Ever since he set world age-group records for the 400m as a 14 and 15 year old, the names James and Bolt have been linked like twins.

Not…

CARMELITA JETER of the United States beat Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown into silver in the women's 100 metres final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea today.

Jeter in 10.90 seconds saw off a strong finish from Campbell-Brown in 10.97 and defending champion…

Tim Layden, SI.com, DAEGU, South Korea

Here was the moment, the only moment that truly matters beyond the four walls of a flagging sport. It was 8:41 Sunday night in a stadium set among green hillsides outside this industrial city. The seats were no more than two-thirds filled, but the halfhearted…

NEGRIL, Westmoreland 

THE Sandals Foundation is intensifying its drive to get students under its Care for Kids programme more involved in community outreach projects.

"We feel they (students in the programme) should demonstrate leadership quality and should have compassion…

Bolt’s first 100m defeat in a little over a year was evident less than three strides after the starter’s gun sounded a second time. The 25-year-old Jamaican didn’t need to wait for the judge to show him the red card to realise that the lapse in judgment was his. He knew from the moment he…

“What do I do?” Dara Tayo laughs incredulously at the scope of the question. “It would be easier for me to tell you what I DON’T do! I do everything under the sun.”

Tayo is the newly appointed Operations Manager of the all-male T&T Police Service Social and Welfare…

As a child, the last of three girls, Camille Wardrop Alleyne used to sit on the trunk of her father’s car at night and stare at the stars above. Her young mind whirred with curiosity about the vastness of space but little did she know, at age seven, that such fascination, coupled with her love for…

Since collaborating with Kanye West on the chart-topping hit “American Boy” three years ago, Estelle has won a Grammy, created a limited-edition jewelry collection with Rachel Roy and partnered with Diane von Furstenberg on the designer’s “Proud to Be Woman” compilation album. And now the British…

With more nude beaches than any other Caribbean island, Jamaica is the perfect place to bare it all. Our au naturel beaches range from sedate and relaxing, to wilder and more self-indulgent. So it’s just a question of packing a towel and some serious sun block, and then picking a patch…

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday August 15, 2011 – The Government has signaled its intention to join its regional neighbours and sign off on the full implementation of the CARICOM/Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement soon.



Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of…

Hydration is something we're inclined to worry about in the summertime, when we sweat more and can be at risk of heat exhaustion if we don't get enough fluids. And while most doctors say water is the ideal fluid for…

Krista Henry , Staff Reporter

A little painter from Jamaica who has had a big life could easily describe fine artist Natasha Pasmore. The 39-year-old painter has dabbled far and wide with her artistry and is now a self-proclaimed "reformed wild…

 Not even the inclement weather last Friday could dampen the sweet melodious sounds which emanated from the birdsong Panyard as students of the GTECH sponsored birdsong Academy held their Open Mic event at the birdsong Steel Orchestra panyard in Tunapuna. The students who took part in the five-week long camp, which…

By: Ronen Paldi. Owner and President, Ya'lla Tours USA.

It seems that there is an insatiable desire within the US to visit Cuba no matter how many restrictions are put in place. Now, with some of the easing of those restrictions, people are jumping at the chance. In recent months there have been a number of…