HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Hartford police charged a Jamaican man with a 1988 slaying after bringing him back to Connecticut over the weekend.

Lawyers for a Jamaican drug kingpin last week begged a judge not to impose a lengthy prison sentence after their client pleaded guilty to money laundering charges.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has not paid match fees and sponsorship money to players from as far back as the England tour of the Caribbean, according to information reaching CaribbeanCricket.com.

Bob Marley, the Jamaican reggae legend who died 23 years ago, is to be the subject of a London West End musical.

One of Jamaica's most wanted drug traffickers has been jailed in the UK for seven-and-a-half years for money laundering offences, Customs and Excise said.

Brian Lara has warned that the new West Indies coach, Bennett King, will only succeed in revitalising the team if he gets the full backing of the whole Caribbean.

After 30 years in the job, Eddie Seaga plans to step down as leader of Jamaica's opposition Labour Party on November 6th. In the 1970s, the Labour Party fought bitterly to unseat Michael Manley's People's National Party, then on the political left. Unwisely, both sides sought allies among the island's criminal gangs.

Home Secretary David Blunkett has banned Sizzla from entering Britain.

The Caribbean communities turned out yesterday in "record and unprecedented numbers" to vote in the United States presidential race, with analysts putting the figure as high as 80 per cent.

Two concerts by anti-gay reggae star Sizzla Kalonji have been called off at the last minute amid threats of protests over so-called "murder music".