“Di Jerk Chicken sweet mi!!!! ” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS
Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights some positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. We asked the question “what is the one thing you love about being Jamaican?” at the South Florida Jerk Festival. – Photo by X. Murphy “I love being Jamaican because di Jerk Chicken sweet mi.” The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone who […]
CPL Announces Dates for Florida Fixtures
Damien O’Donohoe hails Fort Lauderdale fixtures as “exciting new chapter” for CPL The 2016 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign will break new ground on Thursday, 28 July when Guyana Amazon Warriors faces the Barbados Tridents in a night game (starting at 7pm) in Lauderhill Stadium, Fort Lauderdale. The ground-breaking Florida swing of the fourth […]
Conversations with Event Planner & Marketing Specialist, Nordene Bartley
Event Planner, Marketing Specialist and Community Servant Nordene Bartley was currently resides in South Florida, but her heart and home are in Ocho Rios. Nordene is now the owner and head planner for Deney’s Planning, a full service event planning company that plans milestone celebrations, romantic experiences and special occasions. She is also a freelancer, […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Conformed to the Image of Christ
I can still hear it in my head, one of the choruses from my childhood: “To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus / All I ask is to be like Him / All through life’s journey / From earth to glory / All I ask, is to be like Him.” These words came to […]
Caribbean Content on Primetime TV – Let’s galvanize around shared interests & common issues
Most people who know me now don’t know that I used to sing professionally. I’ve toured Europe, the Caribbean and North America as part of the entourages of Beenie Man, Kevin Lyttle and Kymani Marley… way back in the day of course. During the 16 years I was in the music industry, I felt that […]
This day in Jamaican History: Jamaica Tourist Board established
On April 1, 1955 the Tourist Trade Development Board officially became the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). In 1922 the Jamaican government had established the Tourist Trade Development Board but realized in 1954, the need for a more effective organization. The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is Jamaica’s national tourism agency. The JTB is a public company […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending April 1st, 2016
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- AUDIT OF GOVERNMENT’S WEBSITE ORDERED—03/29/16 Dr. Andrew Wheatley, Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, wants security audits of the websites of all the government’s ministries, agencies and departments to determine how vulnerable they are to cyber attacks. Wheatley noted that a number of government websites have experienced […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending April 1st, 2016
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending April 1st, 2016 . The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our archives.
This day in Jamaican history: Jamaican-American poet Claudia Rankine won the National Book Critics Circle Award
Jamaican-American poet Claudia Rankine won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry for her book “Citizen: An American Lyric.” She was also a finalist for in the Award’s criticism category, which made her book the first in the history of the award to receive a double nomination. Rankine was born in Kingston received a […]
Born of ‘wickedness’ and disaster – Kingston Featured in UK Guardian Newspaper’s “Story of Cities” Series
Coming in at Number 9 in the “Story of Cities” series published by the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom is Kingston, Jamaica, a city “born of ‘wickedness’ and disaster,” Beginning with the creation of Kingston as a new and regulated capital city following the 1692 earthquake that devastated Port Royal, the development of Kingston […]