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Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj for copyright infringement

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 4:36 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Nicki Minaj is being sued for sampling a Tracy Chapman song without permission. Chapman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday in a Los Angeles federal court. The Grammy-winning singer says Minaj’s...

Judge in Bill Cosby case rejects new trial bid

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 4:30 PM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday rejected Bill Cosby’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing, leading the comedian’s wife, Camille, to again accuse the judge of bias against her husband. The ruling by the same judge that...

San Francisco to allow non-citizens to vote for school board

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 4:25 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will become the largest city in the United States and one of only a handful nationwide to allow non-citizens, including people in the country illegally, to vote in a local election in November. They are only...

Cops say ‘Prekeh’ the next target in bid to neutralise gangs out west

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Following the killing of Adrian ‘Lippy’ Walker, the leader of the resurgent Ski Mask gang, along with two of his alleged cronies, in a shootout on Monday with the police in Friendship, Trelawny, a source has told The Gleaner that the focus will now be on Delano 'Prekeh' Wilmot. Prekeh is the leader of the remnants of the infamous Ratty gang, which is based in Cambridge, St James.

Grange presents Luton Shelton with $5M towards medical expenses

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 3:01 PM

Sport Minister Olivia Grange has presented footballer Luton Shelton with a cheque for five million dollars from the Sports Development Foundation towards his medical expenses. The presentation was made during the Red Stripe Premier League football...

JTA concerned about violence against school children

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 2:24 PM

The Jamaica Teachers’Association (JTA) says it is concerned about the increasing number of children going missing, killed and brutally attacked. Schoolgirls Shanoya Wray and Yetanya Francis, both 14, were killed in the Corporate Area last...

Puerto Ricans fight for insurance money a year after Hurricane Maria

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:34 PM

DORADO, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been forced to drain their savings, close their businesses, or resign themselves to living with structural damage as they fight insurance companies over millions of dollars’...

Police in Trinidad warn against “fake news” about flood victims

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:17 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Tuesday called for persons to stop disseminating “fake news” saying such actions put a heavy burden on law enforcement and rescue teams dealing with the...

IAPA speaks out against attacks on journalists, approves digital media declaration

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:03 PM

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) has come out against Governments in the Americas that continue to engage in activities that are in conflict with press freedom and access to information. Additionally, IAPA said that it is concerned...

Legendary calypsonian “Mighty Shadow” is dead

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 10:44 AM

PORT Of SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago legendary calypsonian Winston Bailey, who was due to receive an honorary doctorate from the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) this weekend, died Tuesday. He was...

Trinidad rattled by two earthquakes

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 10:38 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 5.1, rattled Trinidad and Tobago minutes apart late on Monday night but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Seismic Research Centre at the St...

Chang decries attacks against children

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 10:19 AM

Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has called the recent cruel and brutal attacks on children as shameful and un-Jamaican. Chang comments follows the discovery of the body of Raven Wilson on Sunday morning. The mutilated 14-year-old was...

IDB to provide US$50M annually for investment projects in Jamaica

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 10:04 AM

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is making more than US$50 million a year available for investment in a number of projects in Jamaica, through its investment arm, IDB Invest. IDB Invest General Manager James P. Scriven said that tourism,...

Employers encouraged to maintain good relations with employees

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 9:51 AM

Minister of Industry and Commerce Audley Shaw is calling for employers to maintain good relations with their employees in light of a local study which revealed that approximately 24 per cent of employees are disengaged. “The National Employee...

Want to run an Iraqi ministry? Apply online, PM says

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 8:52 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) — Drain the swamp: it’s a promise leaders around the world are making in this era of voter cynicism and political upheaval. But Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul-Mahdi may be taking it further than anyone...

One love - Nine Miles residents benefit from health fair

Published:Monday | October 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The Bob Marley Foundation recently partnered with Integrated Clinics International (ICI) to host the second biannual health fair in Nine Miles, St Ann.Residents, including children and adults from the community, benefited from a day of free health...

Shipping Schedule Oct 23-29th, 2018

Published:Sunday | October 21, 2018 | 7:49 PM

CARIB STARPORTO 23/10TORONTO TRADER 23/10AS FELECIA 24/10ZIM ANTWERP 24/10ASIATIC WIND 24/10TIANJIN 26/10CFS PAGOLA 26/10ZIM ROTTERDAM 27/10ANNE 27/10CFS PANAVERA 28/10TRINIDAD TRADER 29/10CMA CGMCFS PAFILIA 23/10CMA CGM L'ETOILE 23/...

CSA to review code of ethics to promote gender equality

Published:Sunday | October 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Juan Carlos Croston, president of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), has stated his organisation's intention to review its code of ethics to promote gender equality in the maritime sector throughout the Caribbean region. The CSA president...

Robertson receives national honour

Published:Sunday | October 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Ishmael Robertson was invested with the Order of Distinction in the rank of commander on National Heroes' Day for his "pioneering contribution to the development of Jamaica's maritime sector". The event took place King's House.

Editorial | Economic independence and BOJ inflation targeting

Published:Sunday | October 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his finance minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, have both called on Jamaicans to pursue economic independence as the central national objective. This is consistent with Norman Manley's 1968 charge to the next generation to...

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