• Sun, 23 August 2026

Platinum Kids Win America’s National Sound Championship “US Rumble”

One of the most exciting aspects of reggae culture took place inside Amazura nightclub in Queens, New York last Saturday. It was the second annual US Rumble nationals where seven sound systems entered a musical “war” for a spot in the international Irish and Chin World Clash competition. All seven sounds entered the Amazura stage […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “What Are You Going To Do With Jesus?”

Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday are behind us for another year and so are the reenactments of the major events around this time of year as celebrated primarily by Christians. Many of us took the time to reflect on the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus and what those events mean to us as individuals […]

Jamaican Recognized in USA as 2017 Airport Innovator

Jamaican Recognized in USA as 2017 Airport Innovator

Maurice Jenkins, the director of information systems and telecommunications at Miami International Airport in Florida, has been ranked at Number 9 on the Future Travel Experience (FTE) Airport Innovation Power List for 2017. The list recognizes the ten top technology-focused leaders working in the airport industry who have shown exceptional dedication to using new and […]

I have common sense, but Judge tells me to get a lawyer

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I have common sense. I went to Court, after I did the documents myself for getting back my money someone conned me out of. The man came and said he didnt owe me at all. The next thing the Judge is telling me to get a lawyer. I got angry because […]

Cricketer Marlon Samuels Donates J$1.5 Million to Jamaica Society for the Blind

Marlon Samuels

Marlon Samuels of the West Indies cricket team has donated J$1.5 million to the Jamaica Society for the Blind through his Marlon Samuels Foundation. The donation will help the organization promote the education, employment and welfare of blind or visually impaired people in Jamaica.  Lola Marson, the executive director of the Society, received the donated […]

Jamaican High School Robotics Team Participating in World Championship

The Jamaica College Robotics Team is participating in the FIRST® Robotics Competition World Championships scheduled for April 27 through 29, 2017, in St. Louis, Missouri. The team is the only one from a Caribbean school. It will represent Jamaica, joining nine other participating countries. Called the “ultimate sport for the mind,” the competition combines the […]

UK Company Helps Ex-Employee Open Jamaican Restaurant

UK Company Helps Ex-Employee Open Jamaican Restaurant

With help from SSI Task Force funding, a program of the British government totaling £80 million, former Redcar steelworker Mark Hill, 38, has been able to open Irie Jerk, an authentic Jamaican restaurant and take-out venue in Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom. Hill started his restaurant, where he cooks all the food himself, to bring […]

Chronixx hits Long Island

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In the relatively short time since Jamar McNaughton, aka Chronixx son of roots reggae artist Chronicle, burst on the scene with his serious and thoughtful music, he’s made great strides in energizing another generation of reggae lovers. His tours are sold out love-fests, he has snagged not one but two appearances on NBC’s popular late-night […]

New York Police Force Rastafarian Woman to Take Off her Turban

New York Police Force Rastafarian Woman to Take Off her Turban

Francilla Daves, 47, an Orthodox Rastafarian, was falsely accused by a store security guard of shoplifting seven dollars worth of groceries, and when police were called, they forced her to remove her turban and reveal her dreadlocks. She said “a piece of her” was taken away when this occurred. It took her 11 years to […]