British-Jamaican Gospel Singer, Lurine Cato, to be Honored by the Queen
Each year on her birthday, Queen Elizabeth II recognizes those who have made a significant contribution to society. Gospel singer, Lurine Lilian Cato, is among the 2020 recipients to be honored “For services to Charity and Music (London, Greater London).” The Member of the British Empire (MBE) award is the third-highest ranking of the recognitions […]
Jessica Krug vs Onicia Pope, Political Fixer — Just Being Funny By Caribbean Comedian Onicia Muller
It was a regular day in quarantine when the former professor of African history Jessica Krug entered the offices of Onicia Pope, Caribbean political fixer. Krug: Do you…Do you recognize me? Onicia: Jessica Krug a.k.a. Jess La Bombalera a.k.a. Rachel Dolezal 2.0? Of course, I recognize you and your poorly dyed, crispy ends. Don’t tell […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending October 23 2020.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending October 23, 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
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 23rd, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICANS HONORED ON NATIONAL HEROES DAY 2020 Jamaica honored its outstanding citizens on National Heroes Day, October 19, 2020, as the nation’s Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen conferred the awards. Professor Orlando Patterson received Jamaica’s fourth highest honor, the Order of Merit, at the event, the only recipient of the OM […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Talking About Truth
Have you noticed how truth seems fairly relative these days? In other words, society would have us believe that truth is whatever a person, group, or culture deems it to be and to some extent, that is true. But what about absolute truth? Things that are true regardless of time, place, or culture? Beliefs that […]
Celebrating cuisine and culture for virtual event on National Jamaican Jerk Day
With most mega events canceled this year, producers of the Florida, New York, and Canada Grace Jamaican Jerk Festivals, along with Orlando and Palm Beach festivals are taking their celebration to you with a virtual event to mark October 25, 2020, National Jamaican Jerk Day – USA. The event will be streamed on VP Records YouTube channel at 7:00 […]
Buju Banton Tells Jamaicans Not to Wear a Mask in Video on Social Media
In a series of three videos released on social media, reggae and dancehall artist Buju Banton is telling his fellow Jamaicans to be “done with this mask wearing.” In the first video, Banton said he was tired of “you intellectual fools trying to tell us how to live our lives” and went on to accuse […]
NBC’s OlympicTalk 2020 Ranks These Jamaicans First and Second Fastest Women in the World at 100 Meters
OlympicTalk on NBC has ranked the women competing in outdoor track and field events in 2020. In a year impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the top-ranked performer lists brought unpredictable results as some Olympic favorites have refrained from competition due to the coronavirus. However, even in this environment, two Jamaican women have […]
Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Toots on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Best Albums List
Rolling Stone magazine has compiled a list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The magazine first published such a list in 2003 and made a slight update in 2012. Acknowledging that tastes change over time and that new musical genres emerge, Rolling Stone decided to update its list again in 2020. It received […]
Jamaican Paulette Simpson to Receive CBE at 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Honors
Paulette Simpson, the Deputy Chair of both the Windrush Advisory Panel and the Windrush Commemoration Committee in the United Kingdom, will be made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), the highest-ranking Order of the British Empire award, for her service to the Caribbean community in the UK. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will […]