May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Tarrus Riley leads IRAWMA nominations

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Reggae singer and songwriter Tarrus Riley will perform at tonight’s International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) in New York. In addition to taking the stage, Riley leads the nominations for male artistes in six […] […]

In search of a better life

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FOR MANY Jamaicans, their dream is to get a visa and go to ‘foreign’. And in most cases, ‘foreign’ is the United States (US), Canada or Britain. But what happens to the family members left […] […]

Rescuing young boys, rescuing a country

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AMONG THOSE killed recently in the relentlessly rising murder toll were the five young men executed in the tough and gritty, poor Salt Spring community in Montego Bay, St James. Cornel Brown, 20; Elton Hines, […] […]

Fire at Homebase in Aylesford retail park investigated

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Investigators are examining whether a fire that swept through a Homebase store could be linked to a blaze at another DIY store half-an-hour earlier. About 90 firefighters tackled the blaze at South Aylesford Retail Park […] […]

Living with leprosy

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For almost six decades, Simeon Peterson – or Mr Pete as he likes to be known – has called the National Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, home. He is one of the 6,500 people in the […] […]

IMF to open office in Jamaica

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to open an office in Jamaica in what the Washington-based lending agency says is a move that will “further deepen the IMF’s relationship with the country’s authorities and other […] […]

US pressure over Dudus grows

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America to challenge Jamaica’s argument on legality of evidence THE United States Government is preparing to challenge Jamaica’s assertion that information passed on to the Americans regarding the extradition request for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was […] […]