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Japan, Finland vie for World Reggae Dance champs
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican reggae dancers will match skills with dance groups from Finland, Guadeloupe and Japan, for over $2 million in cash and prizes, at this year’s World Reggae Dance Championship.
Help us find these missing children
IF you see any of the children listed below, please contact the Police Control Centre at 119, Crime Stop at 311 or the nearest police station. We need your help to locate and reunite them with their loved ones. Play your part!
'Haunted house' family faces more torment
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The Junction Fire Department have confirmed that fire personnel from the station on Thursday responded to a fire at an unfinished house close to the so-called haunted house that was gutted on June 5.
Ganja lobby fires up
JAMAICAN ganja users have been urged to "wake up" and join the international movement for the repealing of laws against the use of the weed.
Big NAJASO delegation for Diaspora conference
WASHINGTON, DC, United States — The National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organisations (NAJASO) is giving full support to the fifth Biennial Diaspora Conference, scheduled for this weekend at the Montego Bay Conference Centre.
Report elder abuse, urges National Council for Senior Citizens
THE National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) will today — World Elder Abuse Awareness Day — launch a weeklong series of islandwide workshops focusing on empowerment of seniors and the building of intergenerational relationships.
PHOTO: Man's best friend
This motorcyclist and his pooch provided quite a spectacle in Maverly, St Andrew, on Thursday as the two opted for an early morning ride around the community. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD)
Light bills to drop by 6% this month, says JPS
THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says its customers will see a six per cent decrease in their electricity bills this month as a result of the lower fuel charge being applied to bills.
Probe into Walter Rodney's death 33 years after
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Thirty-three years after the death of Walter Rodney — co-founder of the Working People's Alliance (WPA) — the Government of Guyana has announced that an International Commission of Enquiry will be held.
Obama okays arms supply to Syria rebels
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's government used the nerve agent sarin on two occasions in the embattled city of Aleppo in March and April, according to a letter from a top US diplomat that The Associated Press obtained yesterday.
PHOTOS: CFW Saturday Social
In this week's Saturday Social we share hot scenes from the CFW event held last weekend at the National Indoor Sports Arena in Kingston. Take out your notepads!
Confirmed! VCB tests positive for banned substance
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- It has now been confirmed that star athlete Veronica Campbell Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic under the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WDA).
Police seek assistance in identifying murder suspect
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the man in this composite sketch who is wanted for the murder of an 18-year-old student of Innswood High School Nathaniel Brown otherwise called ‘Romey’.
Vulnerable groups to receive Property Tax relief
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Members of the country’s most vulnerable groups are to benefit from a tax break under the Government’s Property Tax Special Discretionary Relief Programme.
18-y-o fined $500k in credit card scam
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An eighteen-year-old woman who admitted to being part of a group that used fake credit cards to fleece storeowners was slapped with a $500,000 fine on Wednesday
Port Security Corps gets $118m Govt contract
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — A one-year contract valued at $118.98 million was awarded to the Port Security Corps for the provision of security services at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT).
J$101.09 to one US dollar
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaican dollar today continued it slide, trading at an average $101.09 to the US dollar, 31cents more than yesterday's rate, according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily trading summary.
Police find ganja worth $1.5m in St Elizabeth hut
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica -- Members of the Area Three Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division (TCND) seized several hundred pounds of ganja in Vineyard district, St Elizabeth Thursday.
St Lucia cop prisoned on drug charges
CASTRIES,St Lucia (CMC) -- A police officer who was caught last year with drugs while on court duty was on Friday sent to prison for two years.
17-y-o Shantel Clarke of Highgate missing
ST MARY, Jamaica – Seventeen-year-old Shantel Clarke of Tremolesworth, Highgate, St Mary has been missing since June 8.
