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Tuesday, 12 June 2012 06:32
Jamaica to Strengthen Ties with Overseas Community
Written by CPR Reggae Jamaica to Strengthen Ties with Overseas Community Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said that the Government will be strengthening relations with the Diaspora and regional and international partners.Speaking in the 2012/13 Budget Debate in Gordon House on Tuesday (June 5), Mrs. Simpson Miller informed that an Inter-Ministerial…
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The Crisis of being “Straight’ BY SHARON GORDON NEW YORK: THERE IS a crisis afoot, brewing in the pews of churches, boardrooms and bedrooms. There is acrisis and it has to do with the rights of gays. Many in the United States and around the world see President Obama’s support…
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Published: Friday May 25, 2012 | 11:39 am By Sharon Gordon On Tuesday, May 15, the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters was filled to capacity as a diverse audience turned out to support the 2012 Annual Gala Concert in support of a permanent memorial to the victims…
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Press Release Brooklyn, N.Y., April 24th… The Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music, Inc, has announced today that a panel of four distinguished women will discuss the economics of reggae music at the next Community Conversations forum scheduled for Monday, April 30th. The forum titled Reggaenomics 101--The Economics of Reggae Music…
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Psychologists Urge Comprehensive Investigation of Trayvon Martin Killing / Justice for Trayvon In a call for a comprehensive investigation of the killing of Trayvon Martin, Psychologists for Social Responsibility has written to Us Attorney General Holder and the Florida Attorney General Bondi as follows: Dear Attorneys General Holder…
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by Mandingo King Stitt was and is my friend, teacher and mentor and I say this because like his soul, his musical contribution will never ever die but will always be present to remind and inspire us who love the music that Africans in Jamaica produced. Winston Sparks is the…
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The Jamaica Progressive League Celebrates Black History Month By Sharon Gordon The Jamaica Progressive League celebrated Black History Month with their annual Cocktail Sip on Sunday, February 19 at the Elegant Rosehall on White Plains Road in the North East Bronx. The well attended event attracted many long time members…
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Mr. Vegas Celebrates Jamaica’s 50th with Sweet Jamaica release By Sharon Gordon It was jammed packed inside New York City’s Miss Lilly’s Variety on Thursday night, February 2nd. Just one day after celebrating the birthday of reggae icon, Dennis Brown, Mr. Vegas accompanied by guitarist, Tony Bone and two back…
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Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music presents their Annual Reggae Month and Black History Month Reception @310 Lounge in NYCInternational Recording Artist, Freddie McGregor WHO: Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music, Inc., (CPR) WHAT: 2012 Reggae Month Reception WHEN: Monday, February 27th, 6:30pm to 10:30pm WHERE: 310 Lounge, 310 Bowery between Houston…
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Brooklyn College Interdisciplinary Colloquium Friday, March 2, 5:30 – 9 p.m., Student Center; Saturday, March 3, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., Georgian Room Culture as Site for Contest: Destroyed Past, Truncated Present, Dubious Future A collaborative initiative of the departments of Philosophy, Africana Studies, Political Science and Secondary Education, this…
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Sharon Gordon's photo [L-R] Isa Cucinotta, Film Society of Lincoln Center; Director, Storm Saulter; Recording Artist, Mr. Vegas and Moikgansti Kgama, founder of Imagenation. Better Mus’ Come New York Premiere Sold OutThursday, February 23, 2012 By Sharon Gordon new york: The New York premiere of the Jamaican film Better Mus’…
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International Recording Artist, Freddie McGregor CPR SALUTES REGGAE MONTH/AFRICAN HERITAGE MONTH WITH A STATE OF REGGAE MUSIC PRESENTATION Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 20th... The Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music Inc. (CPR) commemorates Reggae Month and African Heritage Month on Monday, February 27th with a reception at 3Ten Lounge, 310 Bowery (Houston…
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Justine Henzell Justine Henzell on a ‘One People Mission’Thursday, February 16, 2012 By Sharon Gordon New York: While in New York for what was deemed a whirlwind visit, right in time for the start of Black History Month/Reggae Month 2012, filmmaker Justine Henzell sat down to speak about her “passion…
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Ramarley Graham's Father and Mother seen in Tee Shirt bearing his image, lead protest Local residents rebuff police reports of teen shootingWake, funeral set for weekendThursday, February 16, 2012 By Sharon Gordon NEW YORK: Residents who braved the blistering cold on February 8 to get answers in the shooting death…
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