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Jamaica Festival/National Popular Song Winners

Anthea

Initiated in 1966, the Jamaica Festival Song Contest which was renamed in later years as the National Popular Contest is one main feature all Jamaicans look forward to every year at this time. HINT: If you cant ‘rock the nation’ with singing, jigging, dancing and prancing across the stage, you definitely wont win. Another hint to remember, really remember despite the strong influence of dancehall, Jamaicans really dig the grounded cultural flavour which unites everybody – the tropical culture sounds – thanks to winners like The Maytals, Roy Rayon, Astraunauts,…

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Aidonia First US Concert A Major Success

Anthea

If ever there was doubt that there’s a resurgence in Jamaican music on the international scene that doubt was quickly dispelled last weekend as Dancehall superstar Aidonia hosted his first official concert on U.S soil in over six years. The entertainer who was the sole headliner for the highly anticipated event dubbed ‘THE RETURN’ managed to pack the house at the Amazura Night Club in Queen, New York last Saturday as fans came out to see one of their favourite stars in action. With concert-goers arriving in their droves the…

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He put a gun to her mouth, we need him off Jamaica land

LegalWiz

—————————————————————– QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, My nephew put a gun to my mouth of my mother, and told her it was time to get off the land she inherited from her mother who inherited from her parents. He’s always getting into fights with me. I took me to the police who gave us a receipt describing the incident as threat and sent us to Half Way Tree Court. The staff there sent us to Sutton Street court. A court clerk there sent us back to Half Way Tree to take…

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