Getting ready for 'Island Lyme'
PRODUCTION ON Island Lyme, a Caribbean soap opera, is expected to start this year, according to Lennie Little-White, one of the principals behind the project.Little-White told Tidbits Tuesday yesterday that producers are trying to finalise a US$500,000...

The O'Jays roll on Barack's Love Train
BLACK POWER advocates pumped their fists to the O'Jays' Backstabbers in the 1970s, while the group's soul-stirrers like Brandy drew many a lover to the dance floor.This week, the legendary Rhythm and Blues act is one of the big names billed for the Jamaica Jazz ...

Sgt Pepper dubs it reggae style
A REGGAE version of the immortal Beatles album, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, is scheduled for release April 14, by the American record company Easy Star Records.A statement from Easy Star Records said the first song from Sgt Pepper's Lonely...

Ben's gets ready for Obama time
BEN'S CHILI Bowl may not be an household name in Jamaica, but the Washington DC eatery certainly has strong Caribbean roots. Ben Ali, a Trinidadian, founded the restaurant in the American capital in 1958. Last year the restaurant celebrated its 50th anniversary

Something extra
Saturday night saw yet another in the round of farewell parties for United States Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson and it was a Hawaiian-themed party to celebrate the 50th birthday of Montego Bay's Cheryl Atkinson...