JAMPRO & Kingston Creative Launch ‘Best Pitch Forward’ Competition For Creative Entrepreneurs
JAMPRO, in partnership with Kingston Creative, will be hosting the “Best Pitch Forward” elevator pitch competition that will give ten creative entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business concepts to potential investors with the hopes of raising much-needed funds to kick-start their projects. This event will be held virtually on Friday, November 27, 2020 at […]
10 Questions for Jamaican Author and Activist Yohan S.R. Lee
Yohan Lee is a trained Journalist with international experience. He published a two-part collection of his own poetry. He also studied in Europe. Hamburg University. Yohan’s poem from musings and poems from Lee talk about violence, infant abuse, human rights, deviant and antisocial behavior. Now 180 plus poems published since May 2019. He published his […]
Told She Would Never Walk Again, this Jamaican-American Entrepreneur is Striving in Business
Danielle DaCosta, founder, and administrator of Enchanted Living of New Mexico, is an individual winner of the 2020 Diverse Business Leaders Awards. DaCosta launched the assisted living facility located in Rio Rancho, NM, in April 2015 when she was a 24-year-old student at the University of New Mexico. The award spotlights organizations and executives that […]
Jamaican, Nichole McIntosh, Appointed as Regional Head of Nursing in England
Jamaican-born Nichole McIntosh has been named the new regional head of nursing at Health Education England (HEE). While she acknowledges the many challenges facing the health care system in England arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, McIntosh has been battle-tested and is well prepared to take on her new role. With her appointment, she becomes the […]
Koffee Named Ambassador for Nike “Jordan Unite” Campaign
Koffee, whose given name is Mikayla Simpson, is a 20-year-old reggae superstar who has been called a “pioneering force” who seeks to modernize the reggae music genre to make it relevant to a new generation and bring a clean energy infused with positive vibrations to the international music scene. The artist used her success to […]
A Conversation with Jamaican Entertainer Benzly Hype
Hemsley Ainsley Coleman Morris, Jr., better known as Benzly Hype!!!, the son of Jamaican musician and balladeer Ainsley Morris, has applied his creative genius and commitment to innovation throughout his career to become a popular musician, hit music producer, performer, screenwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and television program producer. He grew up in the rough and unforgiving […]
Jamaican Jhaniele Fowler Named 2020 MVP of Australia’s West Coast Fever Netball Team
Jamaican Jhaniele Fowler has had an incredible year with Australia’s West Coast Fever netball team, which is based in Perth, Australia. She was named the club’s Most Valuable Player for 2020. This is the second year in a row that she has claimed the title. Fowler also received the Player’s Player Award for the third […]
Jamaican Fanny Eaton Honored with Google Doodle
Fanny Eaton, a Jamaican woman born in 1835, was honored on Google’s homepage on November 18, 2020, with a Doodle in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Her work is considered instrumental in redefining beauty standards during the Victorian Era. Born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, Eaton moved with her mother to Britain early tine […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending November 20 2020.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending November 20, 2020. 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
Revoke my Black card, ‘Waiting to Exhale’ sucked—Just Being Funny By Caribbean Comedian Onicia Muller
I finally watched Waiting to Exhale. Controversial thoughts in 3…2…1…That film was some Tyler Perry-levels of overly dramatic and corny shenanigans. Forest, I didn’t know you had it in you. Everything Angela Bassett’s character did would land you court-ordered domestic violence classes and probably even lose your kids—the very thing she was fighting for. I […]