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IAAF Berlin 2009 Updates Bolt WR In 200M

IAAF Berlin 2009 - 200m FINAL - WINNER usain bolt NEW world Record *19.19*

Usain Bolt Sets World Record Again in Berlin

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the 100m final at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany, 16 August 2009.

Shelly-Ann Fraser from Jamaica won the women's 100m Sprint

Photo of The Day: Michael Jackson in Jamaica circa 1970's

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Naomie Harris , Actress

Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is an English screen actress known for her starring role as Selena in 28 Days Later and her supporting turn as Tia Dalma in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies. source

Annual Jamaica Day Celebration

Today July 25th @ Downsview Park 35 Carl Hall Road (Near Keele St and Sheppard Ave West)

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Pat McGrath, Make Up Artist

Pat Mcgrath pictured above with Andre Leon Talley

Pat McGrath (born 1970) is a British make-up artist. She has been called the most influential make-up artist in the world by Vogue magazine and other commentators. McGrath was raised in Northampton, England by her mother Jean McGrath, a Jamaican immigrant. Read more here

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Nicola Vassell, Art Director

Nicola Vassell, Art Director for Deitch Projects. Nicola is Jamaican born and a former model.

Diane Julie Abbott

Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953 in Paddington, London, England) is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament, representing the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. She was the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons when she was elected in the 1987 General Election. She remained the only black woman MP for ten years until she was joined in the Commons by Oona King in 1997. She has always been considered to the left of New Labour and is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. In 2008, she was named one of the ten most powerful black women in Britain.

Abbott was born to Jamaican immigrants, her father a welder and her mother a nurse. She went to Harrow County Grammar School for Girls and then to Newnham College, Cambridge where she read history. After university she became a fast-tracked civil servant (1976 to 1978), and then a 'Race Relations Officer' at the National Council for Civil Liberties from 1978 to 1980. Amongst her colleagues at NCCL were Harriet Harman, Patricia Hewitt and Paul Boateng, all later becoming Labour Cabinet Ministers. continue reading /source

Study shows Jamaican girls encounter violent sexual relationships

A survey on sexual violence in Jamaica has found that as much as 49 per cent of girls aged 15-17 have experienced sexual coercion or violence.

The study, published in last month's issue of the International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, also shows that a significant number of these girls were either persuaded or forced to participate in their first sexual experience. Continue reading here

Happy Birthday Bob Marley

Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican musician, singer-songwriter and Rastafarian. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands: The Wailers (1964 – 1974) and Bob Marley & the Wailers (1974 – 1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to the worldwide audience.