Young Jamaican-American in New York Fighting for School Safety Featured in Vogue and Yahoo
The fight for safer schools in New York by Jamaican-American, Alliyah Logan, is definitely being noticed. She was featured in the June issue of “Teen Vogue” magazine and in a Yahoo! Life story. “I was featured in this Teen Vogue article, which is long overdue. The article covered Black Youth advocating to remove policing from […]
Oprah Magazine Features Five Jamaican Authors on List of Recommended Caribbean Books
In honor of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, which was instituted in 2006 by President George W. Bush and is held each June to honor contributions by Caribbean people to the society and culture of the United States, the Oprah Magazine has featured a list of 16 books by Caribbean authors meant to encourage readers to […]
My Experience With Discrimination in America as a Black Jamaican-born Entrepreneur
The death of George Floyd has awoken a movement across America that I hope will lead to substantive changes in the way governments, enterprises, and communities deal with people of color. Yet while the confluence of events over the last few weeks has touched me to my core, it’s left me with more questions than […]
Three Signs Your Marriage Is Distracted
Distractions cause major hiccups in communication, concentration, and just about every attempt at an accomplishment. Marriages suffer greatly today because distractions are overpowering focus and priority. Priorities cannot suffer at the hands of distractions without a driver of those distractions. A pen needs a hand to write just as a car needs a driver to […]
CNN Features Jamaican Rum
Jamaican rum is legendary with a history that reaches into centuries past. That uniqueness was honored when CNN featured Jamaican rum in one of its travel segments. Master blenders have called the distinctive taste funky and it’s something that visitors come to the island in search of – an earthiness known to the residents as […]
Immigration Advice: The US Supreme Court DACA Decision of 18 June 2020
On the 18th of June 2020, the US Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in the case of THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ET AL V. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. The decision was favorable to the class of individuals known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). By a 5-4 […]
Fo’hunnid kidneys? Not for no camel coat! — Just Being Funny By Caribbean Comedian Onicia Muller
I worked ten-hour days without chatty coworkers, annoying pop music, or hovering managers. Massimo Dutti was the perfect gig for quick vacation cash. I ain’t care that they sequestered me to the upstairs closet like some tacky, out-of-season Quasimodo. I embraced my inner fashion warehouse ninja and mastered the art of stacking. Upside. Downside. Eight […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending June 26th, 2020
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES POVERTY RATE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL IN DECADE Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service, announced that the nation’s poverty rate decreased by 40 percent in 2018. The 12.6 percent rate was the lowest recorded in ten years. While recognizing that the significant reduction in poverty […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending June 26 2020.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending June 26, 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
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Faithfulness of God
Back in 1923 when Thomas Obadiah Chisolm put pen to paper and started to write, he had no idea that almost 90 years later, his poem, put to music by William M. Runyan, would continue to be sung by Christians all over the world. As one of Chisolm’s more than 1200 poems, “Great is Thy […]