Ragashanti ordered back on air by BESS100FM quits LIME TV.

Well it now appears that Ragashanti is coming back to national radio via BESS 100FM, located in Kingston with a national distribution platform. According to information reaching Businessuiteonline the show is expected to begin airing on Monday April 16th during the 1-5pm time slot.

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13 years ago

March 12, 2012

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One year ago Monday, March 14, 2011 it was reported that Ragashanti was ordered off air by the Broadcasting Commission following public complaints and reviews of his show aired at the time on Nationwide News Network (NNN).

Well it now appears that Ragashanti is coming back to national radio via BESS 100FM, located in Kingston with a national distribution platform. According to information reaching Businessuiteonline the show is expected to begin airing on Monday April 16^th during the 1-5pm time slot.

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) had directed the management of Nationwide News Network (NNN) Limited to immediately discontinue transmission of Kingsley ‘Ragashanti’ Stewart’s popular call-in radio programme, ‘Ragashanti Live’.

In an issued statement “The BCJ said it had decided to take action following after receiving numerous public complaints over the last two months and after having conducted its own review of NNN’s programming during the period February 7 to March 2. Transcripts of the offending programming were also supplied to the media.”

Three months later, Dr Kingsley ‘Ragashanti’ Stewart was back with his own Internet-based radio station, Tambareen Radio. In an interview with THE WEEKEND STAR Ragashanti said that the online-based radio station is about high energy, music, talk and party.

He explained: “The idea is to reach the wired Jamaican community and the wired community that is affiliated with the Jamaican Diaspora internationally.”

He told THE WEEKEND STAR that the station offers fearless, controversial and entertaining talk programmes such as Morning Rock with BJ the DJ, The Overdrive with DJ Chris Cross and Ricky Redz, Buss It Out with Ragashanti and the Mix Up Family and Seriously Speaking with Michelete and Randy. Other programmes include Anything Goes, Street Beatz and Outa Road, a mix-up programme centered on sex.

From all indications it appears that this did not pan out financially for Raga and LIMETV which broadcasted the programme and it was mutually agreed to end the arrangement.BM

John Mahfood “I Listed on the JSE to Raise Capital for My Business”

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9 years ago

November 24, 2016

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JSE Online Trading Platform

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9 years ago

November 24, 2016

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Grace Stockholders To Vote On 3-for-1 Stock Split Today

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9 years ago

July 11, 2016

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Shareholders of GraceKennedy Limited will this morning meet to consider and, if thought fit, approve a recommendation for a three-for-one stock split.

If approved, shareholders will receive three stocks for each one that is currently held.

According to group CEO Don Wehby, the stock units with a market price of J$115.00 per stock unit prior to the split will now increase threefold with an initial price of J$38.33 per stock unit

He says the stock split would allow GK’s stock to be made available to more investors while further enhancing the market for the shares.

Ahead of this morning’s Extraordinary General Meeting, GK last week issued 59,360 additional GK shares.

UK Loses S&P Triple A Rating

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9 years ago

June 27, 2016

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The UK has lost its top AAA credit rating from ratings agency S&P following the country’s vote to leave the EU.

S&P says the referendum result could lead to “a deterioration of the UK’s economic performance, including its large financial services sector”.

Earlier the pound plunged to a 31-year low against the dollar, and UK markets closed lower for a second day. On Friday,

Moody’s cut the UK’s credit rating outlook to negative.

Caribbean Hotels Named In Jetsetters’ 2016 Best Of The Best

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9 years ago

June 27, 2016

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Three Caribbean hotels have been named in US-based travel and lifestyle magazine Jetsetter’s 2016 Best of the Best awards.

The list which was published recently, highlighted the world’s 20 best hotels in categories ranging from Best Over-The-Top Luxury to Best Safari Lodge.

Included in the list were Antigua and Barbuda’s Barbuda Belle Luxury Beach Hotel, Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House Resort & Spa, and St Lucia’s BodyHoliday.