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Official Music Video for hit anthem London Don by K More. Jamaican born artist who now resides in London just released a music video entitled "London Don" voicing his viewpoints about the city of London; his cultural experiences of when he first came to the country and reflecting on what is it like at present living in London.

At first glance, Iakopo doesn't look like what you'd expect for a typical reggae music artist: He's tall and white with dreadlocks. But, with the launch of his first U.S. single "Touchdown," featuring Shaggy, he could be reggae music's next breakout star in America. Born into a Mormon family in Southern California but raised in Samoa, the boy originally known as Jacob Scott Jones knew that music would be a special part of his life from an early age: "I remember when I was really young, like maybe 3 or 4 [years old], and listening to 'Red Red Wine' [by UB40] ... I just loved that music." During his chat with NBC News, Iakopo — the Samoan version of his birth name — discussed his life and the multitude of adopted family members that took him in when he was ripped from his childhood home in Orange County and sent to the South Pacific. "I lived with the whole family, it was all in one small piece of land in the village ... there must have been at least sixty or seventy of us," he chuckles. Finding humor in his circumstances is evidence that music has been both a method of expression and a remedy to heal emotional trauma from his childhood prior to being adopted by his Samoan family. At the age of 13, while living with his birth family, Iakopo says he was snatched from his bed in the middle of the night and eventually taken over 4,000 miles away to American Samoa — something coordinated by his birth parents to correct what was viewed as deviant behavior in the Mormon community. "I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE TAKING ME OR WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH ME. IT WAS REALLY SCARY." He spent a year at Paradise Cove, a behavioral modification facility in Samoa operated during the 1990s that was investigated by the U.S. State Department under allegations of mistreatment and abuse of students. Knowing that his personal story can inspire his fans and draw a closer connection to the energy in his music, Iakopo is working on a movie about his life. "That's one of my biggest dreams...just something that I always thought would be really powerful to do." He's currently on a radio tour to promote "Touchdown." International Reggae artist, Iakopo, makes U.S. debut. http://www.iakopo.com/photos He spoke to NBC News about his single, drawing inspiration from music, and establishing himself as an artist in the U.S. NBC: How has everything been going with you? It's been awesome. I've been doing a different city every night and we've been getting great response on the record and I'm just working the record. We're just starting to see the traction now and it's been great. We've gotten a lot of great response so far and I'm excited to put in the work. NBC: What is "Touchdown" about? Why did you write this song? We got in the studio and we recorded about half the album and I just sat down with the producer and we talked about the different concepts of what we wanted to make the song about - and we kind of talked about the scenario of liking a girl and just the whole scenario of the song. We kind of made up the scenario just to kind of bring the feeling of what we're trying to portray...the funny thing was that after the song was recorded the actual scenario that we made up started playing out in my real life. NBC: How did Shaggy get on the song? We were in the studio and I laid down my vocals on the part and then we came back in and we were sitting down listening and I heard Shaggy's voice [in the studio] and I was like wow, I really think Shaggy would sound great on the song…so the producer just reached out to him and sent him the track and he really loved the track and he just happened to be in Miami the same day I was in Miami and the next day he just came over and laid the track down in like thirty minutes. NBC: Was this your first time meeting Shaggy? Yea it was my first time ever meeting him. The funny thing is I recorded the other half of my album at his studio in Jamaica but I never met him. NBC: Going back a little earlier in your career, I know you probably get asked this question a lot, but when did you discover your love for reggae music and music in general? When I was in high school [in Samoa]...after lunch we would beat on the lunch table and make a drum beat with our hands and we would all freestyle and sing...and one day one of my classmates was like…"my uncle is the band leader for the band in this club where they play the top 40 music of whatever people like on the radio"...and it just evolved into me singing with them every weekend...we were performing pop music in a reggae style so I got introduced to the style and the vibe of it…so that's how I started performing reggae and identifying with it. NBC: Did you always know that you would be an artist/performer? I was playing music a little bit but it wasn't my passion until I was about I would say 11 or 12 [years old], that's when I really consciously knew I had a deep passion for it. At that point, that's all I wanted to do...a very true thing about it too was I was going through a hard time as a child ... I had difficulties and stuff with family ... so I think it had always been from the beginning an escape for me. NBC: What was it like going from that Mormon lifestyle and then going to Samoa and having to adapt to a new culture? What was that like for you? I always remember feeling from a child that I always felt that I wasn't loved ... before I left for Samoa I remember my parents would sit with the (school) principal and they'd ask me what I wanted to be as a child and I told them that I wanted to be a rock star… and they sat me down with the principal in school ... my birth dad and the principal sat me down and said [to] come up with another plan for my life ... and it was a one in a million chance that I would ever make it and that I needed to figure out something else that I could do with my life. NBC: How did you wind up in Samoa? I was asleep at 3 o'clock in the morning and like... three, four men came in my room, woke me up and took me out of my bed, carried my shoes, hog tied me and took me in the back of their car and drove me to St. George, Utah ... all through the desert ... and they locked me in this room for two weeks and they told me 'You're going to Samoa' I had no idea where I was going ...I was locked in a room…I didn't know what was going on, I was scared out of my mind ... They got me to American Samoa ... and they held me there for a week and a half...laying on a dirt floor in a locked room ... then they smuggled me on a small Cessna from Pago Pago, American Samoa, to Upolu, Western Samoa ... that whole process was very scary ... then I got to Samoa and they drove me way out in the middle of the jungle ...[to] a completely isolated and uninhabited area ... to where they call Paradise Cove ... and I lived for a year ... they did behavior modification stuff on me ... on all the kids down there ... brainwashing techniques on us children and stuff like that for a year ... I was there for a year and I was taken out of that program by one of the ladies that used to come ... she was like a counselor who would come and check on the kids to see if they needed medical care and she would report back to the parents once a month ... so the parents basically signed over parental control to these people ... She [Charity, the counselor] brought me into the village life of Samoa and that's when I started going to high school ... and I started living in the culture ... that's when it became much more of a healthier living situation for me ... I bloomed because all of a sudden I had people who loved me and who were excited that I was around ... the family loved that I played music which was opposite from my Mormon family ... the Samoan people ... they are very open-minded ... they are very loving ... I felt like I really thrived around people that were just going with the energy ... they loved the fact that I played music and they weren't putting me down about whether I believed the same things that they did or that I was doing the same things that they did. NBC: It sounds like your music is something that helped you heal from that process? It definitely did...as my life continued to unfold, my music did also. NBC: Do you feel like there is this extra pressure on you to prove yourself to people as a white reggae artist? In some ways yes ... I do feel a sense of obligation ... since I am white ... [and a] reggae artist [that is] not from Jamaica — and I'm going into mainstream ... in some ways I feel like, yes, I gotta make sure that I got to do it justice ... for me it's just like music is music and what it stands for and what it represents is the energy and the roots of where it comes from. NBC: What do you want people to get from your music? It's always been kind of an underlying thing with me ... I want to make people just feel good ... the people that like the music, I just want them to feel good and enjoy it ... I think to me that's the most important thing. NBC: You spoke earlier about how music played a significant role in your life...which artists have influenced your music career so far? I'll try to pick a couple ... there's probably been so many that have influenced me consciously and unconsciously ... John Lennon as a child, his music, just the way he writes and where he was writing from, the space ... that was very influential for me. Kurt Cobain...his writing style was extremely abstract ... Tupac, the way that he wrote and the way that he talked about the troubled situations and things that were going on in his life. I used to listen to that too, so all the stuff that I listened to I had to be inspired it...as far as singing style I would say it would have to be Ali Campbell who is the lead singer for UB40 ... I would definitely say that's probably the closest as far as direct influence on singing style ... of course Bob Marley...I just think he was such a great leader, musician, singer...he was just so much more than a musician ... and then dancehall music like Vybz Kartel, Mavado ... that's what I listen to on my time ... I listen to so much music, but those are probably the key musicians. NBC: You've had international success. Now you're embarking upon your U.S. career. What are your goals for establishing yourself as an artist here? I came here to debut ... and to share my music and to do the most with it. I definitely want to take it all the way. This song is just hitting the top 100 last week and we're going to take "Touchdown" as far as it can go ... and once it starts falling off the charts then we'll hit them with the next one and hopefully we'll take that one further. Source: NBC

As a drug war rages across the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, assassins target star prosecutor Dana Seetahal in a midnight ambush. The nation is shocked by the crime, and soon whispers of conspiracy point to Colombian drug cartels, Venezuelan arms smugglers, and a local religious community with a secret political agenda. When the FBI gets involved, the murder appears to be much more than a local matter, and the hunt for Dana Seetahal’s killers becomes a case of misdirection and double meanings. In the end, the words of a fiercely committed prosecutor return, and Dana Seetahal asks her final, devastating question. The Calypso Killing is an inquiry into the life of an extraordinary person and a portrait of the country she died for: a true crime story that takes you into the back streets of a Caribbean outsiders rarely see. Longer than a magazine article but shorter than a book, the story brings readers along on journalist Tom Zoellner’s frontline reporting in Trinidad, from the pulsating capital Port of Spain, into the minds of island police detectives, and the sudden winds of a tropical hurricane. The Calypso Killing is the story of a local hero who was “Trini to the bone” facing the contradiction of the American drug fight. It’s a story dug from back alleys, an uncomfortable truth tirelessly puzzled together from whispers: a calypso. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tom Zoellner is the author of four nonfiction books including Train: Riding the Rails that Created the Modern World, from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief (Penguin-Random House, 2014). His journalism has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper's, Foreign Policy, The Oxford American, Men's Health, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Departures, and many other publications. He is an Associate Professor of English at Chapman University and lives in downtown Los Angeles. ABOUT DECA Launched in June 2014, Deca is a journalism cooperative that creates long-form stories about the world to read on mobile devices. The group’s members have authored acclaimed books and published magazine articles in such outlets as Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, GQ, National Geographic, and The New York Times Magazine. Deca’s writers include Pulitzer Prize, National Magazine Award, Livingston Award, Kurt Schork Award, George Polk Award, Michael Kelly Award, and Frontline Club winners and finalists. Learn more at www.decastories.com or follow us on Twitter at @decastories.

The Financial Times/OppenheimerFunds is currently seeking submissions of short films from Latin American and Caribbean filmmakers for their Emerging Voices Awards. The Award for the Best Short Film will be presented to the director of a film completed or released in one of the eligible countries in Latin America or the Caribbean region (see below the full list). The film must be directed by a national or passport holder of one of these countries and must have been completed or made available for distribution for the first time between 1 January, 2015 and 31 March, 2016. The film can be in any language, but if it is not in English, it must have English subtitles. The film can be up to 40 minutes long, including opening and closing credits. The closing date for submissions is 3 May 2016. Finalists will be flown to attend a gala awards ceremony taking place at the NYPL The New York Public Library on 26 September 2016. The winner will receive a prize award of $40,000 and will be featured in a post-event magazine and videos profiled on ft.com. Shortlisted runners up will receive $5,000. For more information or to submit your film, please visit live.ft.com/emerging-voices. Passport holders from the following countries are eligible to enter the film award: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname.

Reggae Artiste "Kalcium" Creating a BUZZ both Locally and Internationally with is Love Song entitled: #True Love.

In the fall of 2015, YOUNG MARCO hit the road in support of his critically-acclaimed domestic violence inspired single, "Gone Long Gone" and performed the song at various shelters for tons of domestic violence victims. In the coming weeks he will pick-up where he left off and will embark on the "4 Our Generation" promotional tour and it will include stops in Washington DC, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Chicago and Detroit. On April 18th, YOUNG MARCO will make a guest appearance on the VH1 hit TV show, "Black Ink Crew" as he stops by the shop and hangs with the cast while getting a tattoo. "PROM" was inspired by my high school prom experience. Being home-schooled through high school made it very awkward when I had to hang around my peers and observe their actions," says Young Marco. "While making this record with my guitar the day after prom I tried to make the night as vivid as possible through the song and it actually turned out great. I just want this song to be the prom anthem in all schools when they attend this special event, I want it to give them the same energy it gives me," he adds. ............................................................................................................. ABOUT YOUNG MARCO Young Marco is a performer, singer, musician, and songwriter that oozes passion with every sound that he delivers. At the age of nineteen, one would suggest Young Marco does not have enough life experiences to create such passion filled, relatable music, but through his musical genius he paints a very vivid visual of the minds of a young boy in comparison of a full life. It suggests that we should listen to our youth more because they have something to say! Several individuals influence Young Marco’s many styles and his simple love of life lessons combined. He finds inspiration ranging from Frank Ocean to Drake, Michael Jackson and The Passengers to Ed Sheeran, who Young Marco respects for his diverse career. These artists have influenced Young Marco into creating his own unique style, which was recognized at a tender age. Quickly noticing his lyrical genius, Young Marco set out to push to new heights and make his dream a reality. CONNECT WITH YOUNG MARCO Website: www.IamYoungMarco.com Facebook: Facebook.com/IamYoungMarco Instagram: @IAm_YoungMarco Twitter: @IAm_YoungMarco

Grammy-winning singer Fantasia will headline the 24th annual Blues on the Green concert scheduled for Emancipation Park in St Andrew, tonight. The free concert, theme “Out of Many, One” is hosted by the United States Embassy in Kingston to commemorate African-American History Month. The show was initially set for February 26, but rescheduled due to “logistical issues” associated with Jamaica’s February 25 General Election. Joining the American Idol winner, are Romain Virgo and Jesse Royal. Showtime is 7:00 pm.

World-renowned producer, performer and deejay Derek Pereira and his TRON imprint transform soca music globally with three new hit compilation albums – R.R. Rhythm (released January 22, 2016), Heartbreak Riddim and Grinders Riddim (both now available for pre-order and will be released worldwide on March 25, 2016), exclusively from FOX FUSE. Born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago, Pereira cultivated his musical empire first as a deejay with his own sound system known as X-Caliber Sound, which was established in 1998. This was followed by his inevitable progression as a soca artist (scoring his breakout hit “Millennium Wine” on the Voodoo Riddim back in 2001), known to fans as Dawg E. Slaughter or Mr. Slaughter, and he has been entertaining universal audiences both as a deejay or artist, ever since. Pereira’s contribution to Caribbean music on an international scale further evolved as he started producing music, first as an executive producer then co-producer with the ideas but not the full engineering knowledge, which he eventually learned by enrolling at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), where he graduated from an advanced certification course in Music Technology. This knowledge nurtured Pereira’s production skills and helped him compose the most popular soundtrack for the 2016 Trinidad Carnivalseason, the R.R. Rhythm. One could not walk the streets in Trinidad and Tobago without hearing the hit tracks spawned from the R.R. Rhythm, from boomboxes on bikes and vendor stalls, on personal playlists and radio in passing vehicles, and in the clubs or at fetes and festivals during Trinidad Carnival. A true music veteran as a deejay, artist and producer, and with his fingers on the pulse of soca music, the R.R. Rhythm catapults Pereira and hisTRON production house to instant stardom. Pereira’s contribution to Caribbean music on an international scale further evolved as he started producing music, first as an executive producer then co-producer with the ideas but not the full engineering knowledge, which he eventually learned by enrolling at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), where he graduated from an advanced certification course in Music Technology. This knowledge nurtured Pereira’s production skills and helped him compose the most popular soundtrack for the 2016 Trinidad Carnivalseason, the R.R. Rhythm. One could not walk the streets in Trinidad and Tobago without hearing the hit tracks spawned from the R.R. Rhythm, from boomboxes on bikes and vendor stalls, on personal playlists and radio in passing vehicles, and in the clubs or at fetes and festivals during Trinidad Carnival. A true music veteran as a deejay, artist and producer, and with his fingers on the pulse of soca music, the R.R. Rhythm catapults Pereira and hisTRON production house to instant stardom. Under its exclusive, global distribution deal with the world’s largest soca music label, FOX FUSE, the TRON catalog of hits now becomes available to the soca massive and international masses. “As a deejay, songwriter, artist, executive producer and now producer, it is a great feeling when the world accepts and appreciates your work,” Pereira reveals. “The R.R. Rhythm turns a new page for me. Soca music is my culture and I intend to highlight this, but I would also like to mention the broader spectrum of my mission, which is music. I see myself as limitless and I will go beyond the boundaries and venture into many genres, fusing it with ours.” Such fusion of flavors can be heard on the three new compilations, from the blending of jazz instrumentation and soca to bring the essence of jouvert on theR.R. Rhythm, to the classic one-drop reggae beats of the Heartbreak Riddim, and kompa meshed with tropical soca on the groovy Grinders Riddim. TheR.R. Rhythm has spawned all five tracks as instant radio jams and crowd favorites, including smash tunes from M1 with “Trouble (When De Sun Rise),” Blaxx with “Master Of Mas,” Fantom DunDeal with “4 Play” andSalty featuring TRON and Brass “Gyal Meets Brass (F Jam) (Start It).”The Heartbreak Riddim births eight heartfelt reggae gems includingOrlando Octave with “Herb Activist (No Drugs),” Kenne Blessin with “Jah Calling” featuring Chapta Nyne, Jah Bami with “Live Life With A Purpose” and Jabulani with “Hold You.” Pereira dons his artist cap on theGrinders Riddim, which is short and sweet with “Fete Anthem” from Dawg E. Slaughter and “This Woman” by Orlando Octave. Covering the full spectrum of Caribbean music and encompassing soca, calypso, reggae, dancehall, kompa and even jazz elements, these compilations deliver something for everyone, and are bound to satisfy music fans everywhere. “We’ve been big fans of Pereira’s work from day one, as a soca artist and sound system deejay, even prior to his productions,” states Zack Cohen,CEO of FOX FUSE. “We hope to see his career flourish further and we are happy to be part of his journey, as we make his catalog of hits available from FOX FUSE to the global market.” Having toured the world extensively throughout his multi-faceted career,Pereira and X-Caliber Sound are currently on tour in the United States, deejaying for crowds in New York City before heading to Miami, Florida for the 2016 Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference (WMC 2016). Spinning and performing TRON’s hit productions on yet another world stage,Pereira brings his signature sounds, and soca music on the whole, as he transforms, increases and satisfies soca’s worldwide demand. For more information on TRON, X-Caliber Sound and Pereira, follow his daily moves at Instagram.com/DawgESlaughter,Twitter.com/XcaliberWorldBo and Facebook.com/XcaliberInternational. Please direct all media inquiries to the FOX FUSE Publicity Department at1-212-300-3813 or contact@foxfuse.com. TRACK LIST - R.R. Rhythm 1. Salty Featuring TRON and Brass - Gyal Meets Brass F Jam (Start It) 2. Fantom DunDeal - 4 Play 3. Orlando Octave - Road 4. M1 - Trouble (When De Sun Rise) 5. Blaxx - Master Of Mas 6. TRON - R.R. Rhythm (DJ Young Chow Mega Mix) TRACK LIST - Heartbreak Riddim 1. Jah Bami - Live Life With A Purpose 2. Orlando Octave - Herb Activist (No Drugs) 3. Jabulani - Hold You 4. Kenne Blessin - Jah Calling Featuring Chapta Nyne 5. Babaman - Weeda 6. Fantom DunDeal - Leff It 7. Fantom DunDeal - Leff It (Raw) 8. Screws - Build It 9. TRON - Heartbreak Riddim (Black Chariot International Mega Mix) TRACK LIST - Grinders Riddim 1. Dawg E Slaughter - Fete Anthem 2. Orlando Octave - This Woman

International Reggae artist Taffari has recently released the visual for his international reggae hit "Christian Soldiers" on World A Reggae Records "Black Sword Riddim". Produced by Boris "Taffari" Silvera and Guiseppe "Big Finga" Coppola, and mixed by Anthony "Al" Graham, "Christian Soldiers" is the second single released on the World A Reggae Records Label. The inspirational conscious reggae song holds special meaning to Taffari, the artist shared the inspiration by stating "It was a time in my life, a point in my life where I was going through some hard times, where everything around me crumble, all friends, everything disappear from my life. Seen and I seek refuge within this book called the bible. And in there i found comfort, I realize I could identify myself with words, within this book I could identify myself, and I learn that this John, James, David and all these people been through some of the same things I was going through at the time, so I could easily identify myself in the book, and all I did was apply their teachings to I an I life and the very words of this book lead me from where I was to where I am today. So if you listen to the song Christian Soldiers, it says on word, on word.. it simply means I'm traveling on words, I am not traveling by foot, i'm not travelling by my feet." "Christian Soldiers" was filmed and edited by Danny Creatah and single available now on iTunes.

THE performer hailed as the best female saxophonist in the UK has a date in Malvern. YolanDa Brown, the double MOBO award-winning saxophonist, will raise the rafters of the Forum Theatre on April 29, from 7.45pm, when she will appear with Mica Paris. A spokesman said: "Wowing audiences across the country, from London and Cardiff to Manchester and Glasgow, the Reggae Love Songs tour, which is coming to Malvern, will be an infectious journey of reggae rhythms from the Caribbean, peppered with supreme jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities." "Widely regarded as the premier female saxophonist in the UK, YolanDa Brown has spent several years on the jazz circuit and the wider world stage both as a soloist in her own right and touring with some of the globe’s biggest names in music." In fact, YolanDa has performed with the likes of The Temptations, Errol Brown, Courtney Pine and Diana Krall. Describing herself as ‘making music for everyone,’ YolanDa has a broad appeal to audiences of all tastes, ages and backgrounds. Her debut album, April Showers May Flowers, went to number one in the UK Amazon and iTunes Jazz Charts. The spokesman said: "With a distinctive style all of her own that is influenced by a number of genres, from jazz to reggae and soul, YolanDa is now drawing from her Jamaican roots for this exciting new tour. "Very much a woman of her time, YolanDa is as much an entrepreneur as she is a musician, and works with a number of charities. Born in Barking in the early 1980s, by the age of six, YolanDa was already something of a musical prodigy and by 13, she had taught herself the saxophone." The desire to help others has led YolanDa to become patron for The Mayor’s Music Fund, ambassador for The Prince’s Trust and she works regularly with The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts, as well as starting her own music student foundation, The YolanDa Brown Foundation." Tickets and further details on, 01684 892277. Source

Caribbean and Latin-inspired dishes and drinks await diners at many of Philadelphia’s top restaurants during the 12th Annual Caribbean Cuisine Week (CCW), @caribbcuisine, to be held April 13 -15, 2016. CCW partners with top chefs throughout Center City and Greater Philadelphia who create special dishes to help bring over 700 economically disadvantaged Caribbean high school athletes here to compete in the Penn Relays. The Penn Relays is the largest track and field event in the United States, drawing over 115,000 people to Philadelphia each Spring. CCW assists student-athletes from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Bahamas, with ground transportation, three hot meals a day, emergency medical, and other hospitality services. Many of these students aspire to be like the famed Jamaican Olympian Usain Bolt — “the fastest man in the world” — who benefited from CCW while in high school. One must simply dine at a participating restaurant during CCW. The restaurants will then donate a portion of the proceeds from the three-day period to the Young Caribbean Professional Network (YCPN) @ycpnphilly, the local non-profit sponsoring the initiative. Rob DeAbreu, owner of Sabriná's Cafe, hails from St. Kitts and is proud to be CCW’s lead sponsor. All five of his restaurants are participating. “Philadelphia is a global city and was recently named the first U.S. World Heritage Site,” he said. “This event is an opportunity for our great chefs to draw on the international flavors that influence their creativity, and to give back to the community.” Zavino University City is also a sponsor and will generously host a kick-off event on Tuesday, April 12 from 6 to 8 pm. Participating restaurants include Sabrinás Cafe - Italian Market, well as Sabriná’s Cafe - Art Museum, Sabriná’s Cafe-University City, Sabriná’s Cafe-Wynnewood, Sabriná’s Cafe - Collingswood, Zavino University City, 48th Street Grille, Reef Restaurant & Lounge, Mixto, among others. There is still time to join CCW’s roster of restaurants. Interested restaurants should contact Kathryn.Roberson@aecpartners.net, 215.315.4399, x 701. For more information, visit www.caribbeancuisineweek.com. ............................................................................................................. About Young Professional Caribbean Network - The Young Caribbean Professional Network (YCPN) aspires to create access to education and economic opportunities for students and young professionals in the global marketplace. YCPN encourages young professionals from the African, Latino, Asian, Haitian, African/American and European communities to join and build a strong Young Global Network in the New York/Philadelphia region. YCPN produces Caribbean Cuisine Week, an annual dining-out event which engages Philadelphia’s finest restaurants in a fun-filled week of food, music and community service. Proceeds from the event help 700 high school students attend and compete in the Penn Relays. YCPN also provides book and emergency scholarships to College/University students in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Saint Lucian author Hanna Fitz launches New Book “I AM THE GATEKEEPER”. This easy to use daily companion of 101 keys and 101 positive affirmations serves as a guide to help motivate and remind you of your greatness. We are all Gatekeepers of our own lives. You do not need to wait for anyone's permission to share your gift or message with the world. You were born qualified to make a difference. When we take control of our minds by consistently affirming the truth of who we really are and were created to be, we can win the mind game and find true joy and purpose in our lives. You can unlock the gates to the world you want to be experiencing. It's time to take your power back and live the life you truly desire". Click on image for a free sample of the book The book has 101 daily keys that are reminders of who we truly are. So often that negative self-criticising voice is present just when we are about to take a step forward. The book aims to provide key insights on overcoming the battles of the mind and living fully in your purpose. I AM THE GATEKEEPER is now available on amazon.com. Learn more at www.hannafitz.com .......................................................................................................................... About the author Hanna Fitz was born on the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean moved to the French island of Martinique at the age of 5 weeks where she lived for five years. As a teenager she spent her summer months in Baltimore, Maryland. She lived in Italy over a period of two years working with Italian companies throughout Europe. She is a brand strategist, business coach and author, who has built her career helping entrepreneurs grow their business. She has a first class honours degree in Corporate Management from Anglia Ruskin University, an LL.M in International Commercial Law from Northumbria University, Certificate in Managing Luxury Brands and is a Certified Project Manager. She enjoys exploring different cultures, caribbean and international cuisine, sailing and has a deep interest in spirituality and the science of the universe.