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| Overseas-based Guyanese launches soccer academy |
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| 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... () |
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| Powell hints at snubbing US-Jamaica sprint showdown |
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| 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... () |
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| Jamaicans mobilise lobby against UK air passenger duty |
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| 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... () |
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| Soldier found dead at Fort Lewis identified |
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| 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... () |
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| San Francisco gays launch boycott of Jamaica |
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| 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... () |
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| Creative industries in Africa must be nurtured |
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| 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... () |
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| Jamaica to push Canada on climate issue |
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| 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... () |
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| Jamaica set to dominate Carifta |
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| 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... () |
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| Footballer admits driving offence |
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| 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... () |
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| Store owner's hidden back-up shows cops snipping security-camera wires |
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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... () |
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| US and Jamaica agree sprint clash |
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| 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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| Kofi Kingston wins Legends of WrestleMania tournament |
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| www.gamepro.com/article/... - WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston has already claimed the Tag Team Championship and the Intercontinental Championship during his first two and a half years with the company. Now he has one more title to add to the bunch. Playing as himself (imported via Smackdown vs. Raw 2009) Kingston won the Seventh Annual THQ Superstar Challenge, defeating four top WWE Superstars in WWE Legends of Wrestlemania before taking on and defeating former champ Shelton Benjamin with "The Fink" Howard Finkel presenting commentary throughout. more... () |
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| Davis lucky not to see red |
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| www.southlondon-today.co... - CRYSTAL Palace had to settle for their second successive stalemate - but their trip to west London was not a drab draw. The biggest talking point of the first half surrounded Eagles defender Claude Davis, who was not punished when he elbowed Samuel Di Carmine in the face after just 17th minutes. more... () |
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| Netball fraternity grateful for Leila Robinson Courts upgrade |
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sportsjamaica.com/read_a... - The Leila Robinson Courts netball facilities are currently being upgraded, just in time for the Caribbean Under-16 Netball Championships, which will be held at the venue from April 24 - 30.
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| Carly Bragnalo, fiancée of Canuck Taylor Pyatt, dies in crash |
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www.theprovince.com/news... - The 27-year-old fiancee of Vancouver Canucks forward Taylor Pyatt was killed and four others injured after a car crash in Jamaica.
The accident that killed Carly Bragnalo Thursday happened in rural St. Elizabeth. more... () |
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| Government Cannot Afford $149 Billion Wage Bill, Says Senator Nelson |
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| www.jis.gov.jm/finance_p... - Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, has said that the Government cannot afford the wage bill which it will be saddled with in 2009/2010. more... () |
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| King triumphs at International Tennis Federation Championships |
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| www.barbadosadvocate.com... - DARIAN KING has become the first Barbadian to win the Barbados International/International Tennis Federation(ITF) Junior Championships. He did it in fine style yesterday morning at the National Tennis Centre where he opposed and defeated Jamaican Brandon Burke in straight sets 7-5, 6-3. more... () |
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| Soldiers officially become US citizens |
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| www.wtoctv.com/Global/st... - Friends and family gathered to watch the Third Infantry Division's special swearing in ceremony today. Soldiers born from countries like England, Jamaica, and even the Phillipines were proud to say they are US citizens. more... () |
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| Why Jamaica needs a 'Kingston Club' - How to break the national debt squeeze |
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| www.jamaica-gleaner.com/... - For decades, Jamaica's economy has been sluggish. Today, the country faces even deeper fiscal uncertainty, with negative growth in 2008 and projected for 2009 and the global financial crisis seeming certain to impose further restrictions. Already, the economy's most lucrative sectors - tourism earnings, bauxite and remittances from abroad - are in decline or have ground to a halt. more... () |
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| Elderly Canadian jailed on drug charges in Jamaica |
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| www.google.com/hostednew... - KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 71-year-old Canadian woman caught with 3.6 kilograms of marijuana in her luggage at a Jamaican airport has been jailed for drug-smuggling. Margueritta Lancaster-Reid will remain in jail for three months, unless she pays a $1,200 fine. more... () |
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| U.S to Lift Some Curbs on Travel to Cuba |
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online.wsj.com/article/S... - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, a senior administration official said, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds.
The gesture, which could herald more openness with the Castro regime, will fulfill a campaign promise and follows more modest action in Congress this year to loosen travel rules. more... () |
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| Luciano clears the air |
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| go-jamaica.com/news/read... - Reggae singer Luciano has denied ties with the wanted man who was shot dead in a stand off with the police at his Westminster Crescent studio last Wednesday. At a press conference today Luciano, whose real name is Jepther McLymont also expressed remorse about the shootout. more... () |
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| Jamaica’s crime problem gets US attention |
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| go-jamaica.com/news/read... - Jamaica’s chronic crime problem has caught the attention of influential policy makers in the United States government. The matter is to be discussed at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad from April 17-19. more... () |
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| Shipping Association of Jamaica to lay off 60 workers |
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| www.radiojamaica.com/con... - The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) has announced that it will be sending home 60 workers. The SAJ says the move followed intense discussions with the Unions representing its work force. more... () |
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| Jamaica Stresses Need for Postponement of UN MDGS' Deadline |
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| www.jis.gov.jm/health/ht... - Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Environment, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, has reiterated Jamaica's call for an extension of the deadline for achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) beyond 2015. more... () |
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| Jamaica Law Firm Layoffs? No Place is Safe, Mon! |
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| amlawdaily.typepad.com/a... - Jamaica has given us many things to be thankful for: Bob Marley, reggae, Red Stripe beer, Olympic sprinters, and The Am Law Daily's favorite movie of all time, Cool Runnings. (Not to mention the Jamaican bobsled café in Montego Bay.) more... () |
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| Man gets 18 years in prison for killing Jamaica diplomat |
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| www.caribbean360.com/New... - KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 2, 2009 - The man who killed Jamaica's former Trade Ambassador Peter King three years ago has started a 15-year prison term as punishment for the crime that shocked the nation. more... () |
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| Usain Bolt 2012? |
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| www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/... - The world will catch a glimpse of who could be Jamaica’s future Olympic champions this week at the island’s annual high school Boys’ and Girls’ Athletic Championships at the National Stadium. more... () |
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| Jamaican sentenced in trade official's slaying |
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| www.victoriaadvocate.com... - A Jamaican court has sentenced a man to 15 years in prison in the 2006 slaying of island trade official Peter King. Sheldon Pusey had been charged with murder, but a jury convicted him on the lesser charge of manslaughter. more... () |
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| Virgin Islands Represented at Legal Affairs Committee Meeting |
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| www.bviplatinum.com/news... - Honourable Kathleen Quartey, Attorney General of the Virgin Islands (U.K.) represented the Territory at the Fifteenth Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) Meeting of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States in St. Lucia. more... () |
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| A Caricom agenda |
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| www.trinidadexpress.com/... - SECRETARY General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, has called the Summit of the Americas Caricom's chance to "articulate their own vision of hemispheric relations.'' He said the region should also seek to draw attention to the challenges these countries face. more... () |
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