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Jamaican music lifts lid on abuse

bbc.co.uk
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Queen Ifrica says her song lyrics are inspired by girls she has met Jamaican reggae star Queen Ifrica had a chart-topping hit earlier this year. The track, entitled Daddy, had a powerful message highlighting two issues rarely...

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Man shot dead at Jamaican ruling party conference (Reuters)

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KINGSTON (Reuters) - One man was shot dead and two others were wounded at the annual conference of Jamaica's ruling party minutes before Prime Minister Bruce Golding was due to speak on Sunday, police and witnesses said.

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Jamaica to spend $11 million to prepare for tourists

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaica plans to spend $11 million to clean up and prepare several resort areas for the high tourism season. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says cleanups at six of the island's parishes will start...

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Stewart rolls out the red carpet

jamaica-gleaner.com
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Last Wednesday, Stewart Automotive Group rolled out the red carpet for their special guests. As one of the sponsors of this year's Kingston Restaurant Week (KRW), the automotive giants took some of their loyal customers to...

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The only viable solution to crime

jamaica-gleaner.com
yesterday
        

Human rights organisations and activists are being blamed for the crime, violence and murder in Jamaica. A reverend gentleman was reported recently as describing us as human wrong activists. A noted policeman repeatedly refers...

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Hi-tech insurance - Globe deploys a GIS to monitor properties, manage risk

jamaica-gleaner.com
yesterday
        

Globe Insurance Company Limited has deployed a geographic information system (GIS) as a monitoring tool to track developments in zones where its policies are written or from which potential business emerges.

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JAVAA opens Jamaica Music Hall of Fame

jamaica-gleaner.com
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When the Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA) celebrated its fifth anniversary in July this year, the young organisation "dedicated to the preservation of Jamaica's musical heritage ..." also opened...

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Matalon leads Garnet Silk to 'Splashing Dashing'

jamaica-gleaner.com
yesterday
        

IN THE last few years of his life, it seemed to all happen to and for Garnet Silk. He had the hits and the stand-out concert appearances; then there was the hiatus from music, the return and the shocking (and for many still...

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The fighter in Fr Ho Lung

jamaica-gleaner.com
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published: Sunday | November 16, 2008 Contributed photos LEFT: Fr Ho Lung (right) and his best friend Wynton Williams, the musical team who composed, arranged, and wrote the lyrics for the recent Fr Ho Lung and Friends...

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K'Naan To Release Sophomore Album In Early 2009

andpop.com
16-Nov-2008
        

New K'Naan material is coming in January. That's when the Canadian rapper will release his sophomore album, "Troubadour," the followup to his 2005 debut, "The Dusty Foot Philosopher." [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...

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