Topic: Jamaica

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Reggae: Dancehall producers missing the boat

Friday, May 28, 2004 - 03:15 PM
Jamaica

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

News: Got him! - Jamaica's most wanted arrested

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 03:09 PM
Jamaica

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

Reggae: Newest Bob Marley statue unveiled

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 12:06 PM
Jamaica

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

Reggae: Reggae legend buried in Jamaica

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 06:22 PM
Jamaica

Hundreds of fans, musicians and political leaders turned out for the funeral of reggae producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd in Jamaica on Saturday.

News Source: BBC

News: Phillips says he regrets attending slain don's funeral

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 03:05 PM
Jamaica

Just over three years after he sat up front with two senior Cabinet colleagues at the funeral of slain Arnett Gardens don, William "Willie Haggart" Moore, Peter Phillips, the national security minister, yesterday expressed regret over the action and repeated a call he made in the Parliament Wednesday for politicians to shun criminals and drug dealers.

News Source: Jamaica Observer

Reggae: Musical farewell for Dodd tomorrow

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 01:45 PM
Jamaica

Tribute in music will be paid tomorrow to Clement Dodd's as the musical pioneer is laid to rest following his death from a heart attack two weeks ago. The funeral services for Dodd takes place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral on North Street in Kingston with interment at Dovecot in St Catherine.

News Source: Jamaica Observer

News: U.S. seeks visa sanctions against officers of Jamaica firm

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 01:34 PM
Jamaica

WASHINGTON ? The Bush administration has notified a Jamaica-based resort firm that its top officers will be denied entry into the United States because of investments the company made on property confiscated from Americans in Cuba.

News Source: signonsandiego.com

Reggae: Mad Cobra reunited with some of his stolen property

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 11:59 AM
Jamaica

DEEJAY MAD COBRA has recovered some of his property, which was stolen from his home in his absence two weeks ago.

News Source: Jamaica Star

News: Jamaica first to sign for low-priced AIDS drugs under UN and Clinton initiatives

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 10:03 PM
Jamaica

Jamaica is the first country to have signed an agreement to receive HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostic tests at the reduced prices negotiated by the Clinton Foundation and paid for by the United Nations-initiated Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Fund said today.

News Source: UN News Centre

News: Police kill one man and abuse and threaten many more

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 06:08 PM
Jamaica

Amnesty International has issued an urgent alert to its members after police shot dead Robin 'Country' Anderson on 5 May 2004 in an alleged extrajudicial execution and detained Curtis Greenwood and Jeffrey James, both from Morgan Lane, Spanish Town.

News Source: Amnesty International UK

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