Jamaican Alia Atkinson Wins First Gold Medal at World Swimming Championships
Jamaica’s swimming sensation Alia Atkinson, who just turned 30 on December 11, 2018, celebrated the milestone a day later with her first gold medal at the short course FINA World Swimming Championships on December 12 in Hangzhou, China. Atkinson won the 50-meter breaststroke gold with a time of 29/05 seconds, well under her world-leading time […]
Jamaican Named Executive Director of Regional Caribbean Renewable Energy Center
Jamaican Dr. Gary Jackson has been appointed executive director to the Caribbean Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE). Dr. Jackson has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Project Management. Both of these degrees are from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He has also pursued studies under a […]
“Empowered, Not Enabled.” – A Conversation with Laura Borland, President & Co-Founder of the Vyllage app
Laura Borland, MBA, is the President & Co-Founder of Vyllage, Inc. Born and raised in Jamaica, she has been a Florida resident for over 25 years and is an alumna of Barry University and Florida International University. She is a Distinguished Past President of Kiwanis Club of Sawgrass Sunrise and a former Board member of […]
Jamaican-Nigerian Nadine Ijewere First Black Woman to Photograph Vogue Cover
In a history-making move, Nadine Ijewere is the first black woman to shoot a cover for Vogue magazine. Her photograph of the singer Dua Lipa will be featured on the January 2019 cover of British Vogue. Ijewere, a portrait and fashion photographer who is of Jamaican-Nigerian heritage was born in southeast London, Writing on Instagram […]
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.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending December 7, 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
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 […]