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Jamaica (AP) A Jamaica man who was shot by police and became a paraplegic has been awarded $230,000 in compensation 16 years after the incident. Michael Llewellyn was shot in the back in 1994 when he tried to escape a beating by police at his house. His right leg was amputated below the knee as a result, and he was left unable use the remaining leg.

Attorney Sylvan Edwards said Friday that Llewellyn has not been able to work since then.
A Supreme Court judge ordered the compensation Thursday. Jamaica has one of the highest rates of police killings in the Western...

The head of Scotland Yard has travelled to Jamaica as senior officers on the island struggle to curb a spiralling murder rate. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson is undertaking a five-day visit organised by the University of the West Indies.

Sir Paul will be keen to share the success of his colleagues solving murders and suppressing violent crime. And he was also expected to discuss work to bring down Jamaican drug gangs operating between their homeland and London.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force is on a recruitment drive for detectives as...

Favourite Song: I have too many favourites to name one, but any song by Usher & Joe is right on top of the list.

Best Memory Moment:Winning my first Award Female Vocalist of the Year and Meeting Patti Labelle & Leon Robinson.

Years in the business: 16

Marital status:Decline to answer

Eye color: Dark Brown

Favorite dish: Seafood Pilaf

Zodiac sign...

Clive "Tenor Saw" Bright was born in Kingston, Jamaica, February
11, 1966. Tenor Saw was a prominent dancehall singer in the 1980s,
and one of the most influential singers of the early digital reggae era.
His best-known song was the 1985 hit "Ring the Alarm" on the
"Stalag 17" riddim.

Tenor Saw was raised in the Payne Avenue district of West
Kingston. His first single, "Roll Call" was recorded in 1984 for
George Phang's Powerhouse label, on the "Queen Majesty" rhythm.
He moved on, with his friend Nitty Gritty, to work with Sugar
Minott's Youth Promotion sound...

Delroy Wilson was one of Jamaica's most soulful vocalists, and over a 40-year career the singer unleashed a flood of hits and a multitude of masterpieces. Born on October 5, 1948, in the Kingston neighborhood of Trenchtown, Wilson's phenomenal talent would be his ticket out of the ghetto, and his discovery by producer Coxsone Dodd in 1962 would change the path of Jamaican music. His first recording for Dodd, "If I Had a Beautiful Baby" did little, but the producer stuck by his prodigy, and his follow-up "Spit in the Sky," was a sound system smash. That number was...

FORT LAUDERDALE (CN) - A man says he lost $2.6 million in a "huge Ponzi scheme named OLINT" that targeted Jamaican Americans. He claims the scam was so lucrative that one of its operators, Joseph Issa, "used the money to purchase the Shell Oil facility in Jamaica for $80 million."

Robert Anderson sued five people and three organizations in Broward County Court: Jared Martinez, David Smith, Wayne Smith, Tracy-Ann Smith, OLINT, Joseph Issa, USIMO, and Superclubs.

Anderson claims he and his investors group put $2.6 million in OLINT, through USIMO, which is or was...

The Best of the Best International Music Festival (BOTB) is set to take place on Sunday, May 30 during Memorial Day weekend in the nation's hippest hotspot of Miami, Florida. The year's biggest event in South Florida is now 30 days away, and there are tons of reasons why you should be there. Here are 30 of them, as the countdown begins.

1. It's a holiday...

Just when you thought you’ve heard it all, along comes an artist with the power and vitality to steer reggae in a new direction. At age twenty-six, Gyptian sounds like no one else and, unlike 99% of his peers; he’s oblivious to the constant parade of one hit wonders. His new hit single “Hold You” is breaking records and entering charts that reggae music seldom appears on.

His song is currently on numerous Billboard charts; #51 on Hot R&B...

The catch phrase of DATS BETTA! It's Mr. Peppa is ready to fill up the dancehall venues for the summer season. Mr. Peppa is on the scene with 2 brand new releases, "Glorious" and "Keep You Around" with Tony Hood.

Both songs are ready for immediate download and radio friendly. "Keep You Around" is destined to be a ladies favorite with the mix of Tony Hood's vocals and Mr. Peppa's toasting while "Glorious" gives everybody an anthem to sing.

Stay up to day with Mr. Peppa on Facebook...

Juke Boxx Productions releases its version of the popular Stalag riddim often referred to as "Stagalag". It features artist like Busy Signal, Romain Virgo, Tarrus Riley, I-Octane, G-Whizz, Assassin, Bugle, Kiprich, Chino, Elephant Man, Demarco and Chuck Fenda.

It will be availible in two week on itunes.

On May 4[SUP]th[/SUP] VP records Releases Reggae Disco Mix Showcase Volume 4. This album features 11 re-mastered Joe Gibbs & Errol Thompson produced 12” singles from the golden age of Reggae (1977-82). Collected and compiled together for the very first time! Featuring some of the greatest singers, deejays and musicians in Jamaica’s rich musical history, including Dennis Brown, George Nooks, Junior Byles, Trinity and more…These original, full length vocal / deejay...

The Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) and Customs' Contraband Enforcement Team seized more than JA$40 million in illegal goods and cash when they raided an upscale Beverly Hills home in St Andrew on Tuesday April 27, 2010.

Millions of dollars in Jamaican, United States, British and Canadian currencies was seized during the raid as well as several brands of counterfeit cigarettes and illegal alcohol. The Police have put the total cash value of the items seized at JA$40,548,966.00.

Businessman Jason Kong, 50, and Yun Seng Xhang, 30, have been charged...

Jamaica (AP) A foundation for football's Real Madrid has opened a sports academy in northern Jamaica.

The Real Madrid Foundation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new academy in Montego Bay on Monday. Former Madrid player and current official Emilio Butragueno attended.

Avalon Arscott, the spokeswoman for the Spanish Embassy in Jamaica, said on Tuesday that local youngsters from some of the area's poorest communities will attend the school.

Arscott says students will be taught athletics and "social integration" by staff led by former Jamaica goalkeeper...

The US embassy in Kingston located Old Hope Road, Jamaica, is desperately trying to create a more customer-friendly image. They are said to be unfriendly with applicants of nonimmigrant visa and is only interested in collecting the non refundable application fee.

The visa application fee of $131 U.S. dollars and must be paid (in Jamaican dollars at the exchange rate set by the U.S. Embassy) for the...

Jamaica (AP) Authorities in Jamaica say gunmen killed five people execution-style in a troubled area of Salt Spring community. A police statement says the attack early Sunday in Salt Spring is believed to be gang-related. Three of the bodies were burned when gunmen set fire to the house where the men lived. No one has been arrested.

Police say the five killings pushed Jamaica's total number of homicides so far this year past 500, putting it on par with the record 1,680 murders during 2009. The majority of Jamaica's killings involve victims of drug and extortion...