Usain Bolt Creates New Word He Hopes Will Be Used for Years to Come
Jamaica’s eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has many talents beyond his athletic ability. In addition to his unprecedented successes in the sport of track and field, he has pursued becoming a professional soccer player, an innovative business entrepreneur, and a music producer and performer. He has made contributions to many cultural sectors, becoming an international […]
10-Year-Old Jamaican-American Twins Bring a Taste of Jamaica to Seattle
Seattle residents Makayla and Avery, who are ten-year-old twins, are the owners and founders of A&M Jamaican Bag Juice and Beef Patty, an eatery where they sell bag juices in tropical flavors, homemade coco bread, and frozen Jamaican beef patties by appointment through Facebook. They established their business during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of many […]
H.E.R. Discusses New Reggae Album Project
The debut album by R&B singer H.E.R. entitled “Back of My Mind” was released in June of 2021, but the artist is already working on a new project: a reggae album. In an interview on Apply Music 1, she said that the public will be getting the reggae album son, acknowledging that she has always […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending July 16 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending July 16, 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
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 16th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES PRIME MINISTER WARNS HE MAY BE “FORCED TO TAKE ACTION” IF JAMAICANS FAIL TO FOLLOW COVID-19 PROTOCOLS Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has warned Jamaicans that they must follow established protocols designed to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Their failure to do so could force him to “take action,” he said. […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Help thou mine unbelief…”
Trust God. Two words we have said to ourselves and/or others, or maybe words told to us by others. It is as if trusting God is as easy as flipping a switch. Though said with the best of intentions, what is missing behind the two words is the how. How do we move from doubt […]
85 Interesting Facts About Jamaica
Jamaica is known worldwide for its natural beauty, its beaches and mountains, its music, and its laid-back lifestyle. But the country has a long history and many interesting and little-known stories to explore. Below is a list of facts about Jamaica that reflect its uniqueness. 1. Jamaica was the first country in the Western world to […]
Time Magazine Names Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as an Athlete to Watch at the Tokyo Olympics
With approximately 11,000 participants and no spectators cheering from the stands, the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo will be unlike any Olympic Games previously held. The restrictions imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic already caused a postponement of the Games from 2020, and now a new state of emergency has been declared in Tokyo. However, the […]
Jamaican Born Dr. Dorothy Francis Presented with Co-Operator of the Year Award by Co-Operatives UK
Dr. Dorothy Francis, who was born in Jamaica, has received the Co-Operatives United Kingdom Co-Operator of the Year Award for 2021. Dr. Francis is the co-director of CASE, a business development agency based in Leicester in the United Kingdom. The award was presented to Dr. Francis for her contributions to the co-operative movement made over […]
Florida Jerk Festival 2021 ‘Spiced Up’ July 4th Celebrations in West Palm Beach
The West Palm Beach edition of Florida’s Jerk Festival held on Sunday July 4th ushered in a breath of fresh air for the thousands who flocked to the South Florida Fairgrounds to revel in Caribbean culture and indulge themselves in Jamaican jerk cuisine that included jerk chicken, jerk pork, jerk fish, jerk lobster, and even […]