Keith Poppin – Stand Up NEW RELEASE Keith Smith, also known as Keith Poppin, has just released his latest single titled Stand Up. This fiery reggae track, written and performed by Keith himself,…
Richard Amenyah | The 2030 agenda
In the global spotlight, all eyes are currently fixed on the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78), in New York, as we reach halfway of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With…
Adkeye Adebajo | The death of Françafrique
Former French president François Mitterrand (1981-1995) prophetically noted in 1957: “Without Africa, France will no longer have a history in the 21st century.” From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French slave traders…
Chalmers Oasis moving ahead with third development at Molynes Gardens
Chalmers Oasis Limited, a real estate company affiliated with Mayberry Investments Limited and the Musson Group, has received approvals to subdivide some 30 acres of land it owns on Chalmers Avenue in Kingston…
Tech skills gap
TECH experts have noticed a worrying trend — a rise in tech jobs, but a shortage of skilled tech graduates. “We have people with [tech] skills; we just don’t have enough, and we’re…
Jamaica’s battle against brain drain
AFTER a failed Return of Talent Programme in the 1990s and decades of no coherent strategies to facilitate return migration, Jamaica is now taking deliberate steps to address the ongoing brain drain by…
6 Health Benefits of Jamaican Pears You Should Know
What is known in Jamaica as a “pear’ is known in other regions as an “alligator pear:” or “avocado.” The Jamaican or alligator pear has been growing in the Caribbean since about 1200 BCE, hundreds of…
From Toronto comes the ‘My Turn’ riddim
From Toronto comes the ‘My Turn’ riddim While it has a hip dancehall-reggae scene, Toronto is not known for producing club-rocking beats. Or ‘riddims’ as they are called in Jamaica. Singer/producer Tony Anthony…
Nationwide defiant
Nationwide News Network (NNN) CEO Cliff Hughes remained fearless on Friday, declaring that he and his staff will not be unnerved by a mid-afternoon gun attack on the station that has been widely…