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 […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending November 20th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA’S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT The House of Representatives in Jamaica has passed a law designed to improve standards in the merchant shipping industry on both national and international levels. According to Robert Montague, Jamaica’s Transport Minister, the proposed Shipping (Amendments) Act seek to secure the rights […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Following the Shepherd
Decisions, decisions, decisions. It seems everywhere we turn, they are waiting to be made. Often times we are left wondering and second-guessing ourselves about some of the ones we made. Life would be wonderful if we had a sure-fire way of knowing how to make the right choices. We try to do the best we […]
First Jamaican Woman to Antarctica launches exhibition virtually this weekend
Jamaican Author and filmmaker, Judith Falloon-Reid, is going virtual with her Aaah- Inspiring Antarctica, A Jamaican on Ice Exhibition on Sunday, November 22, 2020, at 7 pm. The Exhibition, which she dubs as an experience, officially opened in February to great acclaim at the National Library of Jamaica in Kingston. After touring Jamaica, Judith was […]
Don Wehby To Receive 2020 CARAH Award For Outstanding Corporate Citizenship
The Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) and GraceKennedy (GK) Limited are pleased to announce that GK Group CEO, Senator Don Wehby, is the recipient of the 2020 Caribbean American Heritage (CARAH) Award for Outstanding Corporate Citizenship. The award is the first of its kind being conferred by ICS and will be presented to Senator Wehby […]
Usain Bolt’s Foundation Commits $2.2 Million to 21 Early Childhood Institutions in Rural Jamaica
Twenty-one Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) in rural areas on the island will receive a donation of $2.2 million from the Usain Bolt Foundation. The funds will be used to help teachers with the interventions needed with parents during the COVID-19 pandemic while their children are at home. The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) reported that each […]
Jamaican Pilot Brings a Lifeline during COVID Lock-Down in the Philippines
Davin Bennett, 34, a missionary pilot from Jamaica, has brought a lifeline to thousands of people in the Philippines, especially those in remote areas who have had a difficult time obtaining medical services since the country imposed a lock-down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic several months ago. Quarantine restrictions and limited transportation options have […]