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TRELAWNY, Jamaica— A Trelawny tailor has been ordered by the court to forfeit J$825,000 plus interest following the conclusion of a 2022 identity fraud case on Monday. Senior Parish Judge Vaughn Facey ordered that 34-year-old Jermaine Simpson of Duncans/Kettering district in the parish forfeits the sum, which was found in a brown paper bag hidden in a […]

Chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC), Seymour Panton, has warned that statements being made against the IC and its commissioners, including demands being made on the commission, have fueled “a sort of mood among sycophants”. “We should not really have a situation where we are being pilloried for doing what the legislation allows,” Panton said […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — Kylian Mbappe was “shocked” to see his name linked to a Swedish rape investigation, his lawyer told AFP Tuesday. The France captain, however, is “at ease” because “he has done nothing wrong”, lawyer Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard said. A Swedish prosecutor said Tuesday that a rape investigation had been opened without mentioning Mbappe, following media […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Digicel has again made the shortlist at the World Communications Awards — this time in the social contribution category for the Digicel Jamaica Foundation’s work to assist the blind community. This is the 26th staging of the awards which was launched in 1999 to showcase and celebrate innovation and excellence throughout the […]

Popular Jamaican social media personality Akeen ‘World Dawg’ Dunbar is reportedly receiving treatment at the Memorial Regional Hospital in Florida after being shot and injured in an overnight shooting in Miramar, Florida that claimed the life of another male. The shooting happened in a Dunkin’ parking lot in Miramar. Reports are that about 3:30 am, […]

Hotstepper, an electronic dance remix of Here Comes the Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze, has been certified gold in France. Last Thursday, Syndicat National de L’edition Phonographique (SNEP), which translates to National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing, issued the certification commemorating 250,000 units in sales and streaming equivalent. Hotstepper, produced by French duo Trinix, was released in […]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Millions of people across southern Africa are going hungry because of a historic drought that risks causing a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations (UN) warned Tuesday. Five countries — Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — have declared a state of national disaster in the past months as the drought has […]

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka stormed back to level the three-match T20 series with an emphatic 73-run win over the West Indies on Tuesday, marking their largest ever margin of victory against the Caribbean side. The dominant performance at Dambulla was Sri Lanka’s sixth-largest T20 win against any team, surpassing their previous best over West […]