Jun 17, 2020
LADY MUSGRAVE AND THE ROAD TO FREEDOM
As the story goes, Lady Musgrave Road was cut to appease a petulant woman. In the early 1880s, Governor Anthony Musgrave’s wife would leave King's House and travel downtown via Hope Road. Then George Stiebel came along. Jamaica's first black millionaire built what is...
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May 29, 2020
3 TikTok Challenges to try (even without TikTok)
Feeling bored in these lockdown times? Chances are, there's a challenge for that. Here are three fun "challenges" now popular on TikTok and other social media. Hope you can entertain yourself. 1. Wipe it down Similar to the “Flip the switch”...
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Apr 23, 2020
4 JAMAICAN SUPERSTARS SAY STAY HOME!
Round up social media posts of celebrities imploring people to stay indoors. Celebrities have always wielded extensive influence, especially in Jamaica. Now several homegrown superstars are putting their popularity to use in the pandemic. Check out these four Jamaican...
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Mar 26, 2020
3 GREAT SONGS COVID-19 INSPIRED
While the novel coronavirus is no laughing matter, sometimes, you haffi tek serious ting mek joke. From Lovindeer’s “Wild Gilbert” in 1988 to Wayne J’s “Chikunguya Song (One Panadol)” in 2015, Jamaican singers have long used grave current...
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Mar 16, 2020
3 Products to Leave on the Shelves
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been stockpiling "must-haves" to protect themselves from the virus. Panicked shoppers across Jamaica cleared supermarket and pharmacy shelves of everything from household cleaning products to toilet paper. To...
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