Photo Highlights: New Venue, New Vibes a Hit Recipe for South Florida’s 2019 Grace Jamaican Jerk Fest
Prior to this year, South Florida’s Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival had called Markham Park in Sunrise, Florida home for 14 years. Started in 2001, the Jerk Festival in its fledgling years was sitused at C.B. Smith Park in the Pembroke Pines area of South Florida. However, this year’s 18th staging of the Festival on November 10th […]
Jamaican-American Marlon Hill Among 3 Influential South Floridians To Be Recognized at CMEx Leadership Awards Ceremony in Miami
Respected members of the South Florida community – a Jamaican-American attorney, a Trinidadian-American journalist, and a cruise line executive – will be recognized and honored at the 2019 Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) Leadership Awards to be held in Miami on December 14. Marlon Hill, business lawyer, strategist, civic mobilizer and partner at Hamilton, Miller & […]
Track Star of Jamaican Descent Named United Kingdom 2019 Sportswoman of the Year
The Sunday Times in the United Kingdom named Dina Asher-Smith, 23, a British sprinter of Jamaican descent, its Sportswoman of the Year for 2019. With her win in the 200-meter event at the World Championships held in October 2019 in Doha, she became the first woman from Britain to attain a major international title, and […]
Kingston Named a Top Must-Visit “Music Mecca” in the World
Music fans love to travel to locations that offer the best experiences of their favorite musical genres. Cities around the world have recognized this fact and work to become must-visit sites for music tourism. The fundamental characteristics of a city, its residents, and culture are reflected in the music genre that predominates its region. Cities […]
Jamaican Named New Police Chief of Ottawa, Canada
Jamaican Peter Sloly is the new police chief of Ottawa in Canada. He was sworn into the leadership position on October 28, 2019. Sloly, who has 27 years of experience with the Toronto Police Service, replaced Charles Bordeleau who retired in May 2019. Sloly resigned from the Toronto service in 2018 and had been working […]
Caribbean-Born Writer Wins $100,000 Top Canadian Literary Prize
Ian Williams, who was born in Trinidad, has received the foremost Canadian literary prize for his first novel, which is entitled “Reproduction.” In addition to the honor associated with winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Williams will receive its monetary award of $100,000. “Reproduction,” which was published by Random House Canada, tells the story of a […]
5 Questions with Dr. Allan Cunningham, Candidate for Global Jamaica Diaspora Council – USA Southern
Dr. Allan Cunningham is the president and founder of the highly respected People Profile organization. A charitable organization that recognizes ordinary people in the global community doing extraordinary things. He is a lecturer/Associate Professor in International Business with expertise in Comparative Government. He is a product of Whitfield Town Kingston 13, and has been doing […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending November 29, 2019.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending November 29, 2019. 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 November 29th, 2019
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER TO PRESENT YOUTH AWARDS Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness will present the National Youth Awards for Excellence on November 30, 2019. At Jamaica House. Eighty-seven nominees will attend the ceremony. Which represents the highest award for young people in the nation. Awards will be presented in 11 […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Who is Jesus to You?
According to the book of Matthew, Jesus had just finished feeding four thousand men, besides women and children, with seven loaves and a few little fishes when He had a private conversation with His disciples at Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 15:32-38; 16:13). Given all the teachings He had done and the miracles He performed, He asked […]