Vybz Kartel faces murder charge
Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel has been charged with murder. A police statement issued in Kingston on Monday said that the 35-year-old artist was charged with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of a firearm. Investigators accuse the rapper,…
Jamaica PM: Coke saga a reason for his resignation
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s outgoing leader said Sunday that public perceptions about his handling of a U.S. extradition request for drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke contributed to his recent decision to resign. In a nationally televised address, Prime Minister…
Reggae pioneer Leonard Dillon dies in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The leader of the pioneering reggae group The Ethiopians has died in Jamaica. Leonard Dillon was 68. Daughter Patrice Dillon says her father died Wednesday at her home of lung and prostate cancer. She says Dillon…
Battle over new JLP leadership
Political pundits believe that a mysterious meeting between Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) officials, just hours after the JLP Leader and Prime Minister announced his plan to resign, was part of a conspiracy. The Jamaican Prime Minister, Honourable Bruce Golding, has…
Jamaica offers economic advice to Greece
Jamaica’s Finance Minister Audley Shaw said Greece should follow the example of the Caribbean nation and restructure the national debt as a first step toward solving its economic crisis. “Start with that debt exchange,” Shaw said yesterday in an interview…
