The following is the Independence Day Message from the Prime Minister of Jamaica The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller. My fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora, I greet you on this the 52nd Anniversary of our Independence. Fifty two years since our flag was first hoisted; fifty two years since we assumed full responsibility for our national affairs. Fifty two years since that hopeful a... »
The official trailer for the highly anticipated new Jamaican gangster-thriller movie “Jamaican Mafia.” The film follows Zoolian Anderson (Zoo-Zoo), a frustrated Car Salesman who desperately desires riches and respect, and discovers he’s the nephew of a powerful crime-boss when he decides to quit the corporate world to join the illicit organization better known as the ‘Jamaican Mafia’. The independ... »
Paul Campbell stars in Jamaican Mafia JAMAICAN Mafia, the independent movie starring Paul Campbell, is scheduled to officially premiere in New York City on August 27. Orville Matherson, one of the film’s executive producers, did not disclose a location, but told the Jamaica Observer that expectations are high for the flick, which he says is “based on real-life incidents”. Filmed ... »
TOMORROW is D-Day for the official opening of the Linstead-Moneague or second leg (Mount Rosser Bypass) of the delay-plagued North South Highway. The formalities will take place at China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Americas’ Treadways Toll Plaza at 10:00 am. Special guests will include cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament, ambassadors and heads of several agencies. Prime Minister ... »
TRAFFIC in the usually busy Half-Way-Tree square was diverted for several hours yesterday afternoon after a man believed to be of unsound mind relieved a police constable of his Glock service pistol and went on a wild, but short-lived shooting spree, injuring two civilians. The man is said to have run into the bus layby in the direction of Constant Spring Road, then fired close to 10 shots in the ... »
Female rapper Remy Ma was released from prison after serving six years for a 2007 shooting incident. Remy Ma, whose real name is Reminisce Smith, was convicted in 2008 by a New York judge for shooting her friend Makeda Barnes Joseph during a domestic dispute over $3000 cash. According to the The New York Times, the shooting took place at a nightclub after Smith gave Joseph her purse to hold. But w... »
Three of Jamaica’s relay teams at the the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland took gold in games record times today. A star studded Jamaica men’s 4x100m relay team clocked a games record 37.58 seconds to take the gold medal in that event. The team comprising Commonwealth Games 100m gold medallist Kemar Bailey-Cole, bronze medallist Jason Livermore, Nickel Ashmeade and U... »
Every couple of days you hear a crazy new Beyonce and Jay Z divorce rumor, but this one trump all the previous ones. The hip-hop power couple has been making tabloids headlines since that viral video of Jay Z and his sister-in-law Solange fighting in a New York hotel elevator. The rumors range from Jay Z’s affair with Rihanna to Beyonce affair with her bodyguard. Now according to the NY Daily News... »
Vybz Kartel not guilty verdict on his first murder trial gave the deejay and his fans high hopes of being freed of all charges. This piece was penned by Michael Dawson who is Vybz Kartel’s business partner and co-author of his book. Read the full story below: Last year this time, family, friends and fans of Adidja Palmer sat nervously waiting for a verdict in the then alleged murder of Barrington ... »
Dancehall diva Ishawna has broken her silence amidst rumors of a recent brawl between herself and ex-boyfriend Foota Hype. According to the “Need Love” singer, she and her ex were not involve in a physical fight but didn’t denied that they had a heated argument. “We were not fighting, we had an argument,” Ishawna said. “The whole Downsound was there, it was just a verbal altercation between me and... »
(From left) Jason Livermore, Rasheed Dwyer and Warren Weir round the bend in the final of the men’s 200m inside Hampden Park at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday. (PHOTO: JOSEPH WELLINGTON) GLASGOW, Scotland — To have done it once, was an amazing thing. But twice in one tournament, is nothing short of miraculous. Like their female counterparts in the 400m two nights ago at ... »
FARGO, North Dakota (AP) — The first plea agreements have been reached in a wide-ranging federal investigation into a Jamaican lottery scam targeting mostly elderly victims in the United States, including one woman from North Dakota who agreed to empty her savings account and then take out a loan on a life insurance policy. More than two-dozen people have been indicted in the case, including some ... »
Enrique Iglesias (centre) with Descemer Bueno (left) and Sean Paul after the NBC performance. KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Sean Paul and Enrique Iglesias will perform together on ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday, August 1. The two, along with Descemer Bueno recently performed ‘Bailando’ live on NCB’s America’s Got Talent. Enrique tapped Sean Paul for the English version of his hit... »
André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter Kimberly Williams Andrew Riley Glasgow, Scotland: The writing was on the wall. From heats to final, if a Jamaican was in a women’s 400m race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games she would be the first across the finish line. So it wasn’t too big a surprise when one after the other, the Jamaican threesome – Stephenie-Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mill... »
Rihanna is sleeping a little bit better today after a homeless man was arrested in New York fro dropping off three creepy letters at her condo in SoHo. According to NY Daily News, a 53-year-old homeless man name Kevin Mcglynn was taken into custody for stalking and threatening Rihanna. The man hand delivered at least three letters. Mcglynn was captured on the apartment building surveillance camera... »
The entertainment community was once again thrown into a state of disarray after news broke that another entertainer had been killed. According to preliminary information gathered upcoming Dancehall artiste ‘Propally’ was killed in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The artiste whose given name is Samora Grey met his untimely demise last Saturday (July 26th) in the vicinity of Half Way Tree when h... »
Sean Kingston fans are wondering if the reggae pop singer is going broke because another one of his pricey cars just got repossessed. According to TMZ, some repo guys swoop in on Sean Kingston’s white Lamborghini over the weekend while it was parked at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine and took it away on a flatbed. Sources say Kingston leased the tricked out Lamborghini and hadn’t made any p... »
T.I.’s wife Tameka Harris, aka Tiny, is for the first time speaking publicly about the Floyd Mayweather scandal and fixing her marriage. In may Tiny’s rapper husband T.I. attacked Floyd Mayweather at a Fat Burger joint in Las Vegas because he thought the boxer was having an affair with his wife. Mayweather denied any intimate relationship with Tiny. Earlier this month at a press conference while p... »
Alkaline is making it clear that he is no fans of dancehall deejays Gage and Tommy Lee Sparta. During a recent interview with Onstage, Alkaline was asked about Gage where he responded “what is a Gage.” According to Alkaline, Gage is not yet in his league and should stay to the side. “The little artists them a try to their thing but there is levels to this thing, keep the corner league over there b... »
Fresh from a scintillating performance at the recently concluded Reggae Sumfest in Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, red hot dancehall star Aidonia is set to launch his new clothing line within the coming weeks. The deejay will be rolling out his apparel line for the summer. The collection will cater to both males and females with a line specifically for children to follow. “Ever since my emergence in ... »
GLASGOW, Scotland — It seems, and understandably so, that the Commonwealth Games is a pull for royalty. Just these past couple of days the Glasgow Games has had Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her husband Prince Phillip and the monarch’s son and heir apparent Prince Charles inside the athletes’ village. Some athletes, including two from Jamaica, were privileged to greet and have lun... »
FLORIDA, USA (CMC) — The United States Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency says a Jamaican woman has been found guilty of marriage fraud by a US federal jury. The ICE reported Thursday that Nerene Erica Harrison, 32, of St Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 23. Harrison was indicted on November 13, 201... »
It’s being reported that Konshens was forced to cancel the remainder of his current European tour as doctors have diagnosed the young star with having ‘chronic laryngitis’. Konshens has been touring non-stop for the past year, starting with a stint in the USA, which ended in Connecticut, before embarking on a three-week run in France and the African south coast. From there he wen... »
Col Jacqueline Payne-Borden (right) receives the President of the United States certificate of appreciation from Col Sandra Tynes at a retirement ceremony held to honour her 28 years of service to the US Air Force. The retirement ceremony was held recently at Fort McNair Officers’ Club in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, DC, USA — United States President Barack Obama has commended Jamaican-born Jacquel... »
BY PAUL HENRY Coordinator — Crime/Court Desk (L-R) MILLER… accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. COKE… found in company of clerygman after one month on the run THE prosecution’s first witness in the trial of Rev Al Miller was yesterday accused of lying and exaggerating his role in the capture of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke as a means of furthering his career, as th... »
