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Corporate Jamaica scouts Tanto Blacks

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Dancehall artiste Tanto Blacks says the law of attraction played a role in J.Wray and Nephew’s decision to sign him as the face of their ‘Q is the Key to Cash 4 Life’ competition that ends this month.

According to energetic entertainer, belief in one’s self can take a person a far way.

“I believe anything that you talk into the universe, it will happen in reality if you believe in it. I wasn’t surprised because I know everything was going to come to me. Even when I went for my US visa, I never was fretting,” he said.

Tanto Blacks also disclosed that following J. Wray and Nephew’s signing he has been approached by several other corporate brands for brand ambassador duties.

Brand Ambassador

“A lot of brands were sleeping on me, but Wray and Nephew open their eyes. So, now all of them see me as a potential brand ambassador. The journey was good and nuff brand a call me now. It was also a good feeling to go in pharmacies and stores and see posters with my face on it. I was also happy to see my face on the Billboard in Half-Way Tree and Montego Bay,” he said.

Tanto Blacks will also make his acting debut this year in a Jamaican film titled True Billionaire. His debut EP will also be released bearing the same title.

“This year, everything wi seh will be billionaire because we pass millionaire status now,” he told THE STAR.

Source: http://jamaica-star.com/article/entertainment/20170128/corporate-jamaica-scouts-tanto-blacks

PM Lauds Corporate Volunteers

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hailed the outstanding philanthropic contributions of corporate entities that have served to engender a culture of volunteerism locally.

He said the Government appreciates the contributions by private and public-sector entities and is working to further stimulate and encourage volunteerism in the country.

“As a nation, when we all practise volunteerism, the country benefits,” he said.

The prime minister was giving the keynote address at the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) 2016 National Volunteer Awards Banquet held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston last Thursday.

He congratulated the six awardees at the event, which was held under the theme, ‘Volunteerism as a Catalyst for National Development’.

Volunteerism

The Private Sector Award for Outstanding Volunteerism went to the Wisynco Group; Digicel Foundation received the Non-Profit Organisation for Outstanding Volunteerism Award, while the CVSS Member Agency of the Year Award went to the Jamaica 4-H Clubs.

Justice of the peace and president of the Kiwanis Club of Junction, St Elizabeth, Alethia Peart, received the Marion Ballysingh Award for Outstanding Volunteerism.

The Young Leader Award was presented to 24-year-old Portmore youth leader Neville Charlton.

Former Lasco Top Cop, Nadine Grant-Brown, who founded the programme Eve for Change, received the Public Sector Volunteer of the Year Award.

The highlight of the awards banquet was the induction of international recording artiste and philanthropist Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell into the CVSS Hall of Fame.

Burrell is the founder of the Shaggy Make A Difference Foundation, through which he is a supporter of the Bustamante Hospital for Children. The foundation has raised more than $255 million to acquire some 1,000 pieces of medical equipment used to treat more than 77,000 children each year.

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