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Although Atlantic Records initially sought out soca singers from Trinidad and Tobago, birthplace of the genre, when those deals failed to deliver expected product, the music industry giant turned its attention to other Caribbean territories.

The police in Montego Bay have stumbled on what they have described as an ingenious car-stealing ring, which they say was being used by gangs to commit other serious crimes in St. James.

While the Jamaat al Muslimeen has collected over $2 million in damages for the State destruction of buildings at its Mucurapo Road complex, the Government is yet to go after the Abu Bakr-led group of radical Islamacists for the $25 million owed to the State for the destruction of Police Headquarters in Port of Spain, which was firebombed during the bloody 1990 uprising.

Things could turn ugly for dancehall star Buju Banton when he turns up in Amsterdam next week for two concerts. Gay rights campaigners are seeking to have him arrested under Dutch law for inciting violence against gays and lesbians.

Drug dealers have killed a 16-year-old Princes Town youth, slicing off two of his fingers and chopping him four times to the back of his head.

A High Court judge yesterday poured scorn on a man who repeatedly raped a nine-year-old relative, sending him to jail for 15 years.

The checkered pasts of a man and his nephew caught up with them yesterday when they were both shot dead by a party of patrolling police officers who reportedly had information that they were about to commit a robbery.

Beenie Man's reported apology to the world hit Jamaica like a scud missile, leaving silent tongues in the deejay community.

After recently defending violence and homophobia in his songs, Beenie Man's U-turn on eve of album release fails to satisfy gay activists.

Four killings in less than 12 hours, extending from Valencia in the east to Cocorite in the west, kept police officers busy over the Emancipation Day holiday yesterday.