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Digicel kickstart clinic programme launches in Jamaica

Digicel continues to expand its support of the region’s talented young athletes with the launch of its 2016 Kickstart grassroots football programme which took place at the Liberty Park in Kingston, Jamaica and will see coaches from top Barclays Premier…

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Jamaica’s Under-16 netballers depart Thursday for Jean Pierre Caribbean Championships

From Sportsmax Jamaica’s Under-16 netball team is to leave the island on Thursday for Barbados where they will compete in the Jean Pierre Caribbean Championships. The team comprises of Lori Daley, Christal Holness, Zandria Cohen, Kamia Daley, Denay Thomas, Britney-Ann…

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Cuba is an imminent competitor

By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now My commentary this week is an expanded version of a response I gave to a Jamaican journalist who asked me: what are the implications for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean of US…

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CFU unveils logo and announces kickoff of the Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016

Miami, FL (Tuesday, March 22, 2016) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) has unveiled the official logo and announced the kickoff of the Scotiabank CFU Men’s…

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Building the skillsets of unemployed youth in the Caribbean

By Siobhan Pangerl and Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen From EconoMonitor More than one-quarter of the world’s 7.3 billion people are between the ages of 10 and 24, according to a recent UN Population Fund Report. That means there are more than…

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Jamaican wins Commonwealth Youth Award

By Vivienne Siva, Jamaican High Commission From JIS Story Highlights Shamoy Hajare, from Jamaica, has won this year’s Commonwealth Youth Award for the Caribbean/Canada region. The presentation was made recently at Marlborough House, in London. Shamoy is the founder and President…

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Jamaica’s tourism product best in the Caribbean – Bartlett

By Garwin Davis From JIS Story Highlights Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s tourism product is the best in the Caribbean and so the country has no need to fear the opening up of Cuba. Mr. Bartlett was…

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Three more Zika cases confirmed in Jamaica

From Jamaica Gleaner The Ministry of Health [on Friday 18] confirmed three additional cases of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, bringing to four the number of affected persons in Jamaica to date. Two of the infected persons are from Christian Pen and…

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rominent businessman suing Jamaica media company for billions over defamatory article

From Caribbean 360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday March 15, 2016 – Hotel mogul Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart is suing one of Jamaica’s biggest media companies for J$17.5 billion (US$143.8 million) over the publication of an article that he says was “false, malicious,…

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Another review, another rejection expected

By Tony Cozier From ESPN cricketinfo Four governance reviews of West Indies cricket have not been acted upon, because the board does not want change The West Indies Cricket Board confirmed at its annual general meeting in Jamaica last weekend…