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120 Police Officers in Jamaica to Begin Wearing Body Cameras

Jamaican Police With Body Camera Photo by Hopeton Henry

According to Jamaica’s National Security Minister Robert Montague, about 120 police officers in Jamaica will receive body cameras as part of a pilot program designed to increase accountability among security forces. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been given 120 body cameras by the United States Embassy in Kingston. The cameras will be provided to […]

VIDEO: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Featured in Nike Ad with Other Olympians

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Nike Commercial

Nike’s “Unlimited Pursuit” advertising campaign uses as its inspiration individuals who “push their own limits” to motivate and “empower” the next generation of athletes. Also featuring a cover of “Pursuit of Happiness” by Kid Cudi, Nike is taking advantage of “Black Girl Magic” by showing some of the top black female Olympic athletes like Jamaica’s […]

“My Family Is Jamaican!!!! ” – SMILE JAMAICA PHOTOS

Our feature “Smile Jamaica” highlights some positives about Jamaica and Jamaicans. We asked the question “what is one thing you love about being Jamaican?” at the South Florida Jerk Festival. – Photo by X. Murphy “I love being Jamaican because my family is Jamaican.”   The “Smile Jamaica” series is open to anyone who loves Jamaica and/or […]

The Death of a Movement – You Go Home Drained And Not Sure What To Do…

The Death of a Movement

Does anyone remember Occupy Wall Street and their fight against greedy corporations? Or the Tea Party and their fight against the bipartisanship that has kept our government stable for decades? Their issues are still prominent in the national discourse, but nowadays ‘movements’ in America aren’t what they used to be. When it comes to their […]

Shabba Ranks amongst Four Jamaican Entertainers to be Honored with Order of Distinction

Shabba Ranks

Four of the most popular Jamaican entertainers will be honored with the Order of Distinction at the 2016 Jamaica National Honors and Awards Ceremony in October 2016. The honorees include Mutabaruka, the dub poet whose real name is Allan Roy Hope; Shabba Ranks, born Rexton Gordon, the dancehall star; William “Bunny Rugs” Clarke, legendary reggae […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Do You Know Jesus?

The disciples were in a state of despair. Jesus had previously told them He would be leaving them (John 13:33) and after a bit of going back-and-forth between them, during which He assured them that He was going to His Father and would prepare a place for then before returning, Philip said unto Him, “Lord, […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending September 2nd, 2016

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS   STORIES —————————————- JAMAICAN POLICE TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS—08/23/16 Jamaica’s Police High Command announced that a joint initiative of the United States Embassy and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) known as the Body-Worn Camera Project, will go into effect on August 25, 2016. The project requires police to wear body cameras […]

JYT launches #AfterFridayz web series

Following its 2016 summer theatre workshops, the Jamaica Youth Theatre (JYT) has recently launched an online web series called #AfterFridayz.  Written and produced by members of the JYT, #AfterFridayz is a youth centred, issues driven monthly video which dramatizes situations and concerns affecting young people. The videos are uploaded on the group’s social media platforms […]

Renowned Singer-songwriter Lloyd “Cookie” Willacy Tackles Social/Political Issues

The recent social and political tense climate experienced worldwide is a tale as old as time. Corruption, greed, violence, war, injustice are omnipresent in everyday’s life. “Babylon at a tipping point…Soldiers being program by god with roses in nozzles  of there guns” those are the strong candid words of famed singer-songwriter and acclaimed guitarist Lloyd […]