Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the second fastest woman in history, will be the toast of Washington DC at the ninth annual David “Wagga” Hunt Scholarship Awards Red Carpet Ball on February 20. The three-time Olympic gold medallist, businesswoman and philanthropist, “Pocket Rocket” will be honoured for her extraordinary world-class achievements and distinguished service in track and field and philanthropy. Her Excellency...

Winston Spencer, like any proud past student, could not stand by and watch his alma mater, St. Jago High School, in St. Catherine, suffer defeat in cricket, a sport he loves and played as a student at the then Beckford and Smith in the early 1950s. He tells JIS News that after seeing in the local newspapers how poorly the...

Rajiv Maragh, the diminutive, yet indomitable, 36-year-old from Kingston, since 2005 has been successful on the North-American circuit, firmly establishing himself as one of the top horse-racing jockeys in the United States. A winner of nearly 2,000 races since he first got his jockey’s licence in 2003, Mr. Maragh, the son of former top-flight Jamaican jockey turned US-based trainer, Colin...

The five-year sports development plan at Maggotty High School, in St. Elizabeth,  has been reaping success after the institution placed 10th nationally, following the recent 2021 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championship. This is the highest level the school has achieved after years of competing in the annual sporting competition. Now, all eyes are on the 50-year-old institution whose motto is: ‘Striving...

The Government is giving a helping hand to athletes who are having challenges due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Mental Health Programme has been launched to help the nation’s athletes to better cope with the challenges they are facing. One of the first activity of the Programme was a recent virtual forum dubbed, ‘Elevate the Game -...

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a sensitive topic in society, despite the devastating effects on the lives of victims. This stirred the creative response of young communication practitioner at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Twila Wheelan, who won a Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Award for her efforts in raising awareness on the issue. Miss Wheelan, working on the national ‘No...

Jamaica’s goal-scoring phenomenon, Reggae Girl - Khadija Shaw, who has created history by becoming the first national female football player to be honoured with a National Award, aspires towards achieving as much as she can for as long as is possible. At just age 23, the international footballer, who has already earned the unprecedented distinction of being Jamaica’s all-time leading...

Twenty-four years ago, Deon Hemmings McCatty, etched her name in the annals of track and field history when she became the first Jamaican and Caribbean woman to cop an Olympic Gold Medal, after winning the 400 Metres women’s hurdles final at the 1996 Atlanta Games. For this and other outstanding feats on the track as well as her overall contribution...

Stakeholders are describing Jamaican Olympian, Veronica Campbell-Brown, popularly referred to as ‘VCB’, as a positive force from which the youth can gain inspiration and achieve their goals. An official statue in her honour, moulded by renowned sculptor Basil Watson, was unveiled at Statue Park at the National Stadium in October. Former Principal of Troy Primary School in Trelawny, Clayton Collins,...