Media WriterReggae Ambassadors Third Word and pioneering businesswoman Patricia Chin, Co-founder of VP Records, are the recipients of this year’s Reggae Icon Awards, presented by City of Miramar Commissioner Alexander P. Davis. New this year is the Marcus...
The premier fundraising event of the David “Wagga” Hunt (DWH) Scholarship Foundation was held on Sunday, January 31, 2021. The event which was streamed live on the foundation’s YouTube channel saw patrons in the Diaspora and locally, tuning in. The...
Jamaica today celebrated the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Day (JBMCD), which takes place yearly on January 9th. Organised by JAMPRO, the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA), and the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority...
Longevity and consistency are what defines icons. Morgan Heritage are a true testament of the latter as the band celebrates over two decades in the music business in a series of many music celebrations to come. The multi-GRAMMY luminaries have...
Award winning Trinidadian born actress and poet Nehassaiu deGannes is celebrating a return to her writing roots with the recent selection of her poem, To Find, To Be as a shortlisted finalist for the prestigious Montreal International Poetry Prize...
Staff WriterThe Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will commemorate the 127th Anniversary of the birth of the Right Excellent Norman Washington Manley on Saturday, July 4, with a...
OYA Media Group’s Mr. Jane and Finch documentary, which was directed, co-produced and co-written by Ngardy Conteh George and co-produced and co-written by Alison Duke, won two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards: the ‘Donald Brittain Award for...
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has long valued the strong and successful relationships with its dedicated and talented travel specialists. On Travel Agent Day, May 6, the JTB will show its appreciation to Jamaica travel specialists in the U.S. and...
VP Records, its staff and artists participated in and sponsored several marquee events during Jamaica’s Reggae Month 2020 celebrations in Kingston. “We are proud to be involved with Reggae Month activities and the broad recognition of the...
A large number of Jamaicans and friends of the island turned out on Friday evening to witness the opening of the “A Reggae Music Journey” pop-up exhibition in celebration of the Reggae Month of February, at the Jamaican Consulate in New York. The...
![Jamaican British Former DJ Looking to Qualify in Alpine Skiing for 2022 Winter Olympics
Benjamin Alexander, the son of a Jamaican father and a British mother, has been working to qualify to compete in the alpine skiing event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in Beijing, China. Alexander has spent the past two winters in the lower-level circuit of the International Ski Federation (FIS) in his bid for Olympic qualification in the sport. [Read the full story on Jamaicans.com]
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