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  • Wet Indies board chief lauds Chanderpaul for rare landmark

    West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron says "character and focus" are the main factors that have driven West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul to reach the milestone of 300 first class matches. The 38-year-old achieved the rare feat appearing for Derbyshire against Sussex in the English County championship, reports CMC. "On behalf of the Board of Directors of ...

  • Jamaicans sweep Diamond League sprint titles Jeter pulls up injured

    Down the stretch: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right) leads as Carmelita Jeter grabs her thigh during the women's 100-meter race at the Diamond League competition in Shanghai. | ...

  • Jamaica uncovers ‘scheme’ involving Petrotrin oil products

    Jamaica has imposed additional duties on lube oil product from Trinidad and Tobago, accusing the oil rich twin island republic of engaging in a scheme to circumvent the rules of origin in the Treaty of Chaguaramas, governing the Caribbean Community (Caricom).Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton told parliament the scheme was brought to the attention of the Portia Simpson ...

  • NYPD hunts gunman in fatal bus shooting

    New York police said they were looking for an unidentified gunman who shot and killed a teenage girl Saturday as she boarded a city bus in Queens. The 14-year-old victim was on her way home from a birthday party at a neighborhood club when someone on the sidewalk opened fire on the bus at a stop in the Jamaica section of the borough. The girl, whose name was not released, was struck in the ...

  • Deals Jamaica and Milan

    The deal: Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan is offering "The Wonders of Lake Maggiore" package that takes guests through the Lombardy region and Italian ...


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Movie Review

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

At a cost of some $80 million, Anthony Minghellas adaptation of Charles Fraziers popular novel Cold Mountain is Miramaxs biggest Oscar-baiting gamble to date. A broad, sprawling, Odyssey-like melodramatic journey set against the backdrop of the horrors of the Civil War, Cold Mountain holds itself up with a sometimes labored studiousness that threatens, but never quite undermi ... ...

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  • Sports Briefing | Track and Field Jamaicans Capture Sprint Races at Diamond League Meet

    Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the ...

  • Help Lennox meet Jamaican grandparents

    A Holbeach St Marks teenager plans to cut her long red hair to fund a trip so her two-year-old brother who has leukaemia can meet his Jamaican ...

  • Littleton youth reflects on service trip to Jamaica

    For April vacation this year, the Senior Youth Group from First Church Unitarian of Littleton, went to Jamaica with Amizade, a global service-learning organization. Eight youth and five adults traveled to Petersfield where we stayed with families and learned their culture and way of life, helped at the local schools, and did a public service project. The Senior Youth Group discussed this ...

  • Jamaica shootings down more than 50 percent

    Identify this place in Queens Jamaica has seen a drastic decrease in shootings this year. Gun violence went down by more than half compared to last year's crime statistics, according to the NYPD. Councilmember Leroy Comrie attributed the trend to increased awareness about gun violence and active police work. "Everybody is trying to keep the level of awareness constant," he ...

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