Gospel dancehall star Lieutenant Stitchie has reportedly suffered a severe brain haemorrhage and has been hospitalized in a coma that has left him unresponsive in a long-term care facility. The singer’s wife, Sophia Laing has set up a gofundme page labelled ‘Support Stitchie’s rehabilitate journey’ which has already raised US$780 of a US$100,000 goal. “We […]
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Nine year old killed in accident on first day of school year
There was tragedy on the nation’s streets on the first day of the school year as a nine- year-old boy died as a result of injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash in Christiana, Manchester on Monday morning. The boy, who is the son of a policewoman, was being transported by her to school when […]
Read MoreTIER 1 TICKETS FOR VYBZ KARTEL’S FREEDOM STREET CONCERT SOLD OUT!!!!
Tier 1 tickets for Vybz Kartel’s ‘Freedom Street’ concert to be held on December 31, 2024 are now sold out. This is according to the organisers of the concert, Downsound Entertainment. The update comes hours after the website crashed just moments after it went live at 3:00 am on Saturday. Apologising for the technical difficulties […]
Read MoreTicket prices for ‘Freedom Street’ announced
Ticket prices for Vybz Kartel’s highly anticipated ‘Freedom Street’ concert set to take place December 31, 2024 at the National Stadium in Kingston were announced Friday afternoon. Fans of the dancehall icon can purchase their tickets when sales go live on August 31 at 3:00 am. “There are a variety of options to suit every […]
Read MoreSpice gets first silver certification in Britain for So Mi Like It
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) awarded Spice with her first Silver certification in the United Kingdom with her 2014 track So Mi Like It. The BPI awarded the Queen of Dancehall for the track with its Brit Certified Silver Award on Friday, recognizing over 200,000 units sold in the United Kingdom. The So Mi Like […]
Read More11,500 students across the Caribbean fail to pass core CXC subjects with English and Mathematics in 2023
This year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam saw a disappointing performance in Mathematics by secondary school students, which has become a concern for the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC). CXC released the results for both CSEC and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE). Based on the results, CSEC students had an overall acceptable performance of […]
Read More11,000 students failed to pass CSEC exams in 2018 across Caribbean
S ome 11,000 pupils across the region who wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exam (formerly O’ levels) last May/June got no passes. So said Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch at a function for the official release of results in Grenada on Saturday. The shocking figures came on the weekend when otherwise […]
Read More5000 students failed to pass a single subject at CXC in 2010
Almost 5,000 Jamaica public secondary-school students who sat the 2010 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations ended up without a single pass. However, this represents a continuing reduction in the number of students failing to pass even one subject. For the 2010 examinations, 14.2 per cent of the 33,888 students who faced the examiners for […]
Read MoreWill the Jamaica Tourist Board ever use Vybz Kartel to promote Jamaica’s tourism?
Bloggers have been wondering if the Jamaica Tourist Board will follow the example of St. Vincent and The Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) and use Vybz Kartel to promote the island’s top notch tourist product? The question emerged in the wake of a promotional video, produced by the SVGTA and the La Vue Hotel and Beach […]
Read MoreBuju Banton went on an angry rant against the LGBTQ community after show cancellations
Buju Banton went on an angry rant where he told the LGBQT community to “purge oonu heart so oonu can see God face”. He accused the community of stopping him from earning and “breaking the cycle of poverty” for his generation. “Oonu sit down and all oonu do is try tear down oonu one another. […]
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