Originally from St.Catherine, Calvin Curtis Whilby, also known as “Prodigal Son” began his early adult life on the mean streets of Kingston, but soon realized that this was not for him and that the Lord had a plan for his life. He began producing reggae gospel music to give praise to God and in 2001…

Active as a mainstream reggae artist since the 1970’s, Carlene Davis who hails from the parish of Clarendon, became a full-time gospel singer in the mid 1990’s after her diagnosis with breast cancer when she recommitted her life to God. Her work includes the albums Alive for Jesus 2002 and Author and Finisher 2003.  She continues to record and produce…

Monica Lewinsky says she would again apologize to former first lady Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, over the 1998 sex scandal that embroiled the White House and led to former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment. Lewinsky, who has become an activist for women’s rights and part of the #MeToo movement, wrote in a personal…

Kenyan pastor Rev. Njohi has raised not only a few eyebrows but red flags with his unorthodox suggestion of having his female congregants remove their bras and underwear before coming to church, so that Christ can freely enter their bodies with his spirit, according to The Kenyan Daily Post. Njohi, who is the pastor of…

JetBlue mixed up two 5-year-olds and sent them to the wrong cities on August 17, leaving one panic-stricken mother waiting three hours while the airline located her son. Andy Martinez Mercado, 5, was traveling alone from a family visit in the Dominican Republic to his home in New York after his mother had returned from…

MINISTER OF TOURISM EDMUND BARTLETT (RIGHT) MEETS WITH EDI WRAY, FIRST MAN AND HEAD OF THE RASTAFARI INDIGENOUS VILLAGE AT IRWIN IN MONTEGO BAY, AFTER ADDRESSING CANEX JAMAICA, THE ISLAND’S FIRST CANNABIS-CENTRED CONFERENCE ON THE BUSINESS POTENTIAL OF THE MARIJUANA TRADE. LISTENING ATTENTIVELY IS MITZIE WILLIAMS. Jamaica is trying to cash in on the multi-billion-dollar…

WAKEFIELD, Bronx (WABC) — A woman accused of cutting the unborn baby out of her murdered friend’s womb in the Bronx is being held in the psychiatric ward, and facing murder charges. Police said the 22-year-old victim, who was nearly 9 months pregnant, was stabbed and killed by a childhood friend. The baby cut from…

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The comment by former Prime Minister Bruce Golding hit the funny bone, but for those at a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) fund-raiser in Black River early this month it also summed up the vagaries of the Jamaican economy. “Sometimes when I look at the Jamaican economy you get a sense…