TED comes to Jamaica
Backed by entrepreneur Chris Blackwell, Jamaica will this weekend host its first TED conference, a gathering of innovators, thinkers and academics to explore game-changing ideas and spark debate around science and technology.
TEDxJamaica is [...]
Red Stripe: positioning people for jobs
Alan Barnes, managing director of Red Stripe
Red Stripe Jamaica is in the hard business of beer and beverages, but now the company is giving reign to its softer side, as dispenser of knowledge and job skills.
The company operates from the tough [...]
Cash Cab heads to Jamaica
Cash Cab, a United Kingdom game show, which has been gaining traction in a number of other countries, will be making a stop on Jamaican television screens.
The show, hosted by Felisha Lord and Wayne Whyte, will begin airing on Monday on Television [...]
Isaacs sent home in style
Gregory Isaacs’ daughter Sandra makes a point to her brother Tommy (right), during a memorial service to celebrate the life of the singer at All Saints Anglican Church in Harrow Weald, London, yesterday. At centre is Jamaica’s high [...]
Buju out!
Reggae singer Buju Banton is out of custody for the first time in almost a year, after stepping out of the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida, after he was granted bail in an immigration court.
Buju, whose real name is Mark Myrie, had been [...]