Man wins $25,000 for sending money to his girlfriend in JA…I bet he’ll have to send her some more now!!
Asafa Powell pulls chest muscle, but it’s “not a big deal”
Patrons in Montego Bay riot over noise ordinance..dang they cut off the music at 12:00, times are surely changing!

Wow, to look at some of these pictures it’s hard to believe that these are the same streets I’ve walked time and time again, it looks like a disaster zone. On Wednesday there was a storm system that brought a barrage of rain into the area and subsequently flooded a number of districts within the [...]

Congratulations to April Jackson, she was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe on this past Saturday at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Jamaica; and will go on to represent Jamaica in Vietnam, at the Miss Universe pageant, later this year. Keyshia Cole was the celebrity guest performer at the event and by all accounts performed [...]

Update: The IOC has officially stripped the US 1600 and 200 meter relay teams of their medals today.
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) wants to award the 2000 Olympic, Jamaican women’s sprint team, the gold medals for the 1600-meter and possibly the bronze medals for the 200-meter relays, after disqualifying not only Marion Jones but the [...]

Things are really, really heating up for Jamaican artists, and the country as a whole when it comes to homophobia. Gay rights activists are on the warpath and are taking no prisoners against reggae artists who have homophobic lyrics (past and present) and those who support them. Earlier this week, I reported that Red [...]

The mother of Bob Marley, Cedella Marley Booker, passed away on yesterday, April 8, 2008, in Miami. Her grandson, Kymani Marley spoke with the Miami Herald, stating she “has always been a very loving, caring and supporting person in my life. She was always there to help me — even when I didn’t ask for [...]

It’s Sunday night and I don’t normally post on the weekends, but I read this story and it just irked me to the point that I was drawn to my laptop to give my two cents. It just really ticks me off when corporations, or even people in general, try to insult the consumer’s or [...]

Different day, same story… Naomi Campbell was handcuffed and escorted off a flight at Heathrow airport in London. The charge this time…spitting at an officer….oh so classy Naomi! I guess there really is no such thing as rehabilitation for some folks.
(Naomi Campbell’s mother is Jamaican)

Stories like this are why I love blogging about Jamaica… LOL!…
Chukka Caribbean Adventures with the backing of Jimmy Buffett is offering 16 minute dog sled rides across the beach in Ocho Rios. You can read the full story here. Now I’m just the idiot to go and try it out, so if you are like [...]

While politicians here in the US still flap their lips and in-fight about free health care, Jamaica has put their words into action and made health care free for everyone. Last year, previous Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller made health care free for children, and as of April 1, reigning Prime MInister Bruce Golding made health [...]

We now have a name for the face of Kevin Brown, the man whom officials held in custody on Tuesday at Orlando International Airport for attempting to check-in luggage which held bomb making explosives. His family is reporting that Brown was traumatized by his serving in two army missions in Iraq, and the questionable [...]

Air China is interested in buying Air Jamaica
D’Angel says she is not interfering with Beenie’s visitation rights
Mavado’s music will be featured on next Grand Theft Auto release
Prime Minister Bruce Golding to visit South Florida
A Florida nurse who was born in Jamaica wins over $1 million dollars playing the nickel slots

The Royals recently visited the Caribbean and Jamaica was one of their stops, they visited Falmouth, Kingston, and Montego Bay amongst other Jamaican cities while there.

Beenie back in court again to answer charges on tax evasion

Mavado arrested again

Producer extraordinaire, Don Corleon featured on CW’s Girlicious

US recruiting Jamaican teachers

Although Rita Marley is the executive producer of the biopic that will highlight her life with Bob Marley, the family is refusing the production company, the Weinstein Company, access to Bob Marley’s catalog of music. Why? It’s reported that a competing documentary on Marley’s life, which will be directed by Martin Scorsese, is the source [...]