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Macka bats for Yagga Rowe

March 6, 2022 Staff

MACKA Diamond feels its time for Jamaica to stop treating former Jamaican and West Indies cricketer Lawrence “Yagga” Rowe as a pariah for leading two rebel tours to South Africa during the 1980s. “Let me see the hands of those who are without sin. Imagine, after some 40 years one of our best cricketers is still treated like a bastard. Is this the example we want to teach our children that we have no room for forgiveness? What is appalling is that we see Jamaica as a Christian country but…

‘Shen’ awaits word

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Staff

THE jury is still out on whether or not the authorities in The Bahamas will grant permission for the March 19 concert featuring Jamaican act Shenseea to go ahead. The organisers of the event, advertised for the National Stadium in Nassau, have been lobbying that country’s Ministry of Health and Wellness in order to prevent the event being cancelled. According to the organisers, they can match the COVID-19 protocols which have been put in place for major venues, including the hotels on the island which have been granted permission to…