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9.58 is Usain Bolt's story so far, in his own words, beautifully illustrated with dozens of specially commissioned photographs.

It's about a skinny kid from the parish of Trelawny, where they harvest the best yams in the world. It's about growing up playing cricket and football in the warm Jamaican sun, then discovering that he could run fast, very fast. It's about family, friends and the laid-back Jamaican culture. It's about Auntie Lillian's pork and dumplings and Dad's grocery store in the sleepy village of Sherwood Content.

It's about what makes him...

Jamaican born David Smith accused of scamming thousands of investors in the Caribbean and Florida has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

David Smith, who allegedly ran a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme though an investment group called Olint, was sentenced after pleading guilty Thursday Sept. 23 2010 to two counts of money laundering and two counts of conspiracy to defraud.

David Smith moved to this British Atlantic territory after Jamaican authorities raided his company's Kingston office in 2006 and barred...

The world bank is providing $2.5 million to support private sector energy efficiency efforts in Jamaica. The funds from its World Energy Security and Efficiency Project will support a pilot energy efficiency financing mechanism that will give the private sector access to renewable and energy efficient equipment.

If the pilot scheme is successful, additional resources could be made available, said Jamaican Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson.

Robertson also announced that the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has earmarked $700 million from the...

(AP) Buju Banton was an established drug trafficker before the singer allegedly tried to buy cocaine from an undercover officer in Florida last year, attorneys for the U.S. government said Monday at the beginning of Banton's drug trial.

"Do you have any contacts where I can get cocaine?" Banton asked a government informant named Alexander Johnson in a recorded conversation, Assistant U.S. Attorney James Preston told a jury in Tampa federal court.

The singer was looking for "more, new and different money through a new conspiracy he was shopping for" in...

It's alleged that Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Pryce got into an altercation with a woman at his house in Oaklands Apartments and physically abused her with a hammer.

After the alleged incident, the woman went to the Constant Spring Police Station and made a report that Bounty Killer beat her with a hammer. The police stated that bounty was arrested and charged with assault, and was denied bail. Bounty will attend court early in the week.

Buju Banton two co-defendant will plea guilty and have entered into a plea deal with United States prosecutors.

Ian Thomas, 43, will plea guilty to the conspiracy charge. He has agreed to cooperate with the government and testify against Buju Banton.

James Mack, 48, will plea guilty to charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 or more kilos of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, according to a plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court. Both charges carry up to life in federal prison...

While it remains to be seen if his long delayed trial will actually kick off this month as planned, what seems far more certain is that Jamaican Reggae & Dancehall superstar, Buju Banton, is set to release a brand new album through his very own Gargamel Music imprint, 'Before The Dawn'. The timing of the album is somewhat interesting as it also coincides with his trial in America on drug charges and it also happens to come just a year after releasing the very well received 'Rasta Got Soul' album.

The still incarcerated...

A rastaman went to visit an old family friend. Rastaman knock pon di door and smaddy inside seh: " a who dat"

rastaman say " i and i, jah rastafari, king of kings, lord of lord: Conquering lion of the tribe of judah, son of haile selassie i"

the person inside replied: "a me one dey yah, an mi nah open de door fi so much ah oonu".

On Sunday, September 26, 2010, Nakisaki Restaurant and Night Club will be hosting "The Mighty Diamonds 41st Anniversary Dinner Show and Fashion Show." Guaranteed to be an eventful evening, the dinner starts at 6pm, while the fashion show is slated for 9pm and a highly anticipated performance by The Mighty Diamonds is set for 10pm. The club will open at 8pm. Fans can be a part of this historical moment, as The Mighty Diamonds will be awarded with Citations from "The Nassau County" for their outstanding careers in the field of music.

Presenting the Awards will...

(Reuters) – Bob Marley's family lost a lawsuit seeking the copyrights to several of the late Jamaican reggae singer's best-known recordings.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan said the UMG Recordings unit of Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group is the rightful owner of copyrights to five albums that Marley had recorded between 1973 and 1977 for Island Records.

The albums "Catch a Fire," "Burnin'," "Natty Dread," "Rastaman Vibrations" and "Exodus" were recorded with Marley's band The Wailers. They include some of Marley's best-known songs, including...

Shaggy a di richest artist in Dancehall today. According to Urban Islandz, his net worth is over 20 million dollars. Him really Boom Bastic and Fantastic. Check out the top ten list below:

1. Shaggy US$22M
Shaggy 2001 album “Hot Shot” sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, making him one of music’s top selling artist. The mega sales propelled Shaggy to arguably become Reggae’s Richest artist of the current generation. “Hot Shot” peaked at number one on the Billboard charts in the US and UK, and was certified X6 platinum in the US alone. Despite the...

The release date for Buju Banton’s ninth studio album Before The Dawn, set to hit stores September 13 has been pushed back.According to Gargamel Music Inc., Buju's new album will drop in North America and Japan on Tuesday, September 28.

While the release date for the UK and France has been set for Monday, October 4, and will be available in the rest of Europe a few days earlier on Friday, October 1.

Gargamel Music Inc., stated

Despite his current incarceration, Buju was heavily involved in choosing the final track listing and laboring over the phone...

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Eleven Jamaican students will be going to China this academic year to pursue various higher degrees, having been awarded full scholarships under the Chinese Government Scholarship Program.

The awardees will be studying at various universities in the areas of economics, electronics, financial engineering, biology, pedagogy tourism management and environment management.

Courses run for three to four years with the first year dedicated to the study of the Chinese language. Under the full scholarship, tuition, accommodation, meals, clothing allowance, study...

The year long extradition dispute over Jamaican businessman Christopher "Dudus" Coke, accused by federal prosecutors of smuggling illegal firearms and narcotics, has caused more than a few problems for the lawyers at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

Coke is adding to his U.S. legal team while he sits in a federal detention center in Manhattan. On Wednesday, Coke filed court documents terminating court-appointed solo practitioner Russell Neufeld from representing him. Coke, who already has retained New York solos Elizabeth Macedonio and the uniquely named Steve...

A Rasta and his Empress are in court getting a divorce. The problem was, who should get custody of the child?

The Empress jumped up and said, "Your Honor. I brought the child into this world with pain and labor. She should be in my custody"

The judge turns to the rasta and says, "What do you have to say in the matter?"

The Rasta sat for a while contemplating ... then slowly rose and said, "Yow ... your Honour, If I and I put a dollar in a vending machine and a Pepsi come out, a who fa Pepsi ... 'I and I' or the machine?