New Recordings Keep Bling Dawg Busy On The Local Circuit
Dancehall artist Bling Dawg who is a member of the highly successful Bounty Killer lead Alliance which also boast the likes of high riding Dancehall acts Mavado & Busy Signal is very confident that this year will be his year. The super talented lyricist who is now under the management of Byron Murray (CEO of [...]
Read moreRETV goes global
Just one year after being acquired by media giant RJR Communications Group, local cable television company Reggae Entertainment Television (RETV) has embarked on an aggressive drive to penetrate the International market via satellite.
Kimani Robinson, chief executive officer of RETV, disclosed to the Business Observer yesterday that “over $7 million” was invested by the company in [...]
New senior team at Jamaica Producers
The company has signalled that its new team has to be “aggressive” in going after market share.
The appointment to senior management positions of Paul Bates as managing director of Serious Food Company, Rolf Simmonds and Charles Czerkawski is part of that programme.
Bates will, at mid-year, take up a new appointment as managing director of subsidiary [...]
Jamaica’s first woman DPP – Paula Llewellyn creates history
The former senior deputy DPP succeeds Kent Pantry, QC, who retired last month at the age of 60, but who remained in the job until yesterday.
Llewellyn, who takes over as DPP today, had acted twice in the top prosecutorial job. She is described by her colleagues as a fearless and hard-working prosecutor.
“I am humbled having [...]
NEW JAMAICAN WRITER SECURES INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING DEAL AFTER WiSPA PRIZE COMPETITION
WiSPA 2006 finalist, Helen Williams, is having her award winning entry published by London company, A & C Black Publishers Ltd. The story ‘Finding My Roots’ is featured in an anthology entitled ‘All in the Family’ which is due to be released in May 2008. The contract was secured after WILDE Network promoted the short [...]
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