One of the most popular commands heard by a child growing up is “BEHAVE YOURSELF.” In years back even a stranger who is an adult would tell a misbehaving child “BEHAVE YOURSELF.” Good…
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Sickle cell torment
Labelled as too sick to work, a 37-year-old man was robbed several chances of obtaining employment as employers believed he would not be competent to carry out regular functions. In another case, a…
NOT GIVING UP US PASSPORT
SOUTHFIELD, St Elizabeth — Businessman Mervin “Baboo” Myers, one of two people vying to represent the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) in St Elizabeth South Eastern, has said that he will renounce his…
Gordon Robinson | ‘I’ll keep the king and my identity’
Norman Manley Law School and Jamaican Bar Association are simultaneously celebrating 50th Anniversaries. So I attended a jointly produced forum on the current Constitutional Reform process. Three panellists were advertised but I was…
Elga Salvador | Surviving domestic violence in Jamaica
Anna* is a survivor of domestic violence living in Jamaica. She said the father of her first child physically and verbally abused her for three of the five years of their relationship and…
The Top 6 Most Viral Ninja Man Memes
Jamaican Dancehall veteran Ninja Man, born Desmond Ballentine has a face that you’ll never forget. While the popularity of his songs have helped to cement his name among Dancehall elite class of artists,…
Test Your Jamaicanness: 20 Words or Phrases Only Jamaicans Understand
There are some phrases that Jamaicans use that only another Jamaican will understand. Words or phrases that a tourist may wonder how does that makes sense but that another Jamaican would respond to…
Top brass of St Elizabeth police reassigned
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth – Against the backdrop of Monday’s jailbreak here by eight inm ates, including a man charged with a quadruple murder, the police high command on Friday announced a major…
Joy as 86 per cent of PEP students get a school of choice
THEIR long hours of studying and attending extra classes have finally paid off. Now, the students who sat this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP), as well as their parents, couldn’t be more thrilled…
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending June 23 2023
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending June 23, 2023. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans dot com….