Spice to female dancehall artists: “Get Out Of Bed And WORK!”

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Best Of The Best, the spectacle that invades downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park annually. It was a hot summer day with clear skies upon which the 2017 showing took place and the only things hotter than the day were the performances! Big artists like Konshens, Dexta Daps, Aidonia, Christopher Martin and Mad Cobra among others thrilled […]

McCall’s Bronxwood Funeral Home Honors Students of Distinction With $60,000.00 in Scholarships

L-R: Danielle Clayton, Sean Fairclough, James Alston, Esq., Brenda Alves, Da'Jour Brown and William Phillips. Photo Credit: SherPatrick Photos

McCall’s Bronxwood Funeral Home marked its 50th anniversary by awarding $60,000.00 in scholarships to college bound graduating seniors and young men and women already attending college. The family owned business in the Bronx, NY held a Black-Tie gala event this past December themed “50 Years, $50,000.00 in Scholarships”. It was so well received by the community that […]

Billboard Names Three Jamaican Music Festivals on List of 7 Best in Caribbean

Billboard Names Three Jamaican Music Festivals on List of 7 Best in Caribbean

From the wide variety of music festivals held in the Caribbean region every year, Billboard Magazine has named its Top 7, and among them are three Jamaican festivals that “get it right.” These include the Red Strip Reggae Sumfest, to be held July 16-22, 2017 in Montego Bay; Rebel Salute, scheduled for January 12-13, 2018, […]

Jamaica Tourist Board Wins 2017 Travelage West Wave Award

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is celebrating their most recent accolade, the 2017 TravelAge West WAVE Award in the category of “International Tourism Board Providing the Best Travel Agent Support”, which was presented at the TravelAge West WAVE Western Agents’ Votes of Excellence Awards on June 15 in Marina Del Rey, Calif. Other tourism board […]

Millionth Visitor Welcomed to Jamaica

Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, welcomed the one millionth stopover visitor to Jamaica to date in 2017. The Minister said this historic achievement had resulted in earnings for the tourism sector of more than US$1.2 billion. According to Bartlett, this is the first time that Jamaica has ever recorded a million stopover arrivals before […]