Jamaica to Send Top Players to World Men’s Team Squash Championships
The Jamaica Squash Association (JSA) plans to send a team of the island’s best players to the World Men’s Team Squash Championships in Marseilles, France. The competition is scheduled for November 27, 2017, to December 3, 2017. The tournament has attracted teams from 28 countries around the world, including the United States, India, Australia, Germany, […]
Jared Wolfe Named Champion of Inaugural Bmw Jamaica Classic
Jared Wolfe, a Louisville, Kentucky native, created history as the winner of the inaugural 2017 BMW Jamaica Classic. Amassing 267 points, Wolfe finished one ahead of Gerardo Ruiz and Jose de Jesus Rodríguez at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course in Montego Bay, Jamaica. A part of the PGA Latin America Tournament, the BMW Jamaica Classic […]
Platinum Cartel Becomes First ‘UK Rumble’ Champion
Known as a hotbed for sound clash, the UK erupted into an unforgettable battle of some of the country’s most feared sounds, including Natural Affair, XTAC 4×4, Classique, Immortal, Little Sample and Platinum Cartel at the “UK Rumble” on Saturday, June 17 in Leicester, UK. Upon musically annihilating all competition, Platinum Cartel became the winner […]
May Pen Hospital Receive Patient Monitors Valued at Over $1 Million: Paediatric Services Boosted
Paediatric services at the May Pen Hospital (MPH) in Clarendon have been enhanced through the donation of two patient monitors valued at over $1 million by charitable organizations, Angels of Love, Jamaica and McLymont Helping Hands Children’s Foundation. Paediatric Consultant at the MPH, Dr. Curtis Pryce explained that a patient monitor examines the heart rate […]
RDX’s Shake Your Bam Bam Tops Hapilos Digital Sales Chart
Dynamic Dancehall Duo, RDX, are elated that their first single released from their 10th anniversary album ‘Level Up’ has topped the Hapilos Digital chart just a few weeks after its official release. The single ‘Shake Your Bam Bam’ is inspired by global reggae hit Bam Bam, popularized by Sister Nancy and is considered slower than […]
PALAS Receives 2017 People Profile Charity Award, Now Planning First PALAS Telethon
Goal is to Award 100 New Scholarships in 2017 in Jamaica The Peace And Love Academic Scholarship, Inc. (PALAS, Inc.) was recently recognized for their philanthropic work in investing in Jamaica’s children education at the People Profile Charity of the Year Award on June 18. The Award, founded by Dr. Allan Cunningham, recognizes ordinary people […]
Road Trip through Jamaica Featured in Elle Magazine
A feature article in the May 23, 2017, issue of Elle magazine describes the journey of editor Sharmaine Lovegrove on a “roots road trip” through Jamaica. Lovegrove’s grandparents left Jamaica in the 1950s and moved to South London. She was born in Brixton and grew up in an area with a large Jamaican community. Her […]
Lady Allen to address 3rd Annual Culture Clubs Conference
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) Annual National Culture Club Conference will be held on Tuesday, June 20 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester, beginning at 10:00 am. The National Conference, which will be held under the theme “Engendering a Culture of Love”, will highlight the major achievements of parish level Culture Clubs […]
Festival Fashion Vibes added to Jamaica 55
As the nation gets into the full swing for Jamaica Independence Festival, the celebratory events planned for Jamaica 55 organized Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jamaicans at home and abroad are asked to “Wear Di Vibes…It’s Jamaica 55”, which is the Festival Fashion Theme […]
Rock bottom poverty, and the man I owe wants to lock me up
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I seriously am at rock bottom, and do not have the money to pay back what I owe. I was in a relationship and paid for something for my boyfriend. Now the person is after me for the money and I dont know where I’ll get it from. I had borrowed […]