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GOSPEL SINGER DONNIE McCLURKIN PLEDGES $30m TO JAMAICA’S HEALTH AND EDUCATION SECTORS!

BY ALDANE WALTERS—    American gospel act Donnie McClurkin performing on Best Dressed Fun in the Son, held at the National Heroes Park in Kingston, recently. (Photos: William Foster)— AMERICAN gospel singer Donnie McClurkin said he is planning to return to Jamaica in September and pump $30 million in the island’s health and education sectors. McClurkin, who was headliner at the recently staging of Best Dressed Fun in the Son gospel concert in Kingston, was speaking with the Jamaica Observer in an exclusive interview. “It was Jamaicans (in Jamaica, Queens, New York) who taught me to sing Jamaican songs as a little boy… It is the ministry that came out of Jamaica that inspired me to sing Jamaican songs. I didn’t know it would open me to the island,” the three-time Grammy award winner told the … Read entire article »

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GOSPEL SUPERSTAR DONNIE McCLURKIN TO HEADLINE “FUN IN THE SON” IN KINGSTON, JULY 16!

 Donnie McClurkin — American gospel singer Donnie McClurkin is the headliner for The Best Dressed Fun In the Son concert set for the National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Saturday, July 16. Sponsored by the Jamaica Broilers Group through its Best Dressed Chicken brand, the event is free to the public. It is slated to begin at 3:30 pm. “We have signed the contract and he is excited about performing to a packed National Heroes Park,” Tommy Cowan, CEO for Glory Music and founder of the gospel event, told the Jamaica Observer. “This year’s gospel festival is expected to be among the biggest ever, and we look forward to the lives of many Jamaicans being transformed through this ministry,” he continued. A senior pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York, McClurkin is the … Read entire article »

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DONNIE McCLURKIN DELIVERS J$60m IN MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO JAMAICA!

American gospel singer Donnie McClurkin (left) presents medical supplies to Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson at a ceremony at The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston, Monday afternoon. The total contribution was valued at more than $60 million. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD)—- The public health sector received a gift of medical supplies valued at more than $60 million from well-known American gospel singer Donnie McClurkin Monday afternoon. Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson accepted the donation of syringes, medication, surgical tools and equipment which, he said, will be supplied on a demand basis to hospitals and health centres across the island. Addressing the presentation ceremony at The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston, Ferguson said that donations amount to 20 to 30 per cent of the health ministry’s overall budget, down from about … Read entire article »

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