Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending March 19th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES OPPOSITION LEADER GOLDING SUPPORTS JAMAICA BECOMING A REPUBLIC An interview of Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle with Oprah Winfrey on March 7, 2021, has brought the issue of leaving the Commonwealth to public attention. The couple’s claims of racism against the royal family caused outrage throughout Commonwealth […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending March 19, 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending March 19, 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
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending March 19, 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending March 19, 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
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Individual Accountability
Throughout the Scriptures and as is to be expected, God has consistently held individuals accountable for their actions. From back in Eden after Adam and Eve sinned, we see God not punishing them collectively, but confronting and punishing them individually. Even the tempter, the serpent, did not escape divine justice for its part in the […]
Forbes Magazine Features The New Maroon Nation Chief
Forbes Magazine has featured an interview with the new colonel of the Accompong Maroons, Chief Richard Currie. Currie, 40, is the youngest person selected to lead the Maroons. He has authority over the nearly 75 thousand hectares of Jamaica’s Cockpit Country, the largest natural forest remaining on the island. The region is home to the […]
Jamaican-British Nathaniel Peat to sit on Lloyds Banking Group Black Business Advisory Committee
In December 2020, the UK Lloyds Banking Group announced that it had formed the Black Business Advisory Committee with leading businesswoman, Jamaican and former UK Cabinet Office advisor, Claudine Reid MBE to the helm. Since then Claudine and Lloyds Banking Group have recruited the full committee of outstanding figures in the Black business community including […]
Jamaican David Mullings Listed Amongst Top 10 Entrepreneurs Disrupting Their Industries in 2021
Jamaican David Mullings, the founder and CEO of the private investment firm Blue Mahoe Capital Partners, Inc., has been listed as one of the top 10 entrepreneurs who are disrupting their industries in 2021 by Disrupt Magazine. The list recognizes the success of individuals who have broken out of industry routines and followed their own […]
Did You Know Jamaican Yvonne Brewster Founded the Longest-Running Black Theater Company in UK
Jamaican Yvonne Brewster, is one of the founders of Talawa, the longest-running Black theater company in the United Kingdom. Brewster consulted a dictionary of the English spoken in Jamaica and found the word “Tallawah.” She liked it right away, “Sure – my mother always used to say to me, ‘Yuh lickkle yuh know but yuh […]
5 Books Every Jamaican Should Read!
True genius is clothed in the ideas of others. With all the books written about Jamaica, past, present, and future, narrowing down the search to five books seemed impossible. I began my search with high hopes and aspirations, but my head was spinning within two minutes. I wanted to reduce my options, not increase them! […]
This Caribbean-born Entrepreneur Breaks into France’s Exclusive Champagne Club
Marie Inès Romelle is the first Afro-Caribbean woman to launch a champagne brand. In 2015, she and her brother Jaïro Romelle introduced the line of Marie Césaire Champagne with Brut NV, Blanc de Blanc, and Rosé Sec. The brand name honors their mother Marie and their late father Césaire who inspired them to have big […]