Ft. Lauderdale, May 18, 2009: Jamaicans.com, the largest online Jamaican community website, is excited to announce the launch of a new social network feature designed to connect Jamaicans, friends of Jamaica and others with similar interests.
Operating the community forum since 1996, Jamaicans.com decided to open its members to the benefits and cachet of online social networking. The website now offers comparable features and functions of other social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. Continue reading JAMAICANS.COM LAUNCHES NEW SOCIAL NETWORK FEATURE
Kingston, Jamaica: May 12, 2009 – Going beyond traditional customer emails and a static website, Churches Co-operative Credit Union (CCCU) is employing a full suite of innovative technologies for client communication including social networking sites, blogs, text messages and video sharing websites.
The Financial Institution has embraced information technology not only as a vehicle for communicating with its members and the wider public, but also for carrying out its public education programmes and providing information for various stakeholders. Continue reading CHURCHES CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION USING SOCIAL MEDIA & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION
Ladies Are Recording Themselves Dancing To The New “Pole Technician”
Miami, Florida: Popular social networking website Facebook on Thursday February 27, 2009 removed one out of which are many uploaded videos of females slow whinin to a song by the name of “Pole Technician” which is performed by Jamaican “Yard Soul” artiste CAMAR, produced by himself and JAM 2. Apparently, the song was leaked onto the internet on February 25, 2009 and females have started to record themselves dancing to it and uploaded it to share and compete amongst other females to see who is the best “Pole Technician” dancer. Continue reading DAGGERIN’ GET POSTPONE, BUT HERE COMES “POLE TECHNICIAN”
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Faith Innerarity, has appealed to the United Nations, to re-examine its assistance protocol to member states deemed most vulnerable as a result of the global financial crisis.
She said that within the context of the current global crisis, and the challenges to social development, expenditure on essential human capital and protection of the vulnerable, should be enhanced and not compromised.
Mrs. Innerarity was addressing a panel discussion on the impact of the global crisis on social development, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City last week. Continue reading UN Urged to Examine Assistance Protocol to Vulnerable States
