Just checking on this Northern Potoo. 👀
Did you know it's not an owl? It's a potoo—a close relative of the nightjars that belongs to its own family. It spends the day looking like a broken tree branch and comes alive at night, catching flying insects such as moths, beetles and katydids.
One of Jamaica's most fascinating nocturnal birds.
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A group of sponsors in Jamaica should host all the international athletes with Jamaican heritage in Jamaica Summer 2027. A weekend of meet and greet. #TasteofJamaica@wcchen has the full list.
Hoping Franno heard or saw Jonielle finally running 10.8🥹
Wishing all mvp athletes strength now, we lost a national Icon/ Treasure the man behind approximately 27 🥇 18🥈&🥉 13 Bronze 🙏🏾🕊️
Franno core memory: Had a D going into my Econ exam at Utech. He sat down with me for 30mins before my final exam one day and explained everything to that I didn’t understand off the top of his head. Passed the course and went on to doing my degree in Econ. RIP FRANNO 🕊️🕊️💔
Jamaica has lost one of its great builders of sport, and the Caribbean has lost a man whose work gave all of us reason to stand taller.
Stephen “Franno” Francis helped turn talent into discipline, promise into excellence, and Caribbean speed into a language the world could not ignore. We saw the athletes flying down the track, carrying Jamaica and the region with them. Behind those moments were the early mornings, the hard truths, the science, the standards and the belief of a coach who helped make greatness possible.
Barbados, too, felt his hand through our own Sada Williams, whose journey at MVP helped carry her to historic heights for our country. For so many boys and girls across the Caribbean, his work proved that small islands can still shake the world.
On behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, I extend deepest condolences to his family, the MVP family, his athletes, the people of Jamaica, and all across the Caribbean who mourn him with gratitude.
May he rest in peace, and may his legacy continue to run in every young athlete who dares to believe.
Legendary Jamaican Track and Field Coach, Stephen Francis, OJ, is dead.
Confirmation came from the MVP track club which he co-founded in 1999.
President of the MVP Club Bruce James said "Francis changed the trajectory of Jamaican athletics for the better. He proved that Jamaican athletes, guided by Jamaican coaches, supported by Jamaican management, and training in Jamaica, could become the very best in the world".
Francis turned 64 on July 3.
Coach Francis was admitted to hospital in recent weeks for medical treatment.
Francis who stepped down as head coach in 2017, was technical Director at the time of his death.
He helped shape the careers of some of Jamaica's most successful athletes including Olympic Champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson, and Melaine Walker.
He also guided World Champions Shericka Jackson, Brigette Foster Hylton and former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell among other global Medallists.
Photo: Jaamica Gleaner