Jamaican beauty queen Kaci Fennell has hit back at dancehall selector Oneil ‘Foota Hype’ Thomas after he accused her of degrading herself with her ‘revealing’ choice of carnival outfit. Fennel who posted a photograph yesterday before joining carnival celebrations drew the attention of the selector who seemed fuelled by recent criticism of dancehall in the media…
Chronixx Gets Set for ‘Chronology’ Tour and Album
CHRONIXX is busy in New York preparing for his four-month-long tour of North America and the release of his upcoming album Chronology, which is set to hit the streets early March. As part of the promotions for the album, the artiste, who leads the reggae revival breed of young acts, made the second stop at…
Improved Sewage Treatment Facilities for Some 200,000 Portmore Residents
Story Highlights The National Water Commission (NWC) has commenced operations for the transfer of effluent from the Portmore sewage pumping stations to the Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Catherine. Under the project, which commenced in 2014, five wastewater treatment plants at Independence City, Bridgeport, Hamilton Gardens, and Caymanas Gardens, which were in disrepair, were…
Squatting cannot be used to secure land
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness says informal settlements or squatting cannot be used as a means for securing land tenure in Jamaica. Holness informed that it is the orderly settlement of land which is led by the Government that will ensure Jamaicans own land. “Every single Jamaican, no matter what their status…
PM Andrew Holness Breaks Ground for housing units called “The Estuary”
PM Andrew Holness (2nd right) breaks ground for the construction of 1, 500 housing units called “The Estuary” at Friendship in St James on Friday. He is joined by (from left): Mayor of Montego Bay, Homar Davis, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte, Chairman of the National Housing Trust, (NHT) Dr…
32,000 visitors to Jamaica via Airbnb in 2016
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica already received 32, 000 visitors via the online travel marketplace, Airbnb, with which the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in December 2016. “Already, 32,000 visitors came to Jamaica last year via Airbnb… ; this level of (diversity) in the way…