(Jamaica Star) After what dancehall artiste and producer Rum Blood calls an entertaining Friday evening on the streets of Los Angeles, California, on November 29, he woke up in a jail cell the next morning.
(Jamaica Observer) A year after graduating from the Occupational Associate Degree programme at Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston, scores of graduates are yet to receive the document which confirms that they have earned the qualification.
(Jamaica Observer) The United States of America’s longest federal court vacancy ended last Thursday after nearly 14 years of foot-dragging and politics as the US Senate confirmed a Jamaican-born university professor to a North Carolina trial court seat in a bipartisan vote.
(Jamaica Observer) St Kitts-Nevis Opposition Leader Denzil Douglas has denied a report in Britain’s Daily Mail that he was detained at Gatwick International Airport when he tried to leave the country with 70,000 pounds sterling in cash.
(Jamaica Star) A popular Jamaica Union of Travellers Association (JUTA) tour bus operator who allegedly beat up a police constable last Friday has been arrested and charged.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born author director, producer, and actress, Sandy Daley waited with bated breath with her family on December 3 to see if she would win one of the coveted spots in the 2020 Toronto Fringe Festival.
(Jamaica Observer) Flight, the short film by local directors Kia Moses and Adrian McDonald,continues to rake in awards on the international film festival circuit.
(Jamaica Observer) When Ade Ellis, now 29 years old, emigrated to Florida 14 years ago, he had already made up his mind that cooking would be his career path.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite solemn promises given six years ago by the previous administration to wipe from the books a section of the Child Care and Protection Act, which allows judges in the Family Court to deem a child uncontrollable and commit them to the custody of the Department of Correctional Services, the law still remains.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s national costume for the 2019 staging of the Miss Universe pageant has left social media users divided over the theme chosen for the design.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The complete rupture of a recently discovered fault line in the Kingston Harbour could generate a 5.8 to 6.9 magnitude earthquake, potentially having serious implications for the capital city located less than five kilometres away, according to a recent study.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Grants Pen woman is lucky to be alive following a case of attempted suicide which was thwarted after she was cut loose from a rope by a relative who found her hanging from a tree.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican expatriates have generally reacted with dismay to Democratic candidate Senator Kamala Harris’ decision to pull the plug on her presidential election race, but some believe that the pragmatism of money in politics and her failure to energise black voters ultimately cost her the campaign.
(Jamaica Observer) Regional telecommunications giant, Digicel is currently evaluating its refinancing options over part of its debt pile, which currently stands at around US$7 billion (€6.35bn).
(Jamaica Star) Sixty-year-old Donovan Stewart, who became an Internet sensation after a US interview of him describing his ordeal with a robber went viral, is now being hailed as a fearless hero and modern-day Teddy Brukshut.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A motorcyclist was killed in a bizarre case of apparent road rage yesterday afternoon after he was kicked off course by a fellow angry biker before ploughing into a utility pole at the end of a chase on a busy Kingston street.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have for the past two years failed to execute a warrant of committal on Jamaican cricketer-turned-politician Daren Powell, who has been held in contempt because of his failure to comply with a 2016 court order.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Tesha Miller has been found guilty in relation to the murder of former chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Douglas Chambers.