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Jan 31, 2012 at 9:44 am

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Reggae Star Elephant Man Charged With Rape In Jamaica

KINGSTON-Reggae star, Elephant Man, real name Oneil Bryan has been charged with rape and sexual assault in Jamaica.

Jamaican police claim that the charges stem from an incident that happened at his home in St. Andrew earlier this month.

The Jamaica Gleaner reports:

The police said detectives assigned to the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse conducted investigations, which led to Elephant Man being arrested yesterday.

They said he was questioned

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Dec 30, 2011 at 8:37 am

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Portia Simpson And The PNP Win Jamaican Election In Landslide

KINGSTON, Jamaica — On Jamaica’s rutted streets, the complaints have been chronic — home ownership is out of reach for most wage earners, the cost of electricity has skyrocketed, water service regularly fizzles out and decent jobs are scarce.

Fed up with chronic hard times, voters in this debt-wracked Caribbean nation on Thursday threw out the ruling party and delivered a landslide triumph to the opposition People’s National Party, or PNP, whose

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Dec 29, 2011 at 10:13 am

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Jamaica’s Youngest Leader In Tough Re-Election Bid

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The center-right party of Jamaica’s youngest prime minister was in a tight race Thursday against the left-leaning party headed by the island’s first female leader in a battle to win control of the government for the next five years.

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Dec 16, 2011 at 3:27 pm

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Rapist Who Had Penis Bitten Off Sentenced To 25 Years In Jamaica

KINGSTON-Patrick Drysdale, who was convicted of three separate cases of rape, including one where he forced a woman to perform oral sex on him by gunpoint before she almost severed his penis by biting it has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Drysdale was convicted of robbery with aggravation, indecent assault, wounding with intent and illegal possession of firearm.

The Jamaica Star reports:

The police found Drysdale at the hospital suffering

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Dec 8, 2011 at 12:39 pm

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Jamaican Patriots Star Brings Reggae Beat To The NFL

Patriots safety, Patrick Chung is one of the few Jamaican born players in the NFL and is having a great season for the New England Patriots.

Chung is half Chinese and his mother is a former reggae star who appeared on the popular British music program, “Top Of The Pops.”

Yahoo Sports reports:

Patrick Chung sits in a Red Robin restaurant located in an outdoor mall near Gillette Stadium. Just 9 years old when

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Sep 3, 2011 at 1:37 pm

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Speed Demon! Usain Bolt Records Fourth-Fastest Time In History

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt stunned spectators today at the 2011 Track and Field World Championships, clocking in the fourth-fastest time ever in the 200m (19.40), reports USA Today.

Bolt’s performance comes nearly a week after he was disqualified from the 100m final, a race in which he holds the world record.

His time was the fourth-fastest ever. Bolt has the world record of 19.19, which he set at the 2009 World Championships, plus

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Aug 31, 2011 at 8:30 pm

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Jamaican Drug Lord “Dudus” Pleads Guilty To Gun Charges

NEW YORK — Jamaican strong man Christopher “Dudus” Coke has plead guilty to racketeering charges in New York City. Dudus was captured last year in Jamaica after a two-month manhunt that included a violent clash between his supporters in Tivoli Gardens and Jamaican Police in which 76 people were killed.

Dudus has been connected to the ruling Jamaica Labor Party and ran the Presidential Clique — which controlled his native Tivoli Gardens

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Jun 2, 2011 at 2:04 pm

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Jamaican Women Using Ulcer Medication As Abortion Pill

JAMAICA — An article on The Grio touches on a frightening new trend of Jamaican women using preventative stomach ulcer medication to abort unwanted pregnancies.

The Grio reports:

Cytotec — the generic name for Misoprostol — is supposed to be accessible only by prescription. But according to reports the drug is being sold in markets and pharmacies around the country.

Demand for the so-called “abortion pill” has grown in

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May 23, 2011 at 9:52 am

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