Honoree List – Consul General of Jamaica, New York Heritage Awards 2021
The Consulate General of Jamaica, New York is pleased to announce its upcoming Consul General’s Heritage Awards, which will be held on 5th November 2021, at the Offices of the Consulate General of Jamaica. Since its inception in 2013, the Consul General’s Heritage Awards continues to honor a special tradition of recognising the outstanding service […]
UN Honors Workers on Jamaica’s COVID-19 Frontlines
United Nations Jamaica marked UN Day 2021 through initiatives that included a three-day Virtual Partnership Forum and a week-long campaign dedicated to honoring the frontline workers who have supported and continue to support the nation’s response to and recovery from COVID-19. According to Dr. Garry Conille, the UN Resident Coordinator, UN Day recognizes the founding […]
Actress Aixa Kendrick Pays Tribute To Grace Jones & Oscar Winner Kathryn Bigelow With New Projects
Award winning actress Aixa Kendrick is paying tribute to two of the entertainment industry’s most iconic women on the heels of her two latest projects. Kendrick channels the spirit of Jamaican-born actress, model and singer Grace Jones in a commemorative photo spread shot by renowned photographer Frank M Good, and which was featured in the fall edition […]
Jamaican Rugby Team Wins Tournament Title in Turks and Caicos
The rugby team from Jamaica won the 2021 Fireminds Rugby Americans North Sevens tournament title at the Meridian Fields in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, on October 17, 2021. Jamaica dominated the match over rival Mexico to win with a score of 21 to 7. The tournament is a qualifying event for the 2022 World Rugby […]
Jamaican Kirk-Anthony Hamilton Listed as One of 100 Most Influential People of African Descent under 40 in Business and Entrepreneurship
Jamaican entrepreneur Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, the founder of the Infiniti Partnership Inc., Tech Beach Retreat, and The Destination Experience, was named one it the “100 under 40” Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) at the MIPAD organization’s Awards Ceremony on October 3, 2021. The ceremony followed the opening of the 76th General Assembly at the […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending October 22 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending October 22 2021. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaican & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit https://www.youtube.com/outofmanyonline
Jamaican Artist Basil Watson to Design New National Monument Honoring “Windrush” Generation
The Jamaican artist Basil Watson has been chosen to design a new national monument in the United Kingdom to honor those Caribbean migrants who traveled to Britain after World War II. The generation’s name, “Windrush,” refers to the ship “MV Empire Windrush,” which was one of the ships that brought people from Jamaica, Trinidad and […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 22nd, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN CHURCH LEADERS CONDEMN “RELIGIOUS TRAGEDY,” CULT OF PERSONALITY, AT PATHWAYS INTERNATIONAL KINGDOM RESTORATION MINISTRIES The Reverend Everton Jackson, the former head of the Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay, called for the church to condemn what he called a “religious tragedy” arising from a “personality cult” in operation at […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Power of Words
Words matter. Whether we think, write, read, or verbalize them, the words we use have the power to leave ripple effects, positive and/or negative, on our lives and the lives of others. When the wisdom writer wrote, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21a, AMP), he was effectively saying death […]
British Jamaican Actor, Aml Ameen, Writes and Stars in Holiday Film ”Boxing Day”
Aml Ameen, 36, is a British Jamaican actor known to audiences in the United Kingdom for his role in the 2006 film “Kidulthood” and his appearance in the hit television show “I May Destroy You.” Ameen also had roles in “The Bill” and “The Maze Runner and starred in the Idris Elba film “Yardie.” He […]