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Barca edge Real Madrid in thrilling Spanish Super Cup final
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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—A total of 3,444 special needs students across the Caribbean, the majority of whom were visually-impaired, sat examinations administ...
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Shanoya Douglas tastes rare defeat at hand of Trinidadian Alexxe Henry
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Chezidek plots two-month European trek
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May 24, 2011
CATCH DI RIDDIM Roots reggae singer Chezidek scores big with his latest single Secret Enemy. The song has been enjoying widespread attention on Jamaic...
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Songwriter’s death in NY ruled a suicide
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Songwriter’s death in NY ruled a suicide
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NEW YORK, USA (AP) — The Academy Award-winning songwriter of You Light Up My Life, who was awaiting trial on rape charges and was found dead in his ap...
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Rihanna, Swift take prizes in Billboard’s return
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RIHANNA and Taylor Swift were two of the key winners at the Billboard Music Awards, which returned after a five-year hiatus with a major dose of star ...
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Ocho Rios Jazz Fest to observe ‘Year for People of African Descent’
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May 22, 2011
THE opening night of this year's staging of the International Ocho Rios Jazz Festival will serve as Jamaica's first major event in celebration of the ...
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Mavado offered bail
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May 22, 2011
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Wonderful! – The True Story of Mark Wonder creating waves in Europe
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Wonderful! – The True Story of Mark Wonder creating waves in Europe
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May 22, 2011
IT'S not as if Mark Wonder is a new talent. After all, he recorded his first album, Signs Of The Time, in 1996. The irony though, is that while the dr...
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Konshens enjoys Forward video shoot
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Western Jerk Festival in MoBay today
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Edna’s stars and Breadbasket Festival
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J’cans record ska singles to help Japan
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J’cans record ska singles to help Japan
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May 21, 2011
A total of 18 reggae and dancehall artistes, some of them legends, recorded two ska singles in aid of recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged Japan. Th...
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NBC picks up 12 new series for next season
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Schwarzenegger puts acting career on hold
May 20, 2011
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Tiana makes it big in just two years
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Pinkney hails Knibb as innovator
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Bridesmaids reinvents the wedding comedy
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Beres Hammond, Freddie McGregor join Alpha concert line-up
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Pirates to set sail a winner
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Dream business – NCB to partner with promoters of annual Negril party series
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THE National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) will today sign a multimillion-dollar agreement in an effort to formalise its partnership with Drea...
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