Jamaican World News

Bolt-led Jamaica and US set for clash in Zurich (Fri, 30 Jul 2010)
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Jamaican and US sprint teams are set to face off at next month's athletics meet in Zurich, with the teams led by Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay lining up to challenge world recor...
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Relations with the US remain strong, says Jamaica minister (Fri, 30 Jul 2010)
MIAMI, USA (JIS) -- Jamaica's Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has assured nationals in Miami that relations between Jamaica and the United States remain strong. He cited Presiden...
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Snippet of Sean Kingston's 'Letting Go ' Video Ft. Nicki Minaj (Fri, 30 Jul 2010)
Nicki Minaj to film a music video for their joint track "Letting Go (Dutty Love)". A preview of the clip which is directed by Lil X has been brought forward, revealing them joined by a crowd for a par...
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Local Community Groups Lauded for Self-Help Projects (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Principal of School of Destiny, Dr. Armada Pinkins (right), shows off the cheque presented to her by Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Stephen Hallihan (centre), while Coordi...
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He's Royal & Contagious (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
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Jamaican beef patty is a healthier fast food (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Your address could make you... At least once a week, Elizabeth has a Jamaican beef patty for lunch. “Well,” she reluctantly admits, “I usually have two.” The Toronto resident wrote to th...
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Bolt thinks 9.4 in the 100 is possible (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the men's 200-metre final race of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships in Berlin. He set a new world record of 19.19 seconds.
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Bolt says 100m in 9.4 is possible (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Usain Bolt thinks about winning the gold medal more than setting another world record. He worries about entertaining the fans as much as establishing a legacy. Track's fun-loving Jamaican star says h...
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Budget Impact of Public Sector rationalization Plan Available in three Months (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
KINGSTON (JIS) - Head of the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), Mrs. Patricia Sinclair McCalla noted that the details of the recommendations that were made in The Public Sector Master Rationali...
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Shaw Says Fiscal Reforms Encouraging Financial Support (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
KINGSTON (JIS) - Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has said that, as a result of the Government's commitment to good governance, Jamaica has been receiving unprecedente...
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Jamaica, US set for clash in Zurich (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Jamaican and US sprint teams are set to face off at next month’s athletics meet in Zurich, with the teams led by Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay lining up to challenge world records, organisers said yester...
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Bolt thinks 9.4 in the 100 is possible (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Usain Bolt thinks about winning the gold medal more than setting another world record. He worries about entertaining the fans as much as establishing a legacy. Track’s fun-loving Jamaican sta...
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WOMAN SCAMMED IN COURT - Tricked into paying money to wrong person (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
A woman who allegedly conned a man out of $45,000 was, herself, robbed of $30,000 inside the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The accused, Phyllis Althea Campbell, was to repay ...
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Mystery Rock Falls From Sky (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Like a wildfire, tales have spread in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, about a mysterious stone which residents claim fell from the sky on Tuesday morning.The stone is said to have fallen close to a man...
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Alleged assaulter charged again (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Campbell, who had been remanded after he showed no remorse and claimed he hit the teen because she does not listen when he speaks, allegedly punched a police officer in the face while he was in the ho...
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Court date set for woman after she gives birth (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
A 27-year-old pregnant woman accused of stabbing her child's father in the eye with a kitchen knife is to return to court in October, after she has given birth.
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Man killed in shoot-out (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
The dead man is identified as Umroy Dyer, unemployed, of Howell Content, Clarendon. Police reports indicated that an operation was being conducted at 5:45 a.m. in the community when the deceased fire...
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18-y-o charged for ganja (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
A 18-year-old man seemed confused when he was asked to enter his plea for charges of possession of ganja and possession of an offensive weapon when he faced the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Co...
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Bachelous has fine lessened (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Entertainer Michael Barnes, also known as 'Bachelous', got a lucky break yesterday when the Court of Appeal reduced his $6 million fine or four years' imprisonment to $200,000 or six months' imprisonm...
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Bail extended in Patrick Roberts' gun trial (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Roberts, who is head of Shocking Vibes, is facing charges of negligent, loss of a firearm and failure to renew a firearm. The 45-year-old businessman and politician was charged on April 7, after it w...
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Ian Lyn vacates JUCDA presidency (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association (JUCDA) will be having its Annual General Meeting at the Wyndam Hotel, New Kingston, today at 5 p.m. On its agenda will be the election of a new president.
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Motorist pleads guilty to forgery (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
A motorist who was denied legitimate car insurance for his vehicle, and who was so determined to secure insurance, so much so that he purchased forged insurance documents, avoided maximum prison sente...
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Two more suspects held in cop killing (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Detectives from the Major Investigations Taskforce have slapped criminal charges against two more suspects in connection with the May 23 murder of two policemen, along Mountain View Avenue, St Andrew.
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Growth is Jamaicas priority, Shaw tells UK bankers (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
LONDON, England — Finance Minister Audley Shaw says the Government of Jamaica will be pushing hard to achieve healthy economic growth during the current financial year, now that the country has achi...
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Art You Can Eat (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
On an oven-hot afternoon this past Saturday, more than 250 people descended on an outdoor pavilion displaying 85 sculptures on tabletops in the Hudson Valley village of Tivoli, NY. They came first to ...
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Did Usher & Chris Brown REALLY Record A Song In Jamaica (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
Usher and Chris Brown are rumored to have hit the studio together while they were in Jamaica this weekend. The rumors were confirmed by a source close to Usher but no details were given about the coll...
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Bolt-led Jamaica and US set for Zurich athletics meet (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
GENEVA (AFP) – Jamaican and US sprint teams are set to face off at next month's athletics meet in Zurich, with the teams led by Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay lining up to challenge world records,...
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Bolt-led Jamaica and US set for Zurich athletics meet (Thu, 29 Jul 2010)
GENEVA (AFP) – Jamaican and US sprint teams are set to face off at next month's athletics meet in Zurich, with the teams led by Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay lining up to challenge world records,...
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