50 years after Haile Selassie went to Jamaica, his grandson follows suit

April 26, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_10657" align="alignleft" width="300"] MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT, OLIVIA GRANGE (LEFT), LOOKS ON AS HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ERMIAS SAHLE-SELASSIE, GREETS MEMBERS OF THE RASTAFARI COMMUNITY AT THE NORMAN MANLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.[/caption] Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie, the grandson of the man at the heart...

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Chronixx reviving reggae with message of uplift

April 25, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_4730" align="alignleft" width="300"] ’[/caption] INDIO, United States (AFP) – As a crowd dominated by young Americans swayed under the hot California sun, Chronixx roused them with his relentlessly positive explanation of reggae. "Reggae music is good for the spirit. It is good for the heart," the...

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Antigua & Barbuda PM brushes aside talk of LIAT move to Barbados

April 25, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Prime Minister Gaston Browne has once again scoffed at suggestions that regional airline LIAT would be better off financially with its headquarters based in Barbados. Last week the Minister of Tourism and International Transport in Barbados,...

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More than $10 million in drugs seized in Caribbean Sea

April 21, 2016 in Regional

Three separate international and inter-agency counter narcotics operations, in the past week alone, resulted in the seizure of approximately 325 kilograms of cocaine, 600 pounds of marijuana and the apprehension of 15 suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea. The drugs seized represent a total wholesale...

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Machel Montano sues Trinidad telecoms company

April 21, 2016 in Regional

Soca star Machel Montano is suing the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad & Tobago (TSTT) for suspending its sponsorship deal with him three years ago. Machel, who is now a brand ambassador with TSTT competitor Digicel, is seeking more than TT$2 million (US$302,965) in compensation – the...

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