• Fri, 18 September 2026

Conversation with Jamaican YouTube Personality & Actor, Phylecia Renae

Phylecia Renae

Phylecia Renae has taken her love for her rich Caribbean roots and has channeled it into Di Riddim Sweet, a show that airs on CIN TV and OCTV. The show aims to propagate how Caribbean culture influences both local and worldwide businesses.   Born in Kingston Jamaica, Phylecia Renae relocated to the United Sates under […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending September 23rd, 2016

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS   STORIES —————————————- INDECOM REPORTS 340 CIVILIANS KILLED IN POLICE OPERATIONS FROM 2013 TO 2015 A report from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) stated that 340 civilians were killed during several police operations between July 2013 and December 2015. The report also stated that 125 of the deaths – 36 […]

October Reign to release new single September 23

October Reign will release “Legally,”a new single from his upcoming debut solo album Soapbox Empire: Generation on Friday, September 23, 2016. The song addresses the decriminalisation of marijuana in Jamaica since 2015. With a clever wink to the literal letter of the law, October Reign puts into perspective how the changes will affect small marijuana […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – The Gift of Today

There is something extra special about today. If we are following our regular schedule, most things, people, and places are familiar to us because we have seen them before; we are accustomed to them. Yet it is this routineness and familiarity that often cause us to lose appreciation for today. Have you ever stopped to […]

Hundreds of Clarendon Residents to Benefit From Upgraded Dental Clinic

Hundreds of residents from the community of Hayes and surrounding districts in Clarendon will benefit from an upgraded Dental Clinic at the Raymonds Health Centre, refurbished at a cost of $4.6 million. The renovation was funded by bauxite/alumina company Jamalco through its Noble Foundation and was officially handed over yesterday (September 21). The work undertaken […]

Agent Feels Joy With New Single

Andre Carruthers, the US based reggae artiste known as Agent, has released a brand new single called Joy, which is expected to increase his presence on the local dancehall scene going into the Christmas season. The single, a reggae dancehall fusion, was written by Agent himself and highlights elements of the artiste’s life growing up […]

Rita Marley, Widow of Bob Marley, Hospitalized in Miami

Rita Marley, 70, the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley, has been hospitalized in Miami, Florida, after suffering a stroke while on a visit to attend a special event there. According to a source close to the family, this was the second stroke suffered by Mrs. Marley. Rita Marley was born in Santiago de Cuba […]

Jamaican Norman Hemming Receives Community Service Award From Pakistani American Association

Pakistani American Association gives Community Service Award to Jamaican Norman Hemming

  Jamaican Norman Hemming has been recognized by the Pakistani-American Association of South Florida, a community outreach organization for the American-Pakistani community there, with a Community Service Award for his involvement with the Muslim community in South Florida. Hemming attended Pembroke Hall Primary School and continued his education at Jamaica College. Upon moving with his […]