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When food firm Wanis lost the rights to import popular Jamaican sauce Pickapeppa, They decided they would make the sauce themselves in a factory 4,690 miles from Jamaica in Wisbech, Cambs UK.They invented their own recipe, printed thousands of fake labels and produced around 30,000 bottles of the counterfeit sauce over 16 months.

The scam wasn't exposed until a shopper noticed the sauce tasted sweeter than usual and complained to Pickapeppa’s Jamaican producers. Wanis managers Sanjay Wadhwani, 45, and Vickas Shah, 35, admitted breaking trademark laws last week...

A man dies and goes to hell. He discovers that there are different Hells for each country.

First he goes to the German Hell and asks what they do there. "First, they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for an hour. Then the German Devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." He doesn't like this so he moves on.

He goes to the U.S. Hell, the Canadian Hell, and the U.K. Hell, and discovers that they are all the same.

Finally, he comes across a very long line of people waiting to get in and asks,
"Which...

Jimmy Little, one of Australia's most famous Aboriginal musicians, died Monday after a long illness, his family said. He was 75. The iconic artist died at his home in the city of Dubbo, about 250 miles west of Sydney, after a long struggle with diabetes, kidney problems and a heart condition.

Little was one of the first indigenous artists to win mainstream success in Australia, playing everything from country to reggae across a nearly 60-year career. Little is survived by his daughter, Frances Claire Peters-Little, and his grandson, James Henry Little.

Hailing from California’s Bay Area, Groundation will unleash their new studio album, entitled Building An Ark, on April 24, 2012 via Dub Rockers/VP/Universal Music. This 10-track set will be the first release off the new imprint Dub Rockers from reggae giant VP Records. The internationally acclaimed band stays true to the essence of their dynamic sound - capturing the true spirit of roots reggae while blending elements of jazz, funk, Latin and transcendental dub. The album’s hypnotic funk-based rhythms move from earthy percussion-based tracks to complex...

International soca pop star Kevin Lyttle debuts the video for his sizzling single, "Wine And Go Down," which was released in November 2011. This is Lyttle's first video from his highly-anticipated upcoming album, which is currently in production.

Released on his very own Tarakon Records, "Wine And Go Down" exemplifies the artist's versatility as he embraces the role of a deejay/rapper to fuse with his acclaimed signature vocal-style, forming this hybrid of island soca and pop club fusion. The singer/songwriter teams up with Richy Peña (talented music producer...

TMM Promise Land and Andrew Digital Present War Zone Clash LP vs. King Addies March 24, 2012

Adidja "Vybes Kartel" Palmer, and his co-defendants Nigel Thompson and Lenburgh McDonald appeared before the Gun Court Division of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday.They were ordered to return to gun court next Wednesday.

The prosecution is expected to have the case transferred next wednesday to the Home Circuit Court to begin the murder case trial.

Jamaica's prime minister Portia Simpson Miller said that she wants Jamaica to sever its ties with the British monarchy so that Jamaica can turn the page on its colonial past and focus on development.

She first announced her desire to replace Queen Elizabeth II as Jamaica's head of state with a Jamaican president during her swearing-in ceremony Jan. 6, 2012.

Portia Simpson Miller said

Removing the queen as head of state and replacing the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice as Jamaica's top appeals tribunal are two things...

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(AP) The lighthearted tone of Prince Harry's Caribbean tour changed Wednesday as the British royal modified his schedule at a military camp in Jamaica out of respect for six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Harry, a British Army captain who recently qualified as an Apache attack helicopter pilot, was scheduled to rappel down a new training wall at a Jamaican military camp in the capital of Kingston but instead watched local soldiers do so.

Palace press officer Nick Loughran said Harry decided not to take part in a military activity considered...

Dig Deeper is honored to present one of the legends of Jamaican soul, ska, rocksteady, and reggae - Eric "Monty" Morris, in his first show in NYC in well over a decade, backed by Crazy Baldhead.

The original vocalist for the Skatalites, Eric “Monty” Morris had his first major solo hit in 1961 with “Humpty Dumpty”, a medley of nursery rhymes that proved immensely popular in Jamaica, and also helped mark a turning point in Jamaican music away from more standard copy-catting of American R&B into something rhythmically unique – ska.

He followed up with a...

Lloyd Brevett, the founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae band The Skatalites son Okine Brevett who was 32 years old, was fatally shot about an hour after accepting a music award for his ill father.

Ruth Brevett says her son Okine was killed Sunday by a gunman at the entrance of his home in the rough Seaview Gardens area of Kingston, Jamaica.

He was shot about 15 minutes after showing his 80-year-old father, Lloyd Brevett, an award from the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association for the father's musical contributions.

The award was handed...

(AP) Jamaica's government announced a campaign Tuesday to crack down on the longtime problem of thieves stealing livestock and crops from ranches and farms across the Caribbean island.

Organized rustlers working on Jamaica's rural back roads often strike in the dead of night and sometimes even butcher cattle right in the field. Other thieves prey on farms, grabbing goats and chickens or hauling off vegetables and fruit. Glen Harris, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, said agriculture losses from thievery approached $70 million last year in Jamaica...

Better known for his sharp-spitting rhymes on hardcore dancehall hits like “Tic Toc” (remixed by M.I.A. and Rye Rye) and “Wine Pon De Edge,” Busy Signal emerges as a charismatic roots reggae artist on his forthcoming album Reggae Music Again, out April 24th on VP Records. A stark departure from the sequenced beats that dominated Busy’s three previous albums, the intricate, multi-layered one-drop rhythms heard on Reggae Music Again were created by some of Jamaica’s most acclaimed musicians (Robbie Lyn, Dean Fraser, Kirk Bennett), and recorded live at Kingston’s...

Rick Ross plans to capitalize on his current popularity by releasing two albums this year. The first, God Forgives, I Don’t still doesn’t have a release date, but his pal DJ Khaled tells XXL that he was just “putting the finishing touches on it” a few days ago. The second album, also in progress, is currently untitled.

Federal prosecutors in New York have asked a judge to impose a 23-year prison sentence on a Jamaican drug kingpin who admitted his leadership in an international crime ring.

Christopher "Dudus" Coke pleaded guilty to racketeering and assault charges in August 2011. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.Prosecutors filed a sentencing memorandum late Wednesday. They stated that Coke was so powerful in Jamaica that he had virtual immunity from the reach of law enforcement there.

In a letter to the judge in September, Coke...