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DEATH IN THE DANCEHALLI’m not sure anymore, moreWho is knocking on my door, doorAll the faces that I knewSo sunny and blue, blueI-man can see it in the skyTenor Saw already die die…When dem a go stop kill off the superstar? Super Cat Claude MillsFreelance Writer A rash of events over the past week has […]
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’Give me six lines written by the most honourable of men and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.’ – Cardinal Richelieu In recent weeks, the authorities have sent a clear warning to the entertainment community by embarking on a system of reviewing tapes of stage shows and summoning entertainers before court […]
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Controversial Reggae artist Fantan Mojah was arrested over the weekend and charged with breaches of the curfew orders promulgated under the Disaster Risk Management Act (“DRMA”). The Hail The King singer was returning from the studio when he allegedly breached the curfew order. “I was on Red Hills Road, and the police gave me a […]
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Police have confirmed that her body was found in a shallow grave in Sandy Bay, Clarendon on Thursday.Dawkins, a teacher of Four Paths Primary and Junior High School, has been missing since Tuesday, March 30.
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CLAUDE MILLS/EDITOR A St. Thomas man chopped a woman to death and then hanged himself in an incident that shocked residents that a murder-suicide could have occurred on the most holiest of days – Good Friday. “A man chopped up a woman at about 9:55 a.m. today and then the man hanged himself,” a representative […]
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St. Ann pastor, Peter Chambers, who is affiliated with the Miracle Healing Deliverance Ministry and was recently detained by the police has been released and he is now explaining his innocence. According to the Pastor, he was not charged and the large sum of money that was found at his home has been accounted for […]
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Dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and was sentenced to three years in prison. The ‘Blessings’ artiste appeared before the High Court Division of the Gun Court and was represented by Queens Counsel Tom Tavares Finson and Donahue Martin. He received a three-year sentence for […]
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Dantay Brooks, the 18 year old son of entertainer Mavado Brooks, was sentenced to life imprisonment today in the Home Circuit Court. Brooks will have to serve 22 years before he is eligible for parole. Brooks was sentenced to 20 years for illegal possession of firearm and 15 years on the arson charge. All charges […]
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CLAUDE MILLS/STAFF REPORTER Multi-Grammy winning artiste Shabba Ranks is mourning the death of his mother, Constance Christie, aka ‘Mama Christie’. The hardworking mother of seven children was reportedly 81 years old. Word of her death spread like wildfire on social media. Several persons, include Dexta Daps, tweeted their condolences. Dexta Daps wrote to his 1 […]
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by CLAUDE MILLS Jamaicans always feign embarrassment and horror at the stunning level of violence that happens daily in the ‘Mad Island’. But people, I say to you, be ashamed no more! I say, let us celebrate our violence, embrace our cultural peculiarities and idiosyncracies, heck, let’s market it! Forget about bauxite, the haemorrhaging Business […]
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