Usain Bolt has scored his first goals for a professional football team, getting two on his maiden start for Central Coast Mariners in a friendly.

By Jamaica Live Medias / December 19, 2018

Usain Bolt has scored his first goals for a professional football team, getting two on his maiden start for Central Coast Mariners in a friendly. The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion scored the Mariners’ third and fourth goals in a 4-0 win over Macarthur South West and celebrated with his trademark lightning bolt pose. Usain…

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Jamaican singers Dalton Harris and Tessanne Chin winners of The Voice & X Factor

By Jamaica Live Medias / December 3, 2018

Photo credit: Dalton Harris On 24 May 2011 Dalton Harris posted on his Facebook Page of photo of himself and singer Tessanne Chin. It is obvious from the photo Harris was very impressed to have met the sensational vocalist. The two met for the first time in Florida. You can call it fate or cosmic coincidence but…

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Crab-n-a-Barrel. Where was the Jamaican Media when Dalton was hurting?

By Jamaica Live Medias / December 2, 2018

Congratulations to Dalton Harris. Winner of the UK Factor 2018 December 2nd 2018 Dalton Harris become the winner of the UK X Factor. Former Rising Stars Winner to X Factor Winner Dalton Harris rose to fame after winning the Digicel Rising Stars title with a prize of $1 million in 2010 . He was 16 years old…

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“Reggae Music” to be protected by UNESCO as a Global Cultural Treasure

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 29, 2018

Reggae is “cerebral, socio-political, sensual and spiritual,” said Unesco. (source:Reuters) Reggae has been added to a list of international cultural treasures which the United Nations has deemed worthy of protecting and promoting. On Thursday, reggae was “inscripted,” as the UNESCO term goes, to the “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”. UNESCO, the…

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UK is out. EU leaders approve Brexit deal

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 25, 2018

UK’s withdrawal agreement from European Union approved by EU leaders, chief Donald Tusk says (source: BBC) According to the BBC, the European Union leaders have approved an agreement on the UK’s withdrawal and future relations – insisting it is the “best and only deal possible”. The deal has been in negotiations for the past 20…

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Christmas display has been changed to simulate a sex act

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 21, 2018

Tynwald Mills, Shopping Centre Isle of Man in the United Kingdom apologised to customers for sexual suggestive Polar Bear display. According to BBC, it is believed mischievous customers re-arranged the Arctic scene to suggest a much “steamier” encounter. The sexual suggestive display had left many customers feeling awkward. While others took to social media to…

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CDC: Throw Out Your Romaine Lettuce Immediately. Nationwide Recall

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 20, 2018

The Centers for Disease Control warns consumers to throw out chopped romaine lettuce following E. coli outbreak this month. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention is telling consumers to not eat any romaine lettuce.  Retailers and restaurants are advised not to sell it. The warning comes after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

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President Trump endorses bipartisan prison reform

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 20, 2018

Trump announces support for most sweeping prison reform in decades, McConnell says bipartisan deal unlikely (source: New York Post) President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Wed Nov 14, 2018) announced that he supports the efforts to pass a bipartisan prison reform bill called the FIRST Step Act. “Today, I am thrilled to announce my support for this…

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Betsy DeVos set to change sexual assault definition to limit the cases that schools can investigate

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 19, 2018

(source: CNN) Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released on Friday (Fri. Nov. 16, 2018) her proposed changes to Title IX rules pertaining to campus sexual harassment and assault allegations. In effect, it would limit the cases that schools must investigate and would give accused students more rights, such as cross-examination of their victim. She announced that these…

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Ashanti Official. Feast your eyes out

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 12, 2018

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, known professionally as Ashanti, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. She was first discovered as a teenager and later signed to Murder Inc. Records in 2001.[4] That year, she was featured on Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?” and Ja Rule’s “Always on Time”, both of which became two of the biggest hit songs of 2002; Ashanti became the first female artist to…

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Jamaica launches JAMRROC to watch the watchdog as Holness demands faster hurricane recovery

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Sept 9, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — September 8, 2026: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has officially launched the Jamaica Reconstruction and Resilience Oversight Committee (JAMRROC), establishing an independent layer of public oversight as the Government attempts to accelerate Jamaica’s massive reconstruction programme following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The…
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Jamaica Takes Reparations Fight to Britain as Grange Leads Historic Delegation to Petition King Charles

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Sept 6, 2026 KINGSTON/LONDON — Jamaica is taking its centuries-old demand for reparatory justice directly to Britain, with Culture Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange leading a delegation to the United Kingdom ahead of the filing of an unprecedented petition to King Charles III. The Jamaican delegation arrived in Britain over the…
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“I PAID POPSY $300,000 EACH TIME!” — RT Boss’ Explosive Social Media Claim Sparks Defamation Warning

Jamaica Live Entertainment Report – | Sept 6, 2026 MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA — Social media is once again on fire after an explosive post attributed to RT Boss made highly personal allegations involving popular social-media personality Pops YG, triggering a legal response and the possibility of a defamation battle. In the screenshot circulating online, an account…
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UN backs ‘Correct the Map’ campaign as 164 nations vote for a truer representation of Africa

Jamaica Live International News– | Sept 5, 2026 United States casts the only vote against historic African-led resolution challenging centuries of distorted world maps. For generations, millions of schoolchildren have grown up looking at a world map on which Africa appears considerably smaller than its true geographical size. Now, the United Nations General Assembly has…
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Oxtail vs Kangaroo Tail: What’s the Difference and Can You Tell Them Apart?

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Sept 4, 2026 Jamaica Live News — Food & Culture Oxtail is one of Jamaica’s most celebrated dishes, but a viral comparison between oxtail and kangaroo tail has sparked an unusual conversation online, with people examining the similarities between the two cuts of meat and asking: Could you tell the…
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PNP blames Government for sky-high airfares — but Jamaica doesn’t set ticket prices

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Sept 2, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — A political row has erupted over the rising cost of travelling to Jamaica, after Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism and Linkages Andrea Purkiss, MP, criticised the Government amid complaints of extraordinarily high airline ticket prices. Purkiss argued that Jamaicans overseas are increasingly being priced out…
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