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Ninjaman gets life, 25 years before parole Published December 20, 2017
Ninjaman KINGSTON, Jamaica — Veteran Dancehall deejay Ninjaman was a short while ago given a life sentence in the Home Circuit Court for the March 2009 murder of Ricardo Johnson. He is to serve 25 years before being eligible for…
Alleged gangsters slapped with multiple charges; 18 face court today Published December 20, 2017
Head of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch, Assistant Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey (right) speaks to reporters at a press conference at his office on Orange Street in downtown Kingston yesterday while Assistant Superintendent of Police Anthony McLaughin…
Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill founder, CEO commits suicide in Bronx factory Published December 3, 2017
Lowell Hawthorne KINGSTON, Jamaica – The founder and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill killed himself inside his Bronx factory Saturday, police sources said. Lowell Hawthorne, 57, shot himself inside the Park Ave. building near E. 173rd St.…
Police identify American murdered in St James Published December 3, 2017
Desiree Gibbon, 26, of Queens, New York was found dead with her throat slashed Nov. 26 in a rural section of the island nation of Jamaica. KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman found with her throat slashed in St James over…
Big Gun Fear Published December 3, 2017
Concern is being expressed by business people in the wider downtown Kingston community and shoppers over some police personnel carrying high-powered weapons in the densely populated shopping area. The Police High Command, in keeping with an earlier promise of improving…
61-y-o J'can misses deportation after 50 years in UK Published October 30, 2017
Paulette Wilson (Photo: BBC.com) KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 61-year-old Jamaican woman who was under threat of deportation from the United Kingdom was this week released from an immigration removal centre.Paulette Wilson, who has lived in the UK for nearly 50…
Nooks out (Singer yanked from Mother's Day show) Published May 11, 2017
George Nooks SINGER George Nooks has been removed from the line-up of the Mother's Day concert — A Gift for Mom — set for next Sunday at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew.This comes in the wake of…
Lawyers ready appeal Published May 11, 2017
Vybz Kartel (left) and Shawn Storm leave the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston shortly after being convicted of the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams in April 2014. THE legal team representing dancehall deejay Shawn “Shawn Storm” Campbell is preparing to…
Restaurant owners killed in Hanover triple murder Published March 25, 2017
HANOVER, Jamaica — Three people are dead and one injured after a shooting at a restaurant in the Dias community of Kingsvale, Hanover last night. Initial reports from the police are that 47-year-old Marcia Johnson and her common-law-husband Authur Noel…
'I am changed, grown and matured' ... Bounty Killer defends inclusion in Women's Day concert line-up. Published March 18, 2017
Bounty Killer says the act of abusing women ridiculous and weird and crazy. Bounty Killer has trashed the holier than thou attitude of his detractors, arguing that he is being unfairly judged. The dancehall superstar, who goes by the moniker…