May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Woman hits head, wakes up with Russian accent

29th May 2010 sandrea 0

WASHINGTON — Some people fall on their heads and wake up with their memories wiped out. A few revive with their personalities totally changed. Others die. Robin Jenks Vanderlip fell down a stairwell, smacked her […] […]

PHOTOS: ‘Bombs’ found in Tivoli Gardens

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SECURITY forces have distributed photographs of what they say are explosive devices found in Tivoli Gardens following their assault on the community, which began Sunday. So far 73 people have been confirmed dead in the […] […]

Former child star Gary Coleman dies

29th May 2010 sandrea 0

PROVO, UTAH—Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom Diff’rent Strokes whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, has died after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage. He was 42. Utah […] […]

Photo: Dudus believed to have changed appearance Still on the run

29th May 2010 sandrea 0

THE police have issued a new photograph of Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is wanted for extradition to the United States on drug and gun trafficking charges. The photograph was found on the […] […]

Dudus’ cronies wore dresses – Police

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POLICE Commissioner owen Ellington has revealed that members of the West Kingston militia which engaged the security forces in battle wore dresses. Ellington, who was speaking at a press briefing at Jamaica Defence Force headquarters […] […]

Dudus still in Jamaica – Ellington Top cop vows to nab Tivoli Gardens strongman

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DESCRIBING Monday’s offensive by the security forces as highly successful, Police Commissioner Owen Ellington said wanted fugitive Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is still in Jamaica. “The latest intelligence we have is that Coke is still in […] […]

Kingston shoot-outs hurting tourism

28th May 2010 sandrea 0

PROMOTIONAL activities for Jamaica’s tourism product in the international marketplace has ceased given the sustained attention being placed by the local and international media on the unrest in sections of Kingston and St Catherine. This […] […]

Witter to probe army strike

28th May 2010 sandrea 0

THE Golding administration has announced an independent enquiry into the security operation in Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town in west Kingston which left at least 73 civilians dead and three members of the security forces […] […]

Camera-shy Dudus turns ‘celeb’

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OMG! The Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke extradition saga and the ensuing anarchy unleashed across parts of the island have done more than put people on edge; it has also got them tweeting, texting, facebook-ing and BlackBerry […] […]

‘Dogs ate my sister’

28th May 2010 sandrea 0

SNOT AND TEARS gushed from the nose and eyes of a Tivoli Gardens woman as she lamented the macabre canvas of carnage into which the community had been transformed in three days of urban warfare. […] […]