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  • Download Then See Jamaican Queens

    ye olde choose your own price model ; so you can either throw the band a few bucks, or download the LP and then spend a couple bucks on a t-shirt or casette or some other physical knickknack at the show tonight. And if you're too lazy to even download the album, then just stream it ...

  • Jamaica last-chance saloon following latest bailout

    Jamaica has suffered a long string of international rescues and ultimately failed fiscal programmes, but last month's bailout, led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), could be the country's final chance to avert an economic ...

  • Jamaicans sweep Diamond League sprint titles Jeter pulls up injured

    Down the stretch: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right) leads as Carmelita Jeter grabs her thigh during the women's 100-meter race at the Diamond League competition in Shanghai. | ...

  • Jamaica uncovers ‘scheme’ involving Petrotrin oil products

    Jamaica has imposed additional duties on lube oil product from Trinidad and Tobago, accusing the oil rich twin island republic of engaging in a scheme to circumvent the rules of origin in the Treaty of Chaguaramas, governing the Caribbean Community (Caricom).Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton told parliament the scheme was brought to the attention of the Portia Simpson ...


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Movie Review

Variety Lights (Luci del varietà) [DVD]

Variety Lights (Luci del varietà) [DVD]

"Variety Lights" ("Luci del variet") is a poignant melodrama set against the backdrop of a group of struggling variety performers that travels from town to town entertaining people for not much more than a meal to eat and a bed to sleep in (sometimes not even that much). They are a cast of lovable losers who proclaim great things about their "art" even though they aren't much more than semi-t ... ...

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