GOODWILL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS SPLASHES OFF TODAY
Over 300 top junior swimmers from around the region including hosts Jamaica, will be at show at the Goodwill Swimming Championships getting underway today, over three days at the National Aquatics Center.
The event, now in its 27th staging, in being contested by swimmers from the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and...
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE HILARY APPROACHES CALIFORNIA
A rapidly intensifying hurricane with 145mph wind speed, is headed toward the US South West.
The Category 4 hurricane, named Hurricane Hilary, is predicted to first make landfall in Baja California, a Mexican state, on Saturday morning.
Forecasters say it will then lose wind speed and become a tropical storm, tracking north-west toward southern California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
It would be...
JAMAICAN ATHLETES ALL SET AND READY FOR ACTION, AT 2023 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
National Under 20 world record holder Jaydon Hibbert is among the Jamaican athletes all set and ready for action, at the 2023 World Athletics Championships getting underway tomorrow morning Jamaica time at the new athletics center in Budapest Hungary.
Hibbert, is getting ready for his first appearance at the global event along with Olympic champion Hansle Parchment, three times World...
BET MEDIA GROUP REPORTEDLY NO LONGER UP FOR SALE
BET cable networks, BET streaming services and VH1 are reportedly no longer for sale.
The announcement became public on Wednesday.
Paramount informed all potential buyers, including Tyler Perry, 50 Cent and Diddy, that the sale had been cancelled.
As previously reported, Perry was in the running.
Perry has already signed a multi-year joint venture between Tyler Perry Studios and the BET+ streaming service,...
MOE SAYS PLANS WELL ADVANCED FOR ACCOMMODATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, IN UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR
The Education Ministry is reporting that plans are well advanced for the accommodation of special education students, in the upcoming academic year.
Acting Chief Education Officer Dr. Kasan Troupe, gave the update while speaking at a Post Cabinet Press Briefing yesterday (Wed).
She said the Ministry has put together a special education unit, to monitor preparations in both public and private...
NEW WHATSAPP FEATURE WILL ALLOW USERS TO SEND HIGHER-QUALITY IMAGES, AND SOON, IT WILL DO THE SAME THING FOR VIDEOS.
WhatsApp is flipping a switch that will let users send higher-quality “HD” images on the messaging platform.
“Sharing photos on WhatsApp just got an upgrade,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via his Meta broadcast channel on Instagram. “Now you can send in HD.”
The feature is rolling out worldwide over the next few weeks, so users with the feature can send...
JAMIE FOXX SHARES UPDATE ON HIS HEALTH AFTER “UNEXPECTED DARK JOURNEY”
Jamie Foxx continues to match the outpouring of love for his wellbeing on social media.
Earlier today, the legendary actor, comedian, and recording artist shared a message of gratitude on Instagram.
“You’re lookin’ at a man who is thankful, finally startin’ to feel like myself. It’s been an unexpected dark journey, but I can see the light,” he stated
I’m thankful to...
CHRIS BROWN ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 11:11, AHEAD OF HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PERFORMANCE IN JAMAICA THIS MONTH
Ahead of his much anticipated performance in Jamaica this month, R&B and Hip Hop superstar Chris Brown has announced that a new album is on the way.
Breezy yesterday (Wed) informed his 143 million Instagram followers that a project titled 11:11 will possibly drop in November.
The IG post read, “This will be my 11th album and will contain 11 songs.”
Brown’s...
RUSSIAN & BELARUSIAN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES ‘UNLIKELY’ TO BE AT PARIS OLYMPICS- LORD COE
Russian and Belarusian track and field athletes are "unlikely" to be able to compete at the 2024 Olympics, says World Athletics president Lord Coe.
World Athletics has banned competitors from the two countries from its events, including under a neutral flag, because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has said athletes should be able to compete as...
SHENSEEA EARNS FIRST GOLD CERTIFICATION IN US
Jamaican entertainer Shenseea has earned a Gold certification in the United States for her feature on a single by rapper Kanye West.
The single, Pure Souls, which featured guest vocals from rapper Roddy Rich and Shenseea, is now certified Gold in the United States, almost two years after its release.
Pure Souls was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),...