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Machel Montano, the Trinidad and Tobago soca superstar, has copped top honours at the International Reggae and World Music Awards held recently at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. The awards included Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer, Most Outstanding Stage Personality of the Year and the much-coveted, Bob Marley Entertainer of the Year Award.

News media is reporting that Bounty Killer and Mavado are not only banned from performing in Guyana, but also their music is also banned on the airwaves in Guyana. The reggae dancehall artistes were banned from performing in Guyana last week by the government.

Reggae dancehall deejay Mavado will miss his scheduled show in Trinidad tomorrow, which has been rescheduled to April 4th and 5th. This after Mavado was arrested on Wednesday after turning himself in to Jamaica Police. Mavado had to surrender his passport yesterday in Jamaica courts after receiving J$200,000 bail.

Noise Productions decided to treat Buju Banton like royalty upon his arrival on Holy Thursday at Piarco Airport in Trinidad for the "I Am Legend Concert" with Beres Hammond at the Queen's Park Savannah.

Dancehall reggae superstar Beenie Man is claiming that he has not seen his son Marco Dean for over 8 months. D'Angel, Beenie Man's estranged wife has claimed Beenie Man has "made no attempt to call to enquire about the welfare of his son". We present another chapter in the Beenie-D'Angel saga.

Scotiabank has announced a multiyear sponsorship deal with Caribana, one of the most popular and largest Caribbean Carnivals in North America. This comes as excellent news for the Caribana management since the last couple years have been hit and miss when it comes to funding of the annual event.

After the recent stabbing murder of 16 year old Shaquille Roberts, local DJ Kwesi "Hypa Hoppa" Hopkinson has called on his peers in the entertainment industry to take a stand against violent music. Artists mentioned in his call include popular dancehall artists Movado and Busy Signal as well as hip hop mogul 50 Cent.

Barbados, home to hip hop and RnB sensation Rihanna, is set to declare a public holiday in her honour appropriately dubbed "Rihanna Day". The news came as a surprise to the 20 year old singer who was discovered by Jay-Z a couple years back.

Trinidad and Tobago, the West Indies and even Facebook are in mourning over the untimely death of former Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Sobion. Sobion died after medical complications to remove a tooth at the University Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.

News out of Jamaica is that the Jamaican Police have banned the proposed street dances in Majesty "Back To" Gardens named after popular entertainers Bounty Killer and Beenie Man because it "is going to cause conflict and we have to step on conflict because conflict leads to crime." For now no more Bounty Sundays, and Beenie Tuesdays will never start.