Customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) can expect to see at least a 15 per cent reduction in their energy bills at the end of this month if their usage is consistent with last month.The JPS says the ease comes as the price of fuel...

As Dr Lambert Innis, head of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, approached the microphone to address the media gathered at the hospital yesterday, Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell shouted from the back of the room...

WASHINGTON (AP): United States President-elect Barack Obama yester-day said the deepening American recession could stretch years into the future if Congress fails to act quickly on his call to pump hundreds of billions of federal dollars into the nation's economy...

Painted canvases of worldly rocks beguile a mounted adventurer. This is the curiosity of Thierry Posty, an unbridled French cowboy and adventurer who has made a vow to himself to see every colour of the world on the back of his horse. His journey has finally brought him...

TAMPA, Florida (AP) Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith had been battered by waves for two days when a final surge sent their boat crashing into a reef off the western coast of Cuba.They had set sail from Key West in their 38-foot (12-metre) sailboat...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann: The Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) is today expected to present the police commissioner with a preliminary report into an incident in which a baby, a cop and three others were shot by the police in Lodge, St Ann, on Wednesday night...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has announced that 129 gazetted officers have been promoted effective December 1, 2008, but the minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, says it is too soon...

On a perfect cruise to nowhere
The Australian, Australia - 9 hours ago
THE jovial Jamaican bartender is tossing Peroni and Heineken bottles like coconuts as his accent veers into the realms of Jamie Oliver: "Who's for a beer, ...

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Green B
SF Weekly Blogs, CA - 9 hours ago
The positive-thinking Boston transplant has been broadcasting her love for Jamaican music (and deep bass) from the Mission to the Western Addition and ...

Irie offers unique New Orleans atmosphere
Hattiesburg American, MS - 10 hours ago
By EMMA JAMES • January 9, 2009 The word "irie," pronounced "eye-ree," is Jamaican for a state of happiness or a perfect state of being. ...

Ridgefield Press
Battle of the Bands tonight at Ridgefield High
Ridgefield Press,  USA - 12 hours ago
... got somebody who’s doing some Jamaican reggae kind of numbers but they also do some jazzy stuff. “A lot of the bands are doing a lot of original music, ...

Auld acquaintances re-unite for Rabbie
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 13 hours ago
... Jamaican legends Sly and Robbie, while there is a distinct African flavour as Celtic Connections explores the links between Celtic and world music. ...

Jamaica last year welcomed 1.767 million visitors, an increase over the 1.7 million recorded the previous year that Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett yesterday attributed to intense advertising and promotion of the island overseas.

POLICE commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin says that more compassion among officers in the police force will serve as the backbone for enhancing its effectiveness.

OCHO RIOS, St Ann: The Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) is today expected to present the police commissioner with a preliminary report into an incident in which a baby, a cop and three others were shot by the police in Lodge, St Ann, on Wednesday night...

Selah to sing its story
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 18 hours ago
In addition, Selah Dubb recently partnered with Whitedread Productions, a well-established Jamaican production company that has put Selah Dubb on the ...

Top 10 Artistes Off the Radar for 2008
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 19 hours ago
The impact of this break-out hit was not only felt locally but crossed Jamaican shores to register favourable reponses from markets in North America. ...

Inside The Music Biz makes Hot debut
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 22 hours ago
According to Bennett, breaking into the music business or "bussing" - to use the Jamaican expression - demands hard work and lots of discipline. ...

The music will live forever,” says Wailers frontman Elan Atias.

Standard
Stealing the thunder: Celebs outclassed
Standard, Kenya - 8 Jan 2009
Then a month later, Jua Cali was the grand finale in a concert that featured Jamaican ragga star Mr Vegas. To date Jua, who has since moved on up to the ...