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Entertainment
Miss Global reaches out
Organiser of the Miss Global International pageant, Neelam Ramchandani, believes this year's competition will help boost Jamaica's tourism product. Read More
Spice is now 'Reality Royalty'
Dancehall artiste Spice added a film award to her accolades Sunday. Along with three cast-mates from the hit reality series Love and Hip Hop Atlanta , she won Best Reality Royalty at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.... Read More
Jermaine Michaels encourages perseverance
Former Digicel Rising Stars contestant Jermaine Michaels is getting a major boost with his reggae-flavoured single Am a Soldier , released on May 23 on the Big Dreams Production label.... Read More
Big moves on Billboard
Philadelphia-based band, The Movement, earns its third chart-topper on this week's Billboard Reggae Albums Chart, with their seventh studio effort, Ways of The World .... Read More
Raptors anthem
IN late May when the Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks to make the NBA finals against champions Golden State Warriors, Jamaican deejay General Genius was confident they would become the first Canadian franchise to win basketball's storied championship. Read More
CFW gets thumbs up
Organisers of Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW) are claiming success with this year's staging, which closed at Villa Ronai in St Andrew on Sunday night. Read More
Mr Chumps looks to Sumfest
Montego Bay-based deejay Mr Chumps plans to give a memorable performance at this year's Reggae Sumfest at Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre in St James. Read More
Munga's wait continues
The wait continues for dancehall artiste Munga Honorable, as his trial has been pushed back to November 5. Read More
Final battle heats up
Argentinian music producer Hernon Sforzini plans to step up promotion for his all-star album, Sly and Robbie vs The Roots Radics: The Final Battle, this month. The set contains songs by top reggae singers backed by the Taxi Gang and Roots Radics Band. Read More
Musician Conroy Cooper is dead
Seventy - four year-old musician Conroy Cooper was found dead at his Kingston apartment on Friday evening. Read More
Brittny is in season
Brittny is optimistic ahead of Friday's release of Cuffin Season.She celebrated the upcoming single at a release party held at Chillin' Restaurant and Bar at Hope Gardens in St Andrew, last Monday. Read More
Etana puts show on road
Etana is scheduled to head off to Paris, France, today to begin the European leg of her Reggae Forever world tour. The jaunt, which started on April 16 in the United States, is expected to end on August 25 in The United Kingdom. Read More
HATS OFF TO CFW
CARIBBEAN Fashionweek (CFW) night one featured an impressive showing of textures, tones and creations by designers spanning the Caribbean to Lagos, Nigeria.It was held at Villa Ronai in Stony Hill, St Andrew, on Saturday night. Read More
Bobby Bigga 5 gets his day
Bobby Bigga 5 is pleased with the feedback to his message-based Day One and its accompanying video.The visuals for the single was released a few months ago, while the song was done in January. Read More
Africa awaits
This year's staging of Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW) combines the creative talents of designers from Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, as well as their counterparts from Africa, particularly Nigeria. This new dimension is part of the new thrust by Pulse, the local model... Read More
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