Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending May 14 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending May 14, 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 Appointed New Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Scotland
Professor Sir Geoff Palmer, Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Scotland and an internationally known scientist and human rights activist, has been named to serve as the new Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He will be officially inaugurated at a ceremony held during the bicentennial festivities honoring the University in October of 2021. In his […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending May 14th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES SHAGGY CALLS FOR JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT AND DIASPORA TO ENHANCE SUPPORT FOR REGGAE AND DANCEHALL MUSIC Grammy award winner reggae artist Shaggy is appealing to the government of Jamaica and to the Jamaican Diaspora to make a greater effort to support and promote Jamaican reggae and dancehall music. He is also […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “My Grace is Sufficient for Thee”
In 2 Corinthians 12:7, Paul speaks of his “thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure,” or as another translation puts it, “to keep me from becoming conceited” (ESV). Theologians have long speculated on what that “thorn” might have been, and remain divide on the […]
Jamaican Student Seeks Help to Fight Cancer – Rojea McCook
Tenth-grade Jamaica College student Rojea McCook, 17, has already fought a two-year battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and in April of 2021, he learned that the cancer had returned even more aggressively and had spread from his neck to his stomach. His mother Nadine Morris, who had been optimistic and strong in her faith while Rojea […]
Former Football Star Pete Kennedy Tackles Love & Leadership in His Bestselling Book
In his first book, When a Man Loves – A Lifestyle & Leadership Most Men Will Never Experience, bestselling author Pete Kennedy shares his journey into manhood from a broken home to a community leader, striving to help other men acquire the leadership skills he never received. Kennedy will launch his book with a special event on […]
First Jamaican-Owned Restaurant Opens in Abu Dhabi
The new Jamaican restaurant “Kingston 21” in Abu Dhabi is the first Jamaican-owned and operated eatery in the city to offer authentic Jamaican dishes. Kingston 21 opened in April of 2021 and features a menu of traditional island favorites, including curry goat, jerk chicken, oxtail, ackee and saltfish, Jamaican beef patties, Jamaican porridge, fresh escovitch […]
Jamaican Makes History As The First Black Woman To Earn A Biophysical Chemistry Degree In Virginia
Jamaican Jay-Anne Johnson is set to be the first Black female student to graduate from James Madison University (JMU) in Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in biophysical chemistry. According to Linette Watkins, the head of the university’s chemistry and biochemistry department, James Mason University is the only school in the Virginia Commonwealth to offer this […]
What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Guinea Bissau?
Have you ever wondered what’s it like being a Jamaican living in Guinea Bissa? On our “Jamaicans to the World” Facebook Live show, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy spoke with Claudette Duncans. She is a Jamaican living in Guinea Bissau. Xavier: What is it like being Jamaican in Guinea Bissau? Hi, I’m Xavier Murphy, the founder […]
Appleton Estate Wins Best Extra-Aged Rum Award at San Francisco World Spirits Competition
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC), the oldest spirits competition in the United States and second oldest in the world, has given its prestigious “Best in Category Extra-Aged Rum” award to the Appleton Estate 8 YO Rum from the famed Jamaican rum producer, Appleton Estate. The Appleton Estate distillery has been making rum since […]