Rasta Organization Holds Benefit Reggae Festival in Stockton, California on September 24th, 2016
JaHarvestFest is on Saturday, September 24 at the San Joaquin Fairgrounds in Stockton, CA. Featured bands include the legendary, Sly & Robbie with the Original Taxi Gang, Prezident Brown, Rankin Joe, Tosh 1, Earl Zero and more. The event will take place at the San Joaquin Fairgrounds, 1658 S. Airport Way, Stockton, CA from 12:30pm […]
Memorial Exhibition at Consulate General of Jamaica Celebrating Life of Michael “Freestylee” Thompson, September 26th, 2016, New York
Michael “Freestylee” Thompson was a Jamaican visionary, activist and artist without borders. To celebrate his life, an exhibition of his work will be held at the Consulate General of Jamaica, beginning Monday, September 26, 2016. The installation will present 20 posters of his designs and remain on display for two weeks. We invite you to […]
Photo highlights JerkFest Toronto 2016
JerkFest Toronto was held on August 5-7, 2016 at Centennial Park. It was the 15th year of the event. Attendees sampled a wide range of jerk food like chicken, pork, rabbit and even alligator. Not only was there delicious food but patrons got to enjoy great music. Friday’s performance included Grammy nominee Joe, American Idol winner […]
Jamaican Wins 2016 Global Leadership Award
Jamaica’s Naschelle Hird of Annotto Bay has won the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Global Leadership Award (GLA) for 2016. Hird recently graduated from Immaculate Conception High School for Girls in Kingston. She received her award in Communication and Digital Media Studies. Hird was thrilled to receive the award, noting that to say […]
Dianne Dixon Joins Cast for Staged Reading of ‘3 Girls on Flatbush’ on September 24, 2016
Award winning Jamaican actress Dianne Dixon has joined the cast of the staged reading of Evy Wright’s dramatic comedy 3 Girls on Flatbush, to be held at South Oxford/A.R.T. NYC Space in Brooklyn on Saturday September 24 at 6:30pm. Dixon heads an all female cast of established and emerging Caribbean – American actresses that is […]
Record Number of Sponsors Participate as Early Childhood Education Initiative Delivers Books to 6,103 Children at 61 Schools
“56 program sponsors have participated in schools visits, delivery books and school supplies to Pre-school children so far. More than 11,000 Kindergarten children at 120 schools to receive books and school supplies this year.” Books4Kids Jamaica announced record participation of sponsors in this year’s delivery of books to Infant Schools, Basic Schools and Early Childhood […]
Richie Stephens & Ska Nation Band to Release 100 Year Old Italian Classic ‘O Sole Mio’
Award winning Jamaican singer Richie Stephens, front man of the newly formed Richie Stephens & The Ska Nation Band is back home after completing a grueling eight week tour of Italy. While in Salento, Stephens took on the herculean task of recording ‘O Sole Mio,’ regarded as the most well known Italian song in history. […]
Jamaican Author, Marlon James,Criticizes “Third World” Police in United States
Jamaica’s Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker literary prize, has stated that the United States has “Third World” police, which has resulted in “almost state-sanctioned” killings of minority populations there. James made his observations at a Paris literary festival, saying that some police officers in the US believed they were above the law; […]
Elton Johnson Named U.S. Embassy Atlas Corps Fellow for Jamaica
After experience working in the nonprofit sector and receiving a BA in Media and Communications from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica’s Elton Johnson has received a position as the Atlas Corps Fellow for Jamaica, a program sponsored by the United States Embassy. The fellowship will also Johnson to work for a year […]
Manchester City Competes to Sign Jamaican footballer, Leon Bailey
Manchester City is in competition with football clubs in Spain and Italy to sign Leon Bailey, who was named as the best young player in Belgium last season. Bailey, 19, is Jamaica Under-23 International who came to Belgium in 2015 and currently plays for the Belgian club K.R.C. Genk, scored twice against Rapid Vienna in […]