Pat McGrath, Makeup Artist of Jamaican Descent, Receives Damehood from British Queen
Pat McGrath has become the first makeup artist to be awarded a Damehood in the Queen’s New Year 2021 Honors and listed as a Dame of the British Empire (DBE) for Services to the Fashion and Beauty Industry and Diversity on the honors list for the year. In an interview with Vogue magazine, she said […]
Tribute: Working At Sandals with Butch Stewart
Working at Sandals was an experience that’s not measureable! Unless you see Butch Steward at work then you don’t know that man. I was in charge of the Sandals Resorts International (SRI) first set of newsletters. Along with Warren Johnson and the PR Managers of Royal, Ochie, Negril and Dunn’s we created a product that […]
Live Well Jamaica Resumes Digital Media and Marketing Training Program
In 2020, several Jamaicans were professionally displaced as the island felt the sting of the Coronavirus pandemic. Many citizens lost income or accepted reduced income, some students had to postpone academic studies and some businesses had to close their doors. In light of these sudden and unfortunate changes, Live Well Jamaica (Livewellja.com) extended its media […]
Town Hall featuring Jamaican Police Commissioner Antony Anderson
The Consensus Monitoring & Oversight Committee (CMOC) has partnered with the Jamaica Diaspora Citizen Security and Safety Taskforce (JDCSAST) – one of the 15 sectoral task forces under the Jamaica Diaspora Task Force Network (JDTAN), to present a Diaspora Citizen Safety Town Hall under the theme: The plan for the sustainable reduction of crime in Jamaica on […]
British Jamaican, Gwendolyn Osborne, Makes Acting Debut In “Wonder Woman” Movie
The former British Jamaican “Price is Right” model Gwendolyn Osborne, 41, is making her debut as an actress in the Patty Jenkins’ film “Wonder Woman 1984,” which stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. According to an interview with Yahoo Canada, Osborne described her role in the film as portraying an Amazon character that is “really […]
Marriage And Media:The Four Conflicts
There is a dark cloud called COVID that has been looming over the nation for months. There has also been a record-breaking surge of events linked to political affairs that has held many bound to the news media. It is good to keep abreast of current events but when these events begin to leak poison […]
Jamaican-American, Kristen Clarke, Appointed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights by President-Elect Joe Biden
One of the newest appointees by President-Elect Joe Biden, is Kristen Clarke, a woman of Jamaican descent and one with extensive experience in law enforcement and civil rights work. Prior to her appointment, was serving as president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee). Clarke is the […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending January 8 2021.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending January 8, 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 January 8th, 2021
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES DIGITAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE INFRASTRUCTURE NEARS COMPLETION The infrastructure that will allow for the production of digital birth certificates for Jamaican residents is 90-percent completed, according to Warren Vernon, program director for the National Identification System (NIDS). He announced that the National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI) project is scheduled for completion […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Loving One Another (Part 1)
Two of the most profound things about Jesus’ teachings were the simplicity of His messages and how those messages often impacted the different domains of our lives. The more I read the Gospels, the more convinced I am that amidst the hustle and bustle of life and the many mixed messages from our pulpits, a […]