Junelle has shared that after her mother passed, both Noah & his mother provided a lot of support to her, both personally and career-wise, bringing her to training, etc. I would expect her family to support him in return. Y'all need to remember their lives are bigger than track.
Elaine has done something NO ONE other than Usain Bolt has done, is a LEGEND in her own right, is the fastest woman alive (ever), but still has to prove something by beating a new, undecorated sprinter. All if Elaine come dead last today, nobody cyaa touch her greatness.
Elaine Thompson-Herah set a new Olympic record, did the double and left Tokyo with 3 gold medals. What she has not done is beat ShaβCarri Richardson, because she didnβt get the chance to. Today she will get a shot at Richardson who will also get a chance to prove her worth.
If Shelly did test positive for weed I promise you Jamaicans would be the first to vex wid HER cuz she sould a know better. Nobody nah start no hashtag fi smaddy weh wrong.
8 races in the legs.
100m finalist, National Record
4x400m silver, National Record
200m gold, Area Record.
Letsile Tebogo STAND UP π§πΌπ§πΌπ§πΌπ§πΌπ§πΌ
As the commentator said last night, Shelly is the greatest female sprinter and she didn't need the Gold to prove it. She set the standard as double Olympic champion and now Elaine has equalled it. I understand that Shelly is disappointed, but she is a legend.
May we one day stop erasing Caribbean women's achievements. Jody Anne-Maxwell, a young black girl from Jamaica, won over 20 years ago. I'm very happy for Zaila but let us give flowers where they are due.
Meet Zaila Avant-garde. The 14-year-old from New Orleans just became the first Black Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.
The joy in her victory twirl is definitely something that will make your day a better.
I laugh when I see people say Tebogo is humble because no he is not lmaaaaoo. That boy is exactly who he thinks he is, and he knows it. He just does his talking on the track, like his idol did. You don't have to be loud and obnoxious to be confident.
Briana Williams is 19 years old, just lost her grandmother, is an Olympic gold medalist, and still finished her race gracefully (and not last) and wasn't talking crap to a camera without even congratulating her opponents.
Stop gaslighting us. You have no space for majority of your STEM graduates, while continuing to encourage people to do STEM. Di people dem have dem degree, di job dem nuh deh deh.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaicaβs economy is performing so well it could easily hire every citizen who is seeking employment.
The prime minister says despite the improved availability of jobs, Jamaicans face a deficit of the skills necessary to take up the
A lot of ppl don't like Elaine but I love her and she deserves her respect. And it's baffling to me that we have the fastest woman alive (ever*) but unnu continue to disrespect her fi no reason.
She's not Shelly and she doent need to be. She's Elaine. Authentically HERSELF.
I lived on hall with students whose governments would send a plane for their students when there was a tropical storm. I don't understand why we are acting like this is a foreign concept.
Someone said such man's family took in the girl when she had nowhere to stay in the US. And people responded making fun of her for not having rent and living with man.
That's when I realized that we are not the same type of people. Remember, you never know what life may bring.
Happy she lose, but I agree that the hype and setup around her has dampened her real accomplishment. A silver medal is still something to be proud of, they just set her up for failure with the narrative
The National Water Commission, NWC, says it will be implementing water restrictions across sections of the island as it moves to address the shortage of the commodity due to the ongoing drought.
The top 5 fastest men in history π
1. Usain Bolt 9.58
2. Yohan Blake 9.69
2. Tyson Gay 9.69
4. Asafa Powell 9.72
5. Justin Gatlin 9.74
Will this list change after the summer? π
"MPs don't fix roads" is not an argument lmao.
I elected you to represent my constituency, whether we need road or water or light. It may not be your duty to directly provide it, but it's your duty to ADVOCATE for the needs of your constituents. Not cuss them on twitter.
I understand everyone has to be reasonable about a starting salary, but I'm tired of people telling young people to accept awful starter salaries and "bide their time" when JPS and NWC nuh have starter rates for their bills...
Were you hot yesterday? Great news! Kingston is set to hit climate departure in 2023, meaning than our current hottest avg temperature today will be our coolest avg temperature in the future.
Are we ready to make the hard choices to take climate change seriously yet, or nah?
Me cyaa stand the bwoy gone to bedddd, but he seems to be a very supportive partner and I will never fault her for being the same in return. When Olympics done, a dem inna the house together, not any of yoouuu.
I have been shamelessly using my looks to encourage men to get vaccinated.
"Hey Empress I like the brown eyes!"
"Good afternoon. Thank you! Are you vaccinated?"
Look what Tebogo did for his country. Did you know that, in some countries, their best 400m runners couldn't run relay because they were saving themselves for an individual event weh dem never do ntn inna?
Favour Ofili π³π¬ will not run the 100m at the Paris 2024 Olympics!
She hit the qualification standard, but the Athletics Federation of Nigeria & NOC failed to enter her name for the event...
She'll now focus on the 200m.
#Paris2024
#Olympics
Truly disappointed with how little we innovated with COVID. We've gone right back to the same archaic 9-5 in office work, same unsustainable tourism model, same unsustainable transportation and energy systems.
Wasted this crisis man.
Did you know that the medical marijuana companies in Jamaica are cash only, because pretty much no bank will do business with them because they are afraid of repercussions from (guess which country)?
I remember someone asked me once if I wasn't afraid of getting blacklisted from jobs for criticizing the government.
Blacklist fi why? Am I committing a crime? Me a tell lie?
Any job that will "blacklist" me because I will speak out is not a job that's right for me anyway.
1. Mandatory Work From Home orders will reduce the number of people needing to leave home, thereby reducing movement of people.
2. Curfew will reduce the movement of people outside of working hours.
Commuting + Curfew only causes a bottleneck of MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE.
I don't take financial advice from people who've never in life had to worry about how to pay their bills a month time. Our realities are not the same β€οΈ
At least 3 different people have said we should ignore Dr Campbell's mental health comment because as a medical doctor he will handle MOH better.
As a MEDICAL DOCTOR, he should never have made the comment, and as a person living with bipolar disorder, I will DIE on this hill.
The media has a responsibility to stop amplifying garbage in the midst of a PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. Not everything needs "balanced views". I don't care. This is a CRISIS and you are doing irreparable damage by continually giving life to misinformation and rubbish.
Both the government and the people have a responsibility in navigating this public health crisis. Both the government and the people have failed to do what was needed to prevent this scenario. Two things can be true at the same time.
Nothing in my life is currently going to plan. Personally, professionally, academically. NOTHING. Not one damn thing and I've never felt this inadequate.
But still believing in something I can't see. Everything will be what it is to be. Brighter days are coming.
Here's a summary of the Puerto Bueno saga in one video. Join the action and let your voices be heard!
#Youth4PuertoBueno
Environmental protection is PEOPLE protection. Nature will always win, let us be on the winning side.
It is one thing to argue that the students left in Ukraine should have gotten out. It's another thing entirely to blame them for taking up scholarships to pursue their dreams in a country where they don't agree with the political system.
Are y'all ok?
Lyssons Beach in St Thomas is a free beach that has implemented a volunteer cleanup programme. They've placed garbage bags along the beach and simply ask patrons to use them. In return, the beach is almost always clean and litter free.
Just a reminder that giant spikes like these are more likely as a result of increased testing after the first cases, and not because the virus is suddenly spreading more in a couple of days.
I literally don't want to apply for another job. This is truly depressing.
Rejections are one thing, but I'm more tired of NOT EVEN BEING ACKNOWLEDGED.
I think about this race a lot. Imagine you break the world record and can't even celebrate, because another team break it ahead of you. I would have to fight.
Greatest race ever still π
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A stunning contemporary high-rise development in the heart of New Kingston.
It sets the bar for architectureal elegance with its angular design and infinity pool overlooking the panoramic view of Kingston, Jamaica.
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The "mining gets people out of poverty" argument tells me that you don't really care about the quality of life of poor people. Mining is an unsustainable industry that directly threatens the health and property of the residents.
This is your friendly reminder that Kingston is on track to hit climate departure in 2023.
Meaning that the COLDEST temperature after 2023 will be hotter than our HOTTEST temperatures now.
This is the new norm. Get used to it.
#ClimateChangeIsReal
#ClimateEmergency
Usain is proof that being a patriot in this country is being in an abusive relationship, because that man put his blood, sweat, tears, body and life on the line for us and goes OUT OF HIS WAY to uplift us off the track.
And now look at the product of this patty shop place.
Hey Twitter geniuses. Can you tell me how to create a MOLECULAR BIOLOGY business in Jamaica with the money from the job I don't have, and the experience I can't get?
Since you all know everything and all the unemployed science students and just myopic and spoiled.
Goodie post her hot hot bday pics, and of course there's a man in the comments talmbout she must stop wear heels that's why her Achilles injured.
UNNU LOWE PPL AND GWEH NUH MAN.
Low vaccination rate. Lax protocols with little enforcement. No work from home policy. Face to face school reopening. Jamaica is PRIME territory for developing our own variant unnu hear?
I live with bipolar disorder II, managed with medication and therapy. People with mental illnesses don't have to be "mad". We function, work, live full lives and can be successful just like anyone else. We're not pariahs.
#EndTheStigma
#MentalHealth
We haven't even gotten to 15% of the population vaxxed and this is our SECOND time dumping vaccines.
BRUH. ME HATE UNNU. HAAATE. All the hesitant, doing my own research, waiting on Pfizer, waiting and seeing...hate every one a unnu. Just block me please.
Dear Global North Countries:
Veganism is not the way out of the climate crisis. Many countries and people don't even have the luxury of not eating meat. Also, going vegan does not equate to sustainable land use and agricultural practices.
ME? Nah debate climate change with a soul. Jamaica doesn't have the luxury to join in these "what if it isn't real?" conversations.
Dead we a dead ova ya.
Tbh I'm not mad. Nuh bother implement something the public purse can't afford just for the political points.
Idk how this will play for them and the election, but I can't be mad. And the pension threshold increase will benefit a lot of people.
Agriculture? Wiped out without climate smart investment.
Infrastructure? Mash up without disaster & resilience planning.
Tourism? Wash weh without coastal protection.
People? Dead without early warning systems and disaster risk management.