With the opening of the borders in Guyana, Caribbean Airlines will operate its first commercial service between Guyana and New York, on October 19. Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Egbert Field confirmed that the airline has...
GraceKennedy (GK) Foods USA is this week, winding down its eight week “With Love from Grace” Appreciation Food Truck Tour, which has seen the company delivering hot lunches to some 2,000 essential workers over some 30 stops in New York and Florida...
The producers of the annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New York, has announced that due to the overwhelming effects and concerns about the coronavirus, they have decided to postpone the 2020 Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New York to July 25, 2021...
Jamaican dance culture for many decades has captured the attention of the world and while the iconic moves have been popular influencing other genres, it’s also been controversial and deadly at times. Humphrey Phillips Jr. known to the world as...
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...
In celebration of Reggae Month, Jamaica’s Consulate General in New York in collaboration with VP Records, will host pop-up exhibition entitled “A Reggae Music Journey” at the consulate from the first of February to the 21st, during Reggae Month. The...
Best-selling author and President Obama Lifetime Achievement Awardee Lucinda Cross will deliver the keynote at the 25th Anniversary Fundraising Gala of the New York based Jamaican charity Children of Jamaica Outreach Inc. The gala and awards will...
A delegation from St Jago High School, winners of Television Jamaica (TVJ) Schools Challenge Quiz, visited New York City recently. The trip was sponsored by Television Jamaica (TVJ), Irie Jam Radio (NY) and VP Records (NY) and was awarded to St Jago...
Upon wrapping up the first leg of their multi-continent spanning international “Loyalty Tour” in New York City (Sony Hall), the Grammy-Award winning Morgan Heritage will descend upon Sound Chat Radio Live on Thursday, September 26 at Sandz in...
For the past four decades VP Records, the world’s largest reggae music company, has been marketing Caribbean culture and island lifestyle through music, events and merchandise. Since planting roots in Jamaica, Queens, VP Records has worked with some...
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![Ziggy Marley Receives Honorary Doctorate from Medgar Evers College
On June 3, 2021, Ziggy Marley, the eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley and an eight-time Grammy-winning musician, was recognized by Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York, with an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. Marley, who is also a record producer and humanitarian activist, was one of 2,662 students in the college’s undergraduate and honorary doctoral degrees impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read the full story on Jamaicans.com]
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