Jamaican Damion Thomas’s 110-meter hurdles World Record Ratified by IAAF

Jamaican Damion Thomas 110-meter hurdles World Record Ratified by IAAF

Jamaica’s Damion Dushaun Thomas, Jr., 18, won the 110-meter hurdles title event at the National Junior Trials in Kingston in June of 2018. He ran the course with a time of 12.99 seconds, equaling the World Under-20 record set by Wilhem Belocian of France in 2014 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. This has now […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending November 16th, 2018

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES GOVERNMENT PUTS $35 MILLION TOWARD GARBAGE DISPOSAL PROJECT Jamaica’s Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has expended $35 million for the branding and installation of 1,000 “Spruce Up” garbage disposal bins. The spending is part of efforts to reduce littering in municipal locations throughout the island via the “Spruce Up” campaign. The […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Here am I, send me”

send me: arm raised in the air in surrender

Have you ever had one of those moments when you long to be used by God but feel you do not quite measure up? You love the Lord, you are passionate about taking the gospel to the unsaved, but every time you think of your past, you start to doubt yourself and your “qualification” to […]

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson Wins Fifth Gold Medal at FINA World Cup

Alia Atkinson Gold Medal at Swimming World Cup Competition

Jamaican Olympian and record-breaking swim star Alia Atkinson added a fifth gold medal to her list of achievements, taking first place in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2018 FINA World Cup Series Atkinson swam the distance in 1 minute and 03.09 seconds at the event in Tokyo, Japan, On November 10, 2018. She defeated rival […]

Jamaican Restaurant Chain Opens New Eatery In Rochester, Minnesota

Jamaican Restaurant Chain Opens New Eatery In Rochester Minnesota

The new Jerk King restaurant, which is one of a chain that includes five restaurants in Canada, has opened in Peace Plaza on 1st Street in Rochester, Minnesota. The space is already being renovated, and the plan is to open the dining venue by the Christmas holiday. The restaurant chain is known for its Jamaican […]

Jamaican Males Bleaching Skin More Than Women

Jamaican Males Bleaching Skin More Than Women

According to the 2018 Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey, more Jamaican men are using skin bleaching cream than Jamaican women. Marlon Moore, a male development specialist, says he is not surprised, as he believes that men are doing so to gain attention from women who “love brown men.” If women rejected the idea of men […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending November 9th, 2018

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES COUNTRIES IN REGION BENEFIT FROM DISASTER TRAINING Several countries from the Caribbean participated in a Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Management program at the University of Technology (UTECH). The course developed jointly by the Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Chile. The program was designed to improve the […]