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Jamaica, US discuss investment and trade issues
WASHINGTON, DC, USA — The identification of opportunities for investment in Jamaica and trade issues were among the topics discussed when Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks...


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Bolt-led Jamaica and US set for clash in Zurich
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...
Relations with the US remain strong, says Jamaica minister
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...
Snippet of Sean Kingston's 'Letting Go ' Video Ft. Nicki Minaj
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...
Local Community Groups Lauded for Self-Help Projects
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...
He's Royal & Contagious
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The Dish: Jamaican beef patty is a healthier fast food
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...
Bolt thinks 9.4 in the 100 is possible
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...
Bolt says 100m in 9.4 is possible
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...
Budget Impact of Public Sector rationalization Plan Available in three Months
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...
Shaw Says Fiscal Reforms Encouraging Financial Support
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...
Jamaica, US set for clash in Zurich
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...
WOMAN SCAMMED IN COURT - Tricked into paying money to wrong person
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...
Mystery Rock Falls From Sky?
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...
Alleged assaulter charged again
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...
Court date set for woman after she gives birth
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...
Man killed in shoot-out
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...
18-y-o charged for ganja
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...
Bachelous has fine lessened
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'...
Bail extended in Patrick Roberts' gun trial
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...
Ian Lyn vacates JUCDA presidency
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...
Motorist pleads guilty to forgery
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...
Man remanded on gun-related charges
Rasbert Turner, STAR Writer A St Ann man was remanded when he appeared on gun-related charges in the St Ann's Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.He is McGiver Mcdonald, 22, unemployed of...
Two more suspects held in cop killing
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...
Growth is Jamaicas priority, Shaw tells UK bankers
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...
Jim O'Grady: Art You Can Eat
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...
Did Usher & Chris Brown REALLY Record A Song In Jamaica?
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...
Bolt-led Jamaica and US set for Zurich athletics meet
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...