Highlights
(Dancehall Mag) – The most telling part of Valiant’s latest win might be the hashtags. News that he’s been crowned Male Dancehall Artist of the Year at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards arrived tagged with #VisitTrinbago and #VisitTrinidad, next to a Jamaican flag emoji. It’s a small detail, but it shows how dancehall’s reach now […]
(Caribbean National Weekly) – Jamaica has the second-longest average work week in the Americas and the longest in the Caribbean, according to 2026 data published by World Population Review. Jamaica ranks 35th globally, with workers putting in an average of 43.45 hours per week. Only Honduras, ranked 28th globally, has a longer average work week […]
(CNW) – Legendary calypsonian Slinger Francisco, better known as the Mighty Sparrow, has died at the age of 91. His family said the Grenada-born, Trinidad-raised performer died peacefully in New York on Sunday following a brief illness, surrounded by loved ones. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Trinidad and Tobago’s […]
(Jamaica Observer) – Veteran deejay Lieutenant Stitchie has died. Observer Online understands that the entertainer, whose given name was Cleveland “Cleve” Laing, died at hospital on Monday, just one day before he would have celebrated his 61st birthday. The tragic news comes less than 24 hours after the entertainer’s wife, Sophia Laing confirmed that he […]
(AP) – Latin music stars Marc Anthony, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Feid, Jay Wheeler and many more will perform at an international benefit concert livestreamed from Miami on Sunday to raise money for those impacted by devastating earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia. Proceeds from online donations and ticket sales collected during the “Unidos por Los Nuestros,” or “United for Our Own,” concert […]
(Caribbean News Weekly) – Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival will return to Windsor Park Sports Stadium from October 23–25, bringing Grammy Award-winning artists, Caribbean music stars and leading Creole performers to the island for three nights during its Independence season. The 2026 festival lineup includes American R&B star Ne-Yo, Trinidad and Tobago soca superstar Machel […]
(Caribbean News Weekly) – The US government has revoked more than 600 visas from foreign nationals as part of a global crackdown on birth tourism and has established a new task force to identify and dismantle networks facilitating the practice. The Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, established by the US Department of State, is reviewing […]
(NBC News) – The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to remove legal protections from thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants in the United States, meaning they could be subject to deportation. The court, on a 6-3 vote on ideological lines, ruled in favor of the administration, which asked to continue with […]
(Dancehall Mag) – Dancehall superstar Bounty Killer will hit a US stage for the first time in fifteen years with the event dubbed ‘The Return of the Warlord Bounty Killer’. The event will explode on Saturday, July 5 at the 18,000-capacity Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Paul ‘Bankie’ Giscombe, manager of Grammy Award-winning dancehall […]
(Caribbean News Weekly) – The Queen of Dancehall, Spice, and her powerhouse crew, Spice Army, have claimed victory at the Red Bull Culture Clash 2025 in London, solidifying their dominance in the world of sound system clashes. Taking place at DRUMSHEDS on March 8, the event saw a sold-out crowd of 10,000 fans witnessing a […]
