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HANSLE PARCHMENT INKS DEAL WITH IGL

  Tokyo Olympic 110 meter hurdles champion Hansle Parchment has inked a deal with local gas giants IGL limited. The dollar figure was not revealed, but the move by the corporate leading distributor of liquid petroleum gas will significantly boost Parchment’s preparation for this year’s World Athletics Championships to be staged in Budapest, Hungary. Peter Graham, Managing Director of IGL, said that...

TWO OTHER PERSONS CHARGED IN SEPROD FRAUD INVESTIGATION

  Two additional persons have been charged in the ongoing multi-million dollar fraud investigation at the Seprod Group of Companies on Tuesday, April 18. They are: Forty-one-year-old Andre Green and Twenty-eight-year-old Adrian Nelson, both truck drivers. This brings the total of persons charged in relation to the matter to 23. Between Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13, 2023; C-TOC conducted special operations...

Beenie Man’s Pinky Initiative

Through his foundation, Dancehall Veteran Beenie Man is drumming up support for cancer patient Pinky, the sister of his former spouse Dancehall Queen Carlene Smith. The veteran deejay took to his Instagram Story yesterday to share the ‘Pinky Initiative’, a campaign geared towards raising funds to assist with her battle with stage four breast cancer in the lymph nodes. He said...

Valiant drops new single

Valiant dropped a new song last night, titled 'Insomnia'. The new track has already amassed over 200,000 views on Youtube and is now #15 on trending for music. The song is a true production collaboration as it was produced by Diplomats Records, Crown Heights Entertainment and Chopline Records. Valiant's most recent song 'Tic Tac Toe' with Rvssian and Tommy Lee Sparta now...

Yung Miami says Diddy is no longer her man.

Yung Miami has confirmed that she and Diddy are no longer an item. When asked in a Wednesday (April 19) interview with The Cut about her relationship status with the rapper, the City Girls star revealed: “We’re still friends! We’re still good friends! But we’re single” “That’s not my man,” Miami continued. “We had our own situation, I’m not gonna put...

DRAKE AND THE WEEKND AI SONG PULLED FROM SPOTIFY AND APPLE

    A song that uses artificial intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd is being removed from streaming services. 'Heart On My Sleeve' is no longer available on Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer and Tidal. It is also in the process of being pulled from TikTok and YouTube, but some versions remain available. It follows stinging criticism from publishers Universal Music...

KINGS BEAT WARRIORS TO TAKE TWO-GAME PLAY-OFF LEAD

  The Sacramento Kings defeated defending champions the Golden State Warriors 114-106 to take a two-game lead in the NBA Western Conference play-offs. It is the first time the Warriors have suffered back-to-back play-off losses since the 2019 NBA Finals. De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis each scored 24 points for the Kings at the Golden 1 Centre in Sacramento. The game got heated...

THREE MORE PEOPLE CHARGED IN SEPROD FRAUD CASE

  Three more people have been charged in relation to the multi-million dollar fraud at the Seprod group of companies. They are 40-year-old Carlington Reid, 29-year-old Maynard Anderson, and 48-year-old St. Patrick Waskit. The men were charged yesterday. Reid, Anderson and Waskit turned themselves in to the police on Monday, after being listed as persons of interest in relation to the fraud. At...

Blue Lagoon To Reopen June 1

Acting CEO of the Portland Municipal Corporation, Mrs. Megan Henry-Bramwell, has announced that the infamous Blue Lagoon in Port Antonio, Portland will be reopened on June 1 with upgraded features. The popular tourist attraction and heritage site located at San San in eastern Portland has been shuttered since August 2022 for refurbishing and re-branding. Meantime Mayor of Port Antonio, Paul Thompson,...

Finance Ministry to Embark on National Budget School Tour

The Finance Ministry will be embarking on a national budget secondary school tour starting Tuesday. The tour will take place over a two-week period ending April 28. Focus will be placed on portfolio Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke's 2023-24 budget presentation. Director of the corporate communication and public relations branch at the Ministry, Shelly-Ann Weeks told JIS that the tour will also...
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