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Hula Hoop, the second single issued from Omi’s gold-selling debut album Me 4 U, has reached a new milestone. On Friday, October 11, the song became his second silver-certified single in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry, after it exceeded 200,000 units in sales and streaming figures. “Hula Hoop was a collaborative effort […]

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have been drawn to face defending champions United States in the two-legged quarter-finals of the Concacaf Nations League on November 14th and 18th, it was announced on Wednesday during the draw for places. The draw was conducted in Miami, Florida following the completion of the group stages to decide the match-ups between the […]

HANOVER, Jamaica — The Sandy Bay main road in Hanover, which was blocked by protesting residents Wednesday morning, has been cleared. From as early as 6:00 am, family members and residents, some of whom had placards in hand, used debris and burning tires to block the roadway in protest of the alleged shooting death of […]

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — Traffic in the Panama Canal fell by 29 per cent over the past year due to a severe drought linked to climate change, the canal’s operator said late Tuesday. The volume of cargo shipped through the canal, which links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was down by 17 per cent in a […]

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A group of lions mauled a zookeeper to death at one of Europe’s largest big-cat parks on Wednesday after a door inside their enclosure was left unlocked, investigators said. The mauling occurred at the Taigan safari park on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, one of the largest breeding grounds for lions in Europe and […]

Dancehall artiste Thug Famous is generating major attention with his breakout single Addicted, a racy single with a great hook that has caught the ears of the teenage audience on social media. “It’s always a dream for me to be one of the greatest in history. My sound and my flow is very different from […]

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have been drawn against …

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Fifteen days after turning 100, former United States (US) president Jimmy Carter cast his vote in the US election on Wednesday, fulfilling an earlier declared wish to live long enough to back Kamala Harris in the poll. The former Democratic leader “voted by mail,” according to the Carter Center, the non-profit he […]

Pastor and recording artiste Sara Cowan Conner will be returning to Jamaica to be a keynote speaker during Church on the Rock Kingston’s 40th anniversary celebration between October 20-27. The speaker, who released the track Build Now in 2022 and is finalising her first album, is the daughter of impresario Tommy Cowan. “I got born […]