Digicel sponsors Jamaica’s swim team for Goodwill meet in T&T Loop Jamaica

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Digicel has announced that it will be one of the main sponsors of Jamaica’s national swim team that will participate in the 2022 Goodwill Swim Meet in Trinidad and Tobago from August 19-21.

The announcement was made by Orion Aitken, marketing executive of Digicel Jamaica during a press conference at the Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica on Thursday.

“At Digicel, we believe in the power of sports to change and improve lives, unite communities and contribute to development,” said Aitken. “Supporting the Jamaica national swim team is one of the ways we stay true to our longstanding commitment to supporting our youth from grassroots to greatness across the various sporting disciplines.”

Eight countries will participate at the 26th Goodwill Swim Meet. Host nation Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica will be joined by St Lucia, Grenada, Suriname, Guyana, Barbados, and the Bahamas.

Team Jamaica will seek to improve its second-place finish from 2019 in Suriname when the competition was last staged. On that occasion, Jamaica won 65 medals to finish second behind Trinidad, a big jump from sixth the previous year.

Jamaica will be represented by a 25-member team comprised of swimmers ages 8 to 17.

“This investment in our athletes supports Digicel’s overall commitment to help build a bright and prosperous future for Jamaica,” Aitken further added. “We are also proving a number of our Roam Easy plans for the team members and officials so that they can stay connected to friends and families while in Trinidad and Tobago.

“Our Caribbean Prepaid and Postpaid Roam Easy plans are equipped with generous data allotments, free incoming calls, free incoming SMS, and reduced rates for outgoing calls.”

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Boys’ 8 & underAlex Rainford

Girls’ 9-10Kia AlertZoya HawesKai LawsonEmmanuel Spencer

Boys’ 11-12Cameron BrownLiam HarrisonKy-Mani HendricksHoward Wallace

Girls’ 13-14Mikayla BrownRenae ChungLoren-Ann PattersonRianna Scott

Boys’ 13-14Daniel Adelle-JondeauMarly HessingJordan KennedyNathan Wright

Girls’ 15-17Lisa ForresterGiana Francis (team captain)Aliyah HeavenJada Latibeaudierre

Boys’ 15-17Matthew BylesDick HarrisonJaleel Samms (team captain)Richard Martin

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Body of retired cop found with gunshot wounds at house in St James Loop Jamaica

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Gobernador tomará decisión sobre mandatos de COVID-19 en escuelas a pesar de flexibilización de los CDC

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El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia dijo el viernes, que tomará una determinación sobre cuáles protocolos deberán seguir los estudiantes dentro del Departamento de Educación en torno a las medidas para contrarrestar el COVID-19 a pesar de las nuevas guías del Centro para el Control de Enfermedades (CDC), que flexibilizó algunas restricciones.

“Yo tuve una conversación temprano en la mañana con el secretario de Salud para que analicen estas nuevas guías y recomendaciones y ajusten los protocolos en la medida en que el equipo del Departamento de Salud así lo estime necesario. El CDC lo que está reconociendo es que estamos en otra etapa de la pandemia, entre otras cosas. Dijo, por ejemplo, que el 95 por ciento de las personas de 16 años o más ya tienen algún tipo de inmunidad o sea que tienen cierta protección, ya sea porque o han recibido la vacuna o porque se han contagiado y ya han tenido la enfermedad. Lo importante es continuar con nuestra campaña educativa informativa y seguir exhortando a las poblaciones vulnerables, es decir, personas de mayor edad o personas que tienen su salud comprometida por condiciones crónicas, de que tomen medidas preventivas como el uso de la mascarilla, evitar aglomeraciones, entre otros”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.

“Por otro lado, es importante que continúe el esfuerzo de vacunación, porque la vacunación sabemos que funciona evitar hospitalizaciones y fallecimientos, así que van a haber ajustes. Sí, eso puedo decir. Se estarán anunciando en algún momento la semana que viene a más tardar, pero otra vez, no necesariamente todo lo que está diciendo el CDC, lo que vamos a hacer en Puerto Rico. O sea, nosotros tomamos nuestras propias decisiones a base de, entre otras cosas, las recomendaciones del CDC”, añadió.

Cuestionado si va a mantener el distanciamiento social, algo que se ha liberado en las nuevas normas del CDC, Pierluisi Urrutia contestó que: “Como ya he dicho, ya hay aspectos aquí científicos, epidemiológicos, que deben estar en manos de los peritos del Departamento de Salud. Yo lo que sí voy a reiterar es que la responsabilidad ciudadana es clave. Nuestro pueblo se ha distinguido. Tenemos un nivel de vacunación altísimo cuando nos comparamos con los estados. Que esto sigue así. Por otro lado, tengo que indicar que la métrica que yo más sigo en este momento dado y lo mismo hacen los demás gobernadores, son las hospitalizaciones. Afortunadamente los hospitales están bajo control. Lo que veo y me apena muchísimo es personas de mucha edad falleciendo, estando contagiados y algunos de ellos que no se vacunaron. O sea, eso es lo que hay que evitar. Y de igual manera los que tienen su salud comprometida, pues tienen que protegerse el resto de la población. Pues mira, cada cual toma su decisión. Pero lo más importante es que se vacune”.

Por otro lado, ante el inicio del periodo escolar sobre la inclusión de un currículo de perspectiva de género en las escuelas contestó que: “Tenemos ahora un excelente currículo. Se hizo una revisión integral del mismo. Está siendo elogiado por maestros, maestras. Se consultó a todo el que había que consultar. En cuanto a ese tema, tenemos incorporado en el currículo. Esto nunca se había hecho en la enseñanza y la promoción de la equidad y el respeto entre los seres humanos. De forma transversal no se va a enseñar en un solo curso, sino en la inmensa mayoría de los cursos. Se va a estar fomentando la equidad y el respeto. ¿Para qué? Para evitar lo que no queremos. Discrimina violencia verbal o física por razón alguna, incluyendo orientación sexual. Así que sé que el nombre no se está utilizando, pero los conceptos están ahí y se consultó a todas las partes interesadas. Grupos que grupos minoritarios, la iglesia, padres, maestros. Pero como tenemos un buen currículo. Otra vez. Que no se enfoquen en el término y que profundicen, porque aquí se consultó incluyendo a representantes de la comunidad LGBTT y endosaron el contenido del currículo que está enfoquen en el contenido. Es un buen contenido, y otra vez, un mejor currículo que el que estábamos utilizando hasta el presente gobernador”, finalizó.

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Gaza Kim Returns With New Music Still Reps Vybz Kartel Movement

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There’s no taking away the Gaza title from Gaza Kim. The deejay remains committed to the moniker of the empire that was founded by Vybz Kartel, even if she hasn’t been active on the dancehall scene for the last ten years.

Fans of the Gaza Empire would remember just how fast the songstress was coming up back in the 2000s before she was allegedly beaten by other members of the camp. It was a fight that was made very public and eventually led to her pulling back from the genre, but despite the negative connotation, she still believes in the Gaza way of life.

In the years that followed, her popularity declined, and she eventually split ways with the Worl’Boss. Now the once popular artist, whose real name is Kym Hamilton, has returned with a single called “Bubble Up.” Her story is quite inspirational, considering the fact that many believed that she fell off the scene because she had gone into a deep depression following how suddenly her career seemingly ended.

She spoke with the STAR recently and explained that she was not bitter about the past and had come to realize that everything that happened in the past was for a reason and that those dark times made her into the successful woman that she is today.

She even had well wishes for the former Portmore Empire boss, Vybz Kartel, who she added she hoped things would work out for regarding his current incarceration. The “Moving On” artist shared that she was able to focus on herself in 2016 and so was able to free herself of the negativity of her past.

It seems she began to lean on her Christian faith back then as she added that Jesus forgave people who did all sorts of bad things to him, and that inspired her to forgive the wrongs that were done to her.

In April, she signed with Killa Imij Records, and the same label produced her new single. She had praises for her new team as she said they truly believed in her career.

“The Killa Imij team, I must say that they are really interested in my career and I feel comfortable working with them. I have always been recording, but people would always ask ‘So Kim, how mi nah hear yuh?’ But dem a hear mi now. Bubble Up has 500,000 streams on Spotify and my listeners increase as well. I am happy,” she continued.

She was also very thankful to her family and close friends as she highlighted her mother’s unwavering support. She added that her mother always encouraged her and told her that she has an amazing voice that she should share with the world.

Gaza Kim also said that she was honored to still be a part of youth culture and to be a positive influence on the people that she has met.

“I have met so many young people who say ‘Kim I want to be you.’ They see me as a role model and I owe it to all of them to succeed,” she continued.

She’s slowly rising once again in the very competitive genre but is confident her return would be appreciated, especially since she’s already garnered 10,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. The video has also been doing well on YouTube as, since its release in July, it already has over 400,000 views.

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NBA YoungBoy Take Shots At Kodak Black For Dissing Never Broke Again Fans

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NBA YoungBoy didn’t take too likely Kodak Black saying he doesn’t like his Never Broke Again fans.

It looks like yet another beef is brewing in the hip-hop world. This time two very popular artists look set to go at it as NBA YoungBoy has responded and not kindly to Kodak Black’s criticism of his fans. Earlier this month, Kodak Black took to Twitter to share his opinion of YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s music.

While he admitted that he likes the “I Hate Youngboy” rapper’s music, he also said that he found the artist’s fans irritating. In that tweet, he added that he was stating what everyone else was afraid to say and felt like his opinion was the same consensus in the industry.

Youngboy fired back yesterday, August 11, on Instagram, calling out Kodak by saying that anybody who didn’t like his fans was a “pu*sy” in his books. That was the direct shot he took at Kodak, but the rest of the message was mostly a veiled one.

“To be honest I really don’t care about this being my last album,” he wrote. “I finally can say I completed something. I ain’t finish school. I never finish nothing but my smoke… but nah gangster I then shedded tears from the way y’all been doing me but it’s all for the better. tell li Dave and my grandma I completed something and I’m doing fine.”

Strangely enough, a short while after he made the post, his account was removed from Instagram. It’s not yet known if that move was voluntary.

However, it does appear that NBA YoungBoy puts his fans first and is willing to go to war to defend them. The post also made it clear that he doesn’t rock with anyone who puts down his fans. Kodak’s issues started when YoungBoy’s fans began trolling his posts by replying “YB Better.”

The “Tunnel Vision” rapper presented his evidence on Twitter on August 5. At that time, he took umbrage with how the fans were trolling him as he also added that it seemed he couldn’t do anything with Youngboy’s fans saying that their artist was better than him.

At one point, he posted: “N***a Can’t Even Post A Cheeseburger Without They A#s Under A Post Talm Bout ‘YB Post His Burger Better.’ I Love It That’s Kool But The Sh*t B Irritating Af Homie, Y’all Stay On Dat N***a Page Wit Dat Sh*t.”

It seemed to affect his mental health so much that he threatened to delete his Twitter account, but that never materialized. In that disturbing tweet, he also said that he had reached the point where he felt like hurting YB’s fans, even though he promoted his new album in the same post.

It may have been a combination of things that had him in a weird mental space, though, as he also admitted that he was tired of the fame and the pressure that comes with it.

NBA YoungBoy and Kodak Black have never really been good with each other. In 2020, the Florida rapper went as far as to accuse the Baton Rouge rapper of cooperating with Houston police. That was in regards to the case with Floyd Mayweather’s daughter, Iyanna Mayweather, who was arrested for allegedly stabbing Lapattra Lashai Jacobs, who is the mother of YoungBoy’s child.

During that time, he said that Iyana stayed at his place and that she was his wife and even went as far as to say that NBA snitched on him while he was in jail. A lot of that tweet was also directed at NBA in anger.

Knowing how Kodak Black usually operates, there’s probably a strong response coming.

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Muere la actriz Anne Heche a una semana después de sufrir accidente de tránsito

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La actriz estadounidense Anne Heche falleció este viernes a los 53 años, una semana después de sufrir un aparatoso accidente de tránsito mientras conducía a gran velocidad por las calles de Los Ángeles (EE.UU.).

La muerte fue anunciada por su amiga Nancy Davis en una publicación de Instagram y posteriormente confirmada por su familia, que ya había avanzado que se encontraba en coma desde hacía varios días y con escasas posibilidades de supervivencia.

Heche, que mantuvo sonadas relaciones con la actriz Ellen DeGeneres y el actor James Tupper, saltó a la fama a finales de la década de 1980 con su retrato de Vicky Hudson y Marley Love en la telenovela “Another World”, por la que ganó un Emmy.

Heche fue hospitalizada después de que el coche en el que viajaba se estrellara contra una vivienda en el vecindario de Mar Vista en Los Ángeles (California, EE.UU.). Según la Policía, el vehículo involucrado en el accidente —un Mini Cooper de color azul— iba a gran velocidad por una calle residencial y posiblemente chocó contra un bordillo antes de impactar contra el patio delantero y el inmueble, provocando un incendio.

La actriz, de 53 años, saltó a la fama a finales de la década de 1980 por su participación en la serie ‘Another World’. Se consolidó en Hollywood gracias a sus papeles en películas como ‘Donnie Brasco’ (1997), ‘Volcano’ (1997) y ‘Return to Paradise’ (1998).

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Willian leaves Brazil’s Corinthians, eyes return to England Loop Jamaica

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SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Chelsea and Arsenal winger Willian terminated his contract with Brazil’s Corinthians on Friday and said he will return to England to play.

Brazilian media linked the 34-year-old Willian with a move to Premier League club Fulham.

Willian also said in an interview with TV Globo that he left Corinthians because of threats he and his family received via social media.

“The reason why I am leaving is the threats I suffered, my family too. They never stopped. Whenever Corinthians lost and I was not doing well in the match, my family received those threats, insults on social media,” Willian said. “I know this is not most fans, it is a minority, but that causes a big impact, especially to my daughters.”

Corinthians confirmed Willian was released from his contract, which was due expire in December 2023. He had returned to the Sao Paulo-based club, where he started his career, one year ago.

“My objective is to live abroad. I have a British passport, so I can live there with my family,” Willian added. “I have no club yet. I will decide once I am there.”

Willian will exit Corinthians after a frustrating year in his home nation, having scored only one goal in 45 matches. The winger recently had been plagued by shoulder and thigh injuries.

Willian’s decision comes only days after Corinthians were eliminated by Flamengo in the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.

Willian’s best moments were at Chelsea, where he played from 2013-20. He won two Premier League titles and a Europa League trophy. But at Arsenal he was far from his previous form; he scored only once for the club.

The winger played for Brazil in the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.

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Spice Dishes On Justin Budd Breakup, Says Rasta Too Controlling

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Spice is finally breaking her silence as she addresses the months-long speculation that she and her director beau, Justin Budd, are no longer together.

Spice has deleted all of the photos and videos of Budd from her Instagram account, and the two appear not to be following each other on Instagram. Spice has also dropped several hints on her account pointing to a split with Justin Budd, but she has not said anything until now.

In a recent video, Spice seemingly addresses the rumors as she confirms that the relationship has ended and passionately shares her reasons.

According to Spice, who first publicly shared her romance with Budd in 2020, she cannot deal with a controlling man. “Me love, if yuh want man fi control yuh, mek you no go deh with him,” Spice says while eating Watermelon on Instagram Live.

“Every minute oonu a talk bout ‘mi miss rasta’… mi wuk too hard fi deh which part me deh me don’t want no man stress, mi nuh no man hold me down, me nuh want no man tell me wha fi do, mi nuh want no man tell me say me can’t dance, me can’t do this, me can’t skin out, mi can’t bruk out, me can’t wear certain clothes, me can’t this, me can’t that,” Spice says.

“Me not doing it,” Spice screams at the camera. “Me very sorry. Take me as I am or leave me the f**k alone, it’s very simple. Me nah make no man stress me out,” Spice says as she breaks out into a line from her latest song, “Clap Clap.”

It seems that Spice was addressing a fan who was asking about Budd. The singer got savage as she said she would send the fan Budd’s number.

“Every minute oonu a ask me this and oonu a ask me that, mi have a choice and me choose oonu, me choose fi perform the same way me always perform, me choose fi be me same self. Me not changing to please nobody,” Spice says as she raises her voice.

The artist also tells the fan that if she misses Rasta, she can go and be with him.

Spice has two children for her baby father, Nicholas Lall. The artist has been single for many years before declaring her love for Justin Budd, whom she met while living in Atlanta and filming for Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, where she is now a regular cast member.

Spice and Budd have been seen enjoying vacations in Mexico and Jamaica together, and she has shared her gratitude for him being in her children’s life.

Budd has not publicly spoken about the relationship, but he still has photos of their couple on his Instagram account, including with her children.

Spice first signaled that there was trouble in paradise last September while promoting her single “Go Down Deh” with Shaggy and Sean Paul on the Wendy Williams show, where she told the host she was single.

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Spice and Justin Budd later had a fight on Love and Hip Hop Atlanta over the statement. At the time, Spice had revealed that the couple had a falling out. However, it seems that the couple’s relationship had started to go downhill sometime during the show last year. The couple had another fight on the show, this time over Spice’s dancing and performance.

Spice had explained that the American felt her dancing and backing it up on stage was not respected even though it is part of her culture. Her dancing also forms a big part of her stage experience, earning her the coveted title of “Queen of the Stage” due to her energetic performances involving her dancing, splitting, and performing other explicit moves. The dance moves are not considered sexual in Jamaican culture, especially for entertainers.

It seems that the culture shock was too much for the relationship, or maybe there was none, to begin with, as some fans of the show are speculating that the season just ended and the storylines are wrapped, so Spice’s “fake” relationship with Budd need not continue.

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