Jamaica News Bulletin

Reggae/dancehall blockbuster hit makers Sly & Robbie present dancehall female singjay Danielle "DI" in her debut studio effort, The Rebel, in stores June 11, 2013 from Tad's Record, with pre-order available now. Born Danielle Isaacs and raised a stone's throw away from the home of the legendary Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica, Danielle is determined to follow in his footsteps as an ambassador for her homeland. The Rebel accomplishes this ambitious goal and catapults this music sensation towards fulfilling her dream of being a global sensation.

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The children ward at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has moved one step further to providing better health care with the handing over of an Intravenous (IV) Pump by the Sunset Optimist Club of Liguanea.

The IV Pump is a critical instrument used in hospitals to regulate both the rate and amount of medication given to a patient. The children ward, especially the nursery, has faced a longstanding and dire need for IV Pumps.

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Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) hosted its second in a series of Health and Wellness Fairs under the theme “Healthy Mind, Body, Spirit: Taking Care of the Total You” at the Montego Bay Pier 1on Thursday May 16, 2013. This initiative forms part of the Administration’s effort to promote not only the importance of tax, but also fulfilling its corporate responsibility to the communities it serves by sharing  personal health and wellness tips with both its customers and staff.

Officers from Financial Investigation Division of the Ministry of Finance and Planning assisted by officers from the Lottery Task Force within MOCA, on Wednesday 15 May 2013, raided an address in Hanover and conducted a search operation and subsequently arrested a female in connection with an on-going investigation concerning the obtaining of Money by Fraudulent means from an elderly person in Canada.

Following on from the earlier press release yesterday, we can confirm that a 28-year old female Santressa Kerr, who was arrested at her home address yesterday, has been criminally charged with three cases of Money Laundering, one case of Fraud and one case of Conspiracy to Money Laundering, in total five charges.

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