Jerk Fete in South Florida to showcase Jamaican food, music and culture – Sunday, November 14th, 2021
Having canceled the 2021 staging of the annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers of have modified plans and developed an alternative event to connect with supporters and still celebrate Jamaican food, music and culture in a smaller controlled atmosphere. Jerk Fete – an exquisite experience of food, music and […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 29th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES ACCUSED PATHWAYS PASTOR KILLED IN POLICE CAR ACCIDENT ON WAY TO FORMAL CHARGING Kevin O. Smith, the pastor of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries accused of alleged ritual killings of parishioners, was himself killed while being transported in a police car to the station to face formal criminal charges […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Building Up Others”
Included in Paul’s letter to the believers in Ephesus were these instructions: “Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a blessing to those who […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending October 29 2021.
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Jamaican Sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah Nominated for 2021 World Athlete of the Year Award
Elaine Thompson-Herah, 29, has received a nomination for the title of World Athlete of the Year for 2021 from World Athletics. Sprinter Thompson-Herah represented Jamaica at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and won gold in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4×100-meter competitions. She joins nine other nominees from which the title winner will be chosen by […]
Jamaican Shernette Levy Wins Florida Bodybuilding Competition
Jamaican Shernette Levy was named the winner in the National Physique Committee (NPC) Bodybuilding Competition Ultimate Grand Prix in Boca Raton, Florida, taking first place in both Masters 40, which is open to women who are 40 years and older, and Masters 45, which is open to women who are 45 years and older, categories. […]
Sculpture in East London to Honor Windrush Generation
Authorities in London have installed the first permanent public monument in honor of the Windrush Generation in Hackney, East London. The monument is the work of Veronica Ryan, and it is the first in the United Kingdom to celebrate the generation of Caribbean migrant workers who came to the UK after World War II to […]
Did You Know that Jamaican Gymnast Danusia Francis Was a Stunt Double in a George Clooney Directed Movie
Danusia Francis, 27, is a British-born gymnast of Jamaican and Polish heritage who represented Jamaica at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It is not widely known that Francis also worked as a stunt double in the 2020 film “The Midnight Sky,” a science fiction story based on the novel “Good Morning, Midnight” by Lily Brooks-Dalton and […]
Nick Cannon Clears Jamaican Student’s Loan Debt
Hollywood star Nick Cannon has joined with the Thurgood Marshall Fund and the United Negro College Fund to bring relief from loans to students who graduate from historically Black colleges and universities. As part of the initiative, Cannon cleared the debt of Marie Rattigan, which totaled US$52,684. Rattigan, 25, was born in the United States […]
11 Young Jamaican Players from Phoenix All-Star Academy Receive Full Scholarships in Europe
The Phoenix All-Star Football Academy is making the dream of becoming a professional player in the European league a reality for many youngsters. Many scouts contacted the academy after one of its teams toured England in August of 2021; 11 of the young players involved have since been given full scholarships to football academies in […]