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17 of The Best Free Torrent Clients

Looking for an alternative to BitTorrent or uTorrent? In this post, we will go into not only alternatives to these torrent clients but also the top BitTorrent clients for Windows.

Legal Note: While torrent files might exclusively be known for their role in facilitating piracy, there are many perfectly legal files such as open-source software and public domain material that are distributed via torrent files.

The legality of your download is all dependent on whether the copyright holder has given permission for the file to be distributed in this manner.

That Legally being said, You might find our Ultimate List of Site For Torrent Movies and Video Proc’s deeply researched list of Torrent sites.


BitTorrent / Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android

BitTorrent Torrent Client on Windows Desktop

BitTorrent is the namesake of the very protocol that makes the download of torrents possible. Bram Cohen, who authored the BitTorrent protocol back in July 2001 was its original creator.

The Ad-supported Torrent client is currently developed and maintained by BitTorrent Inc. which also operates uTorrent. The BitTorrent Classic Torrent client is available for Windows, Mac and Linux powered devices.

There is also the news client dubbed BitTorrent Web which unlike the classic edition, doesn’t have a desktop User Interface but will instead open in your web browser along with giving you the power to watch films while they are being downloaded to your system.

The company that operates the BitTorrent client was recently acquired by TRON, A cryptocurrency which is integrates BitTorrent + TRON via their Project Atlas.

µTorrent (uTorrent) Classic / Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android

uTorrent Client on Windows Desktop

Owned and Developed by BitTorrent, uTorrent is yet another ad-supported torrent client with a much smaller installation footprint. The application has over 150 million users it is the most widely used BitTorrent client outside China.

Motrix / Mac, Windows and Linux

17 of The Best Free Torrent Clients

TransmissionBT / Mac, Linux and Windows

Transmission Torrent Client on Windows

Transmission is another free torrent clients available on a wide selection of platform and user interfaces.

PicoTorrent / Windows

PicoTorrent Torrent Client on Windows

PicoTorrents is an ultra-friendly torrent client designed to be a friendly BitTorrent client for Windows with high performance and low memory usage.

It is my personal recommendation which guarantees a much faster download of your file when compared to other clients which are ultra sluggish depending on your device.

Deluge / Windows, Mac and Linux

Screenshot of Deluge Torrent client on Windows

Vuze / Windows, Mac and Linux

Vuze torrent client on Windows

qBittorrent / FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OS/2 and Windows

qBittorrent torrent client on windows

WebTorrent / Mac, Linux and Windows

WebTorrent Torrent Desktop client on Windows

WebTorrents with its very simple interface is listening or viewing media files while you download your file.

This torrent client has the disadvantage of having an interface that lacks key features, frequent updates, and has a few bugs.

Free Download Manager / Windows and Mac

Free Download Manager on Windows

Free Download Manager not only helps to manage and accelerate your average downloads on Windows and Mac but also torrent files.

The app allows you to adjust traffic usage, organize downloads, control file priorities for torrents, efficiently download large files and resume broken downloads.

FOXL / Mac

Torch Browser / Windows

The Torch Browser Torrent Client

The Torch Browser is a media-friendly web browser that ships with a built-in torrent client. It is useful if you are someone who downloads a lot of media files.

FrostWire / Android, Windows, Mac and Linux

FrostWire torrent client on Windows

Frostwire is not just a BitTorrent client but also a Cloud Downloader and media player.

Features: in-app search, Preview/Play while downloading, Selective file downloading, Media Player and media library.

A cloud downloader allows you to store downloads on a server as opposed to directly on your device. Cloud downloaders are a benefit if you have a slow or inconsistent internet connection.

Tribler / Windows, Mac and Linux

Tribbler torrent client

Tribler is a torrent client that differs from others on this list by being packaged with built-in encryption, onion routing and hidden seeding using a Tor-like network.

The client also has a built-in search which allows you to find torrent files easily without the help of a website or browser. It also has a video player which allows you to play videos being downloaded even before they are complete much like WebTorrents or BitTorrent Web.

Tribler is unique for having a built-in reward system that can be converted to crypto but has the issue of being to slow per my experience get testing it against Picotorrents which downloaded a file in minutes compared to Tribler.

BiglyBT / Android, Windows, Linux and Mac

BiglyBT Torrent Client

BitComet / Windows and Mac

BitComet Torrent Client

BitLord / Windows and Mac

BitLord torrent client on Windows

Tixati / Windows and Linux

Tixati torrent Client

Did we forget one of your favorite torrent software on the desktop? Share it below in the comments and don’t be afraid to share your thoughts on the clients that made our list.

Can’t make up your mind? The following are very resourceful websites that can give you an additional perspective or help you further make a decision for the right torrent client.

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  1. https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-torrent-client
  2. http://fossbytes.com/best-torrent-client-windows-free-torrent-downloaders/
  3. https://www.slant.co/topics/1177/~best-torrent-clients
  4. https://www.lifewire.com/best-torrent-downloading-software-4061550
  5. https://lifehacker.com/5813348/five-best-bittorrent-applications
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients
  7. https://www.howtogeek.com/361400/the-best-free-torrent-clients/

LIME CEO Talks 4G and More

Warning! if you don’t like freedom of opinion or LONG TEXT…. head to the video. Closing opinion is a bit personal
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LIME is taking the step of expanding its 4G from just Select area, based on discussions gathered during its LIVE Stream “Lets Talks 4G Expansion” discussions with LIME CEO, Garry Sinclair and LIMEs Head of Corporate Communications, Elon Parkinson.
Mr Sinclair field questions from Social Sites Twitter, Facebook and the Livestream chat in LIMEs Strategic rollout of 4G, number portability among other questions.

The LIME CEO during his discussions pointed to a rollout of New Cells and improvement of infrastructure to ease the rollout of 4G.

Other Matters Which Arose Include:

  •  the Affordability of the 4G plans being considered, Mr Sinclair stated that Consumers will be amazed at the affordability of both handsets and plans.
  • LIME intends to expand its Fiber to Home and Address the Speed of Internet by improving its infrastructure.
  • Mr Sinclair also pointed to many Affordable 4G Enabled Devices which will be introduced to make the availability of its already Affordable Mobile internet Service reach more users.
  • and more, check out video

Taking Discussions into account from this Live Session with the CEO provides a promising outlook as to the future of LIME in Jamaica which has suffered from recent destruction/theft of its infrastructure and a Dominance of its Competitor who has hit them on … All Fronts  Real Hard.

Let us just wish them the best on a smooth implementation of 4G and Hope they can make a revival from the dismal state of affairs that is LIME.

Feel free to watch the videos from the Livestream for more direct answers to some of the questions.
Here is a link to the Video, to save time of any lengthy reading:

http://new.livestream.com/LIMELive/LetsTalk4G/videos/46444936

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Please leave Any Editorial Notes or your Full blown opinion in the comments…. that is what it is there for, not style but functionality.

Source: Let Talk 4G Expansion Livestream on March 28, 2014

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Uzman Releases EP `Club Focused`

Uzman to Celebrate Release of EP, ‘Club Focused’, with Media Tour

Tour supports Club Focused, his debut EP in collaboration with DJ Power the NYC Remix King, Junior Reid and Jah Mason.

ClubFocousedCdb5ad3fToronto’s #1 crossover artist, Uzman, blends a unique fusion of hip hop and Jamaican dancehall music to the delight of radio deejays and club goers all over North America.  His EP, Club Focused, is set to hit stores April 20, 2014. The EP includes smash hit single, Night Life, featuring reggae superstar, Jah Mason.  Night Life has already topped New York City’s Funk Master Flex Franchise Record Pool reggae charts and the anticipation is high for Uzman’s follow up tracks: Party Right, Stress Less, Tek Time, and Wine & Grind featuring Junior Reid and the remix produced by DJ Power the NYC Remix King (produced Mims’ platinum Why Im Hot remix).

Uzman, born in Toronto to Jamaican parents has always been heavily influenced by the melodic vibrations of reggae music and the dancehall culture in whole. Add a distinctive blunt force flow, killer punch lines, and head banging club beats  – and there’s the recipe for a memorable album that takes listeners from the club to the after party to the afterafter party! Uzman gives an energetic performance and lights up the microphone, especially on tracks, Wine & Grind and Party Right.

After major success with his Canadian Bar Hop Tour in 2013, Uzman is scheduled to embark on its US/Caribbean counterpart, stopping in at venues in New York, Miami, and Atlanta in the United States in April.  The rapper also plans to visit Montego Bayand Kingston, Jamaica on a 2-week promotional media tour in support of the EP release and to perform Night Life live with Jah Mason.  Night Life has been blazing up Jamaican radio since its release in late 2013; the song remains on heavy rotation on the island’s two most popular stations, IRIE and FAME FM.

Here is a piece from the Album.

For More Info About Uzman, Check out www.Uzmanmusic.com

Keep it lock to YJBeat for more stories of Caribbean Focus Entertainment and Current Affair.

Source: Nemesis Entertainment


For more information, promo requests or to set up an interview, please contact Lisa Breakspeare of Nemesis Entertainment at: lisabreakspeare@gmail.com.

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JTB Launches Celebratory Bobsled Video

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While The Jamaican Bobsled Team might not have done well,coming 30th on the scoreboard. the Jamaica Tourist Board Leveraged the Teams involvement by releasing a 8-Bit Video endorsing the team.

Source: The Verge

 

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247Shouts Launches Fundraiser

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Affordable internet accessibility can be a hard thing to find in Jamaica but 247Shouts, a Local Jamaican Internet WiFi Access Point Provider is moving towards is mission  of “make internet and technology accessible for your personal and business use”.

The Mission is to roll out its infrastructure across communities that desire internet access. The Campaign will seek to raise $50,000 USD, roughly $5,359,500 JMD or 320,500 TTD. To date the campaign has raised $75 as of writing this story but we will continue to see where it ends of after the 45 days which remain on the campaign.

If you believe that internet be affordable and reach a far wider reach while benefiting from the many benefits the Campaign has listed, then Go Ahead a Crowfund For entrepreneurial spirit and Highly needed Mission of 247Shouts.

Again, Head Out and Select a Perk and Contribute What You Can .

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YJBeat eXtra: Bahamas re-acquires Telecoms Company

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Nassau Guardian News Editor

NASSAU, Bahamas — Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and the government of The Bahamas have concluded a deal that will result in the government taking majority control of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), The Nassau Guardian has confirmed.

CWC said in a statement on Tuesday night, “Cable & Wireless Communications notes today’s press speculation in The Bahamas and confirms it has come to an agreement with the government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the details of which will be disclosed at a press conference at 5 p.m. Bahamian time tomorrow (Wednesday), to be attended by the prime minister of The Bahamas and the CEO of Cable & Wireless Communications (Phil Bentley).”

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Controversy with Demarco – Ride yuh ride

Demarco has released a controversial music video for one of his songs.
This is the video:

The Controversy is how the video presentation, with many arguing on social media over the appropriateness of the video. Many likening the video to a porn film and pressing how Dancehall has “Change” or on a “Decline” while a selected few praise the video.

There is no doubt that this video will see a removal and a steady stream of traffic as the week heads on.

What do you make of the Video? Share Your Views on social media or below in the comments.

We Will Be Sure to Follow Up on this and other entertainment related matters as it progress.

2013 in review

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

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Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,000 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 17 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

YJBeat eXtra : Jamaica Can Make Tablets[GLNRJM]

Richard Browne, Business Reporter

If Jamaica looks to Haiti, it, too, could produce high-tech tablet computers for the local and export markets, according to Brian Pengelley, president of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA).

He was responding to a report by the Associated Press last weekend that two rival companies in Haiti had started to produce tablets for the local and export market in that country.

Jamaica’s nearest neighbour to the east is still recovering from its devastating earthquake of 2010, but it is now seeing its small manufacturing sector move up the value chain from simple products such as T-shirts to one of the world’s most technologically advanced consumer products.

Jamaica can “very easily” follow Haiti’s lead, Pengelley said. “We certainly have the skills and the capabilities here.”

The two Haitian companies are Surtab and Handxcom, which both started production in the latter part of last year.

The Surtab operation was started by a group of investors including Maarten Boute, its chief executive officer and an adviser to regional mobile operator Digicel. Boute was chief executive officer of Digicel Haiti from 2009 to 2012.

Read More From The Source Below:

Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20140103/business/business6.html

 

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Entertainment Update

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From Jamaica Star:

 
Fan-tess-tic: Outstanding performance from Tessanne in finals
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With the entire season at stake, Tessanne Chin had one last opportunity to prove that she was indeed The Voice.

After months of intense preparation and incredible performances and with only Will Champlin and Jacquie Lee standing in the way of her victory, Tessanne dominated the final live performance show last night.

For last night’s show, Team Christina Aguilera and Team Adam Levine’s remaining acts sang one new song, a duet with their coach, and reprised the blind audition song they previously sang that gave them a true moment in the competition.

Her performance of Try was gorgeously done and may even have been better this time around. Coach Adam Levine opined that Tessanne nailed it once again and that she was one of the biggest singers not only on the show, but overall and quite deserving of winning the competition.

“Everything you do just draws me in. Your ability is extraordinary and I revel in it all the time. I think the talent you have is exceedingly rare. You are one of the most genuine and loving people I have ever met,” Levine stated.

There was also a light moment as a fan tweeted to Adam if he had picked up the Jamaican accent from spending time with Tessanne. “No mon” he jokingly replied.

The seductive duet with Adam created a social media firestorm. Both clad in black and white, the duo delivered an emotional rendition of The Beatles Let It Be. Adam sprinkled nothing but soul with the guitar he used during the performance. The duo also added a reggae vibe to the song much to the delight of fans.

“Tessanne you and Adam won The Voice beautiful duet hands down.”, “Such a beautiful spirit, I loved it.”, “U got my vote”, “Adam and Tessanne’s duet was the best of all three.” and “Tessanne is the most talented” were just some of the tweets making the social media rounds.

Even British journalist Piers Morgan joined in with a Jamaicanised tweet of “Beat dem bad Tessanne.”

For her final performance of the night, Tessanne once again left the audience speechless. Her rendition of Whitney Houston’s I Have Nothing was flawless, effortless and amazing.

“I have no thoughts right now, just emotions. I keep being thrown off kilter by how you do this. That song was almost impossible to replicate and each time we have to ask where is the ceiling for Tessanne. You continuously blow me away. I know in my mind and in my heart you are the winner of this show,” Adam stated.

 

 
Influential releases ‘suffer’
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Influential

 

Job Hill Records reggae singer, Influential, knows what it means to suffer. He knows what it means to suffer for your art, having lost his wife and young family through a heart-wrenching divorce.

When he landed his first hit song, Road Hog, he lost his salaried job with a Christian music organisation he had been working with when they said he “wasn’t doing gospel. yuh doing reggae music, and this rasta thing is not going to work”.

“Years later, my wife divorce me because of reggae music. mi see divorce papers come to me, and I have to sign them because mi love her, but I have to let her go so she can live her life. I miss my little young family, but a reggae music mi say a mi greatest passion. mi bleed fi it, mi struggle for it, and mi no really mek no money yet, but mi a spread the message still,” he said.

He taps into that wellspring of pain for his hot new single, Suffer. The track was produced by Oneil ‘Clarkie’ Clarke and Duke ‘Nicko’ Miller for Hitmatic Records/Silly Walks Production. The video for the project has been bankrolled by Job Hill Records, which has inked a management deal with Influential.

“Right now, a Job Hill Records a mek the ting click. The video will be released later this week, and mi just have to give thanks to Mama Elise and DJ Wayne, who a play the Suffer song,” he said.

Influential is not shy about sharing his experiences on record. “The song is based on a personal experience. Yes, life is hard, but at times, it seems it is even harder in this music business that we are in, but no matter what the struggle, one has to soldier on and show perseverance. One cannot give in too easy because the goal could just be around the corner,” he said.

The 29-year-old has been knocking on the doors of stardom for some time now. Born Richard Powell, he is originally from Manchester. His passion for music developed from a young age. His father was involved in music, having played the banjo and the guitar professionally for years. Influential’s foray into music was inevitable.

He made his recording debut in 2005 with the track Drugs And Guns, which was produced by Richard Foster aka Brother Richie from the Platinum Force label. He ignited the imagination of the public with Road Hog, which criticised the reckless drivers who often cause carnage on Jamaican roads.

“That song launched me to the world. With Sonny Spoon and I Wayne, I travelled the world, but I was not able to really earn a lot as a young artiste, but now I am more seasoned in the music, and I have a good management structure, so big things are in store for Influential,” he said.

Other great songs such as Cancer, Black Flag, Summary, One To Love You, Love Idiot, and Principle show that he is able to tackle a variety of topics and is not afraid of social commentary.

“Music must be a medium to convey major emotions. I believe that the message is everything. I am not criticising the catchy songs, but you need solid songs that can reflect the continuing black struggle,” Influential said.

He can be contacted (876) 779-6532 for bookings.

 

 
We Are Massiv., returns to Base Kingston … With Pop Up Shop featuring Major Lazer colab
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Major Lazer’s Walshy Fire

On Thursday December, 19, 2013, from 4 p.m.- 9p.m., lifestyle brand We Are Massiv. returns to Kingston, Jamaica, for another Pop Up Shop, but this time, featuring an exclusive collaboration with electronic dancehall DJ project, Major Lazer.

“After the success of the first Pop Up Shop with Live from Kingston, Jamaicans grew hungry for another one. With the timing of the Major Lazer and Skrillex show and the collaboration with Massiv., it makes for the perfect time to Pop Up again at Base Kingston,” says Jason Panton, co-owner of Base Kingston and long-time contributor with We Are Massiv.

“Major Lazer was one of the first and longest-running supporters of our brand, so it was only a matter of time that we collaborate, and what better way than a show in Jamaica,” says Nathan Amar, founder and creative director of We Are Massiv.

Fans of the brand can expect an awesome collaboration with Major Lazer called No Bad Mind, as well as a debut of limited number of pieces from We Are Massiv.’s ‘M.’, collection. Major Lazer’s Walshy Fire and Jillionaire will also be at the Pop Up Shop.

Base Kingston, located at Shop #11, Upper Manor Park Plaza, is the first retail outlet for We Are Massiv., and is the only retail location for the clothing line in Jamaica.

 

 
Music is finally paying off for Chyna Nicole
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Chyna Nicole

It has been 20 years in the making, but for new female reggae sensation Chyna Nicole, the wait has been worth the while.

The ever-smiling songbird, real name Tania Williams, has had a colourful career before fully becoming a recording artiste as she once served as a radio personality on ZIP 103 FM. She also worked at various media outlets in New York, namely Showtime Networks, WNET, VP Records, and Westwood Radio One.

However, since signing a management deal with Fitzroy Francis’ Mightyful13 Records in April of this year, Chyna Nicole’s career has blossomed into something sweet, giving her confidence of a bright future in music.

Her first release, Take Me To The Moon, which was produced by her label, Nico Star Records and Francis, went number five on the New York Top 30, No. 2 on the Tropical TV/World Beat Top 10 Reggae, and number one on the WUMDFM93 Top 10 reggae charts, respectively.

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Her debut album, 20 Years in the Making & Readyfor the World, has been number one for the past two months on the New York Reverbnation Top 10 and at 20 on the Foundation Radio Network Top 20 reggae album charts.

The album, produced by various producers including Francis, was released on her label in September.

Chyna Nicole, has also performed impressively at the Vermont Reggae Fest and the Caribbean Billboard TV 21st anniversary show in New York, respectively.

Chyna Nicole holds down a major in radio-TV-film from Howard University, but it is forming notes when in a music boothe that gives her the most fulfilment.

“Music is the way of life. There is nothing one can do without music. It stands second to none in my life,” said Chyna Nicole, who also worked as an announcer on Irie FM.

Chyna Nicole was also featured on Mightyful13 Records’ tribute album, which was a remix of Cool Operator with Andrew Bees on the Operator2013 Rhythm Velocity, in honour of reggae legends Delroy Wilson and Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee.

 

Merry draw for Trooper, Coppershot
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Magnum All-Star Clash held at the Famous Nightclub in Portmore last Thursday. – Anthony Minott

Sound Trooper and Coppershot battled to a satisfactory draw for all involved last Thursday in the first of two main clashes in the Magnum All-Star $1,000,000 Face Off.

For, as Ricky Trooper pointed out, neither of them could win the league format sound system battle anyway – that was to be decided later when Flava Unit and Redd Heat squared off. However, playing strictly for fun, Sound Trooper and Coppershot still put on a very good show. Maybe not having much to lose contributed to a more relaxed atmosphere, Trooper apologising for his on-stage outburst the week before.

Going second in the opening juggling round, Trooper had fun, smiling, dancing and dropping tunes on the way to taking the opening round convincingly, scoring three points on all three judges’ scorecards, Coppershot taking two points for two judges and one and a half for the third.

And Trooper went on to take all the rounds up to the climatic dub-for-dub, when Coppershot stormed back to draw level, the face-off ending with both contestants on 44.5 points. However, what was striking about Trooper was not only his winning the rounds, but how the command with which he spoke in introducing the songs, especially in the second (Challenge) and third (45) rounds.

 

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The sound systems were asked to play three songs from three artistes booked for this year’s Sting concert. Going first, Coppershot played Ninja Man’s Murder Dem, Super Cat’s Ghetto Red Hot and Sizzla’s No Time to Gaze. Ricky Trooper was caustic as he replied.

“Yu see Cutty (Coppershot’s selector), dem no really know da suppen ya. Dis a one a de wicked deejay whe mash up dis. Him deejay pon Jaro, Stereomars,” Trooper said, going on to credit producers Steelie and Clevie before the rhythm dropped and Burru Banton chanted “hey hey” to the audience’s delight.

“Cutty, yu a likkle bway. Yu a uptown sound. A Kilamanjaro mi used to play, bad man sound,” Trooper said. “I gwine teach yu again. “Early ’90s, Ninja Man a run de place, Shabba a run de place, one ugly deejay come bout ya,” he said in introducing Major Mackerel’s Pretty Looks Done. Again Famous went into a frenzy.

He went into his personal history for the last selection of the round, saying that when he was in New York some time ago, a certain deejay advised him to go home in order to get his break. It was more than advice – it was an order, as the entertainer said “Trooper, yu can go home two way, a plane seat or a box. Mi say deejay, mi wi tek de plane seat.”

And with that he played Suuper Cat’s Don Dada.

 

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Trooper’s ‘teachings’ continued in the 45 round, but he did not have it all his way. In the dub-for-dub, Coppershot opened with a Sean Paul dub, custom-built for Trooper, to be off to a good start. Trooper paid his respects to Sean Paul, but said he had swallowed Super Cat and Junior Cat’s voices, before delivering his response. Coppershot had a Ninja dub in its arsenal and Trooper asked Mackerel to respond on record.

That proved to be the turning point, as Coppershot replied with a stringer Major Mackerel, asking “whe yu head a do unda deh?” Still, Trooper had a response. “Mi a bad man. Mi no eat dem suppen deh. Cutty a uptown yu come from. A uptown people originate eating,” Trooper said, to laughter.

And so they went, back and forth throughout the dub for dub, ending up finally in a draw which they both seemed satisfied with. “I am very happy,” Trooper told the judges. “I can’t win and Cutty can’t win. We draw tonight, we even. Thank you, judges.”

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Drama group wins 11 awards in barbados
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Team Jamaica poses with their awards from the Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival in Barbados. – Contributed

The Jamaican production of ‘Wi Love Wi Self’, directed by Akeem Mignott, walked away with 11 major awards, including that of Best Overall Performance, at the recently concluded Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival held in Christ Church, Barbados.

The young Jamaican thespians also received awards for Best Ensemble acting, Most Creative presentation and Best Set Design. Outstanding Actress award went to Mandie Salmon of Jamaica while Mignott won the award for Outstanding Director.

Eleven students from several local high schools across the island represented Jamaica at the Caribbean Festival (December 8-15) with participants from seven other countries including: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Barbados, Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The Jamaican delegation included six students from Ardenne High School (Jomo Dixon, Darian Reid, Johnique Francis, Chantae Martin, Jonathan Dwyer and Jadon-John Barton-Williams) as well as students from Munro College (Mandie Salmon) Mona High (Teona Wesley), Black River High (Jevone Andy) and Waterford High (Oleta Livermore and Raheem Wallace).

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While in Barbados, the Jamaican contingent also performed for students at the Alexandra School in the Saint Peter district and participated in cultural workshops and a Caribbean Youth Forum on Caribbean Single Market Initiative and Theatre Arts in the region.

The 2013 Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival was organised by the Barbados Association of Drama Educators. The Jamaican delegation was led by playwright Aston Cooke, who serves as facilitator of the Jamaica Youth Theatre, and the trip to the festival was made possible by sponsorship from the CHASE Fund.

 
LIME Portmore Christmas fun Day
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Even Santa Claus was impressed by the amount of credit Sherie Rowe-Hayes (centre) had on her LIME handset as she collected a brand-new Huawei 210 from Courtney Bell, community projects manager, LIME.

Highlights from the LIME Portmore Christmas fun day held on Sunday, December 8. The telecommunications company hosted a Christmas fun day for the children of the Portmore community at the Bridgeport High School.

 

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Stephen Miller, sponsorship manager, LIME, showed off his hooping skills as he, too, indulged in some of the fun activities at the LIME Christmas Fun Day.

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Female patron of the LIME Portmore Christmas Fun Day, Kadie Mundel, tries her hand at the ring toss challenge. Scores of families turned out at the Bridgeport High School recently.

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Britaneke Campbell seemed pleased upon visiting Santa Claus’s booth at the LIME Portmore Christmas Fun Day.

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Kevin Brooks, two-time winner of the basketball challenge at the LIME Portmore Christmas fun day, collecting a gift basket from Stephen Miller, sponsorship manager, LIME.

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LIME’s Sponsorship Manager, Stephen Miller, poses with young talent Little Ice after his performance of his LIME jingle for patrons of the LIME Portmore Christmas Fun Day.

 

 
Future Fambo delivers at Mavado’s birthday bash
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From left, DJ Kenny, Fambo, and promotions guru, Andrew Powell. – Contributed

It was a performance that many never expected. Dancehall artiste Future Fambo delivered an exciting performance at Mavado’s birthday bash on Saturday night at the Famous nightclub in Portmore, St Catherine.

Fambo earned one of the biggest forwards of the night when he shot on stage with the chart- topping hit Rum And Redbull. He upped the ante when he delivered the inescapable Drunken Dance, This Life (featuring Mavado) andNever Sober.

With his campaign now in high gear, Fambo is ready to take his share of the pie on the music scene.

He recently released the singles Live Tonight, which was produced by Not Nice Records; and Children Are The Future.

Fambo, who shot on to the musical radar in the early 1990s as a member of Courtney Cole’s Roof International label, has scored a number of hits over the years. These include Kung Fu, China Mi Live, and WTF (Swaggin, featuring Wayne Marshall and Tifa).