WeJamaicans.com » kingston http://www.wejamaicans.com Online Community for Jamaicans at Home and Abroad! Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 More arrests for illegal DVD’s http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/more-arrests-for-illegal-dvd%e2%80%99s/ http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/more-arrests-for-illegal-dvd%e2%80%99s/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:50:24 +0000 wJ http://www.wejamaicans.com/?p=157 Pirated DVD’s. The police have made more arrests in downtown Kingston as they continue their clampdown on the sale of bootleg DVDs. Four men were taken into custody during an operation carried out on Orange Street on Monday.

It is alleged that they were held with more than 1,000 pirated DVDs.

Deputy Superintendent Conroy Reid of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) said the men have been charged with breaches of the Copyright Act.

Five men were arrested for similar offences during two

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]]> http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/more-arrests-for-illegal-dvd%e2%80%99s/feed/ 0 McKenzie wants Samuda to deal with environmental stemming from scrap metal industry http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/mckenzie-wants-samuda-to-deal-with-environmental-stemming-from-scrap-metal-industry/ http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/mckenzie-wants-samuda-to-deal-with-environmental-stemming-from-scrap-metal-industry/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:42:09 +0000 wJ http://www.wejamaicans.com/?p=155 The scrap metal operations in the Callaloo Bed area of Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11 seem to be creating some environmental problems.

The problem has been attributed to the processing of scrap metal in the area for export.

To this end, Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie is calling for the support of Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda in dealing with the problem.

He said waste from the operations has blocked some drains and prevented access to others which

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Q. As a young and talented actress and songwriter who grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. What are some of the things that you would try to fix if you were given a second chance? A. I’m simply an entertainer, so I’ll just try to entertain people to the best of my abilities. But, things that I’d love to see

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When I was growing up there was a lot of woman around me that was being abused by their spouse and people just saw it as nothing .I have seen people that have been seriously injured are killed because of domestic abuse and nothing came out of it, because its ok to hit thats what most of us have been taught,its a cycle that hard to break and until we educate ourselves and realize the effect it has on our

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