In what is being described as a revolutionizing of remittance services, mobile top-up provider, Ding has partnered with GiftMe Jamaica to launch digital gift cards which allows Jamaicans living abroad to support family…
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Sean Paul Releases Explosive Remix of “Summa Hot” featuring Busta Rhymes and Skillibeng
Global dancehall icon Sean Paul has teamed up once again with multi- award winning hip hop icon Busta Rhymes and dancehall sensation Skillibeng to elevate the summer season to new heights with the…
Sentencing postponed as American convicted for sex with 12-year-old girl raises hell in court
The sentencing exercise for Robert Benoit, the Caucasian American who was in March this year convicted in the St James Circuit Court for having intercourse with a 12-year-old girl after she was handed…
Reggae ‘ruption in Europe
Eight of the biggest European reggae festivals have warned of a dim future for the Jamaican music, citing a huge 50 per cent drop in audiences combining with skyrocketing artiste fees, up to…
Canada’s First Black Statesman Lincoln Alexander To Be Honored with Commemorative Bust at Queen’s Park in Toronto
On September 20, 2023, the historic date that the Lincoln Alexander was both sworn into office as Canada’s first Black MP, and sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the LINC Bust Committee and Licensed to Learn (L2L), …
We can supply you with more teachers, Cuba tells Jamaica
CUBA is prepared to supply more teachers to prop up the shortage of Jamaica’s classroom talent if the Ministry of Education needs, the socialist country’s senior envoy in Kingston has said. Ambassador Fermin…
READY TO REPLACE MARISA
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The man who was being groomed by the Opposition to face Marisa Dalrymple Philibert in Trelawny Southern, next general election, wants to go into battle now. Bring on…
Aggrey Irons | Nicotine is not the future, it is a public-health threat
It is with grave concern that the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control noted an article in the Sunday Gleaner of September 17, which quoted the leading tobacco company in Jamaica as saying: “By…
Gordon Robinson | Matter of integrity
So a parliamentarian is finally named in the proper context namely that she’s to be charged for corruption related offences. As I’ve previously written “I don’t care who is “investigating” whom for what….
From Yard the Series Announces Postponement of New York Premiere
Producers of the new TV series From Yard have announced a postponement of the show’s Gala World Premiere originally slated for Monday September 25 at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in…