LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY DIES AT 85

LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY TRANSITION JAMAICAN reggae legend “Lee Scratch Perry” has passed away at the age of 85.  He passed away at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Jamaica. Image courtesy of bandonthewall.org CONDOLENCES GALORE Rainford Hugh Perry was born on 20 March 1936 in Kendal, Jamaica, in the parish of Hanover.   Perry has worked with and […]

CRAZY CRATE CHALLENGE POTENTIALLY DEADLY

CRATE CHALLENGE, FUN OR FOOLISH !? The Milk Crate Challenge began as a quest to counter boredom or to exhibit people’s athletic side after the Tokyo Olympics, with people seen taking up the challenge and stacking plastic crates in the shape of a pyramid. Climbing up and down without any support or protective gear, they […]

ARSENAL STUNG TWICE BY THE BEES

The Premier League season got off to a flying start on Friday night as Brentford marked their first game in the top flight for 74 years. This was Brentford’s first match in front of fans at their new stadium, with an emotional 2-0 victory over a pacey but blunt Arsenal. Sergi Canos carved his name […]

BARCELONA IN THE RED

Four seasons ago, four months after Barcelona’s historic 6-1 comeback in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, PSG took revenge by seizing the engineer of the annihilation, triggering  Neymar’s €222 million buyout clause and following it up with a mouth-watering €180 million deal for Kylian Mbappé from Monaco. It would seem like science fiction […]

GERMAN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS RESUME OPERATIONS IN KENYA

It was pomp and flair at the busy Moi International Airport in Mombasa as the first Lufthansa Group Carriers Commercial Aircraft made its maiden touchdown with 150 tourists scheduled to tour key attractions. The  Airbus A330 aircraft landed at the airport to a warm reception that included the traditional water cannon salute by the Kenya […]

LONDON HIT BY FLOODS

Heavy rainfall has pounded London forcing two East London health facilities to ask patients to stay away as their emergency departments were heavily affected on Sunday. One hospital was without power and evacuating 100 inpatients while the second was asking patients to seek services at other health centers. Ambulances are being redirected after torrential rains […]