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December 7, 2013
Mandela, who led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison, had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, – Flags we... Read More
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December 7, 2013
KINGSTON, – Jamaica has launched its first medical marijuana company with prominent researcher Professor Henry Lowe urging the authorities to take full advantage of the drug’s medicinal components for commercial purposes. Lowe, who is the exe... Read More
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December 6, 2013
The efforts of Foreign Affair ministers for Jamaica and Trinidad to smooth over relations between both countries could be erased as a fresh round of verbal bashing has begun. Yesterday Opposition spokesman on Industry and Commerce Karl Samuda in ... Read More
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December 6, 2013
Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Yasuo Takse said his country will be working more closely with Jamaica in the coming year to strengthen the relationship between them. Ambassador Taske said Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller recently met with a n... Read More
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December 6, 2013
A national movement and public awareness campaign, Unite for Change, aimed at empowering each citizen to take back Jamaica from the clutches of criminal elements was launched yesterday by the Minister of National Security, Peter Bunting at the Po... Read More
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December 5, 2013
South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela has died at age 95. Jacob Zuma made the announcement at a news conference today, saying "we've lost our greatest son." Mandela became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the... Read More
Entertainment News
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December 7, 2013
TIFA and Romain Virgo scored big at Thursday's Triple Century Live show at cricketer Chris Gayle's Triple Century Sports Bar in New Kingston. Dressed in a fetching black leather suit, Tifa declared, "Tonight, I am going to do things a bit differe... Read More
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December 7, 2013
Jamaican singer Tessanne Chin continues to make the rounds on the US television networks. Chin, who made it into the top 5 of the NBC talent show, The Voice, on Tuesday, was guest on Fox affilliate KTTV yesterday. Hide DescriptionTessanne Chin Go... Read More
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December 7, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Albums by Beres Hammond, Sizzla, Ziggy Marley, Sly and Robbie & the Jam Masters and American rapper Snoop Lion have been nominated for the Best Reggae Album category at next year's Grammy Awards. Nominations were an... Read More
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December 5, 2013
Mystic Power: Alpha Blondy With a career spanning more than 30 years, the 60-year-old singer from the Côte d'Ivoire has made a name for himself, especially in Africa and Europe. He earned his sole Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album with 200... Read More
Recent Sport News
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December 3, 2013
Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce have been shortlisted for the United States Sports Academy Athlete-of-the-Year Award 2013. Bolt and US tennis player Serena Williams are in the running to win back-to-back awards. The US S... Read More
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December 3, 2013
Darren Sammy and his men might have wondered if they were still in India after the first days play in the first test match against New Zealand in Dunedin. The West Indies won the toss and chose to field, no doubt because of the green on the wicke... Read More
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