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• Digicel Foundation Increasing Multi-Million Dollar Support for Special Needs, Community Development

  5 October 2012 by Karin in General [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_15227" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Peta Rose Hall (centre) Chair of the STEP Centre, shares a moment with Lisa Lewis (left), Chair of the Digicel Foundation and Trisha Thompson, Corporate Relations Senior Manager atDigicel Jamaica.[/caption] Jamaica's special needs community has been a ...

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• The Adventures of a Jamaican in Indonesia

  13 June 2012 by Karin in General [ 2 comments ]

  YardEdge welcomes guest blogger Diana O'Gilvie for this contribution about her adventures as a Jamaican living in Indonesia.... After living in Jakarta, Indonesia for over three months now. I have noticed some similarities between Jamaicans and Indonesians. I moved here to teach ...

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• Top 10 Most Popular YardEdge Posts for 2011 (Part 2)

  29 December 2011 by Karin in General [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_13658" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Digicel downtown mural"][/caption] 6. The Digicel Downtown Mural part 1 7. New Puma TV Ad features No Maddz and Usain Bolt [caption id="attachment_13660" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Winscents candles"][/caption] 8. Yardedge talks to Winsome Barrett of Winscents, Jamaican candlemaker and entrepreneur

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• Jamaicans and the Foot Prints They Make

  13 October 2011 by Karin in General [ no comments ]

  YardEdge welcomes this guest post from writer, Kathleen Hubert.  Famous Jamaicans and, especially those living in New York City, have become well-established contributors to both the America and the world. Many noteworthy contributions have been made in areas of politics, the ...

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• Happy Independence Day Jamaica

  6 August 2011 by Karin in General [ 3 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_12952" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Upper Rio Grande Valley"][/caption] HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY JAMAICA! Let us use our liberty well... Check out today's Grand Gala celebrations at the National Stadium [caption id="attachment_12953" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Wcky Wacky Beach, St. Andrew"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_12954" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Dolphin Head Mountains, Hanover"][/caption] [caption ...

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• Anther Cool Puma/No-Maddz TV ad

  11 March 2011 by Karin in General [ 3 comments ]

  See first No-Maddz/Puma ad here also featuring Usain Bolt

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• Jamaica – Some Reflections by Harry Belafonte, Andrew Young and Hugh Masekela

  10 March 2011 by Karin in General [ 1 comment ]

  Check out this great video with thoughts on Jamaica by Harry Belafonte, Andrew Young, and Hugh Masekela. Did you know that Harry Belafonte's  record, Calypso was the first record to sell one million copies, earning him the first ever "gold record" in ...

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• Top 10 YardEdge Posts for 2010 – Part 2

  4 January 2011 by Karin in General [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_10995" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Volunteer Vacation in Jamaica"] [/caption] Here is part 2 of the top 10 YardEdge posts for 2010.  See Part 1 here. Thanks again for your support during 2010. Please email us your comments and suggestions for what you'd like to ...

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