Jamaica

NEGRIL, Jamaica— Every day, Richard Hill has to pass the bullet-scarred courtyard outside his home where he saw his 47-year-old brother gunned down at point-blank range by a police officer. That Thursday more than a year ago, police in a van skidded to a stop where Mickey Hill stood among friends and relatives outside his […]

KINGSTON-Reggae star, Elephant Man, real name Oneil Bryan has been charged with rape and sexual assault in Jamaica. Jamaican police claim that the charges stem from an incident that happened at his home in St. Andrew earlier this month. The Jamaica Gleaner reports: The police said detectives assigned to the Centre for the Investigation of […]

KINGSTON-Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Simpson miller plans to cut ties with the British monarchy and declare Jamaica an independent republic. Jamaica has been independent for almost 50 years as it left the British Empire in 1962, but the Jamaican constitution still lists Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. Aljazeera reports: Speaking at […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Portia Simpson Miller has been sworn in for the second time as Jamaica’s prime minister after leading her opposition party to a landslide victory in national elections. The 66-year-old Simpson Miller took the oath of office Thursday in a ceremony before thousands of guests on the lawn of the governor-general’s residence. Her […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica — On Jamaica’s rutted streets, the complaints have been chronic — home ownership is out of reach for most wage earners, the cost of electricity has skyrocketed, water service regularly fizzles out and decent jobs are scarce. Fed up with chronic hard times, voters in this debt-wracked Caribbean nation on Thursday threw out […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The center-right party of Jamaica’s youngest prime minister was in a tight race Thursday against the left-leaning party headed by the island’s first female leader in a battle to win control of the government for the next five years. SEE ALSO: Most Overlooked Movies Of 2011 Jamaican elections have turned violent […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica— The leader of Jamaica’s sole gay rights group said Tuesday that some ruling-party candidates have aggressively played to anti-gay constituents by resorting to homophobic rhetoric in the final days of the campaign for this week’s national elections. Dane Lewis, executive director of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, said Jamaica Labor […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican investigators on Wednesday found the severed head and bullet-riddled body of a man they believe was a high-ranking member of a notorious drug-and-extortion gang known for beheading victims. A police statement said the bloody head was found Wednesday along a commercial strip in Spanish Town, a southern city where violent gangs […]

KINGSTON-Patrick Drysdale, who was convicted of three separate cases of rape, including one where he forced a woman to perform oral sex on him by gunpoint before she almost severed his penis by biting it has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Drysdale was convicted of robbery with aggravation, indecent assault, wounding […]

Patriots safety, Patrick Chung is one of the few Jamaican born players in the NFL and is having a great season for the New England Patriots. Chung is half Chinese and his mother is a former reggae star who appeared on the popular British music program, “Top Of The Pops.” Yahoo Sports reports: Patrick Chung […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica-Jamaican police are denying reports that reggae star Vybz Kartel, real name Adidja Palmer has escaped from prison after being charged with two murders. According to reports, 12 officers were injured and one died after Vybz and seven other prisoners held up guards at gunpoint before taking officers’ clothing and car keys to escape. […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica— A judge in Jamaica has refused bail for a popular rapper facing two murder charges. The ruling Wednesday rejects a bail application by 35-year-old Vybz Kartel (VIBES KAR-tel) in the slaying of a 27-year-old music promoter who was gunned down on a street corner in July. Resident Magistrate Opal Smith has not given […]