 The launch of Alrica’s online store was announced on August 4th, 2010. Fans and supporters who are eager to be among the first to receive Alrica’s highly anticipated CD, This Time Round-The Untold Stories, will now be able to pre-order this item online. The online store is linked to from the website www.alrica.net and offers Alrica’s CDs, music downloads and merchandise.
Alrica’s vocal style is a unique blend of rich soul and reggae fused with jazz and hip hop. Her debut CD, an EP entitled This Time Round
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 KINGSTON – June 7, 2010 – ‘Real Man Things’, a progressive talk show dealing with male issues, will host its inaugural ‘Real Man Things Award’ on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 20, during its weekly broadcast at 9 pm on Power 106, the Real Man Things Awardee will be recognised and presented with prizes courtesy of Churches Co-operative Credit Union (CCCU).
Real Man Things radio programme is a weekly one hour series broadcast on national radio station, Power 106 FM on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. It has been packaged especially for men, and its themes and topics are chosen to impact pervasive irresponsible, dysfunctional behaviour among Jamaican males. Real Man Things occupies a unique space in the local radio programmes market, not only due to its specific positioning among males, but due to the value added dimension brought by its moderator, Kevin Wallen, a renowned motivational speaker and organizer with impressive experience in community radio and work among incarcerated men.
 Jamaica’s Environment is off balanced so warns Earthbound Company Ltd, the only local company that specializes in 100% biodegradable food containers, utensils and packaging. To promote and spread the need for Eco awareness, Earthbound Company Ltd launched an infomercial aptly titled JAMAICA ENVIRONMENT – OFF BALANCE. This infomercial was the brainchild of Managing Director Yolande Rattray-Wright.
Environmental awareness and protection has always been a strong passion and one of the greatest long term concerns for Ms Rattray-Wright, hence the conception of Earthbound Company Ltd in 2006.
 The University Players’ will pay tribute to the late Trevor Rhone with a staging of his award-winning comedy “Two Can Play” which will be presented for just six performances beginning Saturday October 17th and continuing through to Monday October 26 at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona.
Two Can Play, a work which won the award for Best Jamaican Play in 1982, features performances by 2008 Actor Boy Award nominees Nadean Rawlins and Alwyn Scott, and is directed by Brian Heap, who also won this year’s award for Best Director. The most recent University Players’ appearance by Nadean Rawlins and Alwyn Scott was in the Players’ memorable production of A. R. Gurney’s Love Letters which was presented earlier this year.
NEW YORK, NY. Tuesday, June 30, 2009 — The Jamaican Consulate General, New York announces a Passport Outreach on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 in the community of Hartford, Connecticut. This will be held from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Collin Bennett Agency, Collin Bennett Building, 1229 Albany Avenue, CT 06112.
Change has come to the White House.
With a president reputed to be a foodie and three of his top advisors who trace their roots to the Caribbean (Attorney-General Eric Holder – Barbados; Susan Rice, U.S. United Nations Ambassador – Jamaica; and Adolfo Carrion, Director of Urban Affairs – Puerto Rico), the current edition of JamaicanEats magazine has laid out a Caribbean-inspired feast fit for a president.
The menu spreads the warmth of the tropics to Washington with a saucy jerk salmon dish that’s been getting rave reviews; jerk chicken salad; a hearty Cuban black bean soup; Bajan (Barbadian) stuffed pork loin; Bahamian conch fritters; Puerto Rican coffee pie; flaming banana and pineapple in sorrel rum syrup, and much more.
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