Jamaican Cow Cod Soup on Insider’s List of 20 Weird Aphrodisiacs from Around the World
The online magazine Insider has included a common Jamaican dish on its list of foods that can enhance sexual pleasure. The major ingredient in Cow Cod Soup is the penis of a bull (not a cow). Traditionally, the bull’s penis (cod) is combined with bananas and scotch bonnet peppers and cooked in a white rum-based […]
How much do you know about the free African settlers of Jamaica?
Located at the most eastern point of Jamaica, the Morant Point Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse on the island, is strongly linked with Africa. Workers who built the original lighthouse in 1841 were among the free Africans who came to the island. Kru men from West African workers came as indentured laborers from Sierra Leone. The […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending March 3rd, 2017
—————————————- 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 […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending March 3, 2015
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending March 3 2017. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com.
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
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
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 […]