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Month: February 2024

Heritage Singers founder gives back through bursary for Edna Manley College

Heritage Singers founder gives back through bursary for Edna Manley College

Over the next four years, several students at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts will have the opportunity to benefit from a generous bursary established to honour Canada-based Jamaican Grace Lyons, founder of the Heritage Singers, which has been enriching cultural landscapes for over 40 years.

Bob Marley: One Love rakes in day-one record $14M in North America; estimated $80M globally

Bob Marley: One Love rakes in day-one record $14M in North America; estimated $80M globally

People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae icon Bob Marley’s life into a movie. But it never felt quite right, until a few years ago when they decided to be the instigators.

Oppenheimer Sweeps at British Academy Film Awards with 7 Awards

Oppenheimer Sweeps at British Academy Film Awards with 7 Awards

Atom bomb epic Oppenheimer won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month.

Bahamas Researches the Capabilities of Space Tourism

Bahamas Researches the Capabilities of Space Tourism

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government on Tuesday said it had successfully negotiated and executed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation ( SpaceX) “marking a revolutionary leap for The Bahamas into the realm of space tourism”.

Court hears side of co-accused in Simone Campbell-Collymore murder case

Court hears side of co-accused in Simone Campbell-Collymore murder case

One of the alleged murder accomplices in the January 2, 2018, shooting death of businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore told the police that it was after her death that he learnt that she was the wife of Omar Collymore.

NBA Scoring Game Going Strong

NBA Scoring Game Going Strong

There was a week in January unlike almost any other in NBA history. Joel Embiid scored 70 and Karl-Anthony Towns scored 62 one night, followed four days later by Luka Doncic scoring 73 and Devin Booker scoring 62.

Neuralink’s first human patient able to control mouse through thinking, Musk says

Neuralink’s first human patient able to control mouse through thinking, Musk says

The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, the startup’s founder Elon Musk said late on Monday.

Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests

Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests

An international law enforcement operation led by Britain’s National Crime Agency and the FBI has arrested and indicted members of the Lockbit ransomware gang, in an unprecedented police operation that has struck one of the world’s most notorious cybercrime gangs.

Trinidad government hires two firms to recover sunken oil barge

Trinidad government hires two firms to recover sunken oil barge

HOUSTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago has hired two remediation and salvage firms to help clean up an ongoing oil spill off Tobago and salvage the leaking barge, the country’s Ministry of Energy said on Tuesday.

FuboTV files antitrust lawsuit to block Disney, Fox, Warner sports streaming deal

FuboTV files antitrust lawsuit to block Disney, Fox, Warner sports streaming deal

Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV (FUBO.N), opens new tab has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Walt Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab, Fox (FOXA.O), opens new tab and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab over a planned sports streaming platform by the companies, Fubo said on Tuesday.

US to impose ‘major sanctions’ on Russia over Navalny death

US to impose ‘major sanctions’ on Russia over Navalny death

The U.S. will announce a major package of sanctions against Russia on Friday over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
Biden, speaking to reporters as he departed on a trip to California, did not give details.

What we know about Alexei Navalny’s death in Arctic prison

What we know about Alexei Navalny’s death in Arctic prison

Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic foe, died on Friday at the Arctic prison where he was serving a three-decade prison term.
What do we know, and not know, about the death?

Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz honoured at pre-Grammy Black Music Collective

Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz honoured at pre-Grammy Black Music Collective

LOS ANGELES (AP): In a pre-Grammy event, Mariah Carey used the Recording Academy stage to speak about fighting against conforming to certain music industry standards in an effort to create her music that would eventually appeal to the masses. “I…

Beenie Man to miss Sunday’s Grammys

Beenie Man to miss Sunday’s Grammys

King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, will be represented by his manager at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony in the United States as the dancehall icon’s ongoing visa woes prohibit him from travelling. Beenie Man’s album Simma is one of five…

Favourite songs are starting to disappear from TikTok and here’s why

Favourite songs are starting to disappear from TikTok and here’s why

AP: Universal Music Group (UMG), which represents artistes including Drake, Adele, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired. UMG…

Reggae Month, QORIHC launched at Night Market

Reggae Month, QORIHC launched at Night Market

Kingston Night Market, held every Tuesday on Hillcrest Avenue, is a vibe. A meeting place for the sellers and buyers of exquisite Jamaican art and craft; and lovers of musical melodies, food and culture, the last staging also incorporated a…

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