Before last Sunday’s opening session of the weekly Grounation series began at the Institute of Jamaica, East Street, Kingston, Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna made the link between Jamaica’s culture and hoped for development.Herbie Miller, curator of the Jamaica Music Museum, stated two primary objectives for the repository of musical memory – to build [...]
Dancehall artiste Wayne Marshall and his wife, singer Tami Chynn are expecting an exciting addition to their family. In a late night message to his fans on the social networking site Twitter, Marshall said "@tamichynn & I are so happy to announce that we will be welcoming our first child later this year. Exciting times [...]
Boy, what a month! With the JA Jubilee celebrations still ringing in people’s ears a well-deserved congrats to Jamaica for breaking the world record in the relays and taking home gold, silver, and bronze at the London Olympics. Apparently the party hasn’t even started in Jamaica yet as they are still waiting for USAIN BOLT [...]
The sprinter arched his arms over his head in the distinctive celebration made famous by double gold medal winning Mo Farah, after crossing the finish line. The Jamaican team of Bolt, Yohan Blake, Nesta Carter and Michael Frater finished in a time of 36.84. Bolt received the baton with Jamaica already in the lead and [...]
Hero? Super Hero? How about just plain ol’ faster-than-anybody-ever Usain Bolt? Bolt, 25, did it again Thursday night, pulling away to another gold medal in the 200 meters with a 2012 world-best time of 19.32 seconds. via Usain Bolt does it again: gold in 200.
Ranking Trevor, an influential deejay or toaster, as Jamaican patois rappers were called during his 1970s heyday, died in the Olympic Gardens area of Kingston yesterday morning, Aug 7. According to reports, he was returning home from a dance when a collision with a car threw him off of his motorcycle; as he lay on [...]
Usain Bolt of Jamaica is the world’s fastest man. Again. With a huge crowd in the Olympic Stadium roaring and a worldwide audience watching, Bolt blazed through 100 meters in 9.63 seconds, setting an Olympic record as he won his second straight gold medal in the showcase event of the Games. Putting to rest all [...]
Add internationally acclaimed Reggae songstress, Etana to the list of popular personalities within the Jamaican music industry who will bear children in the coming months. Following recent revelations that Dancehall/Reggae superstar, Ce’Cile and FiWi Choice Top 10 host, Amita Webb are set to become mothers for the first time, Etana has announced that she’s pregnant [...]
Kerry Young was thrilled when she received an invitation to read at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica late last month. After more than four decades living in Britain, she still calls Jamaica home. Pao, her first novel, inspired by her father, had been nominated for the 2012 Commonwealth Writers Prize. It revelled in her [...]
For the first time in the history of the Reggae Film Festival, entries from the RBC Make a Film in 24 Hours Competition will be seen on local TV screens immediately after they are received at the close of the competition. Flow has partnered with the Reggae Film Festival and will broadcast the short film [...]