Le Vendôme at Charela Inn: Caribbean’s Best Kept French Secret
Daniel Grizzle, his late wife Sylvie, and their daughter – Sophie Grizzle Roumel – have been running this unlikely traditional French eaterie Le Vendôme at Charela Inn since 1980. It also hosts one of Westmoreland’s best jazz nights on the world’s famous stretch of prime beach real estate: Seven Mile, Negril. You will dine and […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending September 3, 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending September 3, 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
Did You Know Marcus Garvey Created The Pan African Flag?
Many African-Americans fly the Pan-African flag in the U.S. during Black History Month, but its origin and history have been lost for some since its adoption in 1920 by the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). It was created by Marcus Garvey, founder of the American Black Nationalist Movement based in Harlem in New York City. […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending September 3rd, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN EDUCATION MINISTER ANNOUNCES NO IN-PERSON CLASSES ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL According to Fayval Williams, Jamaica’s Minister of Education, there will be no face-to-face classes on the first day of school, September 6, 2021. The Minister told parents at a virtual town hall meeting on August 31 that she […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Running Away from Your Calling
I have often wondered what was going through Jonah’s mind as he rose up and prepared to run “away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]” (Jonah 1:3a, AMP) because he objected to going to Nineveh as instructed (vv. 1-2). Though he was to declare the […]
US College Signs 3 Jamaicans Athletes to Their Track and Field Team
Three Jamaicans have been added to the ranks of the Coyote track and field program at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Danii Anglin, Moe Bridgen, and Anna Robinson will join the university’s track and field team as freshmen. Bridgen and Robinson both competed in the 2021 World Junior Championships held in Kenya in […]
Caribbean-Born Doctor & First female African American transplant surgeon in U.S. Honored as History Maker in Delaware
Dr. Velma Scantlebury, a native of Barbados, became the first Black female surgeon to specialize in transplant surgery in the United States in 1989, and now the State of Delaware will honor her with the state’s “History Makers Award. She will be presented with the award at the Delaware History Museum in Wilmington, the state […]
Jamaican Sprinter Veronica Campbell Brown to Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Jamaica’s champion sprinter Veronica Campbell Brown is set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Sixth Annual People Profile Awards ceremony, which will be held at the Sunrise Civic Center in Sunrise, Florida, on September 5, 2021. She will be honored at the black-tie event for her exceptional career as a track and field […]
Did you Know Netflix “Behind Her Eyes” Star Simona Brown is of Jamaican Descent?
Simona Brown, one of the stars in the Netflix psychological thriller, “Behind Her Eyes,” is taking audiences by storm. Fans know her from the mini-series that stars Brown, Eve Hewson and Tom Bateman, but they probably don’t know that she was born in London to parents that were both originally from Jamaica. The series is […]
Young Jamaican’s Drive to Become a Pilot Makes Dream Come True
The childhood dream of Jordan Diedrick, who grew up in Cumberland, Portmore in Jamaica has come true. Diedrick, 27, now spends his days flying passengers all over the world as a pilot and flight instructor with Delta Airlines. He credits his success in reaching his goal to his mother. Diedrick’s mother immigrated to the United […]