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Multi-award winning Broadcast Journalist based in Kingston Jamaica who covers local, regional and international current affairs. Sports enthusiast. 🏏⚽️⛳
Dec 8, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Reggae artiste Sizzla Kalonji destroying a plaque reportedly sent to him by @djkhaled's team to commemorate recent album being certified platimum.

Kalonji's followers say they need a magnifying glass to recognize his name on the plaque.

Kalonji says Khaled insult him. After Kalonji destroyed the plaque, his followers lit fire to the gift.
Dec 8, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
Multiple World Record holder & sprint legend @usainbolt says he no longer gives advice to younger athletes unless requested to do so.

Bolt was speaking to fellow former sprint great Asafa Powell (@officialasafa) on Powell's YouTube channel.

Bolt explains why in video below: Bolt spoke about interaction with an athlete who had just began his prof. career & declared himself to be rich.

Bolt says he gave the athlete context & said train harder. He says the athlete no longer speaks to him.

It's believed the great man was referring to Michael O'Hara.
Aug 2, 2022 10 tweets 4 min read
#BREAKING: Police Constable Noel Maitland o/c Noel One Time has been charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of Donna-Lee Donaldson.

Maitland was charged today by investigators from the Counter Terrorism & Organized Crime branch of the JCF. #UPDATE: It's understood that the Police moved to charge Maitland with the murder of Donna Lee after significant evidence, including telephonic data, tied Maitland him to the crime.

Forensic work led to the discovery of Donaldson's blood on a curtain in Maitland's apartment.
Apr 27, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
#UPDATE: A security guard, who's attached to a prominent company and is in custody in connection an explosion at a Scotiabank ATM in Port Antonio, Portland is expected to be hit with multiple charges, including fraud.

The security has given a statement confessing to the crimes. The guard has reportedly confessed to over several years stealing money intended for the ATM.

The ATM was destroyed a few days before an audit was to take place.

The guard was injured during the fire which was lit using gasoline. The fire caused an AC unit to explode.
Mar 24, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
#JUST_IN: A heir to the British throne, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has told a function in Jamaica that the atrocity of slavery forever stains history & he wishes to express his "profound sorrow".

William says "slavery was abhorrent & should never have happened". William made the remarks during a dinner at King's House which is the official residence of Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen.

The Duke was addressing a host of dignitaries & state officials including Jamaica's Prime Minister @AndrewHolnessJM.

Excerpt below:
Mar 23, 2022 18 tweets 11 min read
#UPDATE: A big crowd turned out in Trench Town in Jamaica to welcome the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William & Kate Middleton.

The Duke & Duchess were received at the airport by a delegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister, Kamina Johnson-Smith.

📸 - @GettyImages Prince William and Kate were cheered on by the crowd as they went on a walk-about in Trench Town in South, St. Andrew.
Jul 1, 2020 18 tweets 9 min read
SOME KEY SECTIONS OF DAMNING PETROJAM INTEGRITY COMMISSION REPORT:

1. That the report be referred to the Director of Corruption Prosecution in relation to whether former Energy Minister Dr #AndrewWheatley was dishonest & sought to mislead the Commission in breach of the law. 2. That a statement provided to the Director of Investigation by Dr. Wheatley about his relationship/affiliation with Sophia Deer is disengenuous & less than truthful.

That no instance of nepotism or impropriety werr found in Wheatley's actions in relation to Ms. Deer.