National Senior Championships Results

The 2009 staging of the three day National Senior Championships concluded earlier this evening at the National Stadium in Kingston. The National Championships serve as the official trials for selection of teams to major Read the story »

Jamaican documentary headed for Miami

The Best Documentary category of the annual American Black Film Festival will have an injection of speed this year as documentary chronicling the exploits of Jamaica’s Olympic team at last year’s Olympic Games in Beijing China Read the story »

Peace Corps Happy to Serve Jamaica

Since 1962 about 35000 America’s Peace Corps have volunteered their time to Jamaica and it’s people. At the 48th anniversary rally of the US Peace Corps, held at Freedom Plaza, in downtown Washington, D.C. their president Read the story »

Reggae Boyz take aim at Gold Cup

Jamaica’s National Football team will be on show from July 3rd to July 26th 2009 as they set their sights on performing well at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football Golf Cup competition. Read the story »

Inaugural GraceKennedy Education Run

The Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation, a charity organization supported by the donations and voluntary efforts of GraceKennedy’s staff will on Sunday July 5th present the inaugural GraceKennedy Education 5K Read the story »

Usain Bolt is Laureus Sportsman of 2009

Usain Bolt added another prestigious award to his collection earlier today when he was awarded the Laureus World Sportsman of the year award for his record setting performance at the Olympic Games in Beijing China last year. Read the story »

National Heroes Park to get Facelift

National Heroes Park is one of the most important sites in Jamaica. It is a botanical garden that features numerous monuments, and is the burial site of many of Jamaica’s National Heroes, Prime Ministers, and cultural leaders Read the story »

Denbigh Agri-Industrial Show 2009

The 2008 staging of the Denbigh Agri-Industrial Show was a success and so the Jamaica Agricultural Society are aiming to bring it up a notch in 2009. Denbigh 2009 will run from Friday July 31st to Sunday August 2nd with the Read the story »

2009 Hurricane Names

Today is the first day of the 2009 hurricane season. The 6 month long North Atlantic hurricane season, runs from June 1- November 30. Hurricanes are named in alphabetical order from the list in chronologically. Thus the first Read the story »

Calabash Festival 2009 Information

Treasure beach in St Elizabeth and it’s environs are busy preparing for the 2009 Calabash International Literary Festival. The three day festival will run from May 22nd to 24th and will once again feature a long list of authors, presenters, Read the story »

$5000 bill to be introduced in September

The Bank of Jamaica announced recently that a new $5000 note will be introduced in September of this year and become legal tender. The note will feature the image of the late Prime Minister of Jamaica Hugh Lawson Shearer who served in Read the story »