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| Samini to perform at Bob Marley Fest in Atlanta |
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| www.modernghana.com/musi... - The African King of Dancehall, Samini will join a host of international artists to mark the 4th Annual Bob Marley Celebrations in Atlanta Georgia this weekend. The 4-day festival starts from February 4-7. more... () |
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| Assassin puts on killer performance |
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| sunstkitts.com/paper/?as... - Last Friday, the telecommunication firm, LIME (formerly Cable & Wireless), joined forces with De Lime Beach Bar and Grill to put on one of the first anticipated concerts of the year with a major headliner ? popular dancehall Jamaican artiste, Assassin. more... () |
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| Passport applications plunge as recession chokes off foreign travel |
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| www.latimes.com/business... - With the recession choking foreign travel, passport applications are plunging and the workload at the State Department is easing enough that those applying are getting their documents in three weeks or less. more... () |
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| Air traffic controllers strike shuts down Guyana's international airport |
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www.caribbeannetnews.com... - GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The strike by air traffic controllers in Guyana that started on Friday forced the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to shut down its operations on Sunday.
The Kaieteur News reported that, as a result, two Caribbean Airlines flights to Guyana from Trinidad were cancelled, leaving a large number of Guyana-bound passengers stranded in Trinidad. more... () |
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| Caribbean economies run dry as visitors slow to a trickle |
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| www.startribune.com/busi... - This is the time of year when the island nations of the Caribbean normally expect their hotels and beaches to be packed with sun seekers. But this year, cash-strapped North Americans and Europeans are staying home. Visitor numbers will fall by up to a third, reckons Harold Lovell, who chairs the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The hotel association in Tobago says that only one bed in three is occupied. more... () |
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| South African Reggae icon Lucky Dube murder case begins |
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| news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/afri... - Three men accused of murdering South African reggae singer Lucky Dube have gone on trial in Johannesburg. Julius Xowa, Thabiso Maroping and Sfiso Mhlanga are also facing charges of unlawful possession of firearms and attempted hijacking. more... () |
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| White-man Nash had to overcome colour prejudice for his West Indies place |
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| www.guardian.co.uk/sport... - "I don't feel fraudulent," he says. "My parents are from Kingston. I was conceived in Jamaica. My mother was seven months pregnant when she left. So I guess while I was developing I heard the reggae music and my parents were dancing. I love the rum and reggae, though I'm still behind with the dancing and patois." more... () |
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| Legend is to be honoured |
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| www.times.co.nz/cms/arts... - THE sons of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ziggy and Stephen, will be welcomed to New Zealand at a special powhiri at Auckland Museum this Thursday. The welcome, on the eve of Bob Marley?s birthday and Waitangi Day, will recall the historic powhiri of 1979 that established lasting links between New Zealand, Marley and reggae. more... () |
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| 242 Haitian migrants set sail on doomed search for a better life in US |
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| www.sail-world.com/USA/2... - This is the 50ft sailing boat in which an amazing 242 desperate would-be migrants set off from Haiti to cross unknown waters seeking an imagined better life in the USA. Among the passengers were children, an infant, and a eight-month pregnant woman. more... () |
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| Chynee shifts from dancehall to soca |
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| www.newsday.co.tt/featur... - NOW THAT he has earned a spot in the finals of the Synergy Soca Star competition, Chynee (Richard Valentine) is busy putting the finishing touches on his repertoire in time for Thursday, when he and five others will battle for the title. more... () |
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| 'Rampin' Shop' - musical poison |
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| www.jamaica-gleaner.com/... - As a principal of a school of over 1,930 students with approximately 1,000 being boys, I am faced daily with the fact that as a nation, we are rearing our children on garbage in terms of the values that as a society we are passing on to them. more... () |
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| Life after Spragga Benz son's death (Carlisle) ... spragga reflects |
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| www.jamaicaobserver.com/... - August 23, 2008 is a date that dancehall DJ Spragga Benz will not find easy to erase from his memory. It was the day he was greeted with the shocking news that his son Carlton Grant Jr aka Carlisle was shot and killed by the police. more... () |
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| First Fridays Networking Returns to South Florida in 200 |
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| www.muzikspace.com - The management of First Fridays of Florida, LLC in partnership with WHQT HOT 105 FM have put the wheels in motion to stage the return of First Fridays Networking to South Florida on February 6, 2009. With the inauguration of the first African American President of the United States and the month of February being celebrated as Black History Month as well as Reggae Month, there was no better time to execute the return of this event. more... () |
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| Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth & Sports |
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| www.jis.gov.jm/informati... - Jamaicans have been encouraged by Research Fellow at the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Dr. Julian Cresser, to visit the exhibition, 'Revivalism: An Afro-Caribbean Religion', which opens on Monday (February 2) at the Institute, Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. more... () |
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| Farmer Goes Brave: From Trinidad To Jamaica And Beyond |
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| www.sknvibes.com/Enterta... - Farmer's first release for Trinidad Carnival 2009, "Belly Dancer," is rolling off the tongues of many fete-goers during his recent performances in Trinidad. "Belly Dancer" is currently the only soca song on the music charts in Jamaica, reaching the Riddim Jamaica Top 10 last week. more... () |
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| Marlin Awards Nominee 'Moses' Found Dead |
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| www.eleutheranews.com/ca... - The Executive Board of the Marlin Awards is sad to report the death of one of our nominees this year, gospel dancehall-recording artist Kasim 'Moses' Grant (1980-2009). According to online media reports, Moses was found dead in a gully in Gordon Town, St. Andrews, Jamaica this past Tuesday January 27th. Moses was apparently involved in a shooting incident the night before where one man was injured. more... () |
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| Antigua killing prompts more patrols |
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| www.ybw.com/auto/newsdes... - Yacht skippers based in Antigua have met with the local police commissioner Thomas Bennett, the island's prime minister Balwin Spencer and other leading politicians in an effort to improve security following the shooting dead of 38-year old Australian superyacht skipper Drew Gollan last week. more... () |
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| Barbados Migrant Admits To Smuggling Date Rape Drug |
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| www.caribbeanworldnews.c... - BUFFALO, NY, Weds. Jan. 28, 2009: A 51-year-old Barbados national has admitted he tried to smuggle a `date rape` drug into the U.S., in containers marked `religious water.` more... () |
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| Edwin 'never in' soca contest |
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| www.nationnews.com/story... - TUNE-OF-THE-CROP winner Edwin Yearwood will not be participating in the semi-finals of the PlayWhe Groovy Soca Monarch in Trinidad and Tobago on February 8 as previously stated. more... () |
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| Akon Gets Mobbed In London |
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| www.dahiphopcorp.com/?p=... - R&B singer Akon found himself at the centre of a frightening scene in London recently - when an encounter with fans went awry. The Smack That hitmaker was strolling through the city centre at the weekend when several members of the public approached the star. more... () |
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| Jamaica crush CCC |
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| www.nationnews.com/story... - JAMAICA endured a measure of resistance but still completed a 51-run victory over the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) before lunch on the final day at the Three Ws Oval yesterday. more... () |
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| Air Jamaica to cut 6 routes, slash staff |
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| www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/... - The head of Air Jamaica says the ailing carrier must eliminate six unprofitable routes and slash staff next month. Bruce Noble is the chief executive of the debt-ridden airline. He says Air Jamaica's flights to Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, Barbados, Grenada and the island of Grand Cayman will be cut in late February. more... () |
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| Jamaica cops search for killer arsonist |
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| news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2009... - KINGSTON, Jamaica A gunman shot a a 55-year-old woman in her one-room wooden shack and then set it ablaze, leaving her three young grandchildren to perish alongside her in the fire, Jamaican police said Tuesday. more... () |
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| Legal Issues Prevent Airing of New Mavado Video on BET |
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| www.dancehall.mobi/2009/... - Mavados brand new So Special video was due to premier on BETs 106 & Park yesterday evening, but many viewers were left baffled as the video was never shown. Alliance Entertainment, Mavados management team, has issued a press release this morning, outlining that BETs legal team had last minute objections to the video, particularly its excessive display of alcohol and careless use of women as writhing set dressings! more... () |
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| Chi Chi Ching and him driving troubles |
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| ratejamaica.com/entertai... - The famed dancer/artist Chi Ching Ching whos known for his popular slang Everydayyyyy will now has to obey every word of the slang by attending a reputable driving school everydayyyyy! Upon completion, the dancer turned deejay will then sit an examination at one of the depots in Kingston. more... () |
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| COPS ARREST LA LEWIS - Deejay slapped with several charges |
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| www.jamaica-star.com/the... - Popular graffiti personality and dancehall artiste/enigma L.A. Lewis has been arrested... was arrested on Saturday and slapped with charges of housebreaking, larceny and assault occasioning bodily harm. more... () |
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| The Wailers reggae band goes 'jammin' into Bloomington |
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| media.www.dailyvidette.c... - The Wailers came to town to play at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. The Center, which is located in the Bloomington Cultural District, can hold around 600 people, according to the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts marketing department. The Wailers played to what appeared to be a full house. more... () |
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| Jazz Festival Essential to Jamaica's Tourism - Lynch |
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| www.jis.gov.jm/indus_tou... - Director of Tourism and Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), John Lynch, has said that the annual Jazz and Blues festival "is very essential" to Jamaica's tourism sector, in terms of bringing visitors to the island at a time of the year, when there is usually a slowdown in arrivals. more... () |
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| Shontelle is the feisty feminist Rihanna |
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| entertainment.timesonlin... - Only an R&B artist could begin an interview with straight, shoulder-length hair and end it, less than an hour later, with a wavy mane of such preposterous proportions that a lion with a perm springs to mind. In a room at her record company's offices on Broadway, the Barbados-born singer Shontelle Layne is being briskly transformed from a fresh-faced 23-year-old into the sort of impossibly flawless Amazonian goddess that only truly exists in pricey pop videos. more... () |
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| Morgan Heritage cancels Zimbabwe tour |
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| www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/... - Jamaican reggae outfit, Morgan Heritage, which was billed to perform in Harare on New Year's Day, according to a statement from promoters Music Cross Zimbabwe (MCZ), called off the show at the last minute. more... () |
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