May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Stress in the city

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WITH the ongoing standoff between security forces and gunmen in West Kingston, life in the city is still not back to normal. Travelling to work today people would have noticed levels of traffic still lower […] […]

Casualties of war

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FROM here on, Jamaica’s checkered political history will be chronologically categorised as AD – Anno Dudus (in the year of Dudus), BD (before Dudus) and AD (after Dudus). And 2010 will forever be regarded as […] […]

Wife killer to remain in jail

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A man who killed his sleeping wife has had his appeal against his conviction dismissed. Colin Barry Clough, 41, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison in August last year in the Supreme […] […]

HIV Why would anyone want to be so evil

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by Sandrea:- I can understand and sympathise with anyone who is given the news that they are HIV positive or that they have AIDS. The devastation of that news must be unbearable, and I would […] […]

Circus acrobat accused of spreading HIV

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Authorities fear at least 12 women may have been deliberately infected with the HIV virus by a Zimbabwe-born circus acrobat. Australian citizen Godfrey Zaburoni, 31, appeared in a Sydney court today for an extradition hearing […] […]

Teenagers bailed on rape charges

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Four Melbourne youths have been granted bail after being charged with almost 70 counts of rape. The charges relate to the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at a St Albans public toilet block […] […]

Bret Michaels says he’s going back on the road

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NEW YORK—Bret Michaels is upbeat, despite his recent illnesses. In a message on his website, the 47-year-old rocker says: “With all of my heart, soul and the remaining organs I have left … I would […] […]

US being asked to help restore stability in J’ca — Congresswoman

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NEW YORK, USA — Jamaican-born United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke said yesterday she was seeking the help of the US State Department to restore peace and stability in Jamaica. Clarke, in a statement expressing “deep […] […]

Police quizzing murder suspect

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Police are continuing to question a 51-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder. The man, who handed himself in at Mansfield House police station in Leicester city centre on Sunday afternoon, remains in custody in […] […]

PNP gunmen being paid to unleash pro-Dudus mayhem

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CRIMINAL gangs aligned to the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) in the Maxfield Avenue area of Whitfield Town are being paid up to $100,000 per day to join in the mounting unrest in the Corporate […] […]