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TOOTS HIBBERT WINS POSTHUMOUS REGGAE GRAMMY

Six months after legendary Maytals frontman, Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert died from complications of COVID-19, Toots and The Maytals won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album with ‘Got to be Tough’ today. The announcement was made from the Staples Center where the 63rd Grammys were held virtually. Got to be Tough was released in August by Trojan […]

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Mavado’s mother passes away suddenly

There are unconfirmed reports that Mavado’s mother, Elizabeth ‘Ms. Pinny’ Gordon, died suddenly at a hospital in Kingston last night. “It was sudden, she wasn’t sick, so right now, the whole ah Cassava Piece feel it. People ah go miss Ms. Pinny,” one source told one876entertainment.com In the meantime, the artiste’s teenage son, Dantay Brooks, […]

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Five men cut down by police in August Town

Five men were killed and two firearms seized in a joint police-military operation in Bedward Gardens, August Town this morning. A soldier was also reportedly injured during the operation. Residents said that the early morning operation may have caught the gunmen unawares. “It look like the soldier ketch dem a sleep and by the time dem wake […]

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Lilie breaks out of the pack with ‘Brand Me a Rebel’

Spunky dancer-turned-recording artiste Lilie is thoroughly enjoying her time in Jamaica. A Russian-Georgian with a German passport, she came to Jamaica to study dancehall music two years ago and through a series of extraordinary events is now releasing her debut single, Brand Me a Rebel. “The song is basically saying ‘I don’t care, go ahead […]

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Suspect in killing of Calabar coach gunned down at KFC in Portmore

Oneil Ford, the prime suspect in the murder of the Calabar coach, Nicholas Neufville and a 19 year-old female on Valentine’s Day last month was gunned down in a dramatic daylight shoot out with cops at the Portmore Mall. Senior superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, Head of the Constabulary Communication Unit, confirmed the shooting. “We understand that […]

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Policeman in compromising viral video interdicted

The policeman who was caught in a compromising situation “He has been placed on interdiction, while an investigation is being done by IPROBE. We have internal mechanisms that guide how policemen behave when they are on duty or in uniform,” The Inspectorate of Professional Standards and Oversight Bureau is leading the investigation. “We know who […]

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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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