13th Annual Travel Professionals of Color (TPOC) Conference & Trade Show, May 13-17, 2015, Atlanta
The 13th Annual Travel Professionals of Color (TPOC) Conference & Trade Show is set to happen on May 13-17, 2015 at the Crown Plaza Atlanta Airport Hotel, Atlanta, GA. The theme is “Navigating the Future – Meeting the Challenges Ahead”. The conference will be exciting and packed with information that enriches, educates, motivates and promotes […]
Jamaica Arts and Entertainment News: April 11th – 17th, 2015
CARIFORUM PLANS FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE FOR CARIBBEAN MUSIC—04/11/15 The Caribbean Music Industry will represent a large part of the 3rd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum scheduled for April 15 and 16, 2015, in Montego Bay. According to Billy Grant, founder of 2Point9 Records and a speaker at the event, Caribbean music represents an untapped resource that […]
Jamaica Business News: April 11th – 17th, 2015
VOLUNTEERS TO BE CERTIFIED—04/11/15 According to the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), the group that manages the social sector in Jamaica, volunteers will soon have a chance to obtain academic and professional credits for their work. Claire Bernard, head of the CVSS research committee, says plans are well advanced to proceed with the certifications. […]
Jamaican Diaspora News: April 11th – 17th, 2015
UK TWINS DEFY GENETIC ODDS—04/11/15 The twin baby daughters born to Curtis Martin and Rebecca Horton in the United Kingdom defied genetic odds, with one twin being white and the other black. Their mother is white, and their father, who is from Kingswinford in the West Midlands, is half Jamaican. The girls are non-identical twins, […]
Caribbean News: April 11th – 17th, 2015
40 HAITIANS FEARED DEAD AFTER BOAT RUNS AGROUND—04/11/15 As many as 40 individuals from Haiti may have died when a boat carrying them ran aground on the way to Turks and Caicos. Twenty-one bodies of the migrants were found after the ship sank off the northern coast of Haiti. The United States Coast Guard is […]
JAMAICAN NEWS: April 11th – 17th, 2015
PNP RECOGNIZES “MISS MEL”—04/11/15 Melvina Fraser of Charles Town, St. Ann’s Bay, celebrated her 100th birthday with her family and with the recognition of the People’s National Party (PNP) on April 2, 2015. Known as “Miss Mel,” the PNP sent a letter signed by its general secretary to congratulate Fraser for her long-time support of […]
You Are What You Believe
Have you ever felt like an eagle among chickens? You feel so much God given potential within you yet it seems you are always in the company of chickens, running around like a chicken, instead of soaring to the skies like an eagle. As a matter of fact you start doubting what is inside of […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending April 17th, 2015
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Anson Soverall Takes Soca On a Forward Movement Music Ride
Trinidad and Tobago-based hit producer Anson Soverall injects fuel into the global soca music scene with a slew of recent smash releases bound to satisfy carnival-lovers year round. Inking an exclusive worldwide digital distribution deal with FOX FUSE, Soverall’s catalog is now available to the international audience for very the first time. Based in Santa […]
Black-Am-I Drops New Video “In the Ghetto”
Hailing from Nine Mile, Jamaica – Black-Am-I is the newest recruit on the Ghetto Youths International label, owned and operated by Damian, Stephen and Julian Marley. The roots reggae singer reveals the brand new video for his single “In The Ghetto,” directed by Dameon Gayle and shot in Waterhouse district of Kingston. “Black-Am-I wants the […]