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- Austin-Healey classics lead British invasion
More than 200 owners of Austin-Healeys gathered in Kingston last week. Choose text size Owners from near and far come to Kingston to share the love of the car Special to the Star KINGSTON?For one week, the parking lot of this city's biggest hotel was
- JDF sub lieutenant to join crew on Chilean navy ship
TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD sub lieutenant Leonard Wynter will on Tuesday join the crew of the Esmeralda - a Chilean truing ship - for a six-week voyage that will take him to Colombia and Ecuador on the way back to Chile. Chilean Ambassador to Jamaica Alfredo
- Jamaica discussing LNG supplies from Algeria
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, is currently in discussions with Algerian officials about supplying Jamaica with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). 'Ambassador Johnson has begun discussions, and we are
- Kingston HyperX DC 1600 4 GB kit (KHX12800D3K2_4G).
When AMD brought the Phenom 2 X4 lineup off the drawing board to E-Tailers, it brought with it DDR3 Dual Chanel memory. Of late, the focus has been on Triple channel memory but with Phenom 2 and Core i5 making its debut soon, DDR3 Dual channel is going
- United Kingdom visa fees on the move
The United Kingdom has increased the fees to enter the region for Jamaicans effective July 6. The British High Commission, in a release, reminded Jamaicans that payments were to be made at the Worldbridge Visa Application Centre, 34 Trafalgar Road, at
- Jamaican ex-cop convicted of fleecing UK bank
A Jamaican ex-policeman turned night manager in a UK bank has been found guilty of stealing up to two million Pounds. The Times Online says Earl Walker, 50, who separated damaged or counterfeit notes from good ones for the Bank of England is awaiting
- Kingston first to use social media to challenge Asians' memory
- For the first time, social media sites have been used to challenge Asians' memory, according to memory manufacturer Kingston Technology. 'By using social media sites such as Facebook and funP.com to launch the 'Challenge Your Memory', Kingston is the
- Suriname new drug haven?
TWO Surinamese faced Jamaican courts last week after they were booked for drug offences by local authorities. The two, both males ages 41 and 21 years old, were nabbed in separate incidents after drug including cocaine and ganja was found in their
- Jamaican group in UK protests Caribbean flight tax
UNITED KINGDOM-based Jamaican Diaspora lobby group Facilitators for a Better Jamaica is organising a letter-writing campaign against that country's proposed new tax regime which will raise the cost of flights to the Caribbean. 'Under the new proposals,
- Ambassadors condemn Honduran coup
Ambassadors of the Republics of Cuba, Honduras and Venezuela in Jamaica have strongly condemned the recent attacks on the constitutionality and democracy in the Republic of Honduras. They have described as a repulsive act, the forceful break in and
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Jamaica gained full independence within the British Commonwealth in 1962. Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to recurrent violence and a dropoff in tourism. Elections in 1980 saw the democratic socialists voted out of office. Subsequent governments have been open market oriented. Political violence marred elections during the 1990s.
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