For more Context:
After France beat Paraguay 1-0 in the 2026 World Cup R16, Senator Celeste Amarilla posted racist insults about Mbappé – calling him a 'brute' who sucked coconuts not milk, a 'colonised Cameroonian pretending to be French', arrogant & ugly, and criticised their GK for not slapping or middle-fingering him. Mbappé replied condemning her racism.
"We need to increase our pRoDuCtIViTy"
How?
When nothing works the way it ought to...
Struggling telecoms...
Traffic traffic traffic
Doing a simple bank transaction takes a day
Doctors herd everyone in at 9am & saunter in at 11am
Yet we flourish abroad.
How come?
Never let TVJ live down the fact that they bought the rights for something as important as World Cup and not showing the game until 3AM 😭 idc bout Rush showing it either.
Kemelia Paul is gone.💔😭💔😭
I've been staring at my phone for the last hour trying to find the words. I still don't have them. I'm not sure they exist.
For weeks I spoke with her mother. I followed every update. Every surgery. Every fever. Every small victory, the moment she said she was cold, the moment the doctors said the tube was coming out, I held each one like it meant something. Because it did. Because SHE did.
I was planning to go see her this weekend. This weekend.
I never got to meet her. I never will.
Kemelia Paul was 13 years old. She was in Form 1 at Excelsior High School. She passed her exams and got into the school of her choice. She was somebody's firstborn. Somebody's whole world.
And he was brave. Brave enough to step between a violent man and someone she loved. Brave enough to take what was meant for someone else.
That bravery cost her everything.
To Josephine —
I don't have words big enough for what you're carrying tonight. I don't think such words exist in any language.
You fought for your daughter with everything you had. You walked those streets. You sourced those supplies. You sat beside that bed for weeks. You answered my calls when you had every reason to disconnect from the world entirely.
You did everything right. Everything.
And I am so deeply, deeply sorry that it still wasn't enough to keep her here.
I knew this child only through her mother's voice. Through a crumpled prescription. Through a GoFundMe flyer. Through updates that came in at odd hours that I would read and feel in my chest.
I didn't know her. But I am broken tonight.
I can only imagine what those who did know her are feeling right now.
Kemelia should be complaining about homework tonight.
She should be in her uniform on Monday morning.
She should have decades ahead of her, love, laughter, everything a life is supposed to hold.
Instead a violent man took all of that. In one moment. With one knife.
And Jamaica lost another child it could not protect.
Rest easy, Kemelia.
You were brave and beautiful and you deserved so much better from this world.
I'm sorry we couldn't bring you home.
I'm sorry. 💔😭💔😭💔🕊️
The people who are politically aligned and exposed, who benefit financially from the proximity to power & nepotism, quickly become out of touch with what it takes to earn an honest living when you have no such exposure.
Stripped of that access - or forced to operate with clean hands and above board - many would be at ground zero or barely above water like everyone else.
“I’m just in a better space right now. I’m thankful to Jamaica for identifying my talent & building me, but the leaders of the sporting entity broke me. So I’m thankful to Turkey for rebuilding me.”
Jaydon Hibbert after his 17.02m jump at the Rome Diamond League 💜
They shooting the messenger, but she ain’t wrong. Dating and sex were heavily demonized in a lot of our homes. We were told to stay away from boys and focus on school. The problem is that relationships are a skill set too and many Black women were prepared for careers but left to figure out dating, boundaries, and healthy partnership on our own.
It's June 1 and the official start of the hurricane season. There are people still living in precarious situations seven months after Hurricane Melissa. Let that sink in 🇯🇲
🚨This morning I woke up after speaking with Kemelia Paul’s mother, and I went into my devotion already carrying a lot of emotion.
Over the past weeks I’ve been praying for her, following her journey closely, and reaching out to others to stand in the gap however they could, through prayer, support, anything at all. To now hear how far she has come is overwhelming in the best possible way.
Kemelia has been discharged from ICU, and her condition continues to improve. A major surgery that was once expected is no longer necessary. She is also able to speak again, though still in small moments, and her medical team continues to monitor her closely as she recovers step by step.
I’ve never met this family in person, only spoken with them over the phone, but what has developed through this journey feels deeply human. Hearing the relief in her mother’s voice this morning stayed with me. I am genuinely grateful.
I want to say thank you on behalf of the family to everyone who prayed, shared her story, gave support, or simply kept Kemelia in their thoughts. It has all mattered.
I’m asking that we continue to pray for her healing and strength in the days ahead. And this morning, I give God thanks for every step forward.
Man dem seh the money never thief so it’s ok if it never reach the intended recipients.
That’s a recurring theme, and to me it says a lot.
Two wrongs a two wrongs.
Cow still dead from thirst.