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Dancehall Emperor Shabba Ranks landed in the island today, a source confirmed to The Gleaner. "He came in at Montego Bay at 10 this morning with his wife and another person," the source, who requested anonymity, said. The two-time Grammy Award...

Delightful sets at musical tribute to Bob concert

The State Department issued a stark travel warning for Jamaica in the Caribbean after 65 murders were reported in January, upgrading to a Level 3: "reconsider travel."

A s a key member of Bob Marley's inner circle, Neville Garrick travelled the world with the reggae superstar at the height of his fame during the 1970s. Kingston College, where he develope...

I first met Michael “Ibo” Cooper in 1970 when the band leader and keyboard player for the Inner Circle band. At the time the band always practiced at the home of the Lewis brothers, Roger and Ian, near the campus University of the West Indies at Mona in Kingston.

This Sunday’s Kingston Creative ArtWalk Festival will focus on the relationship between art and architecture. Being held under the theme Design and Architecture, attendees will begin the day at 10 a.m. with a free architectural tour, led by...

THERE WERE not many people who turned up in the uniform of their ‘old school’ at the ‘Old Skool Party – The School Uniform Edition’ in the Festival Village at the National Arena on the evening of Saturday, August 5. It was great and lively audience...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has advised that due to high demand, there are no more tickets for Sunday’s staging of the Grand Gala at the National Stadium. Th...

E mancipation Day was quiet in my neck of the woods. Beaches and riversides were crowded, yes, but the Runaway Bay/Discovery Bay did not have the noisy dances and boom boxes that normally c...

There were many heart-warming moments at last Wednesday’s funeral service for Claudette Kemp, the manager of reggae artiste Capleton, and for those who find comfort in a belief that she is looking down, then she certainly would have been smiling....