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Our Stories: Performing Arts Help Me to Manage My Insecurity- Riddim

In this installment of Our Stories, Jamaican entertainer Riddim explains how the performing arts help him to manage his insecurity….For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise – white sandy beaches, a beautiful and vivacious culture, rich and wholesome food, and attractive people. And while that image is not far from the truth, […]

First-Of-Its-Kind in the World Spinal Surgery Performed at Adventist Hospital in Jamaica

First-Of-Its-Kind Spinal Surgery Performed at Adventist Hospital in Jamaica

Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, which is owned by Seventh-Day Adventists, was the site of the world’s first 4-level viscoelastic cervical disc replacement procedure. The surgery ushered in a new and advanced approach to spinal surgery. A team of physicians headed by Dr. Kingsley R. Chin, a world-famous Harvard-trained orthopedic spinal surgeon, performed the […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending March 10th, 2017

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS  STORIES —————————————- HOLNESS ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES 2017 BUDGET, RAISES TAXES Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s administration has announced the budget for 2017. Included in the budget are tax increases on vehicle licenses, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and group health insurance. The budget is designed to address a funding gap of about $27 […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A Place Called Heaven

According to the news report, the one bedroom, one-and-a-half bathroom apartment located in New York city was on the market for a cool US$2.075 million and carried monthly maintenance fees of almost $1,500. It was only a year earlier that the seller bought the unit for $1.695 million, an appreciation of $380,000 during that time. […]

“Lions” By Skip Marley to Be Featured By Major TV Sports Networks​

Major TV Sports Networks including MLB Network (Major League Baseball) ESPN and FOX Sports have picked “Lions” by next generation Marley family member Skip Marley to be featured for use in their sports programming including full use, bumpers, highlights, teases, rollouts and montages through the first quarter of 2018. “LIons” was just used during a […]

Book Review: The Jamaican Woman at the Well

Synopsis The Jamaican Woman at the Well – For those of you who do not believe in the power of God and to those who have ever questioned His grace, love, or existence, I hope my story, a ‘God Story’, will be an inspiration and blessing to you. It will show you just how REAL, […]

Final Four Chances to see “70 x 7: The Real Truth”

Suzanne Beadle has had much success as a teacher of drama and theatre, at Ardenne High School, leading the school in winning several top medals, awards and honours in the JCDC Festival of the Performing Arts Competition. On her own, she is an Actor Boy nominated director, producer, actress, singer and playwright and has also […]

IDB and UNESCO: It is urgent to address deficiencies in school infrastructure to promote education quality in Latin America and the Caribbean

A significant number of the region’s students, especially those from lower income families and located in rural areas, do not have ensured access to schools with basic infrastructure resources. A recent study released on March 9, 2017 by the Education Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin […]

Chronixx Is Face of Adidas Spezial Spring Summer 2017 Collection

Chronixx, the 24-year-old Jamaican reggae star, is the face of adidas SPEZIAL Spring Summer 2017 collection. Part of the adidas Originals output, SPEZIAL is inspired by the rich sportswear heritage of adidas’ own archive and its global cultural impact. For SS17, SPEZIAL turns its attention to the parallels between Jamaican reggae culture and British football […]