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Facebook Moves Closer to Trademarking The Word "FACE"

Facebook Moves Closer to Trademarking The Word "FACE"

Facebook has moved a step closer toward trademarking the word “face” — at least in certain contexts. The company’s 2005 application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received a “notice of allowance” Tuesday, which means [...]

New Book ‘Bob Marley And The Golden Age of Reggae’

New Book ‘Bob Marley And The Golden Age of Reggae’

NEW YORK, USA — A new book on Reggae legend Bob Marley, hit bookstores in the United States last week. The book, a predominantly pictorial composition, is the work of renowned international photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker, and [...]

Asian man boards plane disguised as old white man

Asian man boards plane disguised as old white man

An Asian male disguised himself as an elderly white man using a silicone mask and successfully board a flight from Hong Kong to Canada. A comination photograph showing a young Asian male (L) with his face [...]

Soul Train Nomination Generates Internet Buzz for Gramps Morgan

Soul Train Nomination Generates Internet Buzz for Gramps Morgan

Atlanta: International reggae singer Gramps Morgan could not contain his excitement when he broke the news that his facebook and website www.grampsmorgan.com have both enjoyed a 100 per cent increase in visitors compared to earlier weeks. [...]

'Lonely Soldier' Gregory Isaacs Dead at 59.

Gregory Isaacs — a legend in his own time, one of the most popular and versatile reggae singers of the late-Seventies, and the smooth-voiced dancehall crooner behind the genre’s landmark 1982 LP Night Nurse — passed [...]

Jamaica Offers Free Vacation To Rescued Chilean Miners!

Jamaica Offers Free Vacation To Rescued Chilean Miners!

Deeply touched by the courageous spirit of the rescued Chilean miners, the Ministries of Tourism and Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade have partnered with Sandals Resorts International to offer the miners, rescue workers and their spouses [...]

IRIE JAM 93.5FM Radio to host "REGGAE RADIO MARATHON" for music icon BUJU BANTON TODAY

IRIE JAM 93.5FM Radio to host "REGGAE RADIO MARATHON" for music icon BUJU BANTON TODAY

New York based radio station, Irie Jam 93.5 FM in association with Gargamel Music Inc. presents “A Day for Dancehall/Reggae Legend Buju Banton.” Tune in to Irie Jam 93.5 FM or www.wvipfm.com from 1pm-6pm, today Saturday, [...]

Gyptian to 'Hold You' at BBC Concert

Gyptian to 'Hold You' at BBC Concert

Saturday, September 25 at Wembley Arena in London (VP RECORDS, NEW YORK) – Reggae star Gyptian crosses the pond to wow British fans for the annual BBC Radio 1Xtra Live, taking place at Wembley Arena in [...]

PM Thompson is still Barbados leader, says minister

PM Thompson is still Barbados leader, says minister

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — There is no other leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in Barbados other than Prime Minister David Thompson and, in this time of his illness, all should support him, said Minister of [...]

ARROW

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Alphonsus Edmund Cassell who used the stage name Arrow alongside Edwin “Crazy” Ayoung, on stage in Montserrat. He idolised the Grenadian-born Slinger Francisco, better known in the entertainment world, first as the Mighty Sparrow, and later, [...]