Buju Banton Completes His Long Walk To Freedom and Makes His Way Home – First show in Jamaica next Spring
My destination is homeward bound, though forces try hold I down. Breaking chains has become the norm. I know I must get through no matter what a gwan.” -Buju Banton “Destiny” These poignant lines from Buju Banton’s Grammy-nominated album ‘Inna Heights’, have taken on added significance as the artist born Mark Myrie seeks to rule […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending December 7th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES STUDENT WINS RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR DOCTORAL DEGREE FROM UWI PhD student Suzette Curtello received a go-ahead from the Court of Appeals to continue her fight against the Board of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus. UWI claims she needs to meet […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Doing Whatever it Takes
The house in which Jesus was teaching was packed with people who had come from all over Capernaum to hear Him speak. It was then that the four men came. Even if they were by themselves there was no room for them because not only was the house packed, but its entrance was so jammed […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending December 7, 2018.
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Jamaica Ranked 6th in World for Ease in Starting Business
According to 2019 Doing Business Report from the World Bank Group, Jamaica ranks sixth among the 20 nations identified as the best for starting a business and getting credit. The ranking for starting a business was given to Jamaica because it only takes two procedures and three days for entrepreneurs to start up a business […]
On this day in Jamaican history: Wayne Smith of “Under Mi Sleng Teng” fame was born
On December 5, 1955, reggae and dancehall musician Wayne Smith was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Smith was best known for his 1985 song “Under Mi Sleng Teng,” which is considered the recording that started the digital age of reggae. Smith was raised in the Waterhouse area of Kingston and performed with sound systems. He began […]
Jamaican Dalton Harris Wins X Factor UK
After having been given good odds to win it all at X Factor UK, Jamaican Dalton Harris, 24, wowed his fans and took the prize they always knew he would win. Harris was a finalist in Louis Tomlinson’s Boys category and had impressed the judges every week of the competition with his performances of “Crown” […]
On this day in Jamaican history: Tenor Saw of “Ring the Alarm” fame was born today
On December 2, 1966, Clive Bright, better known as Tenor Saw, reggae and dancehall singer and songwriter, was born at Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Saw gained popularity in the 1980s and was considered one of the most influential singers of the early digital age. Bright grew up in a family of six children […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending November 30, 2018.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending November 30, 2018. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit https://www.youtube.com/outofmanyonline
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending November 30th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES UNESCO PLACES REGGAE ON LIST INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE LIST The cultural agency of the United Nations, UNESCO, has had Jamaica’s reggae music tradition to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The agency made its decision at the 13th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding […]