Barbados declared Rihanna a National Hero

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 30, 2021

The Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that 33-year-old Robyn Rihanna Fenty would be conferred with the honour of National Hero of Barbados. Rihanna who is known for her multiple philanthropy work in her small Island nation and including Africa was called up before the crowds to be congratulated by Mottley. She was named a National…

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Shenseea Is Not Nominated For Four Grammy Awards

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 26, 2021

On November 23rd the GRAMMYS released the Nominations for their upcoming 64th Awards Nomination Ceremony. The Best Reggae Album Category Nominees are Etana, Gramps Morgan, Sean Paul, Jesse Royal and Spice. Shenseea was not named in the Nomination Category. Nevertheless, Shenseea went on her page to announced she was nominated for 4 Awards. She wrote,…

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A $250,000 Usain Bolt statue to mount in Florida. City Commissioner thinks statue is ‘a waste of taxpayer’s money’

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 24, 2021

A monument of the legendary fastest man in the world Usain Bolt will be erected in Miramar, Florida. According to Yahoo Life, the statue is a nod to diversity in South Florida. Through the years, hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans have made their home across the tri-county region, and Miramar also has a burgeoning number…

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Alleged gas scammers caught on camera

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 23, 2021

A man and woman was caught on Camera asking motorist for money to buy gas for their vehicle. According to the person who took the video, he had seen these two individuals before at other locations asking motorist for money to buy gas. The woman identified herself as Karen and said the man is her…

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KIRK WRIGHT: DON’T BELIEVE THE LIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

By Jamaica Live Medias / November 20, 2021

TVJ Cameraman Kirk Wright who is a long time award winning journalist himself became the news yesterday.The Media sphere buzzed with the headline that Wright was stabbed in a domestic dispute and was in the hospital. Even Prime Minister Andrew Holness was saddened by the news and wished him a speedy recovery.Mr. Wright is now…

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Usain Bolt And Kasi Bennett Announced Twin

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 20, 2021

The world fastest man Usain Bolt and his longtime girlfriend Kasi Bennett surprised the world when they announced their twin on father’s Day. The announcement took the media by surprised because there were no news of her pregnancy. There are no detail of when the twin were born but both Bennett and Bolt posted the…

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Duchess Fergie Spoke To Oprah Winfrey In 1996 About Life In The Palace

By Jamaica Live Medias / May 18, 2021

Prince Harry is not the only Royal in recent times to dish about life in the Palace. In 1996 Sarah, Duchess of York, popularly known as Fergie and the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, spoke to Oprah Winfrey about life in Buckingham Palace. At the time Fergie moved to the United States…

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3,000 people party in the UK without mask sponsored by government

By Jamaica Live Medias / May 2, 2021

Around 3,000 people in the UK City of Liverpool, dance, drink and listened to music and party without mask or social distancing. The Event is one in the series of pilot sponsored event by the UK government to see if they can ease the lockdown without sparking new outbreaks. The Event which was held on…

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Jamaican Fraser Mcconnell wins the Rallyx Nordic in Denmark

By Jamaica Live Medias / May 2, 2021

Congratulations to Jamaican Fraser Mcconnell who defeated three-time FIA World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson. Fraser has made history by claiming his first supercar win in the 2021 season of the Rallyx Nordic in Denmark yesterday. Jamaica To The World RallyX Nordic: Fraser McConnell got the better of three-time FIA World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson for…

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Artifacts stolen from Nigeria by the British to be returned by Germany

By Jamaica Live Medias / May 2, 2021

Thousands of plaques and sculptures were looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin — now southern Nigeria, not the modern nation of Benin — by British soldiers in an 1897 raid, and were ultimately acquired by museums largely in Europe and the United States. NPR. This has long been seen has colonial injustice. Some of these…

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Did Democratic Socialism Fail Jamaica? Or Did the Cold War Change Jamaica Forever?

JAMAICA LIVE | SPECIAL ANALYSIS Opposition Leader Mark Golding has reopened one of the most consequential and painful debates in Jamaica’s modern political history by embracing democratic socialism and invoking the legacy of former Prime Minister Michael Manley. Golding argues that changing economic conditions have renewed the relevance of the philosophy and that government should…
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Was Dr. Jason Arday Hounded to Death? Questions Over Racism, Right-Wing Attacks and a Relentless Media Campaign

JAMAICA LIVE – SPECIAL REPORT The sudden death of Professor Jason Arday, Cambridge University’s youngest-ever Black professor, has left Britain confronting an uncomfortable and deeply troubling question: did legitimate scrutiny of an academic accused of wrongdoing develop into a racially charged, right-wing media campaign that placed unbearable pressure on one of Britain’s most prominent Black…
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OP-ED | Jamaica Is at a Crossroads of Neocolonialism and Becoming a Developed Nation

Since Jamaica gained independence from Britain in 1962, the country has struggled with economic and structural disadvantages inherited from colonialism.  Jamaica entered independence as what was then widely described as a “Third World” nation, while Western powers, including the United States and former European colonial states, continued to enjoy far greater levels of wealth, industrialisation,…
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Vaz Turns the Clock Back on Golding: 2000 Squatter Dispute Resurfaces Amid Cooper’s Pen Controversy

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 13, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz has turned to the newspaper archives in an attempt to challenge Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s position on the demolition controversy in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, accusing the People’s National Party (PNP) president of politicising the plight…
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Isat Buchanan Under Fire Over ‘Chop Di Line’ Remarks Following Coopers Pen Demolition

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Youth and Human Rights and East Portland Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan is facing criticism over remarks circulating on social media in which he appears to encourage Jamaicans who were not affected by the demolition of homes in Coopers Pen, Trelawny,…
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MP Tova Hamilton and ODPEM Respond as Mayor Gager Clarifies Cooper’s Pen Evictions Followed Private Court Dispute

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Member of Parliament Tova Hamilton, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), moved on Wednesday to respond to the plight of residents of Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, who were displaced after being evicted from property by a private developer following…
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