Month: February 2014

VIDEO: COMMUNITY IN ACTION AGAINST EXORBITANT AIR FARES TO JAMAICA WITH LOVENA BROWN

February 15, 2014

Lovena Brown and members from the FFBJ (Facilitators For A better Jamaica (FFBJ) Sylbourne Sydial and Malik Muhammad discuss the international lobbying campaign aimed at British Airways and Virgin Atlantic regarding the exorbitant airfares from the United Kingdom to Jamaica. The aim is to work in conjunction with both airlines to achieve two major changes: 1. To see average airfares from the United Kingdom to Jamaica being reduced to around £500. 2 . To see an increase of baggage allowance from one(1) to two (2) […]

AGENT DEFENDS FOOTBALLER WHO CLAIMS TO BE 17 YEARS OLD BUT IS ALLEGEDLY 41

February 15, 2014

Apologies for the late posting of this bizarre story. Football giant Lazio has threatened legal action against a Senegalese website which has claimed 17 year old player Joseph Marie Minala is actually 41 years old. The club said in a statement: ‘Lazio denounce this latest attempt from hostile figures to throw a sinister light on this club. We reserve the right to take action against those responsible for the protection of the good name of the company and the footballer.’ Minala’s agent Diego Tavano told […]

UK RADIO NEWS: DJ ABRANTEE’S AFROBEATS SHOW LAUNCHES ON CAPITAL FM

February 10, 2014

  It has been announced that DJ Abrantee will launch his popular Afrobeats show on Capital FM and will still host shows on sister station Capital XTRA. Abrantee’s drive time show Monday – Friday from 4pm on Capital XTRA then catch ‘Abrantee’s Afrobeats Show on Saturdays from 11pm on Capital Xtra and on Capital FM Birmingham from 1am. Well.. well..well… the mainstream is just fiending for that Afrobeat sound and DJ Abrantee.  Congratulations Abrantee.