Perfect - Song for the times
THE HOMICIDE figures for May (nearly 200 murders) startled many Jamaicans, even those who have become accustomed to years of horrifying statistics. Among the shocked was singer Mr Perfect. So shocked that he wrote Sweet Jamaica which was recorded in June...
Kumina, still on NDTC's roster
KUMINA, The ancestral dance, is back on the boards for the National Dance Theatre Company's (NDTC) 46th Season of Dance which is now on at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Drive. Based on the African-Jamaican kikongo ceremony, the rites are held for occasions such as mourning...
SOMETHING EXTRA
It was a fun-filled weekend and Something Extra captured highlights for you...
Jamaica's Olympic tradition
THE OLYMPIC Games begins on Friday in Beijing, China. Track and field experts believe it will announce Jamaica's emergence as the sport's new superpower, with Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Sherone Simpson...
Christopher Gonzalez ...Brilliance amid controversy
ARTIST CHRISTOPHER Gonzalez was living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1981 when he heard the Jamaica government was planning to build a statue in tribute to reggae superstar Bob Marley, who died in May that year. "I wrote to them and told them that I would be honoured ...
Freeman seriously hurt in accident
AP:Morgan Freeman is seriously ill in hospital after the car he was driving overturned several times, United States authorities said.The Oscar-winning actor was airlifted to the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis,...
Jamaica National staff fêtêd
WESTERN BUREAU:Elephant Man's refrain 'Give dem a run', blaring from Renaissance's speakers, aptly describes the efforts of the Jamaica National (JN) employees who were being feted at Island Escape at Sandals Cay, Montego Bay, recently...
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