Meet the Man Saving Jamaica’s Sea Turtles “Mel Tennant came to Jamaica in 2003, purchasing a home overlooking Oracabessa’s Gibraltar Beach, and expecting to enjoy his retirement in tropical quiet. The following year, Tennant observed turtle tracks on Gibraltar Beach for the first time. Further investigation led him to find

Jamaica’s very own techno due Echomatik played a guest mix last night on The London Techno Show on London’s Flex FM 99.7 – big things for Jamaican alternative music! If you missed the live broadcast, you can listen on Mixcloud here:

So Jamaica’s very own Echomatik continue on their Techno music spree with a two hour guest mix tonight on London’s Flex FM at 10:oo pm EST / 0300 GMT. You can listen on 99.7 FM or online at flexfm.co.uk. YardEdge is very happy to see more musicians from (and more importantly

Meet Jamaica’s first ever female gymnast to compete in the Olympics! Before Toni-Ann Williams even landed in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, which ended Sunday, she had already made history. Back in April, Williams, 20, qualified for the Olympics and became the first ever female gymnast

Airbnb continues to grow in Jamaica meanwhile the Government considers how to extract tax revenue from this nascent business segment. “Popular online home rental portal Airbnb now has 1,500 dwelling listings in Jamaica and that number continues to grow according to Ministry of Tourism officials. Trench Town is proving to

“Usain Bolt’s final Olympic gold sends the legend out on a fittingly high note Usain Bolt started sprinting as a boy in the parish of Trelawny, tucked deep in Jamaica’s Cockpit Country, a sugar-farming area that was the former stronghold of the Maroons, Jamaica’s 18th century freedom fighters who resisted

Jamaican art now available for sale at ArtStock “Jamaican art lovers now have a place to purchase authentic masterpieces following the opening of ArtStock at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA). ArtStock is a store which carries exquisite, authentic Jamaican works, including larger-than-life canvases, sculptures,

Listen to the radio premiere of two brand new Echomatik tracks – “Realise” & “Stamma” – on London’s Flex FM on The London Techno show with Dj Ben Lauder. An unlikely sound from an unlikely duo from an unlikely place describes Echomatik. Echomatik gives you techno – funky, deep, dark,

Did you know that Usain Bolt won his first high-school championships medal in 2001 in Trelawny, Jamaica at 14? “The athletics superstar aims to complete an unprecedented ‘triple-triple’ at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games by defending the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles he won at the 2008 and

Here’s an interesting article from the Rolling Stone by Morgan Jerkins about Usain Bolt and what he means to Jamaica. Though I don’t agree with it all, it’s worth a read.  “The country’s greatest hero since Bob Marley runs in the Olympics for the last time When Usain Bolt smashed