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Jamaica comes under foreign media's microscope


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Jamaica is a country used to reductionism, the complex island nation has more often than not been reduced to a stereotype of marijuana-infused surfers that say “chill mun” and listen to reggae. Perhaps this is why the recent drug-related violence in the capital has shocked the western media so much, perhaps this is why it has been glorified and dramatized to the extent it has, or perhaps it’s a reflection of the same forces that shaped the beach-stoner stereotype in the first place.

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Saturday 19th May, 2012

    • Jamaica, Qatar latest countries to join International Ice Hockey Federation

    General Sources

    Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, come on Jamaica, it's hockey time!That's right, hockey is coming to Jamaica just the same way that bobsledding once did. The Caribbean nation is being ...

    • Qatar, Jamaica accepted as members of hockey federation

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    ZURICH, Switzerland -; The International Ice Hockey Federation has added Qatar and Jamaica as its 71st and 72nd member nations. The IIHF says Qatar will become a full member after an audit, and ...

    • Firecrackers and illegal explosives seized

    Jamaica Star

    Over $400,000 worth of firecrackers and illegal explosives were seized this morning in an operation in downtown Kingston. Reports from the Darling Street Police are that about 8:45 a.m., members of ...

  • Foreign national dies from injuries

    Jamaica Star

    A foreign national is now dead as a result of injuries she received in a fatal collision yesterday on the Rosehall main road in St James. She is 48-year-old Latanya Shivers of Ohio, USA. Reports ...

  • Marijuana found, man arrested

    Jamaica Star

    A 22-year-old higgler, of Lemon Lane, Kingston 11 was yesterday arrested and charged for possession of and dealing in marijuana.Reports from the Darling Street Police are that about 10 a.m., a man ...

  • Post-mortem reveals man died from natural causes

    Jamaica Star

    A post-mortem performed on the body of Reginald "Ned" Dennis of Stony Hill in Portland has revealed that he died from natural causes and not foul play as was earlier speculated. The ...

  • Students Stone Police In 'spain'

    Jamaica Star

    Joined protest against the removal of vendors selling illegally Students in Spanish Town hurled several stones at police yesterday after the lawmen attempted to remove illegal vendors from the ...

  • JPS earmarks communities for RAMI system

    Jamaica Star

    The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has earmarked the communities of Arnett Gardens in Kingston, as well as Flanker and Providence in Montego Bay, St James, to be next in line for the ...

  • Four to answer to indecent conduct

    Jamaica Star

    Gareth Davis Sr, STAR Writer Port Antonio: Four men, who pleaded not guilty to resisting arrest and indecent conduct, had their bail extended and are to return to the Port Antonio Resident ...

  • Cop held on suspicion of corruption

    Jamaica Star

    Rasbert Turner, Star Writer The Anti-Corruption branch (ACB) has taken a policeman into custody on suspicion of corruption. Information reaching the Star is that the policeman, who is stationed in ...

  • Man on murder rap set free

    Jamaica Star

    Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter A man who was accused of firing five shots, killing another man in proximity to where the police were at a crime scene on Great George's Street, Westmoreland, in ...

  • Qatar, Jamaica join IIHF

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    Playoff Central . The IIHF says Qatar will become a full member after an audit, and Jamaica joins as an associate member. The decisions were taken at the governing body's annual congress ...

  • Ohio tourist dies in Jamaica after being run over by minibus

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    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police in Jamaica say that a woman from Ohio has died after being hit by a minibus near the popular tourist town of Montego Bay. Authorities identified her as 48-year-old ...

  • Counter Intelligence: Roy Choi's Sunny Spot goes to the Caribbean

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    Do you remember those plexiglass dollhouses that museum shops sold for a while - brightly colored things that looked like the Brady Bunch house as re-imagined by a unicorn? The new Venice restaurant ...

  • Jamaica Editorial Cartoons - Clovis Toons - JamaicaObserver.com

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    FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Comissioner of Police Owen Ellington, has come out in support of former Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas to the newly created post of coordinator of welfare benefits for ...

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