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Denroy Morgan Is Indicted By Federal Prosecutors
FEDERAL prosecutors in Manhattan, New York yesterday filed an indictment against Reggae singer Denroy Morgan, according to a report in the New York Post. Morgan is accused of conspiring to sell more than 350 pounds of ganja after he was held leaving a house in the Bronx with 25 pounds of ganja. The case was [...]
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Jamaica To Get Largest Caribbean Solar Farm
The Toronto, Canada-based Solamon Energy Corp says it plans to build the largest solar power plant in the Caribbean. The solar company said the programme, to be built in Jamaica, will cost in the region of CDN$450 million (US$444.2 million). When completed, the farm will “enhance and improve the nation’s energy infrastructure, as well as [...]
The UK Invest Millions In The Caribbean
The Caribbean is to receive £75 million or US$116.5 million in development projects from the United Kingdom over four years to help with job-creation, improve security, and combat the threat posed by natural disasters and climate change. UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague said the funds represent a considerable increase [...]
T&T Ex-PM Hospitalized
HAZEL Manning asked that the nation pray for the recovery of her husband, former prime minister Patrick Manning, who was in the Intensive Care Unit of the San Fernando General Hospital last night, enfeebled by a stroke. “That is all we can do (for him) right now, ” said Hazel, as she left the hospital [...]
Reggae Month Launches With A Tribute To Dennis Brown
The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) welcomed the opportunity to meet with Damion Crawford, minister of state in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment and Lisa Hanna, minister of youth and culture, respectively, to discuss plans for Reggae Month. Both meetings were successful as JaRIA was assured that whilst the financial support may not be [...]
Clinical T&T Defend Caribbean T20 Title
Trinidad & Tobago put in a clinical performance against Jamaica in the final to win their second consecutive Caribbean T20 title, and once again qualify for the lucrative Champions League T20. Dwayne Bravo played a sensible innings to take T&T towards a decent total; Kieron Pollard, in one 26-run over, changed that from a decent [...]
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U.N. Probes New Charges Of Peacekeeper Sex Abuse In Haiti
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, whose members have been accused of rape, assault and sparking a cholera epidemic in the country, is investigating new allegations that peacekeepers sexually abused minors. “The U.N. Secretariat regrets to confirm that, on 16 January 2012, the U.N. mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, alerted headquarters about two allegations of sexual [...]
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LASCO’s New Factory Good For Economy, Says JA’s PM
The move by LASCO Manufacturing Ltd to build a $2.1-billion state-of-the-art factory that would increase local productivity, reduce imports and provide new jobs has been lauded by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller as the dawning of a new economic day in Jamaica’s development. Speaking during the official groundbreaking for the modern manufacturing and processing plant [...]
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T&T PM Pledges Law To Allow Death Penalty Amid Rise In Crime
Trinidad may soon be able to execute the death penalty if Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar follows through with the reintroduction of the necessary legislation. Prime Minister Persad Bissessar issued a pledge to bring to pass the legislation that will allow for the easy implementation of the death penalty. This comes amid an increase in [...]
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Former Cabinet Minister’s Long Innings Ends At 95
ONE of Jamaica’s most colourful politicians, top lawyer, Ambassador Dudley Joseph Thompson succumbed to a massive heart attack in the United States city of New York yesterday. Thompson, who celebrated his 95th birthday on January 19, was in New York to address a group of university students when the end came. He had lived in [...]
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