Information Minister, Robert Nesta Morgan, said the decision of the Broadcasting Commission to ban songs which promote criminal activity is not a tool the Government is using to fight crime.
Read more: Banning Songs That Promote Illegal Activity Not a Crime Fighting Tool - Morgan
The Broadcasting Commission earned the ire of Jamaican entertainers on Tuesday after it issued a directive requiring broadcasters to immediately prevent the transmission of any recorded material that promotes and/or glorifies illegal activity.
Read more: Artistes Scoff at Broadcasting Commission's Ban on Crime and Sex Music
The Broadcasting Commission has imposed an immediate ban on the playing of music that, among other things, promotes or glorifies lottery scamming, the use of the illicit drug Molly, and illegal guns.
Read more: Broadcasting Commission bans playing of scamming, Molly and gun music
Selah Marley, the granddaughter of reggae legend Bob Marley, has come under fire for wearing a 'White Lives Matter' T-shirt at rapper Kanye West's fashion show on Monday.
Read more: Bob Marley's Grandaughter Hassled Over Wearing White Lives Matter T-Shirt
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Mozein Sutherland was named winner of the televised Digicel Rising Stars talent contest on Sunday evening.
Read more: Teenager Mozein Sutherland Wins Digicel Rising Stars