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$15M Judgment Entered Against Vybz Kartel
The troubled dancehall star has been ordered to pay a promoter for failure to show up at a scheduled appearance in 2009. Jamaican star Vybz Kartel has been ordered to pay $15 million to a promoter after failing to make a scheduled… Read more
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Ne-Yo and Lauryn Hill Set to Headline Shaggy and Friends 2011 HEADLINE SHAGGY & FRIENDS 2011
Shaggy will continue with his commitment to give to the Bustamante Hospital for Children with his third staging of the Shaggy and Friends concert on December 30, 2011 on the lawns of Jamaica house. Ne-yo and Lauryn Hill will be among the… Read more
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Celine Dion Headlines the 2012 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
Just when you thought the jazz and Blues Festival organizers could not outdo themselves. They manage yet again to make the concert even bigger than the year before and will no doubt attract their loyal attendees and certainly draw in anyone else… Read more
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Steve Jobs, Apple Co-Founder and Visionary, Is Dead
SAN FRANCISCO — Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder and former chief executive of Apple, has died at 56. Apple said in a press release that it was “deeply saddened” to announced that Mr. Jobs had passed away on… Read more
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Vybz Kartel Officially Charged with Murder
INVESTIGATORS from the Major Investigation Taskforce (MIT) yesterday evening charged dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of firearm. A news release from the police said that the charges against… Read more
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Bruce Golding To Resign as Prime Minister
Jamaica’s governing party announced Sunday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will step down as leader in the coming weeks, possibly averting a rebellion from ruling party members that could have led to his ouster. Golding would resign once a… Read more
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Morgan Freeman says Tea Party is ‘racist’, out to get Obama
When asked by Morgan whether Obama’s presidency has made racism in the United States better or worse, Freeman, who once played apartheid-defying South African president Nelson Mandela, frankly stated that his time in office has made it worse, as… Read more
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Scotia replacing bank card with Visa debit
Scotiabank is phasing out its proprietary card in favour of a co-branded Visa debit e-payment card tenable internationally. The banking group is distributing the card in its 15 Caribbean markets. Inside Jamaica it has mailed out the… Read more
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Banana thrown at Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds racist gesture
Just before Philadelphia’s Wayne Simmonds, one of the few African-American players in the NHL, scored on a shootout attempt in Thursday’s preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Labatt Centre in Ontario, a fan taunted him by throwing… Read more
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Troy Davis’s Execution Stayed
Troy Davis, who was convicted of gunning down a Savannah police officer 22 years ago, filed an eleventh-hour plea Wednesday asking the Supreme Court to stop Georgia authorities from executing him. His execution by lethal injection had been… Read more
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Georgia Pardons Board Denies Clemency for Troy Davis
Rejecting pleas by Mr. Davis’s lawyers that shaky witness testimony and a lack of physical evidence presented enough doubt about his guilt to spare him death, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles ruled on Tuesday morning that Mr…. Read more
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VIDEO: Usain Bolt Wins 100 Meters Race in 9.76 at Brussels as Jamaicans Sweep
Usain Bolt won the 100 meters at the Diamond League track meet in Brussels, finishing in 9.76 seconds, the fastest time of the year. The Olympic champion and world record-holder led a Jamaican sweep. Nesta Carter finished second in 9.89… Read more
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Denroy Morgan Caught with over 300lbs of Weed
Police uncovered more than 300 pounds of marijuana in the Bronx on Wednesday, a discovery that led to the arrest of two men — including former reggae artist Denroy Morgan. The 66-year old, Jamaican-born Morgan came under investigation after he… Read more
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Libyan Rebels Express Racism toward Sub-Saharan Black Africans
Now that Moammar Gadhafi’s regime has lost control of the Libyan capital Tripoli, some Africans have been left vulnerable to attack. Many rebels believe any dark man from sub-Saharan Africa is a Gadhafi mercenary. The Africans say they are in… Read more
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Scottish Station in Hot Water over Lefstide’s “More Punany”
A SCOTTISH radio station unfamiliar with the kind of Jamaican patois popularised by Ali G tried to convince Ofcom that a sexually explicit reggae song it played at three in the afternoon was actually a homage to a grilled Italian… Read more
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Killers Shoot St James 2 Year Old Toddler in the Head
The Montego Bay police were, up to last night, hunting two suspects in connection with Sunday’s fatal shooting of a two-year-old boy and a man in the Second Street area of the tough inner-city community of Albion. FULL STORY:… Read more
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Yohan Blake wins in 9.82 seconds in Berlin
World champions Yohan Blake and Kirani James led four young Caribbean athletes with notable victories at the International Stadium Festival meet here Sunday to enhance their growing reputations. Jamaican Blake and Grenadian James comfortably… Read more
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Qaddafi’s Son Flees to Niger as New Leaders Focus on Next Steps
In Niger, Mr. Amadou said the people traveling with Saadi el-Qaddafi were “ordinary folk” and that Mr. Qaddafi was expected to reach the capital, Niamey, sometime this week. There were no plans to arrest him, he said, because there did not… Read more
