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The Latest Breaking News from Jamaica

Shaggy's 'It Wasn't Me' singer embroiled in £1million family feud over father's fortune

Rickardo ‘Rik Rok’ Ducent gave evidence to a court in London over the family feud

Evening Standard

‘It Wasn’t Me’ singer caught up in court battle over dead father’s fortune

Rik Rok teamed up with Shaggy on the 2001 hit, but has now been pulled into a family feud

The Independent UK

UK agrees to fly home wrongly deported Windrush generation man from Jamaica

Exclusive: Winston Knight’s deportation order revoked by Home Office after a decade living on streets in Kingston

The Guardian - UK

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Murders in Jamaica drop but activists alarmed at rise in fatal police shootings

Officials hail fewer homicides as rights advocates call for body-worn cameras to improve police accountability

The Guardian - US

Peter Andre finally responds to Jafaican movie backlash over fake dreadlocks and dodgy accent

The trailer saw Peter Andre donning fake long dreadlocks and using a dodgy Jamaican accent

Evening Standard

Britons largely unaware of Black and Asian contribution to WW2 effort, research shows

Most people do not know soldiers from countries like Jamaica and Kenya, and Muslims, fought alongside British troops

The Guardian - UK

Historical films and TV shows are embracing diversity – but real historical voices are still overlooked

In the Disney+ television series, A Thousand Blows, Malachi Kirby plays Hezekiah Moscow, a Jamaican immigrant in London who is part of an underground boxing ring in the 1880s.

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Fifa’s ‘broken’ case management process exposed in ongoing complaint against Jamaican coach

The Hubert Busby saga has dragged on for years without a resolution and no end in sight

The Guardian - US

Graham Serjeant obituary

Physician and researcher who dedicated his life to the study of sickle cell disease and its variants

The Guardian - UK

Descendants of slave owners in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN

Great-great-grandson of William Gladstone tells of ‘profound sense of guilt’

The Independent UK

Concacaf Gold Cup: Way Too Early Predictions for 2025

How will the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup tournament play out? It's never too early to predict.

Sports Illustrated

Peter Andre dresses up as Jamaican gangster in baffling new film trailer

Andre’s appearance in the low-budget comedy has left viewers scratching their heads

The Independent UK

Max Romeo obituary

Prominent exponent of roots reggae whose albums focused on Rastafarianism and Jamaican politics

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trap

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Max Romeo was a great social commentator, railing against inequality and discord

The reggae singer best known for War Ina Babylon and Chase the Devil was most productive in the febrile political climate of 1970s Jamaica, but his influence remains undimmed

The Guardian - UK

Jamaican reggae artist Max Romeo dies aged 80

Musician best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon rose to fame in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages

Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved people

Sports Illustrated

Michael Johnson’s New Grand Slam Track League Promises Speed, Star Power and a Big Payday

The inaugural season of the new professional track series is set to kick off in Kingston, Jamaica, with lofty goals of revolutionizing the sport.

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The Guardian - UK

The Possibility of Tenderness by Jason Allen-Paisant review – a Jamaican childhood

The poet and writer returns to the May Day mountains in a gentle rumination on family and nature

The Guardian - UK

Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance

Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavement

BANG Premier

Usain Bolt's father dead at 68

Usain Bolt's dad Wellesley has died at the age of 68 after battling a lengthy illness.

Evening Standard

Usain Bolt's dad dies after 'lengthy illness' as tributes pour in

Wellesley Bolt, father of Olympic legend Usain Bolt, has passed away at 68 after battling a lengthy illness

The Independent UK

Usain Bolt’s father dies aged 68 as tributes paid to ‘quiet force’ behind Olympic legend

Bolt was said to be close to his father, who has died after a lengthy illness in Jamaica

The Independent UK

Grand Slam Track: Schedule, times and start lists for first-ever event

World and Olympic champions including Gabby Thomas, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Cole Hocker will be in action in Jamaica

The Independent UK

Welcome to Grand Slam Track, Michael Johnson’s brainchild with speed stars, prize money and live data

The new athletics league launches in Kingston, Jamaica this weekend with a radical format and an ambitious goal to capture ‘the youngest fanbase of any sports league in the world’ – but will it fly or flop?

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