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Trinidad government officials are moving to repeal an unpopular law that calls for dismissing court cases 10 years or older that have not gone to trial in the Caribbean nation.

Many Trinidadians oppose the law because it would drop charges against a former prime minister and other government officials accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from a U.S. contractor in the 1990s.

U.S. authorities have long sought to extradite two of the suspects and have condemned the law as well. Two business executives in the case pleaded guilty in a...

A woman arrived at a party. While scanning the guests, she spotted an attractive man standing alone.

She approached him, smiled and said, "Hello. My name is Carmen." "That's a beautiful name," he replied. "Is it a family name?"

"No," she replied. As a matter of fact I gave it to myself. It represents the things that I enjoy the most - cars and men. Therefore I chose "Carmen". "What's your name?" she asked.

He answered "B.J. Titsengolf."

T.I has announced the release date of his eighth studio album Trouble Man and its December 18th, a perfect New Year gift for his fans. T.I has been working hard ever since he came out of prison last year after a nine-month prison term on gun charges.

T.I arrived at BET’s 106 & Park to speak on his BET Hip-Hop Awards nomination and he let this information drop during the conversation. T.I has DJ Toomp, Pharrell Williams, Andre 3000, and Cee Lo Green appearing on the album.

T.I also hinted that this could be his last rap album; he believes rap is not...

(AP) Prime minister Portia Simpson is calling on private companies in the Caribbean country to each hire at least one more qualified, jobless islander.she dubbed the job-creating initiative the Jamaica Employ Program. She estimates it can eventually create 40,000 new jobs if businesses comply and help reduce Jamaica's 14.3 percent unemployment rate.

On Monday, officials with the Labor Ministry and the Chamber of Commerce signed a memorandum of understanding to work on the government initiative. Labor Minister Derrick Kellier says the program can potentially...

A pregnant Female was shot and killed by a Jamaican Police Officer in Yallahs, St. Thomas sat September 02,2012, has been identified as 25-yr-old Kayann Lamont. Her sister was also shot and has been hospitalized.

The police officer overheard indecent language coming from Kayann, while writing a speeding ticket for a motorist in the Yallahs Square. The officer warned the Kayann that she would be arrested and charged for the indecent language. The officer attempted to arrest kayann and take her to the police station.

A struggle ensued between the officer and...

(AP) Michael Clarke Duncan - who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Green Mile - has died in hospital after a heart attack, his fiancee has said.

Publicist Joy Fehily released a statement from the actor's partner, Omarosa Manigault, saying the 54-year-old died on Monday morning in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a heart attack in July.

The 6ft 4in actor appeared in dozens of films, including such box office hits as Armageddon, Planet Of The Apes and Kung Fu Panda.

Michael, a former bodyguard who turned to...

(AP) A sedition trial for the leader of an Islamic group that once staged a deadly coup attempt in Trinidad has ended with a hung jury.

A judge ordered a retrial Thursday for Yasin Abu Bakr after jury members reported they could not come to a decision after six hours of deliberation. The trial had lasted four months. Abu Bakr has been released on bail pending a new trial.

He is accused of making threats during a 2005 sermon against affluent Muslims who he believed were not paying an Islamic tithe. His lawyer says he was not making seditious statements but...

Little Johnny and his father went into a local drug store to pick up a prescription. While in the store Little Johnny looked around and came upon a rather large display for condoms. He looked at all the brightly colored packages and the different types and the different quantities. He went to his father and asked, "Daddy, what are these condoms?"

His father stuttered, and said, "They are for protection from diseases when a man and a woman make love."

Little Johnny contemplated the concept for a few moments and then asked, "Then, why do these come in a...

(AP)The UN's refugee agency on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the abduction and slaying of a human rights activist that has increased worry over crime in this Caribbean country.

Attorney Clover Graham, who was Jamaica's honorary liaison for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, was found at daybreak Sunday with her throat slashed in tall weeds by the Caymanas Polo Club just outside of the capital of Kingston.

Deputy Police Commissioner Glenmore Hinds said detectives are working to establish a motive in the 56-year-old woman's slaying. There...

A federal jury convicted a Jamaican woman Thursday of entering into a "sham marriage" with a Kansas soldier so she could get legal immigration status.

Shannakay Hunter, 28, fought back tears after the jury returned guilty verdicts for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, marriage fraud and lying to the government.

Hunter, who lives in New York, faces up to five years imprisonment on each count. She is likely to get far less, if any, prison time under federal guidelines during sentencing, which has not been set.

The government contends her 2010 marriage...

Jamaica Labor Party legislator Daryl Vaz announced today that he is taking a leave of absence as the opposition’s chief spokesman on information and communications technology issues while he facing charges of perverting the course of justice.

Daryl Vaz is accused of breaching an anti-corruption law while intervening in a traffic violation involving a businessman friend. Vaz went to a police station and spoke to police commanders about dropping a case against Bruce Bicknell. Bicknell had tried to bribe the police officer to get out of a ticket..

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Western Union has temporarily shut down its services in Montego Bay, that is now the hot bed for a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that targets mostly elderly Americans.

Company spokesman Dan Diaz says Western Union locations in St. James parish, which includes the resort city of Montego Bay, will be closed for a systems review over the next two weeks. The scammers often use disposable cellular phones to cheat mostly elderly Americans out of their savings by requesting they transfer money to claim winnings from a lottery, which later turns out to be fake...

(AP) Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica. He was 60. The musician's brother, Robert Grant, says he was crushed by a car Tuesday after being knocked off his motorcycle. Police did not respond to calls about the fatality.

Born Maxwell Grant, Ranking Trevor was one of the leading "toasters" in Jamaica during the 1970s, recording mainly for the Channel One studio. Toasting is a form of Jamaican rapping that directly inspired hip-hop. Songs like "Caveman Skank" and "Three Piece Chicken and Chips" made...

By Shannon Shields

The Icon Concert which took on Saturday, July the 28th in the St. William Grant Park in South Parade was an inspiring addition to Jamaica's 50th Year of Independence celebrations. The Free Concert which was sponsored by Lime and CB Chicken and organized by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation in association with the Jamaica Vendors and Higglers' Association was the final event of the Downtown Sizzling Summer Savings event which consisted of three days of shopping and entertainment held in Downtown Kingston.

Under the clear blue evening...