Less than two years after there were charged with shoplifting in Connecticut, Jamaican dancehall promoter, Jadion ‘Jay Icon’ Richards, 44, and his wife, Akwele ‘Apple’ Lawes-Richards, 45, now stand accused of stealing products across four different states. The glamorous couple, who are Instagram darlings often snapped showboating in designer brands, have been accused of stealing […]
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Ticket 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 MoreRygin King out on bail
Rygin King was arraigned and released from jail after being arrested on Monday and slapped with several charges related to possession of an illegal firearm. He appeared in the Queens Criminal Supreme Court in New York on Friday, July 12. He is reportedly out on a US$5,000 bond.
Read MoreCapleton scores big hit with ‘Gone Up’
Dancehall artiste Capleton is concerned that Jamaican consumers will be hit with higher prices for agricultural items within the next couple of weeks because of the devastating effects of Hurricane Breyl on farmers in the ravaged farmlands in the ‘bread basket parish, St. Elizabeth. “Food is the staff of life, we cannot do without food […]
Read MoreFootballer jumps in gully to retrieve ball but washed away by Hurricane Beryl
Residents of Trench Town are mourning the death of a 20-year-old man, known as Lala, who was washed away in the surging waters of a gully in Havana in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew, this afternoon during rains associated with Hurricane Beryl. The Corporate Communications Unit could not confirm the death,
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