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www.muzikspace.com - April 25, 2009 -- A historic bill that calls for Caribbean nationals to have their own origins category on the U.S. Census form was on Thursday introduced by Caribbean American Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke of New York’s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. more...()
www.spiceislander.com/?p... - The Government of Grenada has denied performance work permits to popular Jamaican Dancehall Artist Adija Palmer aka Vybz Kartel, and his band. The “red-hot” entertainer, whose controversial lyrics have brought him lots of media attention both in and out of Jamaica, was scheduled to perform a “rap-it-up” concert in Grenville St. Andrews on Sat. May 2nd 2009, where his popular Daggering condom was to be officially launched. more...()
www.thestar.com/News/Can... - The pilot of a CanJet flight that was commandeered by a would-be hijacker in Jamaica says he and his crew are "touched" by the praise heaped on them by Canadians but "we certainly don't feel like heroes." more...()
sflcn.com/story.php?id=6... - Air Jamaica Limited is now celebrating its 40-year legacy since it departed the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, April 1, 1969, as the island’s national carrier connecting Jamaica to the world. more...()
www.washingtonpost.com/w... - BEIJING -- With Jamaica's currency in free fall, unemployment soaring and banks heavily exposed to government debt, the Caribbean island's diplomats went into crisis mode earlier this year. They traveled to all corners of the world to seek help. Jamaica's traditional allies, the United States and Britain, were preoccupied with their own financial problems, but a new friend jumped at the opportunity to come to the rescue: China. more...()
www.reuters.com/article/... - Reggae legend Bob Marley's "One Love" topped a list of Jamaica's 100 best songs over 50 years that was unveiled on Tuesday by a panel of musicians and cultural officials associated with the University of the West Indies more...()
www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/a... - The hijacking is that from a mentally challenged youngster and not anything that would be of concern in terms of an international incident," said Jamaica's Information Minister Daryl Vaz. "Thank God, there are no injuries in terms of the passengers. more...()
www.voanews.com/english/... - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, meeting with Haitian Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis on Wednesday, promised that the Obama administration will be a "committed partner" of the Caribbean state. Clinton is scheduled to visit Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Thursday before joining President Barack Obama at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. more...()
news.bn.gs/article.php?s... - Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has praised civil society for what he described as their “indispensable role.” As he officially opened the Civil Society Forum of the Fifth Summit of the Americas on April 14th on the Carnival Victory, which is docked in the Port of Port of Spain, Mr. Manning said the group has a critical role to play in the development of people and the governance of society. more...()
www.miamiherald.com/news... - PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Academics, activists and educators get a head start on Summit of the Americas isues.
Poverty. Climate change. Public safety. Never mind the other hot topic -- Cuba. Nearly three dozen hemispheric heads of government will gather in Port of Spain Trinidad this weekend to tackle some of the world's most daunting problems. more...()
sflcn.com/story.php?id=6... - Wayne Blake and Esther Stephenson smile as they watch their infant son sleep in his hospital bed this morning (April 15) at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Somewhere in the hospital, surgeons are preparing for surgery to mend a hole in the one-year old's heart. But, the parents feel none of the dread that one would expect, at the thought of a child undergoing such major surgery. more...()
www.ebar.com/news/articl... - A Jamaican gay rights group has issued an open letter critical of the effort launched last month that calls on people to boycott liquor imported from the country because of its record of deadly violence and other acts of violence perpetrated against LGBT people. more...()
bleacherreport.com/artic... - Today it was reported that the current “world’s fastest man” and three-time Olympic medalist, Usain Bolt, told German reporters: “When you're a child in Jamaica, you learn how to roll a joint.” A statement today clarified: “Although admitting to trying marijuana as a child, (Bolt) has never used it as a competitor. more...()
www.cnn.com/2009/POLITIC... - President Obama lifted all restrictions Monday on the ability of individuals to visit relatives in Cuba, as well as to send them remittances. The changes in Cuban policy was unveiled before President Obama's trip to the Summit of the Americas. more...()
news.prnewswire.com/Disp... - What: Gay advocates are launching a national boycott of Jamaica in New York City at the famed Stonewall Bar - birthplace of the gay rights movement. The bar's owners and boycott supporters will dump Jamaican liquor - Red Stripe beer and Myers' Rum - down the sewer. more...()
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/... - The elevated trains roar over the din of the streets and aging storefronts of Wakefield in the Bronx. Up a circular staircase in Moodie’s Records, past a wall of shrink-wrapped LPs and stacks of 45s, a neighborhood sound that began in the 1970s — Bronx reggae — is struggling to be reborn. more...()
www.radiojamaica.com/con... - The son of dancehall artiste, Desmond Ballentine, more popularly known as Ninja Man, could be slapped with murder related charges this week after he was held in St. Ann on Saturday. more...()
www.miamiherald.com/news... - The majority of delegations from the 34 nations coming to Trinidad and Tobago for the Fifth Summit of Americas will be doing so with Cuba very much on their mind. A clear understanding is emerging that a discussion on Cuba-USA relations cannot be deferred at this summit as one of the very significant, if not the most politically sensitive issues for Latin America and the Caribbean. more...()
www.miamiherald.com/news... - PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Crews in this Caribbean capital are cleaning the streets, spiffing up hotels and corralling the homeless into shelters -- out of sight of visiting dignitaries who will arrive this week in advance of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, which starts Friday. more...()
www.nydailynews.com/ny_l... - The Team Jamaica Bickle hospitality initiative - which has assisted hundreds of high school, collegiate and Olympic track and field athletes from Jamaica - is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. more...()
news.xinhuanet.com/engli... - The visit by seven Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. Congress earlier this week indicated that it is possible to bring an end to the split that began when Cuba's revolution triumphed in 1959. Barbara Lee, who came to Havana as head of the group from the Black Caucus (an African-American organization founded in the U.S. Congress in 1969), said, "it is time to seek a new path ... to seek dialogue with Cuba." more...()
www.stabroeknews.com/200... - With the aim of giving back to his community, overseas-based Guyanese Junior Forrester has returned home to launch the Kingston grassroots soccer academy. Born and bred in the Kingston community before departing these shores 16 years ago, Forrester said that this is a fulfillment of his dream of getting the children in the Kingston area off the streets and to direct their attention to something that is worthwhile and enjoyable. more...()
www.dailytimes.com.pk/de... - KINGSTON: Asafa Powell, the world’s second-fastest man, might skip the US-Jamaica Sprint Challenge that officials from both countries have agreed to stage starting next year. “I don’t really see the importance of it,” Powell said. more...()
www.caribbean360.com/New... - KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 9, 2009 - Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) have started a lobby in support of the call for the United Kingdom government to review its plans to increase the Air Passenger Duty (APD). more...()
seattletimes.nwsource.co... - Fort Lewis has identified a soldier who died on the post Tuesday as Sgt. Marlon A. Monroe, a 29-year-old helicopter mechanic who served with the 4/6 Air Cavalry Squadron. more...()
www.pridesource.com/arti... - International gay human rights activists have routinely named Jamaica as one of the most homophobic nations in the world, and several of the nation's popular dancehall music stars have been blocked from performing in other countries because of lyrics that promote the killing of homosexuals. more...()
www.bdafrica.com/index.p... - Models from Vera Beauty College showcase African designs during a fashion show in Nairobi. This is one the industries that should be nurtured. more...()
www.ottawacitizen.com/bu... - Prime Minister Stephen Harper got off easy Tuesday when he met with Jamaican Deputy Prime Minister Kenneth Baugh, but when the two meet next month, Baugh will make up for it. more...()
www.jamaica-gleaner.com/... - The 38th CARIFTA Games opens tomorrow at the George Odlum Stadium with a new look and the high-powered Jamaican aggregation poised for yet another table-topping display. more...()
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_n... - Premier League footballer Ricardo Fuller has pleaded guilty to driving without a UK licence. The 29-year-old Jamaican striker, who plays for Stoke City, admitted driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence at Fenton Magistrates' Court. more...()
www.philly.com/philly/hp... - THE NARCOTICS officers knew they were being watched on video surveillance moments after they entered the bodega.
Officer Jeffrey Cujdik told store owner Jose Duran that police were in search of tiny ziplock bags often used to package drugs. But, during the September 2007 raid, Cujdik and fellow squad members seemed much more interested in finding every video camera in the West Oak Lane store. more...()
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi... - Two team sprint showdowns between a Usain Bolt-led Jamaica and the best athletes from the United States will take place in 2010. more...()
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