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Jamaica To Amend Mutual Assistance Treaty
The Jamaican Government has taken steps to free itself to respond to requests for legal assistance from the British Overseas Territories, the Jamaica Observer reports. In March the Jamaican Director of Public Prosecutions said that it was unable to grant a request it had received from the authorities of one of the British Overseas Territories in this... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Jamaican Association Gala
The Jamaican Association of Bermuda will be hosting a gala and dinner celebrating 50 years of Jamaica’s independence on Saturday July 21st. The event will be held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel and will see a patrons’ cocktail hour from 7pm – 8pm and the show scheduled to start at 8pm. The Hostess for the evening will be... Read more of this article
Drugs: Regiment Soldier In Jamaican Court
19-year-old Bermuda Regiment Private Jordan Shabazz was left behind in Jamaica to face a Jamaican Magistrate and answer to charges of possessing and attempting to export approximately 680 grams of cannabis [1.5lbs]. The Regiment charter jet left Montego Bay’s Sangster Airport on Saturday 12th May, with the soldiers returning to Bermuda later that... Read more of this article
Delegation Attends Conference In Jamaica
Government Whip Lovitta Foggo is leading a delegation of Bermuda Parliamentarians attending a parliamentary conference in Kingston, Jamaica. Other members of the delegation include Minister Patrice Minors, PLP MP Neletha Butterfield, OBA MP Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and Clerk to the Legislature Shernette Wolffe. The Bermuda Branch of the Commonwealth... Read more of this article
Carifta: Jamaican Coach Not Happy With Sprints
Jamaica’s head coach said that their junior sprint coaches need to step up to the plate after being dominated by The Bahamas, the Jamaica Observer reports. Despite the Jamaicans topping the medal table with over 70 medals, Head Coach Michael Vassell was a bit perturbed after being overshadowed in the sprints by The Bahamas. “It should be a... Read more of this article
Ebony G. Patterson Live Art Project
Celebrated Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson — whose work [pictured] is now on display at the Bermuda National Gallery — is offering Bermudians a chance to watch a live viral performance art installation this weekend on how dancehall culture shapes black male identities in that Caribbean nation. The webcast based on her scholarly research... Read more of this article
Tribute To Police Constable Sandy Rowe
The Bermuda Police Service said they “would like to highlight the career of Police Constable Sandy Rowe following her untimely passing on Sunday, February 12th whilst undergoing treatment in a hospital overseas. The cause of her death is still being determined. “Constable Rowe was a vibrant young officer in her 41st year and had 10 years... Read more of this article
Death Of Police Constable Sandy Rowe
Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva released a statement saying, “It is with great sadness that I report the untimely passing of our colleague and friend, Police Constable Sandy Rowe, who was in hospital overseas at the time of her death earlier today (Sunday, February 12th). “The cause of her death is not clear at this time, but the... Read more of this article
Slanger Releases New Reggae Mixtape
Bermudian singer Ronae Burgess — who performs under the name Slanger — says the title of his new mixtape “Good Ova Evil” reflects both the socially conscious message of the roots reggae he favours as well as his personal philosophy of self-improvement and self-discipline. Produced by Near Future Records, the mixtape —... Read more of this article
PLP Mourns Jamaica’s Thompson
The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party is mourning the death of Dudley Thompson, the Jamaican lawyer and former Cabinet Minister who defended the late MP and Bermuda Industrial Union official Dr. Barbara Ball when she stood trial following the 1965 Belco riots. Mr. Thompson [pictured here] died in New York on Friday, January 20, 2012, a day after celebrating... Read more of this article
Jamaica Police Continue Investigation
The Jamaican police are still investigating a double murder last weekend in which a Bermudian businesswoman was killed, and continue to question a person of interest. 45-year-old Bermudian Karen Hudson-Lewis [pictured], along with 39-year-old Everton Daley, were both fatally shot in the incident on December 30th, 2011. They were both at a house on Perthland... Read more of this article
Bermudian Woman Murdered In JA
[Updated - confirmed] Bernews is receiving numerous unofficial reports that a Bermudian woman was shot and killed last night [Dec.30] in Jamaica. Media reports from out of Jamaica said that a taxi driver and a woman were shot dead in Mandeville, Manchester last night after arriving from the airport. Jamaican officials have not yet named the victims.... Read more of this article
Man Charged: Overstaying Immigration
Robert Barnett, a 29-year-old Jamaican national this morning [Nov.30] pleaded not guilty to a charge of overstaying his twenty-one day Bermuda Immigration visa permission to stay in Bermuda. The charge was that he had arrived in Bermuda in September 2007 and his visa permission ran out on 16th October 2007. It was alleged that Barnett had the remained... Read more of this article
Former Premier Encourages Jamaica Students
Former Bermuda Premier Dr Ewart Brown presented the keynote address at the prize-giving of his alma mater, St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, Jamaica this past weekend [Nov.24]. Dr. Brown reminded the students that they should heed the words of his aunt with whom he lived in Spanish Town. He recalled: “She told me, when I began to critique... Read more of this article
Ex-Premier To Speak At Jamaica Alma Mater
Former Bermuda Premier Dr. Ewart Brown will be the guest speaker at his Jamaica alma mater’s prize-giving ceremony this week. A 1964 graduate of the historic St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, he will be speaking to students on Thursday [Nov. 24]. ” It is an honour to be invited back to St. Jago on this auspicious occasion,” said... Read more of this article
Crime Stoppers Hails Jamaica Conference
With 16 gang-related murders since 2009, deputy chairman of the island’s Crime Stop Programme, Rafael Simons, has hailed the 32nd staging of the Crime Stoppers Training Conference in Montego Bay as a success. “The number of murders is unprecedented for Bermuda. Right now gang crime is the dominant crime. There is a lot of tit-for-tat gun... Read more of this article
