News Topic - Jamaica
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Florida Man Re-Indicted on Arms Export Charges
Lance Brooks, the owner/operator of an arms brokering business in Lauderhill, Florida, was indicted for being an unlicensed broker of defense articles, in violation of the Arms Export Act, after shipping ammunition to Jamaica without having obtained the proper licenses. This is the second time Brooks has been charged with arms export violations.
FBI.gov – May 15, 2008 7:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Lance Brooks, the owner/operator of an arms brokering business in Lauderhill, Florida, was indicted for being an unlicensed broker of defense articles, in violation of the Arms Export Act, after shipping ammunition to Jamaica without having obtained the proper licenses. This is the second time Brooks has been charged with arms export violations.
FBI.gov – May 15, 2008 7:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Jamaica Program Aims To Help Older Family Members Provide Care For HIV-Positive Children
The Jamaica Gleaner on Monday profiled a program in the western part of the country aimed at improving the treatment outcomes of HIV-positive children.
Medical News Today – May 15, 2008 6:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Health: AIDS - HIV
The Jamaica Gleaner on Monday profiled a program in the western part of the country aimed at improving the treatment outcomes of HIV-positive children.
Medical News Today – May 15, 2008 6:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Health: AIDS - HIV
House OKs funding for cooperative high school
The Catlin, Jamaica and Oakwood school districts are a step closer to securing millions in state funding to help build a cooperative high school in Vermilion County.The Illinois House on Tuesday passed legislation appropriating $25 million for the design and construction of the school, which would be the first of its kind in the state. The bill now goes to the state Senate.
News-Gazette.com – May 15, 2008 12:52 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Illinois: Champaign-Springfield-Decatur
The Catlin, Jamaica and Oakwood school districts are a step closer to securing millions in state funding to help build a cooperative high school in Vermilion County.The Illinois House on Tuesday passed legislation appropriating $25 million for the design and construction of the school, which would be the first of its kind in the state. The bill now goes to the state Senate.
News-Gazette.com – May 15, 2008 12:52 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Illinois: Champaign-Springfield-Decatur
Nypd Daily Blotter
QueensA young man who was stabbed and critically wounded in South Jamaica has died, authorities said yesterday. Andre Lewis, 22, succumbed to his injuries at Mary Immaculate Hospital on Sunday, cops said. Lewis exchanged words with James McGhee...
New York Post – May 13, 2008 08:21 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
QueensA young man who was stabbed and critically wounded in South Jamaica has died, authorities said yesterday. Andre Lewis, 22, succumbed to his injuries at Mary Immaculate Hospital on Sunday, cops said. Lewis exchanged words with James McGhee...
New York Post – May 13, 2008 08:21 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
Man Charged In Roommate's Stabbing Death
A Jamaica Plain man was ordered held without bail Monday in the stabbing death of his roommate this weekend.
TheBostonChannel.com – May 12, 2008 9:16 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Massachusetts: Boston
A Jamaica Plain man was ordered held without bail Monday in the stabbing death of his roommate this weekend.
TheBostonChannel.com – May 12, 2008 9:16 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Massachusetts: Boston
Unemployment might be high, but resorts still struggle to fill some jobs
As Central Oregon‘s resort properties boost their hiring for this summer, Michelle Henry, of Kingston, Jamaica, felt grateful she had landed a housekeeping position at Seventh Mountain Resort that would allow her to send money home to her three children."If I work here and save money, I can have a nice life," she said Wednesday.
The Bulletin – May 11, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Oregon: Bend
As Central Oregon‘s resort properties boost their hiring for this summer, Michelle Henry, of Kingston, Jamaica, felt grateful she had landed a housekeeping position at Seventh Mountain Resort that would allow her to send money home to her three children."If I work here and save money, I can have a nice life," she said Wednesday.
The Bulletin – May 11, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Oregon: Bend
Hollman's place in history: the only one to beat Kluft
And so it has come to pass. The Olympic track-and-field season is suddenly upon us, what with Usain "Lightning" Bolt having blitzed to a 100m time of 9.76sec in Jamaica last Sunday, with Kelly Sotherton, Jessica Ennis and Britain's other Beijing hopefuls getting ready for the first domestic meeting of note, the Loughborough International a week today, and with the IAAF Grand Prix circuit about to hit Europe with the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in the Dutch town of Hengelo on Saturday week, 24 May.
The Independent – May 10, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Sports: Olympics
And so it has come to pass. The Olympic track-and-field season is suddenly upon us, what with Usain "Lightning" Bolt having blitzed to a 100m time of 9.76sec in Jamaica last Sunday, with Kelly Sotherton, Jessica Ennis and Britain's other Beijing hopefuls getting ready for the first domestic meeting of note, the Loughborough International a week today, and with the IAAF Grand Prix circuit about to hit Europe with the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in the Dutch town of Hengelo on Saturday week, 24 May.
The Independent – May 10, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Sports: Olympics
Cooled it in nabe before Bell verdict, cops sayIn the days before the Sean Bell verdict, police brass ordered beat cops in Jamaica, Queens, to ease up on arrests and stop-and-frisk operations, officers told the Daily News.
New York Daily News – May 10, 2008 08:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
Slain Tot's 'hit-run' Driver Gives Up
The hit-and-run drag racer whose BMW smashed into another car on a Queens street, killing a 5-year-old-boy, turned himself in yesterday, police said. Shelmar Adams, 30, of Jamaica, surrendered to cops in Queens for Thursday's early morning...
New York Post – May 10, 2008 08:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
The hit-and-run drag racer whose BMW smashed into another car on a Queens street, killing a 5-year-old-boy, turned himself in yesterday, police said. Shelmar Adams, 30, of Jamaica, surrendered to cops in Queens for Thursday's early morning...
New York Post – May 10, 2008 08:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
Queens man charged in crash that killed boy
A Queens man suspected of fleeing the scene of an accident in Jamaica in which a 5-year-old boy died was arrested Friday, New York police said.
Newsday.com – May 10, 2008 04:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
A Queens man suspected of fleeing the scene of an accident in Jamaica in which a 5-year-old boy died was arrested Friday, New York police said.
Newsday.com – May 10, 2008 04:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York