Hanover, St. Mary and Kingston &St. Andrew are the three latest parishes to crown their Festival Queens, who will represent them in the upcomingMiss Jamaica Festival QueenNational Competition this August.
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Kingston, Jamaica: Veteran Jamaican radio DJ Ron Muchette has recently inked a deal with the Caribbean Global Network (CGN) Group to be included among the roster of talent for the Group’s Jamaican expansion via the launch of a new station called The Bridge 99FM.
Toronto, Ontario (Sonique Solutions) –Award-winningJamaican Reggae sensation Blessed has been echoing in the consciences of the music-loving masses with his song ‘Black Man’. The Toronto-based artiste has been enlightening listeners withthis uplifting offeringwhich is the lead single off his recently releasedEP, ‘New to You’.
WASHINGTON DC, - Grammy Award winning Reggae/Dancehall artiste Orville “Shaggy” Burrell, has implored upcoming Jamaican artistes to adopt a more businesslike attitude to their music operations in order to take full advantage of the local and international opportunities in relation to Reggae and dancehall music.
NY: In a blockbuster move that some say is a definite game changer in radio broadcasting, the Caribbean Global Network (CGN) Group, the operators of Queens, New York-based IRIE Jam Radio will in July this year, launch a brand new radio station in Jamaica called The Bridge 99FM. 99FM was previously owned by the RJR communications group.
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has extended the entry deadline for its 2021 Unique Arts and Performing Arts competitions until Friday, June 11, 2021 at midnight.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism’s Division of Festivals will livestream the highly anticipated “1 Night, 1 Fête” on Friday, April 30, 2021, at 7 p.m. ET at The West Indian Company Limited (WICO) dock on St. Thomas.
Zürich, Switzerland(Sonique Solutions) –In her continued mission to deliver the sounds of the Caribbean to an international audience, Trinidad-born Swiss Soca-Pop artisteNatalyah has a released a new single and a captivating new music video for, ‘Save Meh’.
CaribPR Wire, Toronto, ON, : Canada’s first Black Caribbean reality show, Auntie Jillian, begins airing on Synergy TV on Sunday June 20th, 2021, at 8pm EST with a Live “Meet The Danfords” post-show special hosted by Fusion’s DJ DLife. “I never thought people would be interested in my family, let alone make Canadian television history,” exclaimed Jillian Danford, aka Auntie Jillian. “But to have the show airing throughout the Caribbean and the U.S has completely exceeded my wildest expectations.”
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is calling all past and future participants and all other creatives to get ready for the opening of entries of the 2021 competition cycle on Thursday, April 29.
NEW YORK, NY: Synergy TV’s top-rated entertainment talk show Fusion hosted by DJ D-Life is the hottest culture show in the Caribbean and U.S jampacked with celebrity interviews, newsmakers and ordinary people with extraordinary talents. “This summer, we are taking it on the road,” says an excited DLife, who is also the Executive Producer. “We are kicking things off with the cast of Auntie Jillian - The Danfords - and my viewers will meet them first on Friday June 18th at 8pm - and then on a live show hosted by me following the premier on Sunday June 20th at 8pm. This is big!”
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica born international dancehall artiste, Moses Davis, more popularly known as Beenie Man, was fined J$150,000 (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) after he pleaded guilty to breaching the Disaster Risk management Act (DRMA).
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport celebrated the 112th anniversary of the birth of political stalwart and trade unionist Kenneth ‘Ken’ Hill with a wreath laying exercise at his tomb at the National Heroes Park yesterday.