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  • Storm clouds loom over Jamaica Pond

    "It was mostly sunny with some innocent clouds in Jamaica Plain and then suddenly these dramatic dark storm clouds moved in over Jamaica Pond. They looked like something from the movie "Independence Day" when the alien space ships enter Earth's atmosphere. The rain that followed was pretty intense ...

  • Jamaican lottery scam investigation leads to Gulfport

    GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - A Jamaican national was arrested in Gulfport Monday for his role in an alleged Jamaican lottery scam. Damion Aljunior Hill, 33, is in America on a work visa, but now faces two counts of wire fraud. Investigators with the Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Division said the two alleged victims were told that they had won the lottery, but were required to ...

  • Jamaican Diaspora for Greater Role in National Development

    Kingston, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) To foster the role of the diaspora in the national economic and social development of Jamaica and strengthen its links with the government are objectives of the 5th Biennial Diaspora Conference to be held in the famous resort of Montego Bay. Under the motto "A Nation with a Mission: Jamaica and the Diaspora", more than 500 Jamaicans living abroad are ...

  • Usain Bolt’s coach calls for anti-doping lab in Jamaica to protect athletes

    The Jamaican government needs to establish an accredited anti-doping laboratory to protect its world-class athletes from taking contaminated substances, the coach of world record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt says.Glen Mills, who mentors Bolt and world 100 meters champion Yohan Blake, said Jamaican athletes faced a minefield of substances and had little way of checking their ...

  • Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown fails drugs test

    Veronica Campbell-Brown, winner of three Olympic sprint titles at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, has tested positive for a banned diuretic called furosemide in the form of the pill Lasix. It is a masking agent that can hide traces of other substances which boost ...


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The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2)

The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2)

"The Road Warrior" is the movie the original "Mad Max" always wanted to be. Writer/director George Miller resurrects Max (Mel Gibson) with a larger budget, a bigger crew, and more vehicles to destroy. "The Road Warrior" adds Hollywood polish to its B-movie roots, and the result is pure dynamite. Several years have passed since Max lost his wife and child to a biker gang, and since then, civilizati ... ...

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  • Jamaican star sprinter tests positive

    /enpproperty--> Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned drug and won't defend her 200m world title this year, Jamaican media reported Saturday. The Gleaner newspaper and Television Jamaica both reported that the sprinter tested positive for the banned diuretic lasix, although an official with the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association said ...

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