MVP Track Club athlete Jordan Scott, formerly of Mannings School and Petersfield High, died in a car crash on Hope Road yesterday morning. Fellow sprinter Michael Campbell, also of MVP, was a passenger in the car and has been admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies. The Matilda’s Corner police said that at around 4:45 a.m., Scott, who was driving, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a utility pole. The car caught … Read entire article »

Trilla U is calling on Jamaicans who have any information that can assist the investigation into the death of his father to come forward. The body of the artiste’s 73-year-old father, Thadious Jamieson, was found in bushes along the Simon Main Road in Tredegar Park, St Catherine, yesterday. He was reported missing a week ago. “The police received an anonymous call reporting a foul odor coming from the bushes. The police called us to the scene and … Read entire article »

Memories of D E B is the title of saxophonist Dean Fraser’s first solo album in 12 years. It was released last Friday by Tad’s International Record. Fraser pays homage to Dennis Brown on the 15-song set, putting his spin on gems like Cassandra, Westbound Train, Funny Feeling and Should I . Brown, lauded by fans as the Crown Prince of Reggae, died in July 1999 at age 42. Fraser was a key member of his recording and touring set-up … Read entire article »

Beating a child (corporal punishment) is considered a necessity by some Jamaican parents, but immigration attorney Joan Pinnock is warning that Jamaicans migrating to the United States will have to learn how to spare the rod, as this is one of the reasons for the deportation of several immigrants annually. “Lots and lots of Jamaicans are being deported for beating their children,” Pinnock told The Sunday Gleaner. “Some of the torture that we go through in Jamaica as … Read entire article »

There is controversy surrounding the shooting death of a Jamaican man by police in the state of New York, in the United States on Wednesday. The New York Police Department reports that 31-year-old Miguel Richards was shot several times inside his apartment in the Eastchester section of The Bronx after he disobeyed several orders to drop a fake gun and a knife he was holding. However, Richards’ father, Belvett Richards is claiming that his son was murdered. Speaking … Read entire article »

By Garwin Davis—   Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has joined the growing list of persons paying tribute to the late Earl ‘Wya’ Lindo. Lindo, a keyboard player for Bob Marley and the Wailers, and who was considered one of the more versatile musicians of his generation, died in London on September 4. According to Grange, Lindo was “an exceptionally gifted musician who played a pivotal role alongside Bob Marley and the Wailers in the global … Read entire article »

TRIBUTES continue to pour in for late pioneer musician engineer Hedley Jones. Jones, 99, died passed away of natural causes on September 1 at his St James home. Jones’ son, Art, remembers him as a loving disciplinarian. “He was an intellect. He was very disciplined and stern as it relates to getting things done, but he was a loving father. I remember him always taking my siblings and I to the beach on Sundays, then brunch after church. … Read entire article »

There are times when I believe that there is a deliberate collusion between performers of dubious ability and persons of similar dubious ability, determined to publicize Jamaican popular music content – and this includes journalists (print and electronic), radio disc jocks, professional publicists, bloggers and social-media enthusiasts – to conduct The Great Jamaican Dancehall Music Con. It is a con which consists of, among other elements, focusing on conflict, controversy and confrontation instead of content. Ultimately, … Read entire article »