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Is Weed Legal In Jamaica: A Guide To The Legal Status Of Cannabis In The Land Of Ganja

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Benzinga

Jimmy Cliff: ‘I’m still chasing that Oscar!’

It’s been 50 years since the reggae pioneer helped bring Jamaican culture to the world with his starring role in ‘The Harder They Come’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about new album ‘Refugees’, convincing Cat Stevens to let him record ‘Wild World’ and why he’s still singing ‘rude…

The Independent UK

King Charles’s ascension ignites debate over royals across Commonwealth

Head of state role in doubt in realms from Jamaica to New Zealand after death of Queen Elizabeth II

The Guardian - UK

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‘There will be a lot of grief in Jamaica’: Birmingham mourners on Queen and Commonwealth

At an interfaith event in the city, the emotional and political significance of the moment was on people’s minds

The Guardian - UK

The destinations that have scrapped all Covid travel restrictions

More than 40 destinations worldwide have ended all Covid-related travel rules

The Independent UK

Google Doodle: Who is the Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett-Coverley?

The storyteller helped establish Jamaican Patois and Creole as its own “nation language” and not just an English dialect.

Evening Standard

Who is Louise 'Miss Lou' Bennett Coverley? Google Doodle celebrates life of icon

September 7 marks the birthday of the late Louise Bennett-Coverley, a Jamaican poet that inspired a generation. There is a new Google Doodle to commemorate her life and here is everything you need to know about her

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A moment that changed me: As my parents argued, I watched reggae on TV and felt transported

Seeing people in Jamaica dancing in the street made me want to join them, and began a lifelong love that led me to become a DJ

The Guardian - UK

Etta Khwaja obituary

Other lives: Deputy headteacher and long-serving community leader in Haringey, north London

The Guardian - UK

Inside the former debauched pirate city that's slowly disappearing into the sea

Port Royal in Jamaica was the centre of the English world in the Caribbean during the 17th century, but now lies under the sea's surface slowly disintegrating in the waves

Daily Mirror

Jamaica sending team to Canada to probe work conditions on farms

Fact-finding team will travel to Canada to speak with Jamaican farmworkers after recent allegations of exploitation.

Al Jazeera

Nurse accused of killing 5 might have lost consciousness, suffered mental collapse before crash

LOS ANGELES — The nurse facing murder charges for allegedly slamming her Mercedes-Benz into traffic this month in Windsor Hills was in the throes of a “frightening” mental health crisis in the days, hours and minutes before the crash, new court records filed by her attorneys show.

Los Angeles Times

Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff: ‘In England we had to fight to get any kind of recognition’

The musician on his early struggles in London, his enduring appeal and auditioning Bob Marley, and the problem with Jamaican independence

The Guardian - UK

Arsenal reveal new kit ahead of Fulham clash with Jamaica theme before Notting Hill Carnival

Arsenal are set for a new look before their match against Fulham on Saturday, with the release of a new pre-match kit

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Al Jazeera

Jamaican minister rejects workers’ abuse claims on Canadian farms

Jamaican farm workers in Canada who raised abuse allegations say labour minister’s comments are a ‘slap in the face’.

The Independent UK

Post-Euro 2022 boost can lift Championship as well as WSL – Paige Bailey-Gayle

The Jamaica international is a new signing at second-tier Crystal Palace.

Benzinga

Jamaica, Ecotourism & Psilocybin Microdosing: Silo Wellness Offers Psychedelic Holidays

Toronto-based psychedelics company Silo Wellness Inc. (OTCQB: SILFF) has launched its first ecotourism microdosing psilocybin resort and retreat center at Go Natural Jamaica in Long Bay, Portland, Jamaica.

Al Jazeera

Jamaican farmworkers decry ‘seismic-level exploitation’ in Canada

Temporary foreign workers renew calls for Canada to grant them permanent residency amid fresh abuse allegations.

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On a Connecticut farm, 100 migrant workers spend months living, cooking and harvesting tobacco together

ENFIELD, Connecticut — Gerald Gray wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to prepare his meals for the long day in the fields as one of the 100 Jamaican workers employed by the Jarmoc family on the Jarmoc Farms tobacco fields.

Daily Mirror

Boy, 4, dies after being hit by car while returning from his older brother’s funeral

Domantea McDonald, four, was outside his uncle's home in Jamaica, Queen's in New York City, when he broke away from his mum and ran out into the middle of the road

The Independent UK

The destinations that have scrapped all Covid travel restrictions

More than 40 destinations worldwide have ended all Covid-related travel rules

The Guardian - UK

‘My mum used to cook for the Wailers!’: Leeds puts its West Indian history on display

With illegal blues parties in basements and impassioned activism across the city, Windrush was more than just a London story – as this new string of events proves

Daily Mirror

Teacher fakes brother's death to skive work before probe finds she not even qualified

The school set up an investigation after some of her claims about why she was away were revealed as untrue, as dialing codes when she sent messages showed she was in Kingston, Jamaica

The Times of India

Mitchell Santner stars as New Zealand beat West Indies in T20 series opener

KINGSTON (Jamaica): West Indies' season of white-ball woe continued on Wednesday when New Zealand completed a 13-run win in the first T20 International of a three-match series at Sabina Park in Jamaica.

The Independent UK

Monaco Diamond League live stream: How to watch online and on TV

Jamaica’s world champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson battle it out in the women’s 100m with Great Britain’s Jake Wightman in action again after bronze at Birmingham 2022

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