Tag Archives: Jamaica

Saturday was a big day for Jamaica’s Brianna Willams who secured the women’s sprint double at the IAAF World Under 20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. She won the 200 meters in a record time with a personal best performance of 22.50 seconds.  She is the youngest competitor, as she turned 16 …

The St Ann police are reporting that the strategies they implemented in order to reduce crime in communities recently have caused them to be able to say there were no murders to record for June.  There was an increase in shootings, but they reported that community policing was working and …

A 12.8% increase on the national minimum wage was announced by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson recently. The weekly salary for some workers will move from $6200.00 to #7000.00. Security Guards will take home $9700 as they got a 9.6 % increase. The increase was recommended …

It is being reported that there has been a reduction in the number of murders being committed in Jamaica since the end of March to April this year. Dr. Chang the Minister of National Security made the report while he spoke at a meeting of a Rotary Club in Kingston …

There is a plan for Jamaica’s first entertainment center to be opened in Montego Bay. The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will provide $50 million towards the design and preparatory work. The building should be completed by 2020. The announcement was made by the Minister of Tourism Ed Bartlett when he …

Jamaican Football players, the Reggae Boyz are no longer in FIFA’s top 50 teams worldwide. Even though they are still the highest ranked team in the Caribbean and they are ranked fourth in CONCACAF Unfortunately, the most recent calculations of the FIFA Coca-Cola World Ranking list shows that Jamaica fell four …