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Dre Day grabs Grammy statuette on Koffee project

Well-known producer DreDay is all smiles these days. Within the next two weeks, he will receive a Grammy certification for mixing four of the five songs on Koffee’s ‘Rapture’ EP, marking a major milestone in the talented producer’s storied career. The Grammy statuette and certification will serve as further vindication of the producer’s efforts over […]

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Vybz Kartel could be freed if coronavirus hits prisons?

VYBZ Kartel fans are wondering if he may be released as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread throughout Jamaica and gains a foothold in the correctional services. Speculation was fuelled when Iran’s judiciary chief said on Monday that authorities temporarily freed about 70,000 prisoners to help limit the spread of the coronavirus as officials reported […]

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Premier League cancellations this weekend as Chelsea player contracts coronavirus

Chelsea’s players and coaching staff were ordered into isolation as Callum Hudson-Odoi became the first Premier League player confirmed to have the new coronavirus late on Thursday. The news casts the viability of this weekend’s games further into doubt after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tested positive, also throwing their team into lockdown. “Chelsea men’s team […]

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Bull Bay a ghost town as coronavirus fears spread

The entire communities of Seven Miles and Eight Miles in Bull Bay on the St Andrew/St Thomas border have been placed under quarantine, initially for two weeks, as Jamaica ramps up efforts to contain the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The island’s authorities are also adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to a […]

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Kapri goes for the ‘Glory’

Fast rising dancehall artiste Kapri a.k.a Pree is hoping to use 2020 to catapult into stardom as he eyes the top spot of the dancehall industry. He is banking on the success of his latest single, ‘Glory’, produced by US-based producer Andre ‘Drizzy’ Patterson. “This is a powerful song with an incredible message that one […]

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Jamaican man chops up wife in Trinidad

A 49-year-old Jamaican man who allegedly chopped his wife to death in Trinidad and Tobago was remanded in police custody when he appeared in court there on Monday. The accused, Adrian Byfield, a security guard of Quarry Village, Siparia in the twin-island republic, was charged last Saturday with the murder of his wife, 46-year-old Rachel […]

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American tourist killed in Mobay

As the country’s murder rate continues to spiral out of control, embattled St James police are probing the death of an American man at a small hotel on the Godfrey Dyer Boulevard. The American was scheduled to leave the island yesterday. The police were reportedly summoned after his body was discovered by a member of […]

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