Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending June 3rd, 2016
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- INTERNET ACCESS COULD BE BASIC HUMAN RIGHT, SAYS HOLNESS—05/28/16 Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness believes that access to the Internet could be seen as a basic human right around the world within 10 or 15 years. According to Holness, the fact that Jamaicans must produce a physical identification […]
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Re-Test Results for 2008 Jamaican Olympic Runner Show Positive for Banned Substance : Usain Bolt is not involved
Although further testing is required before a name can be released, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the initial “A” sample of an experienced Jamaican runner taken at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing is positive for a banned substance. The biggest Jamaican stars are not implicated at this time, but the situation has caused […]
Food For The Poor Reaches a Celebratory Milestone in Haiti
Food For The Poor is celebrating three decades of loving service to the people of Haiti, a ministry that began in 1986 with a response to a plea for help for families in Cite Soleil. Thirty years later, hundreds of thousands of lives have been changed for the better because of the support of donors […]
Jamaican Teen Pursues Basketball Opportunity in U.S.
Jamaican Kofi Cockburn moved from Kingston to New York eight months ago after listening to stories about the opportunities available there and how he might have a brighter future in the United States than on the island. Now, Cockburn, who at age 15 is 6′ 11″ and weighs 245 pounds, is enjoying a new life […]
I am Proud to be the first Jamaican to lead the Florence Nightingale Commemorative Service Procession
My Day at Westminster Abbey This has truly been a momentous week for me. On 11th May, I led the procession of the lamp as a Florence Nightingale Scholar at The Florence Nightingale Commemorative Service at Westminster Abbey, London. To say, I am proud, is an understatement. To say, I’m humbled, is understandable. To say, I […]
Jamaica Ranks 141 of 167 on the 2016 Global Slavery Index
According to the Global Slavery Index for 2016,which was conducted by the Walk Free Foundation NGO, an estimated 0.212 percent of Jamaica’s population is living in a condition of modern slavery. The index defines modern slavery as an exploitve situation “that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, abuse of power […]
Ikem Smith Wins VYBZING Jamaica Animated Music Video Challenge
Twenty-four-year-old Ikem Smith, freelance visual artist and graduate of Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, was the winner of the VYBZING Jamaica Animated Music Video Challenge for 2016. The competition is sponsored by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Along with the honor of winning, Smith will receive a cash prize of US$2,000 […]
Mandeville Regional Hospital Encouraged to Continue Change in Culture of Blood Donation
With the successful staging of the “One Love, One Blood” Donation Drive on May 30, the Mandeville Regional Hospital is encouraged to continue the process of changing the culture of blood donation through several initiatives. Some of the plans that the Hospital will undertake include an analysis of the Blood Drive to make plans for […]
Inaugural Nursing Symposium Challenges Nurses to do What is Right at all Times
At a time when nurses are challenged to give of their best, one noted educator is appealing to nurses to do what is right at all times and go beyond what is expected of them. Principal of the Hampton High School, Mrs. Heather Murray made the challenge at the inaugural 2016 Nursing Symposium staged by […]