Jamaica’s contingent for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be officially announced at the end of June, following the conclusion of all qualifying events. President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Christopher Samuda says…
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Historic First-Ever Presentation by a Jamaican Accompong Maroon Chief in the United States
Island SPACE Caribbean Museum, in partnership with the State of Accompong, announced a historic event featuring a first-ever presentation by a Jamaican Accompong Maroon Chief in the United States. Chief Richard Currie, the…
Steve Higgins Brings Jamaican Folk Culture to Japan
Jamaican tenor and cultural ambassador Steve Higgins recently visited Tokyo and Tottori, Japan, to showcase Jamaican Folk Songs. While in Japan, Higgins performed at concert halls, engaged with students at Iwami High School,…
Jamaica Hits 1.7 Million Visitor Mark, Aiming for 5 Million by 2025
Jamaica has welcomed 1.7 million visitors in the first five months of the year. The island saw 1,016,185 stopover arrivals and over 700,000 cruise passengers by May 5 and 7, earning about US$1.8…
Week-Long Festivities Planned for Reggae Legend Peter Tosh
This year, the Tosh Family will commemorate what would have been Peter Tosh’s 80th birthday with a week-long celebration from October 13 to 19. Niambe Tosh, Executive of the Peter Tosh Legacy &…
Songs by Bob Marley Reach Major Milestone, Dominate List of Best 15 Reggae Songs in History
Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley reached another milestone on May 7, 2024, when Singers Room published its list of the top 15 reggae songs of all time. Marley’s songs dominated the list with…
New Dancehall Sensation Nigy Boy Receives Standing Ovation at NY State Assembly Session
Nigel Hector, better known as the dancehall artist Nigy Boy, was recognized by the New York State Assembly on May 7, 2024, when Caribbean American member of the Assembly, Alicia Hyndman, revealed that…
2 Marriage Fight Contenders…1 Destroys Marriages
Jack was so hyped about the new Mercedes Benz he and his wife purchased the week before. “Hey guys, I got my new car last week and I love it so much. I…
Mark Wignall | The horror of Keith Clarke killing
To those who had chalked up overtime hours in peering deep inside the tainted part of the soul of Jamaica, May 2010 would have been a perfect match for the word apocalypse. The…
Adekeye Adebajo | Selwyn Cudjoe as heir to C.L.R. James
On a chilly spring day, I arrived in the salubrious setting of Wellesley College in Massachusetts to honour towering Trinidadian Pan-African scholar, Selwyn Cudjoe, who was retiring from the liberal arts institution after…