westchester Music Experience, slated […]
Jamaica in Discussions to Attract Emirates Airline Special Flights to the Island
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism met with the senior vice-president of commercial operations for Emirates Airlines in the Americas, Salem Obaidalla, at the airline’s headquarters in Dubai in October, to discuss the establishment of flight service between Jamaica and Dubai early in 2022. The discussions were initiated by Bartlett in hopes of introducing a unique flight […]