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JPA launches GrassRoots Training Camps to boost Para Sport development in Jamaica
Irie FM
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August 19, 2025
The Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) will host two intensive GrassRoots training camps this month as part of a bold initiative to expand opportunities for Para athletes, coaches, and officials while laying a strong foundation for long-term...
Caribbean Development Bank Awards Over USD400,000 in Growth Grants to Caribbean Women-Led Businesses
Caymanian Times
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Twenty (20) Women-owned and led Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (WMSMEs) from seven (7) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have been awarded grants totaling an estimated USD420,000. The Bank’s...
JPP candidate banking on divine intervention to unseat Fayval Williams
The Gleaner
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August 18, 2025
Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) candidate for St Andrew Eastern Carl Cargill has acknowledged that it may take divine intervention for him to unseat incumbent Member of Parliament Fayval Williams. “I’m trusting God, that’s all I have to say,”...
Diaspora members in Jamaica Parliament? Debate resurfaces ahead of general election
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
The question of whether Jamaicans in the diaspora should sit in the nation’s Parliament is back in the spotlight, after the People’s National Party (PNP) unveiled its manifesto ahead of the September 3 general election. - Advertisement - Under the...
Camp S.A.B.A brings specialised support for children with developmental disabilities to Jamaica
Jamaica Observer
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August 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – An initiative aimed at empowering children with developmental disabilities and strengthening the support systems around them has officially launched in Jamaica. Camp S.A.B.A, a sensory-based camp and training initiative, opened...
WATCH: Buchanan banking on St Andrew West Rural track record to win over West Central constituents
Jamaica Observer
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August 18, 2025
Buchanan banking on St Andrew West Rural track record to win over West Central constituents August 18, 2025 ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Having been nominated to contest the St Andrew West Central constituency in the September 3 General Election, the...
Air Service Increases Capacity for Jamaican Airports
South Florida Caribbean News
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August 18, 2025
Hon. Usain Bolt, Jamaica’s Global Tourism Ambassador, in a new advertising campaign for Jamaica Tourist Board, launched on August 6, 2025 KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is set to strengthen its position as one of the world’s most accessible island...
Jamaica’s global airlift projected to increase for fall and winter
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 18, 2025
Air travel to Jamaica is set to increase this fall and winter, with expanded flights and seat capacity at the island’s major airports. Photo courtesy of JTB The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) says the country is set to strengthen its position as one...
From Visitor To Visionary: How Photographer Kirth Bobb Found Home In Treasure Beach, Jamaica
Travel Noire
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August 18, 2025
D.C.-based photographer Kirth Bobb vividly remembers the diverse representation he experienced during his childhood in Guyana, from birth to age 13. Reflecting on his move to the U.S., specifically in Maryland’s Prince George’s County, Bobb says...
Meet the wellness leader guiding diaspora women to rebirth on retreats in Jamaica
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Each morning, as the sun breaks over the Caribbean Sea, a quiet ritual begins at one of Jamaica’s most storied wellness sanctuaries. A circle of women steps barefoot onto the mat, the scent of salt and lemongrass in the air, and begins to...
Jamaica’s 2025 election: Nomination Day gets underway
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Today, Monday, August 18, is Nomination Day in Jamaica, giving prospective candidates the opportunity to present themselves for the 2025 General Election on September 3. Nominations are also being held for by-elections in four divisions of the...
Duncan Sutherland promises Jamaica's first university town in St Andrew Eastern
The Gleaner
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August 18, 2025
The constituency of St Andrew Eastern will have the first university town in Jamaica if the People’s National Party (PNP) forms the next government, the PNP candidate for the area, Patricia Duncan Sutherland, has announced. The constituency is...
'We are going to run lef har' - businessman confident of PNP victory in Manchester Central
The Gleaner
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August 18, 2025
“We are not going to overhaul it, we are going to run lef har,” is the bold declaration from 86-year-old businessman and former member of parliament Calvin Lyn, a staunch People’s National Party (PNP) supporter, who is convinced the party will...
MPC Caribbean says it will not pursue new investments in Jamaica
Radio Jamaica
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August 18, 2025
MPC Caribbean, which remains listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, has announced that it will no longer pursue new investments in Jamaica after recording a sharp decline in net profits for the March quarter. The company's net profits fell to...
BYD announces sponsorship of Republic Bank CPL
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on Monday announced that BYD, the world’s No. 1 new energy vehicle brand by sales, as an official sponsor for the tournament. This landmark partnership brings together the Caribbean’s biggest...
Ruthlyn James | Out of Many? Or out of touch? – Jamaica’s motto and myth of unity
The Gleaner
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August 18, 2025
Jamaica’s national motto, ‘Out of Many, One People’, proudly emblazoned on our coat of arms, celebrates the multiracial roots of our island descendants of Tainos, Africans, Europeans, Indians, Chinese and others united in one identity. Yet the...
Holness: Moon Palace Grand signals Jamaica’s stability, growth potential
The Gleaner
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August 18, 2025
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the US$700-million Moon Palace Grand Montego Bay is a testament to Jamaica’s stability as an investment destination. He has credited deliberate government policies for creating an environment...
WATA awards over $7m in back-to-school grants to students across Jamaica
The Gleaner
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August 18, 2025
Forty-two high-school students from across Jamaica have each received $175,000 to help with back-to-school expenses, as WATA awarded more than J$7 million in grants during ceremonies held in Kingston and Montego Bay, St James last week. The...
Jamaican Museum and Cultural Center Aims for $5 Million Fundraising Goal
South Florida Caribbean News
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August 17, 2025
L-R: Dr. Karla Hylton- Dixon – Director of Development, Dr. Apollone Reid – President and Christine Marzouca- Vice President ATLANTA — The drive to erect a facility saluting Jamaican culture in Atlanta starts on August 24 with a Bricks Campaign,...
Jamaica celebrates birthday of National Hero Marcus Garvey
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 17, 2025
Jamaica and the diaspora are commemorating the birthday of its first National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a visionary leader whose activism and teachings profoundly shaped the Pan-African movement and championed empowerment for the black...