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Dancehall Music Has Come Of Age
However, the upcoming awards which has been tagged only to musicians with interest of dancehall seeks to deplore the efforts of making sure the type of-genre comes to-make an-impart in the development of the music industry.
Jamaica eyes expatriates as source of investment
KINGSTON, Jamaica In a bid to kick start Jamaica's chronically stagnant economy, the Caribbean country is wooing its citizens living abroad to invest in the island of their birth.
New Market Report: GraceKennedy Ltd. - Company Capsule
The profile contains a company overview, key facts, major products and services, financial ratios, key competitors, financial analysis, recent developments, key employees as well as company locations and subsidiaries.
Colombians Take Part in Maple Flag Exercise
Editor's note: This story was written by Col. Maria Cecilia Silva Velasquez of the Fuerza Aerea Colombiana and provides a fascinating look at how one South American county participated in a military training exercise thousands of miles away.
Baldwin Crescent crater endanger motorists, pedestrians
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Residents of Baldwin Crescent in Duhaney Park, St Andrew today made a desperate call for authorities to fix a huge crater covering a majority of the roadway.
SOL by Drenna Luna a " Angelie Martin-Spencer
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Police are searching for about two dozen Caribbean nationals who ran ashore from a Go-Fast boat at Golden Beach in Florida Sunday night, the Jamaica Observer has learned.
Professor Errol Miller to deliver CXC 40th anniversary lecture in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Professor emeritus Errol Miller, a distinguished Caribbean academic, will deliver the second public lecture for the Caribbean Examinations Council 40th anniversary on Thursday, 11 July 2013, in Jamaica.
Thom Bell: No longer silent in Gamble-Huff legacy
ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JUNE 15 - Musicians Kenneth Gamble, left, Leon Huff, center, and Thom Bell stand together at Gamble and Huff Music, on Broad Street, in Philadelphia, on Thursday, May 30, 2013.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- It has now been confirmed that star athlete Veronica Campbell Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic under the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency .
Jamaican firm contracted by CARICOM for regional movement of skilled persons project
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican human resource development firm, Dunn, Pierre, Barnett and Associates , has been contracted by CARICOM to work with ministries of education, national training agencies and TVET councils in the region, to build capacity towards the implementation of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification .
Festival highlights Jamaican composers
A recent, enthusiastically received concert showcased the music of two outstanding - though little known - deceased Jamaican composers, and introduced the work of an upcoming one.
Inner Circle Inspired Bob Marley, Helped Pioneer Reggae
Inner Circle helped invent reggae. Now, 45 years after they started, the group is still on tour -- not even a bus crash in Baton Rouge can stop them.
Jamaican public invited to comment on terms of reference for Tivoli Gardens incursion enquiry
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The government of Jamaica has invited members of the public to comment on the draft terms of reference for the commission of enquiry into the events which took place in West Kingston during the state of emergency in May 2010.
Thom Bell no longer silent in Gamble-Huff legacy
Of the Mighty Three - the name of their joint publishing company - Bell's name is not quite so synonymous with the Philly sound as Gamble's and Huff's.
Big Bomb Films Turns Best Seller "Star Boy" In Animated Short Film.
Spearheaded by Jamaican filmmaker Stephen Williamson, Big Bomb Films will be releasing a 10 minutes animation short film based on the best seller Star Boy series.
Arlington Heights police report scams
Con artists are using a variety of scams in their attempts to prey on Arlington Heights residents, police reports show.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica An investigation will be launched into allegations made by vendors downtown Kingston that members of the Police Force were seizing and destroying goods.
KINGSTON, Jamaica Detectives from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse are seeking the public's assistance in locating the following persons, who are witnesses in cases currently before the court: Melecia Hibbert of Torrington Road, Kingston 5, whose matter will be heard at the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate¹s ... (more)
Errol 'Shines' Sinclair a " gone too soon
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Fifteen-year-old Diana Johnson of Rusden Road, Rockfort, Kingston 2, has been missing since Tuesday, June 4. Diana is of brown complexion, stout build and about 5-feet-4-inches tall.
Gunmen in Jamaica kill 4 men playing dominoes
The Porsche 911 made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963. The rest, as they say, is history.