The Hero & Zero Award of the Week ending May 26th, 2018 – Shenseea & Chozenn
Hero of the Week is the award for best individual performance of the week or just someone doing something positively that we think deserve a big up. While zero of the week goes to the person who do something stupid or someone who just get caught up in some drama. This week we didn’t have […]
Jamaican-American Named as the new Vice-President/Director of Athletics at New Jersey City University
Shawn Tucker has been named as the new Vice-President/Athletic Director at New Jersey City University, making him as one of the nation’s youngest in NCAA Division III at the age of 33, the first African-American to hold the position, and the seventh to do so in the history of the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The […]
Starbucks Opening Two Stores in Kingston
Starbucks Jamaica is preparing to open two stores in Kingston, and the firm is looking for employees to serve as baristas and shift supervisors. Liguanea and Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston are the locations slated for the new Starbucks. The firm held a job fair in late April 2018 to find the necessary workers. Starbucks […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending May 25th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES BASIL WAITE DECLARED PNP WINNER IN NE ST. ELIZABETH RUN-OFF ELECTION Basil Waite of the People’s National Party (PNP) will represent St. Elizabeth North East as a result of his victory in the run-off election for that post. Waite faced a challenge from Everton Fisher, former mayor of Black River, […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending May 25, 2018
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending May 25, 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
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Who Is to Be Blamed? – Part II
How much of what goes “wrong” in our lives do we hold God responsible for? The tendency to blame someone else has been with us since Eden. You might recall that after the Edenic fall, Adam blamed Eve who blamed the serpent (Genesis 3), and if the serpent could have passed on the blame he […]
Jamaican-Australian Cleopatra Coleman Writes & Stars in Upcoming Drone Movie Thriller
The upcoming sci-fi film about killer drones, aptly named “Hover” and starring Jamaican-Australian actress, Cleopatra Coleman, will be released in select theaters beginning June 29, 2018. The release by SYFY Films will be available via VOD and digital HD on July 3, 2018. Directed by Matt Osterman, Coleman also wrote the screenplay that brings to […]
Jamaican Re-Opens Popular Coffee Shop in Iowa
Jamaican Randolph Bryan, the owner of the popular Cottonwood Canyon coffee shop, is set to re-open the business at a new location in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, in May 2018. He originally opened Cottonwood Canyon in Waterloo in 2006, in a location just next door to the new venue. The building is ready, Bryan said, with […]
Jamaican Restaurant Brings “Island Vibes” to San Antonio, Texas
Nicola Blaque and her husband Cornelius Massey, both United States Army veterans, have opened the Jerk Shack, a new restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, with a menu based on Blaque’s Jamaican heritage and her mother’s recipes. According to Chef Blaque, spending time with her family in Jamaica inspired her to create the dishes served at […]
Jamaican Restaurant in Ohio a Success, Owner Contemplates a Second Location
The Irie Jamaican Kitchen restaurant in Euclid, Ohio, is relatively new, but owner and chef Omar McKay is already planning to expand to a second location. Since its opening in February 2017, Irie Jamaican Kitchen has been an adventure for McKay, who has seen his 14-month-old restaurant evolve from a spot at the food court […]