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Peter Gould, British Businessman, Opens Football Academy in Jamaica

Peter Gould British Businessman Opens Football Academy in Jamaica

British businessman Peter Gould has opened a state-of-the-art football facility in Runaway Bay, St. Ann. The Mount Pleasant Football Academy is designed to help in creating football stars and what Gould describes as a legacy that will change the football environment in Jamaica. Gould is investing millions of dollars into the academy, which will ultimately […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending October 12th, 2018

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES HOLNESS SAYS JAMAICA NEEDS TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said that it is important for the nation to make more investments in its infrastructure, including a new building for Parliament. Such investment would illustrate the fact that the Jamaican people are serious about development. Holness […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Power of a Testimony

The narrative of Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well (John 4:3-43) is one with which some of us are familiar.  For some, the event culminated with the woman leaving her waterpot “went into the city and began telling the people, “Come, see a man who told me all the things that I […]

Jamaican Climber Leads Teens in Climb of Scotland’s Second-Highest Mountain

Jamaican Climber Leads Teens in Climb of Scotland Second-Highest Mountain

Six inner-city teens from challenging backgrounds and different cultures in London climbed to the top of Ben Nevis, the second-highest mountain in Scotland as part of the Ordnance Survey GetOutside program. Leading the expedition was Jamaican-born climber Dwayne Fields, the first black Briton to walk the 400 miles required to reach the magnetic North Pole. […]

Sandals in Montego Bay Launches New Restaurant and Bar

Sandals in Montego Bay Launches New Restaurant and Bar

Sandals Montego Bay is being totally transformed, and it is now opening a new restaurant and over-the-water bar. The restaurant, which is called The Jerk Shack, is well known for its authentic island cuisine, and its menu offers dishes like jerk chicken, pork, or sausage that has been roasted in foil, roasted breadfruit, and jerk […]

New Top-Class Stadium Being Build at Jamaica College

New Top-Class Stadium Being Build at Jamaica College

Jamaica College is making history with the construction of a new estimated US$2 million stadium, becoming the first high school in Jamaica to have its own stadium facility. The new stadium is scheduled for completion in February 2018, just a year after ground-breaking for the project. The facility will include an eight-lane 400-meter synthetic track, […]

Jamaican Gymnastics Teams Make History at Pan Am Games

Jamaican Gymnastics Teams Make History at Pan Am Games

The members of Jamaica’s gymnastics teams and their coaches returned from the Senior Pan American Championships held in Lima, Peru, in September 2018, after making sports history by having two teams, both men’s and women’s team, competing at the event. Reiss Beckford, Stephen Lewis, Danusia Francis and Mackenzie Robinson were part of the seven-member team […]

Usain Bolt Opens Jamaican Restaurant in London

Usain Bolt Opens Jamaican Restaurant in London - Jamaican Steamed Fish

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world’s fastest man, is opening a restaurant in London. The restaurant, Tracks & Records, is scheduled to open on October 10, 2018, at the former location of Wringer & Mangle in east London. This is the latest restaurant in a group already operating in Kingston, Ocho […]