Curvy Diva Denies Dissing Ms Kitty in New Single
Super star media personality turned artiste, Yanique ‘Curvy Diva’ Barrett, has officially released her first single under the recently signed recording deal with Good Good Production. The highly anticipated single called ‘Lifestyle’, on the Good Good produced Money Mix Riddim, premiered earlier this week to exceptional reviews from key industry players and fans of the […]
Reggie Wilson’s Citizen by the Fist & Heel Dance Company in Miami April 21st & 22nd, 2017
WHAT: CITIZEN, with Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group draws from the cultures of Africans in the Americas and combines them with post-modern elements and his own personal movement style to create what he calls “post-African/Neo-HooDoo Modern dances.” In CITIZEN, Wilson asks, “What does it mean to belong?” and […]
GQ Magazine Features Article on “Champs”
GQ Magazine has called special attention to Jamaica’s “Champs” track meet, characterizing the event as where the “next Usain Bolt” will come from. Beginning by noting that Jamaica is the home of the fastest athletes on the planet, the article describes the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships known as “Champs” to be the best […]
Jamaican Government Partners with Facebook to Find Missing Children
The Ananda Alert secretariat of the Jamaican government has joined in a partnership with Facebook, the global social media company, to share its broadcasts of information about missing children on the Facebook pages of Jamaican users. According to Floyd Green, state minister in the Ministry of Youth and St Elizabeth South Western member of parliament, […]
Reggae & Dancehall Recording Artist Kirk Diamond “Greater” Than Ever
After a brief music hiatus, fans of Kirk Diamond are enthusiastic to see the reggae recording artist back on the scene with new music. The Spanish Town, Jamaica native made his mark in the industry by being nominated for a 2015 JUNO Award (Canadian equivalent to the Grammy) for Reggae Recording of the Year with […]
Escalating Rivalries Spark Buzz for U.S. Rumble Sound Clash
It’s officially sound clash season and the calendar is bursting at the seams with fiery sound wars! But as New York, the epicenter of sound clash comes alive, Irish and Chin’s “US Rumble” on Saturday, April 22 inside Amazura in Queens, NY is atop the list of sound revelers picks. Deemed as a must-see clash, […]
South Florida TV Producers Take Island Gourmet from Screen to Live Event
Create TV and public television viewers across America learn about Caribbean food and travel on culinary series ‘Taste the Islands’. Show creators Blondie Ras Productions, with the co-sponsorship of City of Miramar Mayor, Wayne Messam, are translating the show’s exploration of exotic eats and the mystique of the islands into an event called The ‘Taste […]
Know how to Buy or Sell property in Jamaica
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I am not living in Jamaica, but need some guidelines on what’s involved in selling or buying property there. Can you from your research tell me for example – the costs involved. DeMarco Russell RESPONSE: Dear DeMarco, Whether you are in Jamaica or not, relying on the services of an attorney-at-law […]
Spiritual releases Debut album Awakening on VP Records
Spiritual’s music transports us to another time, when reggae legends like Bob Marley first took the rebel sound of Jamaica to a worldwide audience. Awakening was released February 3rd, 2017 from VP Records in all formats CD/Vinyl/Digital. The album arrives just as reggae music is resurgent in its homeland again thanks to artists like Chronixx, […]
Gina Hargitay, Former Miss Jamaica, Makes Mark as Ambassador for International Charity
Former 2013 Miss Jamaica Gina Hargitay has taken on the role of ambassador for the international charity Shashamane Sunrise. She began to serve in this position with the organization, which helps to educate children in developing countries, in November of 2016. The nations within the group’s mandate include Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Uganda, […]