Tessanne Chin, season five winner of “The Voice,” appeared on “NewsOne Now” with guest host Mo Ivory to discuss her musical journey from Jamaica and…
John Holt (pictured), one of Jamaica’s most-beloved and smoothest sounding vocalists, passed away at age 69 on Sunday morning in London. The cause of death…
Patriots safety, Patrick Chung is one of the few Jamaican born players in the NFL and is having a great season for the New England Patriots. Chung is half Chinese and his mother is a former reggae star who appeared on the popular British music program, “Top Of The Pops.” Yahoo Sports reports: Patrick Chung […]
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt stunned spectators today at the 2011 Track and Field World Championships, clocking in the fourth-fastest time ever in the 200m (19.40), reports USA Today. Bolt’s performance comes nearly a week after he was disqualified from the 100m final, a race in which he holds the world record. His time was the […]
NEW YORK — Jamaican strong man Christopher “Dudus” Coke has plead guilty to racketeering charges in New York City. Dudus was captured last year in Jamaica after a two-month manhunt that included a violent clash between his supporters in Tivoli Gardens and Jamaican Police in which 76 people were killed. Dudus has been connected to […]
JAMAICA — An article on The Grio touches on a frightening new trend of Jamaican women using preventative stomach ulcer medication to abort unwanted pregnancies. The Grio reports: Cytotec — the generic name for Misoprostol — is supposed to be accessible only by prescription. But according to reports the drug is being sold in markets […]
JAMAICA-Footage has surfaced of Jamaican police executing an unarmed man after a fight. RELATED STORIES
JAMAICA-28 homosexual Jamaicans were granted political asylum in he U.S.A. for being persecuted due to their sexual orientation. The Jamaican Observer reports: Immigration Equality, an organisation which works to secure asylum for individuals persecuted in their home country based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV-status, said it won dozens of cases for clients […]
Last week CNN international had a poll to determine the coolest nationalities in the world. Brazilians were voted #1 and Singaporeans were voted #2 and Jamaicans were voted #3. There’s more to Jamaicans than reggae, including Rastafarian (the most kick-back religion ever invented), an accent that’s the envy of the English-speaking world and the planet’s […]
An 11-year-old boy in Spanish Town, Jamaica claims that he is being contacted by a “duppy” as Jamaicans call ghosts, who pushes him at times. More Video RELATED STORIES NC Man Waits For ‘Ghost Train,’ Killed By Real One VIDEO: Mysterious Beast “Chupacabras” Found In Texas Share this post on Facebook! CLICK HERE: http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.js Five […]
After a speech by Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, about giving assistance to other nations during the upcoming storm, Hurricane Tomas, only if it benefited Trinidad and Tobago, many West Indians have started a campaign to boycott Trinidad. Go-Jamaica reports: “We will have to look at ways in which we would be […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Tropical Storm Nicole caused flooding and mudslides across Jamaica on Wednesday, leaving two confirmed dead and at least 12 more missing, even as the drenching system moved north and dissipated over the Florida straits. The outer bands of the storm hammered Jamaica, toppling bridges and knocking out power to thousands. Many streets […]
