Jamaican Consul General R. Oliver Mair Announces Launch of 5K Walk-Run Event
Jamaican Consul General R. Oliver Mair announced the Jamaica Consulate 5K Run and the ADOPT-A-CLINIC program, which is a Ministry of Health initiative. Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton was the featured speaker at the announcement event held on August 3, 2019. The launch event was attended by non-profit organizations […]
Couple Who Visited Jamaica Annually for 20 Years Opens Jerk Chicken Diner in Wisconsin Wilderness
In June of 2019, the established and very popular Delta Diner, which has been operating in the Northwoods of Wisconsin along County Highway H since 2003, opened The Tin Tap House & Chicken Shack. The Delta Diner, so famous for its innovative cooking, commitment to using local products, and a no-tipping policy, has drawn customers […]
Perry Henzell’s Long Lost Film Predicts How The Tourism Industry Would Exploit Locals & Ruin Jamaica
Re-release of Perry Henzell’s iconic Jamaican film “The Harder They Come” on Blu-ray on August 20, 2019, was marked by a showing of the film at the Metrograph and BAM. The showing was augmented by the addition of a second film by Henzell that has never been seen before. This film is entitled “No Place […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending August 23rd, 2019
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICA’S ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM STILL MONITORED BY EPOC The Economic Program Oversight Committee (EPOC) will continue its monitoring of Jamaica’s economic reform program beyond the end of the Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to Dr. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service. EPOC […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending August 23, 2019.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending August 23, 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
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – TGIF!
Thank God, It’s Friday! Four magic words greeted with exhilaration and which signal the end of the workweek for millions of working people. For some of us, tired from weekends that seem far too short, we start looking forward to Friday from the time we get up on Monday! No matter how bad a week […]
Harvard Scientists Say Chemical in Cannabis (Marijuana) May Have Major Impact on Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers at Harvard University’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute say that a cannabis chemical could have a “major impact’ on the treatment of pancreatic cancer. While pancreatic cancer represents only three percent of all cancers in the United States, its one-year survival rate is just 20 percent, and the five-year survival rate is less than eight percent. […]
Glen “Titus” Campbell, Sean Paul & Rita Marley, Among 143 to Receive Jamaican National Honors
Heroes Day in Jamaica will see 143 new Order of Jamaica national award recipients, among them Rita Marley, Sean Paul and Glen “Titus” Campbell. The awards will be presented on Oct. 21, 2019 in Kingston. Rita Marley The Order of Jamaica will be conferred upon Rita Marley, 73-year-old widow of musician and singer, Bob Marley, […]
Jamaican Swim Star Alia Atkinson Wins 50-Meter Gold Medal in Singapore
Jamaica’s Olympian and swimming sensation Alia Atkinson won a gold medal in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke competition at the FINA World Cup in Singapore. The champion swimmer set a new season’s best time with 30.31 seconds. Her performance moved her up to fifth fastest in the world. Atkinson swam the 50-meter distance faster than she […]
Jamaican-Born Republican Law Professor, Richard Myers, Appointed to the Federal Court in North Carolina by President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has nominated Richard E. Myers, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor of Law and Director of Trial Advocacy, to fill a vacancy in North Carolina’s Eastern District that’s existed since Jan. 1, 2006. Myers, age 51, earned his law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1998 and joined the UNC […]