Team Brazil Crowned World Champion At 2016 Stance Isa World Adaptive Surfing Championship
On the historic final day of the 2016 Stance ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship presented by Vissla and the City of San Diego, Team Brazil emerged victorious and was crowned the first-ever Adaptive Surfing World Team Champion. The host Team USA earned the Silver Medal, with Chile and Australia respectively earning the Bronze and Copper […]
Positive Outlook for Jamaica’s Tourism
With the 2016/2017 winter tourist season set to get underway on December 15, Jamaica’s Director of Tourism Paul Pennicook is anticipating positive growth this winter and beyond. Following a strong spring and summer this year, the Tourism Director remains quite upbeat that this trend will continue through next year. “We’re coming off a very strong […]
The New America – “Everyone with non-European ancestry is being typecast as an immigrant”
As I listened to an attractive, bleached blonde millennial TV pundit by the name of Tomi Lahren in an exchange with talk show host Trevor Noah, I thought – she is what is wrong with America. I have to say, Noah’s becoming very sharp in his interviewing skills. Here was a young white woman, privileged […]
Our Stories: RP Tuffheart promotes peace in Sherlock
In this installment of Our Stories, recording artiste RP Tuff Heart talks about peace for feuding communities …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, if the […]
Christopher Martin Announces Debut Album “Big Deal” And Reveals First New Track “Magic”
He is one of Jamaica’s most in-demand singers since winning 2005’s Digicel’s Rising Stars (the island’s top televised show equivalent of American Idol), the current face of KFC’s campaign across The Caribbean and best friends with Olympian record-breaking winner Usain Bolt. He is a BIG DEAL and has been for over a decade! On February […]
An Interview with “Greedy Girl Cooks” Food Blogger Chantay Campbell
Some things in life can scar a person. An exploding pressure cooker filled with rice for example, or an inedible pot of steamed fish, scales and all. A normal twelve year old would be scared for life and not want anything to do with cooking, but not Chantay Campbell. These were her humble beginnings cooking […]
Ann Vriend New Video Will You Be There? Out December 9th!
The captivating and powerhouse vocalist Ann Vriend (AV) releases new single and video “Will You Be There,” (Aporia Records), a compelling song propelled by an irresistible dance beat, a catchy horn sample, and Vriend’s invincible vocal prowess. The single’s out now on iTunes, Spotify and all regular digital distribution channels. One listen to “Will You […]
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Betrayed and Hurting
David was blindsided. Something unexpected had befallen him and he needed God’s attention. His words were urgent: “Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not hide Yourself from my plea. Listen to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and distracted. . . . My heart is in anguish […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending December 9th, 2016
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- AMENDMENTS TO CHILDREN GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY ACT PASSED Jamaica’s House of Representatives passed the Children (Guardianship and Custody) (Amendment) Act, which is meant to allow the government to enact legislation that would implement terms of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction of 1980. […]