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Flamboyant British pop singer Boy George makes his debut at number 11 on the Current Reggae Albums chart with This is What I Dub Vol 1. The 13-track set was released April 6 by the former Culture Club act’s BGP Records. Sinead O’Connor, funk maestro George Clinton and dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson are featured.

COVID-19 not stopping dancehall feuds – Deejays go at each other lyrically Not even a pandemic can temper war in the dancehall. Despite being shut-in under government order, local entertainers have gone back to basics, firing on all cylinders with lyrical battles popping up across the Internet. Meanwhile, the latest…

Wally British using her platform to assist people in need With more than half a million followers across Instagram and Facebook, social-media sensation Wally British understands all too well the influence she holds. It is with that in mind that the popular personality decided to step up her philanthropic…

In making his case for an extension of sweeping security powers, Prime Minister Andrew Holness disclosed to Parliament yesterday that intelligence revealed that criminals had hatched a calculated plan to incite instability to profit from the COVID-…

Yesterday’s commissioning of a high-tech machine at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kingston is expected to expand Jamaica’s capacity for testing for the new coronavirus amid criticism that low assessments were giving a false picture of…

The 46 Jamaicans who were deported from the United States (US) yesterday are to be tested for the new coronavirus that has killed almost 180,000 people globally and six here, the Ministry of Health…

More than three months after the publication of a special audit report on alleged malpractices at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), the beleaguered institution is scrambling to find proof to substantiate reimbursements of nearly US$120,000…

It’s often said that the truest test of love is during times of crises, and with seniors at high risk for adverse COVID-19 health outcomes, a number of Jamaicans have been stepping up to assist elderly persons during the pandemic. Last Saturday,…

A team at Mona-Tech Engineering Services has embarked on a mission to repair ventilators and biomedical equipment in the island’s public health sector free of charge as the island tackles the coronavirus pandemic. The deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, which…

WESTERN BUREAU: The Charles Gordon Market could become the epicentre for the spread of COVID-19 in western Jamaica because of vendors’ and shoppers’ resistance to social-distancing guidelines, says Janet Silvera, president of the Montego Bay…