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TAMPA, Florida (AP): Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton was an established drug trafficker before the singer allegedly tried to buy cocaine from an undercover officer in Florida last year, attorneys for the United States government said yesterday at the beginning of his drug trial....

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Levy to be inducted into PSOJ Hall of Fame

Robert Levy, chairman of the Jamaica Broilers Group of Companies, will this year become the latest inductee into the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ) Private Sector Hall of Fame.A release from the PSOJ stated that the hall-of-fame honour...

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Orchid business flowering in St Mary

WHEN RICHARD Padgette, new owner of Green Castles in St Mary, decided that he would pursue ecotourism interests instead of the traditional areas of agriculture for which the property had developed a reputation, he offered some of the workers a chance...

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Local science costly

WHEN THE main wholesaler of orchids in Hawaii closed the business, Lloyd Pringle reviewed his options in terms of maintaining his business - continue to source from places afar such as Hawaii and the Philippines, or produce his own seedlings.

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NY crash claimed family of local evangelical leader

The motor-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of six Jamaicans in the United States last Saturday struck a personal chord with the Reverend Rennard White, president of the Jamaica Association of Evangelicals.His brother, Bishop Simon White, the pastor...

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NEWS BRIEFS

Cash Plus case delay - An outstanding statement yesterday led to a delay in the transfer to the Home Circuit Court of the fraud case against former Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill.When the case was mentioned, prosecutors said...