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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending June 19th, 2020

weekly news stories you missed this week

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES HOLNESS NAMES SAMUDA, HENRY TO FILL VACANT CABINENT POSITIONS Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that Karl Samuda, Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew North Central who had been serving as Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Education has been moved into the position of Minister of Education. […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Love of a Father

According to the biblical parable, his younger of two sons had disrespected him, taken his portion of the inheritance​,​ and left home.  In the ancient east, it was not unusual for a son to request his portion of the inheritance during his father’s lifetime, but as Bible scholar Adam Clarke points out, “it appears indeed […]

Jamaican-American Violist Jordan Bak’s Accomplishments Lauded by The Violin Channel

Jamaican-American Violist Jordan Bak violinist

At 25 years old, Jamaican-American violist, Jordan Bak, has already established himself as an outstanding soloist and a rising star. Bak was recently honored as the subject of a story by The Violin Channel, the world’s leading classical music news source. A graduate of the world-renowned Julliard School and New England Conservatory, Bak is only […]

Jamaican Taekwondo Athlete Accepted at Princeton

Jamaican Taekwondo Athlete Brandon Sealy Accepted at Princeton

Jamaican-born Brandon Sealy’s physical skills helped him emerge as the first Jamaican to win two consecutive gold medals at world taekwondo competitions. In 2020, his considerable academic skills are taking him to Princeton University. Sealy will begin his freshman year at Princeton in the fall of 2020. It marks the culmination of years of balancing […]

BBC Makes Film on the Story of a Jamaican Whose Life was Changed by the Windrush Scandal

BBC Makes Film on the Story of a Jamaican Whose Life was Changed by the Windrush Scandal

The airing of the drama, “Sitting in Limbo,” on BBC One was a painful reliving of Britain’s Windrush Scandal, particularly for novelist Stephen S. Thompson and his brother, Anthony Bryan, who lived it. Thompson wrote the feature-length film and Bryan is the subject. The film details Bryan’s three-year fight with Britain’s government to prevent being […]

Jamaican East Indian and Julie Mangoes Headed for New York & Northeast USA Cities

Jamaican East Indian and Julie Mangoes shipped to New York Northeast USA Cities

Thanks to a unique collaboration, Jamaican and Caribbean communities in New York City and cities in the northeastern United States have access to 4,500 pounds of East Indian and St. Julian (Julie) mangoes from Jamaica. The first of the fruit for sale arrived on June 13, 2020 in the boroughs of Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens. […]