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Jamaican School Children National Flag of Jamaica One Caribbean Nation. Court remands two charged with killing girl KINGSTON – The chef and girlfriend charged in connection with the shooting death of four-year-old Chloe Brown were remanded when they appeared in the Trelawny Parish Court on Thursday. Chloe and her father, 49-year-old Dalton Brown, were attacked in a family dispute in Freeman’s Hall, Trelawny, on January 11. Brown was wounded. The accused couple, 36-yearold Kevin Williams, otherwise called “Bug Head”, and his common-law wife Joan Turner, 42, were charged with murder and conspiracy to murder, respectively. Williams is originally from Red Hills Road in Kingston but had been living in Freeman’s Hall. Williams and Turner, who did not have a lawyer when they appeared in court, told   the presiding judge that they intend to seek legal aid assistance. They are scheduled to make their next court appearance on February 18. Police reported that on the morning of the incident...

One Caribbean Nation. Jamaica’s Sydney Schneider drafted Reggae Girlz goalkeeper Sydney Schneider says she feels blessed to have made history once again and is eager to begin training with the Washington Spirit in the National Women’s Soccer League. The 21-year-old Schneider became the first player from her university, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, to be selected in the draft when she was selected 29th overall by Washington on Wednesday. Expectedly, she was overjoyed. “I am so grateful and feel so blessed to have been able to make history,” she told Sportsmax.TV. “I am so thankful that the NWSL and Washington Spirit have faith in me and have given me this opportunity. I am excited to get started with the Washington Spirit and start training.” At Washington, she will understudy 2019 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year Aubrey Bledsoe, and Schneider said she is eager to learn from the veteran keeper. “ I look forward to training with one of the best goalkeepers and being able to lea...

The Caribbean Is One Nation.                                Shame on you AGAIN, Holness Andrew Holness “We are not serious about investment, things not going so well in CARICOM, our citizen are being treated with disrespect and yet we want to intensify our ties with CARICOM. I say no to that.” (Jamaica opposition leader Andrew Holness addressing the recent annual general conference of his Jamaica Labour Party) The mahogany Coconut Group is not surprised that Holness is at it again, trying to bury CARICOM and engender nothing but negativity toward regional unity by attempting to whip the Jamaican populace in to anti- CARICOM frenzy. He sees this dastardly act as his path to Prime Minister.  Once again we are forced to cry shame on you Holness. It was back in January(1/25/14), when we highlighted Mr. Holness’ opposition, to the Caribbean Court of Justice CCJ replacing the Privy Council a...