Our Stories: Educatours Use Games to Educate Jamaicans about Jamaica – Kadeem Petgrave
In this installment of Our Stories, entrepreneur Kadeem Petgrave explains how he is using games to educate Jamaica. For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise – white sandy beaches, a beautiful and vivacious culture, rich and wholesome food, and attractive people. And while that image is not far from the truth, if the […]
Listen to the Podcast of the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending March 9, 2018
Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending March 9, 2018The 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 March 9th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP JAMAICAN NEWS STORIES LEGAL AID COUNCIL IMPLEMENTS ENHANCED SECURITY MEASURES Hugh Faulkner, the executive director of the Legal Aid Council, emphasized the commitment of the agency to protecting the rights of Jamaican citizens while some communities see the application of enhanced security measures to control crime. In many cases, said Faulkner, people […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Doing Wrong When I Want to Do Right!
When King David got up from his bed to walk around on the roof of the palace on that cool spring morning, I do not believe he expected to see what he saw. According to the narrative, “From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful” (2 Samuel 11:2, NIV). What happened next […]
Jamaican Neurosurgeon is now the first black woman to become an Ivy League Professor of Neurosurgery in the United States
Neurosurgeon Dr. Odette Harris of Stanford University is the first black woman to become a Professor of Neurosurgery at an Ivy League school in the United States. She is also the first black woman to be named a professor of neurosurgery since Dr. Alexa Canady, a specialist in pediatric neurosurgery, rose to that position at […]
Jamaican-American Sheryl Lee Ralph Lands Recurring Role in TNT TV Series“Claws”
Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actor of Jamaican heritage, will play the recurring role of Matilde Ruval, the mother of Dr. Gregory Ruval, in the TNT network hit “Claws” in Season 2. Ralph gained recognition for portraying Deena Jones in the Broadway musical “Dreamgirls” in 1981. She received a Tony Award nomination for this role in […]
Prestigious Yale University Literature Prize Awarded to Lorna Goodison, Jamaica’s Poet Laureate
The Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, has received the prestigious 2018 Windham-Campbell Prize awarded by Yale University. She was among a group of eight writers to win the honor, which is given for literary achievement or promise and includes a prize of US$165,000 to each individual to support their writing. Upon receiving the award, […]
Rastafarian-Inspired Restaurant in Paris Featured in Vogue Magazine
Coralie Jouhier, a food enthusiast and French-Martinican model, has opened a first-of-its-kind Afro-vegan restaurant in Paris, France, and been featured in Vogue. The eatery has become popular among young people who want to eat healthily and well. The restaurant, named Jah Jah by Le Tricycle, offers international cuisine inspired by Jouhier’s trip to locations including […]
Jamaican Restaurant Opens in San Francisco
Chef Nigel Jones has opened a new Caribbean restaurant, Kaya, in partnership with Daniel Patterson in the San Francisco area. Kaya opened on January 11, 2018, in the space on Market Street formerly occupied by Patterson’s Alta. Jones moved rapidly to open the new restaurant, which was just an idea only a month before, with […]
Top Fashion Designer Tells Vogue Jamaica is Her Happy Place
Aurora James, the founder of top-line designer footwear Brother Vellies, spent time in Jamaica as a child and still considers the island her “happy place,” she told Vogue magazine. Her family moved to the island when she was seven years old to experience its lifestyle, and James says that, while she is not Jamaican, the […]