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The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.

Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his...

New Edition's Johnny Gill, Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant will reunite on CCGI's Culture night at the Rosehall Aqueduct on Wednesday, June 24. According to a release from the organisers, the three former members of the group New Edition will perform together as a group as well as solo.

An American R&B/Pop Group New Edition was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978 and became extremely popular during the 1980s. The first song they recorded, Candy Girl, topped the charts in the UK and Canada, therefore they had to record a whole album...

William Walker, known to all as Sugar Belly, developed on his own the instrument he called the bamboo saxophone, and played it with facility, style, passion and joy. At the height of his popularity in the late 1950s Sugar Belly was one of the important figures in the Jamaican music scene, turning his homemade saxophone into a natural vehicle for a distinctively Caribbean musical style.

Sugar Belly was raised in Kingston. In music he was entirely self-taught. Just
where he got the idea to create a bamboo saxophone is a bit of a mystery...

Jamaica has again been ranked as a tier two country for human trafficking by the US State Department which has cited inadequate efforts to prosecute trafficking offenses and protect victims.

In its ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report released Wednesday, the US described the island as a source, transit, and destination for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation.

The report says the majority of victims are poor Jamaican women and girls, and increasingly boys, who are trafficked from rural to urban and...

The deejay, who is known for his graffiti across the Corporate Area, was evicted from the building from which he operated his business, LA Lewis Enterprise Limited.

Scores of onlookers gathered outside the establishment located at 24 Burlington Avenue in St Andrew, while the deejay's furniture and equipment were being removed. While the rain fell, his belongings were being placed on either the sidewalk or in a truck parked a few metres away.

All this took place just hours after the deejay was released from custody after he was remanded...

The new single So Fine by Sean Paul is the most downloaded reggae/dancehall song in France, Canada, Belgium, Norway and Sweden but it still has not been released in the US the biggest music market.

iTunes, among the internet's most popular online music stores has So Fine charting in those five nations but it is void on the US online charts. Currently Bob Marley's Three Little Birds at number one and Serani's No Games at number two are the top downloads on US iTunes.

So Fine has also landed on Billboard's R&B Hip Hop Singles & Tracks...

Singers Toni Braxton and Neyo are among the top performers added to `the world’s greatest showcase of reggae music,` Reggae Sumfest promoters revealed at a packed New York launch last night.

Executive Director, Johnny Gourzong, made the disclosure to the media and VIP guests gathered at a New York night club Thursday night for the annual Big Apple kick-off.

Braxton has won six Grammy Awards and has sold over forty million records worldwide. Her number-one single, `Un-break My Heart,` is the second biggest selling single by a female singer...

R&B singer Usher filed for divorce Friday from Tameka Foster Raymond, less than two years after their glitzy wedding at a Georgia resort.

The 30-year-old Grammy-winning artiste, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, filed the petition in Superior Court in Atlanta. Records posted to the court's website did not give any details about the split between the R&B star and his wife, who were married in August 2007.

About 200 people attended the wedding between the two at resort built in the style of a 16th-century style French chateau on 3,500...

Dancehall artiste KipRich says the rumours surrounding a feud between himself and fellow artiste, Flippa Mafia, are false.

According to KipRich: "I did a song at Shocking Vibes studio the other day and some likkle man who love carry news gone and carry it the wrong way and said I did a song that was directed at Flippa. If one next KipRich out deh recording songs, mi ah go ask him fi stop."

Flippa Mafia was recently at odds with dancehall's cross and angry 'Warlord', Bounty Killer, because of the song, Unfinished House, a song that Flippa...

Angel's Boutique, which is owned by dancehall artiste Michelle 'D'Angel' Downer, was robbed yesterday morning.

The store is located at Princeville Plaza, St Andrew. It was robbed approximately 10:30 a.m. by three armed men. She said one female employee
was in the store at the time. She was gagged, tied up and left in the building.

The matter was reported to the Constant Spring Police Station. DSP Altermoth Campbell confirmed the incident, saying: "We have some information that we are working on."

Carribbean Governments are rethinking the practice of imprisoning regional immigrant criminals because of the cost involved.

National Security Ministers are said to be seriously considering deporting convicted criminals so that they can serve their sentences in their home countries.

According to Martin Joseph, the National Security Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, CARICOM Governments are reviewing reciprocal arrangements for deporting non-national criminals.

He says it costs too much to maintain foreign prisoners in jails in the twin island...

The brother of talent-show contestant Susan Boyle says the singer has left a mental health care facility and is doing better.

Gerry Boyle stated Friday that his sister had been released from the London clinic. She was admitted Sunday, after coming in second place in the "Britain's Got Talent" television show.

Gerry Boyle says his sister suffered from an anxiety attack but now seems "a lot more like herself."

In eight weeks, Boyle went from the quiet life of a church volunteer in a small town in Scotland to global fame.

A police Sergeant and a Constable are the latest to fall into the ongoing anti-corruption dragnet.

On Thursday, Detective Sergeant Winston Pollack and Constable Tyrone Bryan were arrested for suspected breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act and conspiracy to commit a criminal offence.

The police report that in February, the proprietor of a supermarket and wholesale in St. Catherine paid Detective Sergeant Pollack $115,000 to obtain a Jamaican passport.

The shopkeeper is a foreign national with a Jamaican work permit and was not entitled to a...

Last year's Sting has come and gone and saw Mavado and Vybz Kartel squaring off. But now, various members from the rivalling groups (Alliance and Portmore Empire) have voiced songs attacking each other.

The latest song that has sparked much discussion since its release last week is Vybz Kartel's When Since on Foxx's 'Life After Death' rhythm.

In the very explicit song, Vybz Kartel holds nothing back as he attacks Mavado, Wayne Marshall, Bling Dawg and Bounty Killer. He even goes as far as to stating that at least two of the members of...

An erotic dance craze sweeping Jamaica has been blamed for a number of pelvic injuries and now faces a government crackdown.

"Daggering," a lewd dance style where couples simulate dry sex in various positions to the beat of the music, is characterized by over-the-top gyrating, heavy pelvis-thrusting and daredevil leaps.

YouTube - MR. VEGAS - DAGGERING



Many couples have taken the “rough” daggering dance from the club to the bedroom, with disastrous consequences. Jamaican doctors were prompted to issue a warning on the...