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A DEDICATED 24-hour education cable channel and satellite Internet are the key elements in a plan to reach more than 31,000 students islandwide currently cut off from COVID-19-triggered online lessons due to lack of Internet access, says ReadyTV…

By the month of May in any given year, the many and varied events and competitions staged by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) islandwide would have been in high gear. Each year the JCDC rolls out its much-anticipated menu board…

Industries across the world face uncertainty, as no one entity can absolutely declare when or if economies will revert to normal in the wake of COVID-19. The local entertainment industry suffers the same uncertainty – and to address it, the Jamaica…

While growing up in Downs District, Manchester, SumeRR learned a lot about love and family. Those experiences form the basis of her debut album, aptly titled Downs District, which was released last Friday by Bass Kulcha Productions, a Spanish company.

At a time when the world is battling the COVID-19 pandemic, songs with messages of hope are a welcome change.Singer Desmond “The Songwriter” Moulton enters the Current Reggae Albums Chart with his first, full-length effort, Happiness is Priceless. The chart is available by subscription to Nielsen Soundscan and tracks album sales in the United States.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Broadway theatres finally reopen, at least one musical theater fan will show up. But she’ll look a little different.“I would wear a mask and gloves,” said actress Emily Hampshire, the Schitt’s Creek star and huge Hamilton fan. “I don’t think we can forget what happened for a long time.”

International aid organisation, The Red Cross, has partnered with Jamaican “edutainment” platform ListenMi News, to help spread vital information regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The Jamaica Police Federation wants the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) boss Terrence Williams to immediately step aside to allow for “transparent actions” of the oversight body. INDECOM was established by an…

Content creators being left out – Online fun and frolic but no royalties As online parties continue to rise, the question of how artistes and other musicians will get paid from these virtual sessions becomes even more pertinent. During an online forum held by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) yesterday…

Shenseea to collab with Nicki Minaj? A single tweet on the weekend about a possible collaboration between dancehall princess Shenseea and US rap sensation Nicki Minaj has left fans of the Romeich Entertainment singer bursting with excitement. Rumours of a pending project between…