On August 17, 1887, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., Jamaica’s first National Hero, was born in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann. Garvey was a journalist, publisher, orator, and black nationalist, a leader in the…
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Notorious International’s ‘Likkle Shabba’ & Japan’s Bad Gyal Marie Reigned Supreme at the 2024 Sumfest Global Sound Clash
The much-anticipated 2024 Reggae Sumfest Global Sound Clash which was held at the Sports Complex (“Stadium”) in Montego Bay, Jamaica did not disappoint. The competitors vying for sound system supremacy in the birthplace…
Electrifying Performance from Beenie Man at the Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum Festival & Sumfest Blitz Showcase
In the run-up to Reggae Sumfest 2024, Montego Bay’s Catherine Hall definitely had the craze, courtesy of the Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum Festival & Sumfest Blitz experience showcase. The Blitz Experience is a…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: “We are not able”
When the twelve spies returned from searching out the land God had promised them, ten of them returned with a negative report (Numbers 13). The land was as God said it would be,…
Celebrating Jamaican Sculptor Ronald Clive Moody, ‘One of the Most Significant Artist of the 20th Century’
Modernist sculptor Ronald Clive Moody was born on August 12, 1900, in Kingston, Jamaica. Moody, who attended Calabar High School, wanted to pursue an arts degree, a career path that was strongly discouraged…
Dennis Minott | Time to look at contract termination
To fairly and legally terminate a contract with a monopoly electrical power provider, a government must follow a structured legal process. This typically involves: Reviewing the contract: The government should first thoroughly review…
Rosalea Hamilton | Executive president without improved governance is big trouble!
Responding to a Gleaner query at a Mona Heights flag-raising ceremony on August 6, Patricia Duncan Sutherland, shadow minister for social transformation and protection, expressed a preference for an executive president. This has…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: “I have finished my course”
As the apostle Paul came to the close of his second letter to his spiritual son Timothy, he spoke of the Christian life as a fight to be fought, a race to be…
Conflict Between the JOA, JAAA, Coaches and Athletes Impacted Team Jamaica’s Performance in Paris
The unfortunate but not entirely surprising JAAA/JOA imbroglio, which has played out in a very public way at the 33rd Olympiad has resulted in Team Jamaica losing face at the games. As my…
10 Interesting Facts About Legendary Basketball Player Patrick Ewing to Commemorate His 62nd Birthday
Patrick Aloysius Ewing, a.k.a. ‘Hoya Destroya,’ was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on August 5th, 1962. In 1975, at the age of 12, Ewing and his parents, Carl and Dorothy Ewing, emigrated to the…