Violence In JA Continues!! Thirty-one people, 28 of them civilians, have been killed!
Posted On 25 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
Thirty-one people, 28 of them civilians, have been killed in three days of violence in Jamaica triggered by government moves to extradite an alleged drug lord to the United ... Continue Reading
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LATEST NEWS: JA Soldier killed, four others injured!
Posted On 24 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
Civilian casualties undetermined, but A Jamaica Defence Force soldier was shot and killed while attempting to storm the community of Tivoli Gardens in West Kingston this afternoon. He was among ... Continue Reading
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LATEST NEWS:Woman shot and injured on Spanish Town Road: JO Reports
Posted On 24 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
A curious bystander was a few minutes ago shot and injured as gunmen and the security forces traded bullets in a deadly standoff along sections of Spanish Town Road.
The woman, ... Continue Reading
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Lawd! Jamaica Is In State Of Emergency [VIDEO]
Posted On 24 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
The United States requested Coke's extradition in August last year but Jamaica initially refused, alleging that evidence against Coke had been gathered through illegal wiretaps.
In its annual narcotics control strategy ... Continue Reading
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2 Policeman die in Jamaican violence [VIDEO]
Posted On 24 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
Despite a state of emergency imposed on Sunday by the Jamaican government, two police officers were killed after coming under attack by supporters of an alleged drug lord. Jon Decker ... Continue Reading
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[ VIDEO]Gunbattles intensifying, spreading in Jamaica
Posted On 24 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's security forces clashed with masked gunmen allied with an alleged drug kingpin for a second day Monday as an intensifying multi-front battle against gangs spread to ... Continue Reading
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Violence on Red Hills Road
Posted On 24 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
POLICE and gunmen were this morning engaged in a gunfight along Red Hills Road as members of garrison communities loyal to powerful Kingston don, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke joined the fray ... Continue Reading
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Jamaica PM: Violence will not be tolerated
Posted On 23 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding in his national address Sunday night described the violence that has consumed downtown violence today as 'intolerable' and the state of emergency as the necessary step ... Continue Reading
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Jamaica PM making emergency address to nation at 8:30 pm
Posted On 23 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding will address the nation this evening at 8:30 pm following the declaration of a state of public emergency.
The state of emergency is limited to the parishes ... Continue Reading
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Bolt does it again and cruises to victory in Shanghai
Posted On 23 May 2010 By Tjks Staff. Under CARIBBEAN.
SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Jamaica's Usain Bolt snatched victory in the 200 meters at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Sunday with a time of 19.76 seconds, his second ... Continue Reading
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