Alia Atkinson and Yona Knight-Wisdom to Represent Jamaica in Aquatic Sports at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Jamaica will send two aquatic athletes to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Alia Atkinson will represent Jamaica in the swimming competitions, while Yona Knight-Wisdom will represent the country in diving events. The Commonwealth Games will be Atkinson’s fourth in a row. She has competed in every staging of the event since 2006. Her appearance will also […]
“Change all the time” – A Conversation With Jamaican Actress & Comedian Maliaka Bryce
Actress, Voice over specialist and Comedian, Maliaka Bryce won the 2015 Top Stand-up Comedian Award at Canada’s Caribbean Entertainment Awards. She was also recently named among the “Top 100 Canadian Black Women to Watch” and earned the 2015 Role Model and Achiever title at the Black Canadian Awards. Her acting credits include playing the voice […]
Our Stories: I couldn’t get a job in media so I created my own – Wade Haye
In this installment of Our Stories, entertainment blogger, Wade Haye shared how he started his own blog to satisfy his passion for media and entertainment. 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 […]
Jimmy Cliff’s daughter, Nabiyah Be, Stars in Black Panther movie
Nabiyah Be, the daughter of reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, makes her major screen debut in the blockbuster sci-fi/fantasy film “Black Panther.” Be, who was born in Brazil, is a singer and songwriter like her father in addition to being an actress. Her older sister Odessa Chambers, who is a publicist and television producer based in […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending February 16, 2018.
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending February 16th, 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 February 16th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP JAMAICAN NEWS STORIES GOVERNMENT CUTS $31 BILLION FROM BUDGET Jamaica’s Office of the Prime Minister announced considerable increases for national security, tourism, education, and road repairs in the national budget for the new fiscal year, which starts on April 1, 2018. However, the budget totaling about $773.7 billion will also include cuts […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Render to God the Things That are God’s”
It was yet another trap and the synoptic writers said as much. The scribes and chief priests had sent certain of the Pharisees and some followers of Herod to try and bait Jesus, “hoping to catch Him saying something incriminating” (Mark 12:13, The Message). Mark continues, “And when they were come, they say unto Him, ‘Master, […]
Jamaican actress Parisa Fitz-Henley to star in ‘Prince Harry & Meghan Markle” movie
The Jamaican-born American actress Paris Fitz-Henley has been chosen to take the lead role as Meghan Markle in the Lifetime television network movie “Prince Harry & Meghan”. Fitz-Henley is a former Miss Jamaica Fashion Model winner. The film, “Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance,” will tell the story of the whirlwind romance between the United […]
People Magazine features 11 year old Jamaican Headed to Scripps National Spelling Bee
Nathaniel Stone of Jamaica will join students from across the United States in competing at the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. He was featured in People Magazine. Stone, 11, became the 2018 spelling champion in Jamaica, and he will be representing a country that is the only non-US nation or territory in history […]
Antarctica : The White Continent – Jamaicans Love to Travel
Traveling to Antarctica was not my idea as I do not like cold places. It was my husband’s wish to complete his bucket list of visiting the 7 continents. So, I mustered up the courage and went along with him on a trip that we had to book over a year in advance on the […]