NEW YORK (JIS) Tuesday, august 26, 2008 – As calm returns to the streets of Beijing, China, Jamaicans around the world continue to celebrate the incredible heroics of the national teams at the Games of the 29th Olympiad which ended at the Beijing national Stadium, China, on Sunday, August 24, 2008. Continue reading GENERATION 2000 (G2K) USA CONGRATULATES JAMAICA’S OLYMPIC TEAM
The teenage son of the legendary singer Spragga Benz, 17-year old Carlton Grant Jr., was murdered in Kingston on August 23rd. He was shot, by police. There are conflicting reports as to whether or not he was armed at the time of the shooting. Continue reading SPRAGGA BENZ’S SON ALLEGEDLY MURDERED BY POLICE
Yvonne Graham has called on overseas Jamaicans to consider a more coordinated approach to helping their home country meet its internal challenges and global influences. Continue reading New York Politico Calls for unified approach to diaspora philanthropy
Kingston, Jamaica — August 22, 2008 — A massive crowd of 40,000 revelers turned out to Japan’s largest Reggae festival, Yokohama Reggae SAI, last weekend — to soak in the exhilarating energy of Mighty Crown, Mr. Vegas, High Energy, other guest Jamaican Reggae artists and a slew of top Japanese Reggae acts. Continue reading Mighty Crown, Mr. Vegas and High Energy Thrill 40,000 in Japan
If he could choose his last supper, the world’s newly crowned 100m Olympic champ and world record holder would sit down to a meal of cornmeal dumplings and pork.
Continue reading The food that keeps the world’s fastest man blazing