Jamaican Jills in Swansea, Wales Offers Welsh-Jamaican Fusion Cuisine
A new restaurant In Swansea, Wales, features a fusion of Welsh and Jamaican foods. Jamaican Jills: Food Fusion, its full name, already has venues in Neath and Swansea City Center, and now it has expanded into Uplands. The restaurant’s goal is to combine the flavors of the Caribbean with more traditional Welsh and British fare, […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending April 20, 2018.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending April 20th, 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 April 20th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES HOLNESS WANTS COMPENSATION FOR WINDRUSH GENERATION FROM UK Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling for the United Kingdom to provide “fair and just” compensation to the individuals in the Windrush generation and their children. Holness told the Financial Times that the UK had “deprived many of their rights,” causing […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – God’s Word, Our Response – Part 1
There were twelve of them, each representing their respective tribe and their mission was well defined. As instructed by the LORD, through Moses, they were to “search the land of Canaan, which I [the LORD] give unto the children of Israel” (Numbers 13:2, KJV). They did as instructed, returning after forty days with a report […]
10 Things You Did Not Know about Cool Runnings, the Movie
It has been almost three decades since the world was captivated by the movie Cool Runnings, the true story of a Jamaican bobsled team who dared to enter the 1988 Winter Olympics. Since its release in 1993, many fans who felt the rhythm and rhyme back then are still very much enamored with the heartwarming […]
Airbnb Announces Jamaica Home Sharing Association
The Jamaica Home Sharing Association was launched by Airbnb in order to improve the island’s tourism product as well as to enable more Jamaicans to become involved with the industry. Havanah Llewellyn, president of the new association, said the group will also partner with local entities to upgrade the standards of the home sharing experience […]
Jamaican Lawyer Elected to the Florida Bar Board of Governors
Jamaican attorney Hilary Creary (17th Circuit, Seat 4) has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar, winning one of eight contested seats. Ballots were sent out in early March 2018 to eligible attorneys in relevant circuits, and results of the election were announced March 28, 2018, by Joshua E. Doyle, executive […]
Jamaicans Represent Largest Number of Foreign-Born Blacks in US, Second Highest among Black Caribbean Immigrants with College Degrees
A 2016 study from the Pew Research Center found that, in a relatively new development in immigration trends, there has been an increase in voluntary black migration to the United States over the past several decades. Jamaicans represent the largest population of black immigrants in the US. Among Caribbean nationals who make up a large […]
Photo highlights from the Jamaica Carnival 2018 Road March
Jamaica Carnival 2018 Road March had all the elements of a great carnival. Blaring music, colourful costumes, and a large excited and interactive crowd kept the rhythm of the carnival going through the streets. Revellers from Bacchanal Jamaica, Xamayca, Xodus, Frenchmen and others came out in their numbers and took over the streets of the […]
The Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention and Prevention Task Force (JDCIPTF) Held A Triumphant Town Hall Meeting In Toronto On April 7, 2018
The Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention and Prevention Task Force (JDCIPTF) held a triumphant Town Hall Meeting in Toronto on Saturday, April 7, 2018. The hall of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) was filled with approximately 200 participants, at 3 O’clock in the afternoon, waiting to hear from the keynote speaker. The Senator, The Honourable Pearnel […]