Collaborating with the World Food Programme (WFP), reggae singer Duane Stephenson is donating his music and brand to help feed people facing hunger across the world.
DESMOND SMITH'S love of Brown's Town, and especially the home where he has lived with wife Mauva since 1974 and raised their four children, is obvious as he speaks about his adopted parish.
For most of the early 1960s, Millicent 'Patsy' Todd was the teen star of ska. She recorded numerous duets with singers Derrick Morgan and Stranjah Cole.
Despite her title duties as Miss Jamaica World Western 2011, and her day-to-day job as a dental hygienist, Arielle Foote still finds the time for charity.
LIME, who are one of the sponsors of the Smirnoff Dream Weekend, will be boosting the party experience under its 'Life Accelerated, Party Initiated' push this Emancipation weekend.
Intending to expose people to different cultures and encourage multiracial interaction, Todd and Elena Claxton will be staging Colourful Fantasies at Hedonism II in Negril next...
Come this Emancipation Weekend, Jamaica's elite will flock to Negril to revel at some of the most premium parties that collectively make up the Smirnoff Dream Weekend.....
It's finally here - The 2011 Smirnoff Dream Weekend has officially been activated ... ensure you know what your favourite Smirnoff mix is, have your LIME cellphones and BlackBerry handy...
Pretty in Pink has consistently pulled out a sea of female patrons over its seven-year run as part of the ATI Weekend package. This year's party will be held tomorrow at Cosmos Pink Paradise in Negril and, based on all indications, promises to be 'girl powerful'
The ATI team, promoters of the super inclusive 'Seven Parties in Four Days' party series, have upped the ante by offering one free ticket for every 10 season band tickets purchased.The 'Friend and Family Pac', as it is dubbed by the promoters...
Poet Yasus Afari is no stranger to the world of publishing, having written the books Eye Pen (a poetry collection) and Overstanding Rastafari: Jamaica's Gift to the World.For the upcoming Jamaica Poetry Festival, to be staged at...
At its 14th staging on Saturday night at Curphey Place, Swallowfield, St Andrew, King Omar Promotions' Tribute to the Greats will honour eight Jamaican music standouts in four categories. The Immortal (Gold) award goes to legendary band The Skatalites...
It's just one day to go - The Smirnoff Dream Weekend is now making final checks with the Negril planning committee, shuttle buses are ready, the police are ready, parking lots are ready and you are reminded that there is to be no parking on the strip.
Despite all the chaos at this year's staging of Miss Jamaica Universe (MJU) sashing and public parade on July 9, the pageant did not fail to fulfil Shakira Martin's dream. Martin proved to be a beauty with a purpose...
It can be argued that the golden era of the festival song contest occurred between 1966, when Bam Bam by the Maytals took top prize, and 1985, when Roy Rayon's Love Fever capped what was a great 20-year run. In-between, there were so many quality songs...
The Gleaner-sponsored MoBay Jerk Festival is slated to stimulate the entertainment appetites of patrons in western Jamaica, with the help of Chris Martin and the newly crowned Magnum King Hurricane at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, come...
Singer Lloyd Ricketts, an original member of roots-reggae group The Itals, has died.Ronnie Davis, leader of the trio, said Ricketts passed away at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland on July 21.
The inaugural staging of the Jamaica Poetry Festival, to be held on Sunday, August 14, at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, will pay tribute to Marcus Garvey, Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), and Mikey Smith...
The title of Chris Browne's eagerly anticipated film Ghett'a Life is a call to action.The film speaks to the crippling nature of the garrison politics practised in ghettoes across the cityscape and suggests...
Today, of all days, Jamaica's first lady of culture, Louise Bennett-Coverley, more popularly known as Miss Lou, would be turning over in her grave if only she knew what cyber vandals have done to her official...
The Kiwanis Club of Linstead in St Catherine recently presented an all-in-one printer to the Jamaica Red Cross, St Catherine branch. The Jamaica Red Cross, St Catherine branch has been in dire need of the device to help...
