Dowlin Added To Selection Panel For WICB

Former Test and West Indies cricketer, Travis Dowlin is the latest addition to the selection panel of the West Indies Cricket Board. He will start official duties, January 1, 2017. Dowlin represented Guyana from 1997 to 2011. During that time, he played 85 first-class matches scoring 4,013 runs at an average of 30.7; 57 List […]

Airbnb and Jamaica Sign Tourism Agreement

Today in Jamaica, the Jamaica Tourist Board and Airbnb signed a major agreement to promote tourism to the island, highlight the country’s unique history and culture, and position Airbnb for continued growth in this world class tourist destination. This is Airbnb’s second major partnership agreement in the Caribbean. “Jamaica has so much to offer travelers […]

Jamaican Natasha Chang Makes Most Beautiful Race Car Drivers List

Jamaican Natasha Chang to Most Beautiful Race Car Drivers List

Jamaican Natasha Chang has been listed at Number 8 on the Yeah! Motor website ranking of the 25 Most Beautiful Race Car Drivers in the world. Born in Jamaica and proud of her Chinese heritage, her Facebook page name is Natasha “China Doll” Chang. She made an impression on the international racing world in 2006 […]

Shaggy Inducted into CVSS Hall of Fame

Shaggy

Shaggy, “Mr. Boombastic,” is set for induction into the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) Hall of Fame. He will be honored for his decade of exceptional support of the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston. The induction occured during the third staging of the awards ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on December 8, […]

Meet Neisha Williams, Jamaican Nurse and Fuld Fellowship Recipient

Neisha Williams John Hopkins

Jamaican Neisha Williams worked as a pharmacist in Jamaica and saw first-hand bad situations in hospitals that she wished she could change. Williams realized that patients can die from poor quality care and vowed that if she ever had a chance to change things, she would. In 2013, she moved to the United States and […]

Judge stopped case after I didnt reveal my birth name

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, The other day the judge refused to continue my case. He asked me for my birth name and I didnt want to disclose it, because I have a deed poll with my new name which is muslim. This cant be right and I see it as a violation of my rights […]

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 […]