Monthly Archives: September 2013

Miss Black Nude

We’re sure that Mr. Dave Rodney, who covered Miss Black Nude, isn’t complaining about his job today… Details from the Jamaica Gleaner are shown below: “Dave Rodney, Contributor For the second year in a row, a Jamaican beauty has been … Continue reading

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Lee “Scratch” Perry to be honoured with Gold Musgrave Medal

Lee “Scratch” Perry Good to see that the man will get another honour while he’s alive. The Institute of Jamaica will honour Rainford Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry with the Gold Musgrave Medal, for his distinguished eminence in the field of Music, … Continue reading

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IMF Completes First Review under Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Jamaica and Approves US$30.6 Million Disbursement

IMF Completes First Review under Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Jamaica and Approves US$30.6 Million Disbursement Let’s hope that Jamaica will be able to secure additional funding from other sources now that this test has been passed because the US$30.6 … Continue reading

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Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Threatened

“Incentive working group may kill jobs Aubyn Hill, Financial Gleaner Columnist “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. The English writer Samuel Johnson, who lived in the 18th century, used that aphorism often, but researchers treat it as … Continue reading

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Remittances to Jamaica Down

Remittances to Jamaica Down Remittances account for 13.8% of Jamaica’s GDP. Well, guess what? Remittances are down 4.8% for June 2013 when compared to June last year. In other words, net remittances fell from US$153.1 million in June 2012 to … Continue reading

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Grand Theft Auto Reggae

Grand Theft Auto Reggae Tracks are Big in Jamaica. Big songs like Dennis Brown’s Money In My Pocket and Gregory Isaacs’ Night Nurse are featured on the Blue Ark radio station which is hosted by the self proclaimed mad man, … Continue reading

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Kite Surfing in Jamaica – Part 1

Kite Surfing in Jamaica. Big up Timal Cartel & Friends Looks like Kite Surfing could be definitely get Big in Jamaica. People need to just breeze out and cool down. Check out The JKA (Jamaica Kiteboarding Association) on Facebook. The … Continue reading

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Jamaican Vending Machine

Jamaican Vending Machine Check out this latest cartoon about a Jamaican who sets fire to a vending machine. Sad to say this could very well be a real life situation. Funny nonetheless. Seems to be an ad put out by … Continue reading

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Tessanne Chin on The Voice

Tessane Chin on The Voice-she tore it up. Watch the performance below. Nothing but Tessane on the local airwaves now. She’s definitely Big in Jamaica where she also made it to the front page of the Jamaica Observer the morning … Continue reading

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Ganja Tours Jamaica

Ganja tours should be Big in Jamaica. Here’s an article that appeared in today’s Observer on the marijuana topic: “In Jamaica, a twist on wine tours for pot lovers Wednesday, September 11, 2013 NINE MILE, Jamaica (AP) — Napa and … Continue reading

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