Photo credit: Lionel Whyte By Ben Fractenberg and Amy Zimmer DNAinfo Staff WAKEFIELD — Hundreds of people rallied Monday evening to protest the controversial police shooting death of unarmed teen Ramarley Graham ...
Robert Nesta Marley Julian Marley Ky-mani Marley Damian Marley Bob Marley in his earlier days playing football. Mel Cooke, Gleaner Writer IF HE were still alive, Bob Marley would have turned 67 years old today. Five ...
DANCEHALL artiste Mavado is to face trial today and tomorrow in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s court on charges of malicious destruction of property and assault. Mavado, whose real name is ...
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DANCEHALL artiste Mavado is to face trial today and tomorrow ...
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By Ben Fractenberg and Amy Zimmer
DNAinfo Staff
WAKEFIELD — Hundreds of people rallied Monday evening to protest the controversial police shooting death of unarmed teen Ramarley Graham in his Bronx home — shouting “murderers” at a cop car that drove by.
Residents were mourning the death of the 18-year-old Graham and also protesting [...]
Robert Nesta Marley
Julian Marley
Ky-mani Marley
Damian Marley
Bob Marley in his earlier days playing football.
Mel Cooke, Gleaner Writer
IF HE were still alive, Bob Marley would have turned 67 years old today. Five years short of being dead for as long as he was alive, the Tuff Gong’s legend continues to grow, not least of all because of [...]
Correctional officers implicated in big prison ‘bash’
Tyrone Reid, Senior Staff Reporter
Senior national security operatives are probing a major security breach at one of Jamaica’s maximum-security prisons that resulted in hardened criminals hosting a marijuana-laced and liquor-filled Christmas party on its compound.
The investigation was sparked by the discovery of photographs of the prison party that were [...]
Lewis: That is one way, probably, we can stop the influx of these illegal operators on these routes.
Nadisha Hunter, Staff Reporter
Traffic Division head Senior Superintendent of Police Radcliffe Lewis is calling for laws to be enacted to support the permanent seizure of vehicles which operate illegally as taxis.
Lewis’ desire has been triggered by the number [...]
DANCEHALL artiste Mavado is to face trial today and tomorrow in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s court on charges of malicious destruction of property and assault.
Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, was slapped with the charge July of last year.
Mavado
Similar court dates were also given to the entertainer’s promoter, Gregory Lindo, who is charged [...]
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Paul Elliot – File
The fists of veteran artiste Paul Elliot and dancehall act Merciless met recently at a free concert celebrating the life of Dennis Emmanuel Brown.
At the concertthat was held on Sunday in downtown Kingston, which also featured acts like Half Pint, Big Youth, Beres Hammond, Ken Boothe and Jimmy Riley, Paul Elliot [...]
Crystal Harrison, Star Writer
The principal of a high school in St Catherine is now conducting an investigation after two students, known to be a couple, were recently allowed to ‘exchange wedding vows’ and kiss openly in a ceremony conducted by a security guard.
The wedding ceremonyreportedly occurred last Wednesday about 2 p.m., under a [...]
Sheldon Williams, Gleaner Writer
Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel was again remanded until May 8, when he will go to trial to answer to the charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Kartel is also before the court on two murder charges.
The date was scheduled this morning, [...]
KING Stitt, pioneer ska/rocksteady deejay and toaster, is dead.
According to his only child Beverley Spark, King Stitt — whose real name is Winston Spark — died at 1:15 pm at his home in Nannyville, St Andrew, yesterday. No cause was given for his death.
KING STITT… died at home in Nannyville, St Andrew, yesterday.
Upon returning from [...]
BY TANESHA MUNDLE Observer staff reporter
DANCEHALL deejay Elephant Man, was granted bail in the sum of $400,000 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court this afternoon.
Elephant Man, whose real name is Oniel Bryan, appeared in a black outfit and appeared to be in an upbeat mood as he chatted with his attorney [...]
Crystal Harrison and Chad Bryan, Star Writers
Mandatory DNA testing possible for unsure dads
The likelihood of Jamaican men being tricked into parenting children or as Jamaicans would say ‘getting a jacket’ may become a thing of the past as potential dads will soon be subjected to a DNA test, once there is doubt.
In 2009, [...]
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter
POPULAR deejay Elephant Man has been taken into police custody and is being questioned by detectives from the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA). Officials from CISOCA said the entertainer, whose real name is Oniel Bryan, was being questioned in relation to a number of sexually-based [...]
“HELLO, Jamaica!” shouted Celine Dion to the huge crowd that turned out for her performance at Jamaica Jazz and Blues, at the Greenfied Stadium in Trelawny on Friday night.
After her opening number I Drove All Night at minutes after midnight, the Canadian singer expressed appreciation for the love and support she got from her Jamaican [...]
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Usain Bolt
LONDON, England (CMC):
The British government announced this week it would relax stiff income tax rules for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, a move that could lure Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt and a host of top-tier athletes to the Glasgow showpiece.
Under British law, non-residents are required to pay a 50 per cent tax rate on [...]
VETERANS Marcia Griffiths, Yellowman, George Nook and Maxi Priest were outstanding on the first night of the three-day 2012 staging of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival at the Greenfield Stadium in Trelawny.
The golden voiced and energetic Griffiths had the crowd engaged throughout her performance as she went through her catalogue of hit songs which [...]
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell laughs during a news conference in advance of tomorrow’s US Open Track and Field Championships at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Olympic gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica responds to questions during a news conference in advance of the US Open Track and Field Championships, tomorrow at New York’s Madison Square Garden. [...]
Students at Pratville Primary & Infant School in Manchester take cover during a recent earthquake presentation and drill at the school. – Contributed photo
Martin Baxter, Gleaner Writer
Jamaica is due to experience an earthquake on the same scale as one that sank a section of Port Royal more than 300 years ago, according to the Earthquake [...]
