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ITY & FANCY CAT RETURNS TO NEW YORK FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

ITY & FANCY CAT RETURNS TO NEW YORK FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

NEW YORK, NY – Jamaican comedy duo Ity & Fancy Cat will once again grace the New York stage this Fall at the George W. Wingate Campus in Brooklyn for ONE SHOW ONLY on Sunday, October [...]

Bob Marley Family Loses Case Over Hit Records!

Bob Marley Family Loses Case Over Hit Records!

NEW YORK – Bob Marley’s family lost a lawsuit seeking the copyrights to several of the late Jamaican reggae singer’s best-known recordings. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan said the UMG Recordings unit of Vivendi [...]

Foxy Brown pleads not guilty to NY court violation

Foxy Brown pleads not guilty to NY court violation

NEW YORK, USA (AP) — Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded not guilty to charges of violating a court order stemming from a 2007 confrontation with her neighbour in New York City. Brown, whose real name is [...]

Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy Center honourees

Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy Center honourees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is giving up control over one show she’ll be in this fall: the Kennedy Center Honours. The 56-year-old TV host and actress will be honoured at the 33rd annual event in [...]

Tyson talks friendship with Tupac — and his regret

Tyson talks friendship with Tupac — and his regret

NEW YORK (AP) — When Mike Tyson looks back on his friendship with Tupac Shakur, he thinks about the rapper’s big heart, explosive anger — and the one regret he has about their relationship. “He always [...]

Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to marijuana charge

Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to marijuana charge

Police caught her allegedly removing homegrown plants -WEST CHESTER, PA (AP) — The youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing ganja in her Philadelphia-area home. The Daily Local News of West Chester reports [...]

Trinidadian-American Selected as Florida Lt. Governor Running Mate

Trinidadian-American Selected as Florida Lt. Governor Running Mate

NAPLES – Republican Nominee for Governor for the State of Florida, Rick Scott announced on Sept. 2 that Representative Jennifer Carroll of Fleming Island Hill is his pick for Lieutenant Governor. She is the House Representative [...]

DIANE JOHNSON’S REIGN AS 'MISS JAMAICA US' ENDS

DIANE JOHNSON’S REIGN AS 'MISS JAMAICA US' ENDS

Diane Johnson, who last year was crown Miss Jamaica US at the Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle, NY handed the sash on Sunday, August 22, 2010 to newly crowned queen Kerisa Harriott, a 24 yr [...]

US State Department Dismisses ABC News Report linking Jamaica's PM and Christopher 'Dudus' Coke

US State Department Dismisses ABC News Report linking Jamaica's PM and Christopher 'Dudus' Coke

Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke WASHINGTON, DC – The United States (US) State Department has strongly dismissed an ABC News report, which claimed that Prime Minister. Hon. Bruce Golding, was a criminal affiliate of Christopher Coke. ABC, in [...]

In Honor of Martin Luther King

I HAVE A DREAM speech given on August 28, 1963. [...]