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Jamaica's prime minister Portia Simpson Miller said that she wants Jamaica to sever its ties with the British monarchy so that Jamaica can turn the page on its colonial past and focus on development.

She first announced her desire to replace Queen Elizabeth II as Jamaica's head of state with a Jamaican president during her swearing-in ceremony Jan. 6, 2012.

Portia Simpson Miller said

Removing the queen as head of state and replacing the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice as Jamaica's top appeals tribunal are two things...

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(AP) The lighthearted tone of Prince Harry's Caribbean tour changed Wednesday as the British royal modified his schedule at a military camp in Jamaica out of respect for six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Harry, a British Army captain who recently qualified as an Apache attack helicopter pilot, was scheduled to rappel down a new training wall at a Jamaican military camp in the capital of Kingston but instead watched local soldiers do so.

Palace press officer Nick Loughran said Harry decided not to take part in a military activity considered...

Dig Deeper is honored to present one of the legends of Jamaican soul, ska, rocksteady, and reggae - Eric "Monty" Morris, in his first show in NYC in well over a decade, backed by Crazy Baldhead.

The original vocalist for the Skatalites, Eric “Monty” Morris had his first major solo hit in 1961 with “Humpty Dumpty”, a medley of nursery rhymes that proved immensely popular in Jamaica, and also helped mark a turning point in Jamaican music away from more standard copy-catting of American R&B into something rhythmically unique – ska.

He followed up with a...

Lloyd Brevett, the founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae band The Skatalites son Okine Brevett who was 32 years old, was fatally shot about an hour after accepting a music award for his ill father.

Ruth Brevett says her son Okine was killed Sunday by a gunman at the entrance of his home in the rough Seaview Gardens area of Kingston, Jamaica.

He was shot about 15 minutes after showing his 80-year-old father, Lloyd Brevett, an award from the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association for the father's musical contributions.

The award was handed...

(AP) Jamaica's government announced a campaign Tuesday to crack down on the longtime problem of thieves stealing livestock and crops from ranches and farms across the Caribbean island.

Organized rustlers working on Jamaica's rural back roads often strike in the dead of night and sometimes even butcher cattle right in the field. Other thieves prey on farms, grabbing goats and chickens or hauling off vegetables and fruit. Glen Harris, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, said agriculture losses from thievery approached $70 million last year in Jamaica...

Better known for his sharp-spitting rhymes on hardcore dancehall hits like “Tic Toc” (remixed by M.I.A. and Rye Rye) and “Wine Pon De Edge,” Busy Signal emerges as a charismatic roots reggae artist on his forthcoming album Reggae Music Again, out April 24th on VP Records. A stark departure from the sequenced beats that dominated Busy’s three previous albums, the intricate, multi-layered one-drop rhythms heard on Reggae Music Again were created by some of Jamaica’s most acclaimed musicians (Robbie Lyn, Dean Fraser, Kirk Bennett), and recorded live at Kingston’s...

Rick Ross plans to capitalize on his current popularity by releasing two albums this year. The first, God Forgives, I Don’t still doesn’t have a release date, but his pal DJ Khaled tells XXL that he was just “putting the finishing touches on it” a few days ago. The second album, also in progress, is currently untitled.

Federal prosecutors in New York have asked a judge to impose a 23-year prison sentence on a Jamaican drug kingpin who admitted his leadership in an international crime ring.

Christopher "Dudus" Coke pleaded guilty to racketeering and assault charges in August 2011. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.Prosecutors filed a sentencing memorandum late Wednesday. They stated that Coke was so powerful in Jamaica that he had virtual immunity from the reach of law enforcement there.

In a letter to the judge in September, Coke...

ReggaeMe would like to send out Condolences to the family of Rodney Bounty Killer Price on the lost of his mother. Bounty stated many times during his career that his mom played a substantial role in his life over the years.Rest in peace Ms. Ivy Williams 1941 - 2012

Bounty Killer tweeted this morning @GrungGaadZillA

RIP to the worlds greatest mom bcuz she gave the world the greatest man ms Ivy Williams 1941-2012 rest in peace mama love u more than ever and all ways life and death is the equation it's inevitable and u live an excellent life my mother...

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital today for pre-planned treatment.Mandela, who is 93 had an hernia operation.

Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against racist apartheid rule, and he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.

Restorm launched rightclearing today at the prominent Social Music Summit in NYC attended by top tech and music executives. The cloud-based music licensing platform provides artists and music professionals a simplified solution that enables them to monetize content through an automated licensing system. In the midst of all the SOPA, PIPA, ACTA rhetoric, and never-ending licensing chaos in the market, rightclearing is well-poised to provide a concise and compelling solution to the needlessly complex licensing labyrinth.

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Jamaica's tourism minister has suspended a nearly $1 million project to beautify the popular resort town of Ocho Rios in the island's northern region.

Wykeham McNeill says he is scrapping plans to clean drains and renovate sidewalks following concerns about how the money was allocated and has been spent. He says investors were never asked how the program would be developed or the money used.

McNeill said he will review the project after appointing new advisory boards that oversee resort issues across Jamaica.

A man a beg a ride one night in a some heavy rain and pon top of it di place dark.Him could a hardly see. Suddenly a car stopped next to him.

Without thinking, he got in and closed the door, just to realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel. The car moved slowly.

He looked ahead and saw a curve in the road. Scared he started praying, begging for his life. He was terrified. Just before hitting the curve a hand appeared through the window and turned the steering wheel.

The man, now paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand kept appearing every...

Jamaica is developing a new policy to battle crime as gang violence drives the homicide rate higher, the country's top security official said Tuesday.

National Security Minister Peter Bunting said 165 killings have been reported by police so far in 2012, compared to 135 slayings during the corresponding period last year on the Caribbean island of 2.8 million people.

Violent gangs are deeply entrenched in Spanish Town, just west of Kingston, and in some residential sections of the northwestern parish of St. James, which includes the resort city of Montego...

This ultra-compact controller gives any music enthusiast the ability to make their own unique music mixes. Bundled with the Virtual DJ Limited Edition, the DDJ-ERGO controller enables the DJ to be creative with their music collection as soon as they take the unit out of the box.

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