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‘Head a Buss’ when Lisa Hyper, Destiny Sparta team up The Gaza first lady, Lisa Hyper, and Destiny Sparta have joined forces for a collaboration they believe will shake up the entertainment scene. Highlighting that female entertainers are capable of going as hard as their male counterparts, the pair…

Buju brings message of hope to BET’s COVID-19 relief concert It wasn’t exactly the type of performance dancehall/reggae fans were anticipating from ‘the Gargamel’, but it was a fitting one as Grammy-winning artiste Buju Banton oozed encouragement and inspiration during his appearance on BET’s COVID-19…

Jesse Jendah, the artiste who offered ganja to P.J. As the world was about to reach across into the new millennium, controversial, firebrand reggae artiste and devout Rastafarian, Jesse Jendah, inserted himself in the history books. At a meeting at Jamaica House for members of the entertainment…

Farmers in Manchester are battling on two fronts – a near five-month drought that has ravaged crops, leaving them reeling from millions of dollars in losses made worse by the closure of dozens of large hotels from the impact of COVID-19. In…

Jamaica yesterday recorded its youngest COVID-19 fatality, with a four-year-old falling victim to the new coronavirus that has killed seven persons locally. The casualty marks a divergence from the respiratory disease’s most vulnerable target –…

WESTERN BUREAU: Three of four men who were lured to the March Town community in Green Island, Hanover, yesterday to purchase a motorcycle are now missing and presumed dead while a fourth man has been hospitalised with multiple gunshot wounds….

Pandemonium erupted on a St Andrew bus on Wednesday as terrified commuters leapt from the vehicle fearful that an elderly passenger in the throes of death might have had COVID-19. The unidentified man, aged about 65, was pronounced dead at the…

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has received more than 30 reports of price-gouging since a law prohibiting exploitative costing took effect on March 31. Price-gouging occurs when a seller increases the prices of goods, services, or…

Paper has never looked so beautiful. It has taken a love of art and a desire to be one’s own boss for Prescella Asmar to start PA Arts and Craft, a business that specialises in paper decorations for virtually all forms of celebrations. For parties…

WESTERN BUREAU: Wakefield Primary in Trelawny, which came in for much praise by agriculture ministry officials in March for its excellent school garden, has fallen prey to thieves, who raided their farm. The institution, which was integral to the…