One week after winning the Best Reggae Album category at the 62nd Grammy Awards, Koffee’s Rapture (EP) has seen an increase in sales. The five-song mini set jumped from number 11 to two on Nielsen Music’s Reggae Albums Sales Chart. Nielsen Music’s chart is sales-driven (covering CDs, digital, and vinyl sales), while the Billboard Reggae […]
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Two men stabbed to death in Stony Hill, St. Andrew
Two Spanish Town men were stabbed to death at a house in the Pear Hill district of Stony Hill, St Andrew. The identities of the men have not yet been released by the police. Reports are that the men were at a premises when attackers invaded and inflicted several stabs wounds to both victims. One […]
Read MoreTransJamaican Highway Ltd. IPO aims at $11.2 billion windfall
National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (“NROCC”), has put up for sale 8 billion shares or a 64 per cent ownership Transjamaican Highway Limited aimed at raising $11.2 billion. The offer, which was uploaded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange earlier today, doubles that of Wigton Windfarm, in which the Government of Jamaica raised $5.5 […]
Read MoreParent arrested for assaulting teacher
Police have arrested a parent who reportedly assaulted a teacher at Dumfries Primary School in St James on Thursday. It is understood that the parent reportedly attacked the teacher because the class teacher did not mark his child’s book. The injured teacher was hospitalised for two days, as she received injuries to the face. The […]
Read MoreRuddy Spencer resigns, setting up interesting by-election
Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Clarendon and State Minister for National Security, the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Rudyard ‘Ruddy’ Spencer, has resigned from representational politics with immediate effect. The resignation was announced by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles Snr, on Tuesday. The announcement was followed by glowing tributes to Spencer […]
Read MoreThree shot dead in Ackee Walk
Three persons were killed in a drive-by gun attack along Molynes Road, in the vicinity of Ackee Walk, in St Andrew on Tuesday evening. Eight persons in all were reportedly shot and injured in the shooting. Persons on the scene have identified the dead men as Evroy Hibbert, aka ‘Buzzer’, a bus driver, another Adonis […]
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