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Bobo Hill, tucked into the folds of the Nine Mile hilly region of Bull Bay, St Andrew, is exactly 10 miles away from Kingston's hub but worlds apart from even the neighbouring tenement yard, which at once belches reggae and soul music.

News Source: Jamaica Observer

When the gunman burst into the kitchen of HHMS Nightclub, Leisa Maillard looked straight into his eyes. "You don't have to do this, you know. If you guys want to fight, just fight," the 39-year-old mother of two pleaded. "He has a wife and kids." But the killer pointed his pistol at her: "Shut your blood clot before I kill you," he growled, using a Jamaican insult.

News Source: Toronto Star

Four Trinidadians have said US authorities questioned them about their contact with a suspected al-Qaeda operative after he visited T&T in 2001.

News Source: Trinidad Guardian

Have you heard the new Missy Elliot CD? What about Christina Milian's lead single, Dip It Low, from her new album? Or pop princess Christina Aguilera's second single, Can't Hold Us Down, from her platinum-selling album, Stripped? What about track number three, (Oh No) What You Got, on the platinum-selling album Justified by Justin Timberlake, another member of pop's royal family?

News Source: Jamaica Observer

My stomach contracts and I feel a deep chill in every pore of my Brown skin when I see the prisoner abuse photos. I know that this is about racism. So why are so many publicly reluctant to say so?

News Source: In House

Joel Andem, the leader of the feared Joel Andem gang and the man at the top of the police's most wanted list for the past four years, was yesterday captured during a pre-dawn operation by police and soldiers in Clarksonville, a quiet community deep in St Ann near the border with Clarendon.

News Source: Jamaica Observer

Describing crime as the "one dark cloud" hanging over this country, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said yesterday the Government was moving to purchase helicopters with attack capabilities and high-speed sea vessels, to wage a war against criminals, particularly those involved in the illicit drug trade.

News Source: Trinidad Express

The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Haiti and Dominican Republic has risen to 1,950 with the discovery of more bodies.

News Source: Al Jazeera

A new statue of Reggae king Bob Marley, was unveiled at the museum named after the entertainment superstar, at 56 Hope Road in Kingston yesterday.

News Source: Jamaica Observer

The body of Trinidadian Hemattie Roopdial, who had been missing since Friday, was found bundled in a bag and stashed inside a closet in her Toronto, Canada apartment, on Monday night.

News Source: Trinidad Guardian