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Fake Facebook Profile Of Scotiabank CEO Sparks Investigation

The Bank of Nova Scotia in Jamaica stands accused of creating a fake Facebook profile for its former CEO William Bill Clarke. According to Clarke, the fictitious profile contained 'defamatory remarks,' which sparked comments from other Facebook users. The fake Clarke favoured...

Usain Bolt Receives A Giant Piece Of Berlin Wall As A Souvenir

Usain Bolt, the record-holder in both 100m and 200m races at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany, received a memorable souvenir from the thankful Germans. Bolt will now have to take home a...

You can't deport me, I'm a lesbian

" A drug dealer is appealing against her deportation on the grounds it will violate her human rights as a lesbian. The Jamaican argues she will be persecuted for her homosexuality if she is returned to her home...

Toni Braxton, Neyo For Reggae Sumfest 2009

Singers Toni Braxton and Neyo are among the top performers added to `the world’s greatest showcase of reggae music,` Reggae Sumfest promoters revealed at a packed New York launch on June 11th Executive Director, Johnny Gourzong, made the disclosure to the media and VIP...

India vs West Indies, Schedule

After crucial straight forward defeats in ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2009, England, Indian Team are now in West Indies to Play Four match ODI Series. The schedule of India vs West Indies, ODI Series 2009 has been finalized by BCCI and put in public now. The team will begin tour...

Gold Olympian Usain Bolt sustains minor injury in car accident

Gold Olympic medal holder and World 100 and 200 metre record holder Usain Bolt has been admitted to hospital today, following a car accident, where he sustained minor injuries. He was admitted to hospital on...

Plane Hijacked in Jamaica Airport, 140 Hostage

BBC is reporting that at least 140 have been hijacked in Jamaica by armed man. An unspecified number of passengers have been reported taken hostage on a flight at a Jamaican airport, CNN confirms." A man is holding a number of hostages on board a plane in the Jamaican...

Taylor Pyatt's fiancee Carly Bragnalo killed in car crash

Vancouver Canucks forward Taylor Pyatt's fiancee Carly Bragnalo, 27, was killed in a car crash in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on April 2. Taylor Pyatt had an assist in a game against the Anaheim Ducks in a losing effort....

Canadians Address Spring Break Dangers

" The recent attack on Ottawa's Terry Schwarzfeld and her daughter-in-law while walking along a Barbados beach is the latest incident that draws attention to the potential dangers of vacationing in the Caribbean...

Gov. Deval Patrick Off to Jamaica with Public Funded Protection

""You might find such extravagance strange and out of the ordinary, but it appears that in Massachusetts for some time it has been the norm.You might also think, this economic crisis, and having been the first...

Negril jamaica road safety

Negril 17th FebAnother tourist  has been knocked down in Negril, and is in hospital with  leg injuries. On 1st Feb, 26 year old Justin Holland from New Jersey USA, was killed whilst trying to...

“Art of Reality” Clothing Artist latest Obama phemon.

(Click on my photo above to be taken to site-Bobbi Miller-Moro)   This is an amazing artist that blew up big from the inauguration. Turns out my beautiful friend, Lisa Silvera is supporting him. Not only that–...

UK Sun Blasted For Labelling Jamaica "Druggie Paradise"

Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Burchell Whiteman, has reprimanded the Sun Newspaper in London, England for describing the island as a "druggie paradise".In an article claiming that popular...

'No Woman, No Cry' songwriter Vincent Ford dies

Kingston, Jamaica - Vincent Ford, a songwriter credited with composing the Bob Marley reggae classic "No Woman, No Cry," has died in Jamaica at 68 from complications of diabetes.  He's also been credited with...

Editorial :-The Reggaelution Review

Set on the property of a renowned olde’ money leisure lounge, Rasta Rebels inaugural staging of Reggaelution, was for want of a better word, mild.An all inclusive event cuddled in an empty grassy lot on the...

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