Windies pro league schedule set
Cricket by Dalchand Bissoon The West Indies Cricket Board last Friday announced the schedule for the inaugural WICB Professional Cricket League which comprises the Regional Four Day Tournament and the Nagico […]
Survivor raises $8Gs for cancer research
By Jasminee Sahoye It was her first but it’s not the last for Jamaica-born Marcia Brown, a breast cancer survivor, who participated in this year’s Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to […]
Jamaica, where the heart is
Jamaica, where the heart is Girls – and everyone else – just wanna have fun in Jamaica. To many, Jamaica is the heart of the Caribbean. The birthplace of reggae […]
Gala celebrates Jamaica independence
Gala celebrates Jamaica independence By Jasminee Sahoye As Jamaicans around the world observed the country’s 52nd independence anniversary yesterday, Canadians of Jamaican heritage will celebrate with one of that […]
Mentally ill Jamaican gets second chance
Mentally ill Jamaican gets second chance Before his scheduled removal to Jamaica, a person I will call Phillip, requested a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA). The officer conducting the assessment concluded […]
Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century
Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century By Dalchand Bissoon Kraigg Brathwaite, the 21-year-old Barbados opening batsman, scored his maiden Test century – 129 off 258 balls with 13 fours- on the […]
Jamaican Artist Connects with Community
Jamaican Artist Connects with Community By Jasminee Sahoye His father had told him he might be unable to adequately provide for a family as an artist. But Paul Blackwood was […]
Ajax Black History Month
Norman Peart's bolt to stardom
Norman Peart – manager for Usain Bolt. Getting to his parents’ farm in Schawfield, Trelawny, still requires travelling the length and breadth of a dirt road, while jolting his deep-rooted […]
A Jamaican Legend inspires the (re)birth of an American Lion
By Alicia Sealey As Jamaica continues to celebrate its 50th year of Independence, two documentaries come to mind. One is about a Caribbean musical icon; the second is about an […]