Brooks hundred takes Tallwahs to final
The Jamaica Tallawahs will contest the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final after a 37 run victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors in Qualifier 2.
Brooks hit a maiden T-20 century whilst Wasim made an unbeaten 41 off 15 balls to all but secure the Tallawahs a place in the Hero CPL final.
If the Amazon Warriors were to chase the...
CENSUS TO BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE NUMBER OF MIGRATING TEACHERS
The Education Ministry expects to get a clearer picture on the number of teachers in the system, following a census in schools next month.
Education Minister Fayval Williams says there is no longer the same level of anxiety seen at the start of the school year, as it relates to availability of teachers.
The issue of teacher migration was a major concern prior to the...
REGGAE BOYZ TURN ATTENTION TO CAMEROON FRIENDLY
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will now turn their attention to their upcoming friendly away to world cup bound team Cameroon on November 9.
This after they were beaten 3-nil by another World Cup bound team, Argentina in New Jersey.
For much of the game the Boyz put in a creditable performance as the South Americans led 1-0 at half time.
Legendary captain Lionel...
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE IAN LANDS IN FLORIDA
A life-threatening hurricane has made landfall on Florida's south-western coast, bringing heavy rain, high winds and catastrophic flooding.
Hurricane Ian has sustained wind speeds up to 155mph, just below the threshold for category five storms, the strongest classification.
Millions of Floridians with homes in Ian's path are under evacuation orders.
Those who remained are facing one of the most dangerous storms to...
RIGHT TO 75% OF AVICII’S MASTERS AND PUBLISHING RIGHTS SOLD
The family of dance musician Avicii have sold 75% of the rights to his master recordings and publishing to the Swedish entertainment company Pophouse.
The deal will allow Avicii's parents to concentrate on the foundation they established after his death in 2018.
They retain the remaining 25% of his rights, "to ensure a dignified tone" in how his music is used...
NWC RECEIVES 8 NEW WATER TRUCKS
Come next week, the National Water Commission, NWC, will be able to lessen the effects of water disruptions on its customers, with eight new water trucks.
That’s according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
The vehicles were procured from tank weld limited at a cost of $105 million.
The new additions to the company’s fleet were officially handed over yesterday by the Prime...
JCDC FIWI SHORT FILM AWARDS CEREMONY SET FOR TOMORROW
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), says its awards ceremony for the 2022 FiWi Short Film Competition will be held tomorrow.
State Minister in the Ministry of Culture and Entertainment Alando Terrelonge will represent Minister of Culture and Entertainment Olivia Grange at the function.
The FiWi Short Film Competition is a brainchild of the JCDC’s Drama and Theatre Arts Unit that...
Olivia Rodrigo breaks another huge streaming record
Olivia Rodrigo has become the first female artist to have three solo songs on a single album reach a billion streams on Spotify.
The 19-year-old pop megastar has made history after her third hit record from 'SOUR', 'deja vu', exceeded the 1 billion mark on the streaming platform, according to a tweet by Chart Data.
'drivers license' and 'good 4 u'...
LAA LEE “FLOATING” WITH NEW SINGLE
Dancehall star Laa Lee has dropped a new single called “Floating”, a follow-up to his last hiT song “Bong Bing "with Cristale, that was released earlier this year.
Produced by Frankie Music, the track is making waves on TikTok due to the innovative dance choreography for Floating created by the North Coast Boys.
The video for the track premiered on September 23...
NO COMMENT FROM SHAQ ON CHEATING
Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal dodged the cheating topic when it was raised during an episode of “The Big Podcast with Shaq.”
In the episode, O’Neal was asked about the two separate controversies surrounding Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine and Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka, to which he replied
“I’m going to step down from this conversation, I was a serial cheater.”
It appears...