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Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending March 3rd, 2017

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- REPAIRS SCHEDULED FOR ROAD TO BIRTHPLACE OF BUSTAMANTE Desmond McKenzie, Jamaica’s Minister of Local Government and Community Development, announced that $20 million will be allocated to rehabilitate the road that leads to the birthplace of Sir Alexander Bustamante, Jamaican National Hero, in Blenheim, Hanover. McKenzie made the announcement […]

Platinum Kids Ready to Rumble

World Clash promoters Irish and Chin have announced their U.S. Rumble 2017 sound system clash line up this past Monday. The sound arena and the Tri-State party scene is buzzing after the announcement of Bronx juggling machine Platinum Kids entering the U.S Rumble arena. Platinum Kids who are known as a juggling sound traveling all […]

Gala Presentation of 70 x7: The Real Truth, March 4, 2017, Kingston

WHO: Soul Art by Suzanne WHAT: Gala Presentation of 70 x7: The Real Truth WHERE: Phoenix Theatre, 8 Haining Road, Kingston 5 WHEN: Saturday, March 4, 2017 TIME: 8:00 p.m. “70 x 7: The Real Truth” follows the journey of a Jamaican family towards forgiveness. When the Morgan family finds itself face to face with […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – When God Says “Stop”

I stared at the phrase for a few minutes, allowing its truth to percolate in my mind. Profound in its simplicity yet deep in its theology it simply said, “Do not put a comma where God puts a period.” As we saw previously, the ‘period’ indicates the end of a sentence while the ‘comma’ indicates […]

Jamaican Author Erna Brodber Wins Yale University International Literature Prize

Erna Brodber Jamaican Author wins Yale Award

Yale University has awarded Jamaican author Erna Brodber the 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize in international literature. Brodber was one of eight writers recognized with the award for their achievements or promise, each of whom will receive US$165,000. Brodber is from Woodside in St. Mary and has been a major voice in Caribbean literature during a career […]

Jamaican-American Elected Vice Chair of Democratic National Committee

Jamaican-American Michael Blake is DNC Vice Chair

Michael Blake, a Jamaican-American state assemblyman from the Bronx in New York, has been elected to be the vice chairman of the Democratic Party’s National Committee in the United States (DNC). Blake, 34, is one of seven children and the son of Jamaican immigrants. His parents named him for two Jamaican heroes: Michael Manley and […]

The Jamaican Women of Florida, Inc. (JWOF) elected a new Board of Directors

The Jamaican Women of Florida, Inc. (JWOF) elected a new Board of Directors on February 25, 2015 at their fourth annual general meeting.  The new president is Ms. Camille Edwards an administrator with the Broward County School Board. Ms. Edwards has previously served as the Presidents of the Immaculate Conception High School Alumnae Association and […]

Caribbean TV Series “Taste the Islands” Picked Up for Second Nationwide Run

In 2015, Caribbean cooking show “Taste the Islands” made history by becoming the first Jamaican-produced and Jamaican-hosted series on US national public television. Show creators Blondie Ras Productions have announced that the second season will premiere this June, Caribbean American Heritage Month, on Create TV and select PBS stations around the country. Public television’s favorite […]