Articles Posted in the Feature Posts Category
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Reggae Icon Toots Hibbert Makes Financial Donation to Aid Cancer Patients in Jamaica
The Vincent HoSang Foundation (VHFF), a non for profit, US based origination that helps the less fortunate and provides scholarship and charitable assist for individuals and organizations in Jamaica and the Caribbean Diaspora is in a much better position today to execute its mandate, thanks to a generous donation from veteran singer Toots Hibbert. The [...]
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T.G. TUESDAYS: He wants me to share him with another woman! The Ultimate Threesome.
Greetings family! It’s your girl T.G. and I have a lot to discuss with you! So hear my crosses. After posting the last two articles on Threesomes and Loving Two People, me and my friend (I doh have a man but I have a friend) got into this deep conversation about the two topics. I always [...]
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Island Girls Rihanna and Nicki Minaj dominate 2013 Billboard awards nominations. Full list inside…
Despite having her Diamonds World Tour off to a rocky start, Rihanna is still having a stellar year! The 25-year-old chart-topping Bajan superstar is yet again nominated for more awards, this time nabbing 10 nominations for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, including Top R&B Album, Top Female Artist and Top Female Artist. Rihanna has maintained [...]
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MACO Magazine Appoints New Editor-In-Chief
Toute Bagai Publishing Company (TBP), publishers of MACO magazines, has announced the appointment of Simone Gillette as its editor-in-chief. Gillette joined TBP in 2004 as editor of MACO Destinations magazine, one of the company’s most successful publications. Announcing the appointment, The MACO Investment Group’s CEO Neysha Soodeen said under Gillette’s guidance Destinations had reached the [...]
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Caribbean Writers Honor Haitian-American Author
Haitian-American author Edwige Danticat was honoured by fellow writers for her book “Create Dangerously” published by Editions Grasset. The pan-Caribbean awards panel, convened at the third International Congress of Caribbean Writers held in French-speaking Guadeloupe earlier this month, awarded Danticat its literary prize. The literary luminaries on the panel included Roger Toumson, President of the [...]
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Nicki Minaj Partners With Beats By Dre For ‘Pink Pill’ Speaker + gifts them to celebs!
Rap mogul Nicki Minaj has teamed up with Beats Electronics to launch her special pink edition of Beats by Dr. Dre’s Pill portable wireless Bluetooth speaker. The Trinidadian-born American Idol judge launched the Pink Pill earlier this month, while the commercial premiered on AI on Wednesday April 10th. “I am so excited about this product. [...]
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Demarco Soars on the Austrian Chart & Prepares For Canada & Dubai
Demarco’s recent musical exploits in Europe is already bearing fruit after the entertainer’s 2009 release ‘Standing Soldier’ has made a comeback, debuting at No.9 in March this year on the Austrian iTunes Reggae Chart despite being released on the continent almost four years earlier. In 2011 the song also topped the Reggae Chart in Norway [...]
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Caribbean TV Producer Eion Saunders to honored posthumously in NYC
Jamaican born Eion ‘Dreadless Ras’ Saunders, founder of Brooklyn’s ZYNC TV/New York Linkz will be honored posthumously with the “Media Achievement Award” at Irie Fashion Rave, slated for the posh Resort World Casino in Queens, New York on Sunday, April 28 starting at 6pm. The “Media Achievement Award” is presented annually to individuals for outstanding [...]
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CARIBBEAN HERO!!! Trinidad-born Police Officer nabs Boston bomber
Boston Transit cop Saro Thompson, who hails from Trinidad, arrested Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The search for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — one of the most intense manhunts on U.S. soil — ended with a Trinidadian-American making the arrest. Trinidad and Tobago-born, Boston Transit Police Officer Saro Thompson is credited [...]
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Alumni congratulates Ardenne High School, winner of TVJ’s School’s Challenge Quiz
It may not have been the thriller in Manila but it certainly had the trapping of a closely fought contest. When the dust cleared it was favorites Ardenne High School who were crowned 2013 champions of TVJ’s School’s Challenge Quiz, beating three time finalist Titchfield High School 39-37 in a nail-biting thriller. The is the [...]
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Jamaican Dub Poet Yasus Afari unleashes new single, “Wine Pon Paper”
Jamaican reggae artist and dub poet virtuoso Yasus Afari returns with his stimulating new single “Wine Pon Paper,” released worldwide on April 16, 2013, by FOX FUSE. Afari is hailed as one of reggae music’s leading lyricists and one of the world’s most prolific dub poets, who always delivers with witty, creative and cleverly articulated [...]
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Olympian Deon Hemmings-McCatty honored + Team Jamaica Bickle to Host Caribbean Athletes at Penn Relays!
Caribbean unity and cooperation will once again take center stage at the Penn Relays, as Team Jamaica Bickle, dons its `host-cap’ to welcome a large contingent of athletes from Jamaica, and across the region, namely; Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Grenada, to the ‘Bickle’ camp and as part of the Caribbean [...]
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Ding Dong Unite Dancehall Acts In New Campaign For Safe Sex
Dancehall artiste Ding Dong known for hits such as ‘Holiday’ and ‘Gyalis’ has returned to the spotlight armed with a positive message for the youths. The entertainer recently joined forces with award winning producer Markus Myrie of Markus Records on a new single titled ‘Protect Your Life’, that sees a re-invented Ding Dong advocating for [...]
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Miss T&T Athaliah Samuel puts critics of her Trinidad James video feature on blast!
I became fond of Athaliah Samuel some mere weeks before she represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Miss World competition on August 18th, 2012 in Ordos, China. She stood out. She possessed a rare beauty. Poised and articulate. A survivor of her environment. A woman to watch! Samuel, who has had her share of pain, [...]
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Morgan Heritage to release first album in 5 years – “Here Come The Kings” (June 11)
Nearly two decades and ten albums later, the mission has come fullcircle for Morgan Heritage. Globally known as the “Royal Family of Reggae,” and now today being dubbed as the “Rolling Stones of Reggae” (in large part due to the act’s electric stage shows), Morgan Heritage has established themselves as the premier live group on [...]
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Cedella Marley’s “Three Little Birds” adapted into children’s musical, now playing…
In case you missed it… Cedella Marley’s children’s book “Three Little Birds” has been adapted to a children’s musical running at the Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) in Glen Echo, Maryland. The musical began on March 15 and continues until runs through June 2nd, 2013. The adaption of Cedella’s inspiring children literature features music and lyrics [...]
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Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA) celebrated 100 Years with Black Tie Gala
This past weekend, the Leeward Islands Cricket Association celebrated 100 years of organized cricket in the sub-region. As part of the celebrations, LICA held their 100th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony on April 6th, at the Grand Royal Antiguan Resort. The centennial event honored several persons who served the sport in various capacities over the [...]
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T.G. TUESDAYS: Can you love two people at the same time?
In last week’s column, I touched on the topic of threesomes and did so with kid gloves thinking it would be too sensitive a topic for some. But the response was overwhelming; from those who were totally against it to those who have been there, done that and can’t wait to do it again. Whether [...]
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3 Zero Rum wins big at CAF 2013 Caribbean ADDY. Full list of winners inside..
The Caribbean Advertising Federation, (CAF), President, Renae Quinton with Electric Villages, Inc., recently announced in Barbados the 2013 Caribbean Advertising Federation ADDY Award winners in a release to media, members and entrants. The CAF is a member of the American Advertising Federation, (AAF), which represents thousands of advertising companies in the United States and the [...]
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DRINKERS WELCOMED: Grenada’s Tallpree launches new Pure Jab Rum
Much love to my darling, Laura Dowrich-Phillips of GuzzleCaribbean, who alerted us to what Jab Jab King, Tallpree, has been developing over in Grenada. The Grenadian soca artiste Tallpree (born Wilt Cambridge) is the latest Caribbean star to dabble into the world of distillery. Vybz Kartel has done it, Beenie Man has done it and [...]
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Guadeloupe to host Third Annual International Congress of Caribbean Writers
The third International Congress of Caribbean Writers will take place at the Langley Resort Fort Royal in Deshaies, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, from April 10 to 13, 2013. Held under the theme “Our Fight for Freedom, A Collective Epic”, the prestigious event takes places every two years under the auspices of the Regional Council of [...]
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Veronica Campbell-Brown confirmed for 2013 Adidas Grand Prix in NYC
Veronica Campbell-Brown, the queen of Jamaican sprinting, recently announced on Irie Jam Radio that she will return to the adidas Grand Prix in NYC on May 25 to run her specialty, the 200 meters. One of the premier track-and-field events in the world, the adidas Grand Prix will kick off the summer on May 25 [...]
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UPCOMING: Team Jamaica Bickle’s Annual Penn Relay Awards Reception and Fundraiser
Team Jamaica Bickle will hold its annual Penn Relay Awards Reception and Fundraiser on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 6pm-9pm at The Rotunda, Brooklyn Borough Hall, under the distinguished patronage of the Honorable Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President. This year the organization will honor Olympian, Deon Hemmings-McCatty, OD; Derrick James (former Consul General, Grenada); Colette Cyrus-Burnett [...]
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CONGRATS: Barbados’ NexCyx Wins Worldwide Contest on RyanSeacrest.com
Exactly one year after uploading their video cover of a Maroon 5 hit, NexCyx gained recognition for that recording on the world stage. On April 3, 2013, the band emerged winners of the RyanSeacrest.com March Music Madness contest for their version of Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger.” When online polls for the final had closed, NexCyx had [...]
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Demarco Wraps 3-City U.S. Stint & Partners With Liquid Herbal Nitro Energy Drink
Intent on making an indelible mark this year, accomplished Jamaican entertainer Demarco continues to up the ante on his career. The Starkutt Records / True Gift Entertainment recording artiste last week departed the island for a three city U.S stint which culminated on Easter Monday. This comes on the heels of his recent six-month-long four [...]
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