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Woman who beat man in viral video arrested

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Westmoreland police have arrested and charged a 40-year-old woman who was seen in a viral video on social media mercilessly beating a man with a machete during a dispute. Shernette Althea Beckford, a vendor of aPullet Lane Line Piece, Petersfield address in the parish was arrested and charged on Tuesday for […]

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Shabba Ranks mourns the death of ‘Mama Christie’

CLAUDE MILLS/STAFF REPORTER Multi-Grammy winning artiste Shabba Ranks is mourning the death of his mother, Constance Christie, aka ‘Mama Christie’. The hardworking mother of seven children was reportedly 81 years old. Word of her death spread like wildfire on social media. Several persons, include Dexta Daps, tweeted their condolences. Dexta Daps wrote to his 1 […]

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Fantan Mojah disses Mutabaruka, calls him a ‘hypocrite’, and a ‘racist’

Reggae artiste Fantan Mojah launched an expletive-laden tirade against radio broadcaster and poet Mutabaruka, chastising him for the broadcaster’s harsh on air critique of his ‘Fire King’ video. In a video now circulating on social media, the ‘Fire King’ artiste “Muta is an elder wah we rate from mawnin and we naw disrespect Muta, ah […]

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Damoy Samuels, Roach’s son, defends his musical legacy

“I am definitely doing this to keep his legacy alive and because of the love I got for dancehall music. Before he died, he had wanted to do a label called Time Travel, so I am fulfilling that dream he had. The name of my first project is Island Boom. It has a couple songs, Chronic Law, Gyptian, Teejay, Cregis and more,” the 23 year-old Damoy Samuels said.

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