Two locos, a pay bus, and a gospel music battle — Just Being Funny By Caribbean Comedian Onicia Muller
Tourists who squeeze they entire posse in we tiny pay bus does burn me. Hello, vacation is to spend money. “WhEn Is ThE BuS cOmInG?” When your rental coming?! Yuh cheap vacation booking, no budget having, bad tipping — On a serious, people playing music through speakers does annoy me too. Even when they have […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending July 24 2020.
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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 24th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA’S OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY COVID-19 According to Mike Henry, Jamaica’s Minister of Labor and Social Security, the overseas employment program has suffered significantly from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of workers who were slated to travel to Canada and the United States in March […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Where is God in All This Mess?”
Under the oppression of the Midianites, the people of Israel, God’s people, were reduced to starvation. According to the narrative, “Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, [raiders] from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel, camping in the land and destroying crops as far away as Gaza. They left the Israelites […]
Jamaican Doctor Tells her Amazing Story from Waitress to Neuroplastic Surgeon in the U.S.A.
Dr. Kerry-Ann Stewart Mitchell’s journey from waitress to neuroplastic surgeon is one of hard work, perseverance, and a brilliant mind. Born and raised in Jamaica, she immigrated to the U.S. when she was 17 to attend Benedict College in South Carolina. “My last full-time job was a waitress at BiBiBips Bar and Grill in Ocho […]
Jamaican-American Featured as one of the Black Farmers in Washington, USA
Shellie-Ann Kerns comes from a long line of farmers. The Jamaican-American is one of the black farmers featured in a story by KING-TV Channel 5 based in Seattle, WA. Kerns is the owner of Bunkhouse Acres, a 20 acre farm in the Middle Satsop Valley in Washington State. Kerns comes from a long line of […]
Jamaican Owner of Restaurant Listed Among Top 20 in US Opens New One
Chef Nicole Blaque is the owner of The Jerk Shack in San Antonio, Texas. Recently, this restaurant was selected as one of the best new restaurants in the United States by GQ Magazine. Now, Chef Blaque is expanding her culinary reach by opening a new Caribbean restaurant at the city’s Pearl Food Hall. The new […]
Usain Bolt Sometimes Misses Competition; Works Out When Putting On Weight
Usain Bolt, legendary eight-time Olympic gold medal winner and Jamaican sprinter once described as “the world’s fastest man,” confesses that he has slowed down since his retirement from track and field athletics in 2017 and now only works out when he finds he is putting on weight. In an episode of the Slate podcast “The […]
7 Things to Know about Singer Shevon Nieto the Jamaican Olympic Athlete on “America’s Got Talent” 2020
Jamaican athlete, Shevon Nieto, is an Olympic-class athlete that’s won numerous awards for her prowess around the world. She’s now pursuing her second dream of being a singer and wowed audiences with her vocal abilities on the popular “America’s Got Talent” reality TV show on the NBC network. Nieto always knew she wanted to be […]
Former Air Jamaica Employee in US Re-launches Travelers Care Business to Assist Flyers
These are tough times for business owners, especially persons with small enterprises like Jamaican-born Shelly-Ann Cawley, proprietor of the Los Angeles-based Travelers Care. In January, she celebrated the company’s first anniversary but one month later came the first signs of the coronavirus which shut down the global economy. By April Travelers Care — which accompanies […]