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3665142257?profile=originalCuba’s President Raul Castro delivers his speech during closing of the third regular session of the eighth legislature, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 5, 2014. (Cubadebate, Ismael Francisco/Associated Press)

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3665142544?profile=originalDahlia performs at her video launch in Mandeville last week.

IT was a big deal for singer Dahlia Thames (known professionally as Dahlia) last week when the video for her latest song, Mad Ova Mi, was released at the Vineyard in Mandeville.

The song, w

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3665142357?profile=originalPam Hall

SINGER Pam Hall continues her comeback with Dance Away, her latest song.

Recorded on the Virquarian label, the single is a joint production between Hall, Sly Dunbar and Errol Wilson.

Known for lovers' rock hits like Perfidia and Dear Boopsie

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Parchment sets new Jamaican record in Paris

3665142046?profile=originalJamaica's Hansle Parchment (centre) competes to win the men's 110m hurdles event during the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League competition at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, yesterday. (PHOTO: AFP

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Ebony hails Caribbean poets

3665142201?profile=originalRoland Watson Grant & Ann Margaret Lim

Noted African-American glossy Ebony has named six Caribbean writers to watch this summer.

Published in its June edition, the magazine listed four Jamaicans -- Poet Laureate professor Mervyn Morris, Beverley East

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Jamaica Focus: Sisters Give Back

3665142200?profile=originalApolone Keaton (right) and her sister Shawn Ho-Hing. (Photo: ACEION CUNNINGHAM)

SHE might have relocated to a country where there are resources in abundance, but Florida-based resident Apolone Keaton has not forgotten those living in rural Hanover an

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Jamaica Focus: A doctorate by age 25

3665141979?profile=originalDr Peter Nelson flips through the pages of his latest publication. (then) NELSON... a lot of the persons who are really successful were not born with a gold spoon in their mouth, but what they had is a solid mentality to be successful (PHOTOS: BRYAN

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Trinidad Focus: Straight from the heart

3665143279?profile=originalPrincipal of Each One Teach One, Wayne Jordan, stands behind his preschool pupils at the unveiling of the school’s new facility at Beetham Gardens. PHOTO: MARYANN AUGUSTE

When no one else dared to, for fear of getting caught in the middle of gang war

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