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Some areas of Jamaica, particularly population centers such as Kingston, Montego Bay and Spanish Town, experience high levels of crime and violence. [1] Jamaica has had one of the highest intentional homicide rates in the world for many years, according to United Nations estimates. [ 2 ]
Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old boy who was killed by a violent mob in Montego Bay in 2013, after he attended a dance party dressed in women's clothing. [a] The incident attracted national and international media attention and brought increased scrutiny to the status of LGBT rights in Jamaica.
The years prior to the Coral Gardens incident saw the building of tensions between the Rastafarian community and the British colonial government in Jamaica.In 1958, British police engaged in several arrests and evictions of Rastafarians, often bringing to bear charges for the possession of cannabis, which is used as a Rastafarian religious sacrament.
Edgerton Roland Clarke, 95, Jamaican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Montego Bay (1967–1994) and archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (1994–2004). [466] Bernard Saladin D'Anglure, 88, Canadian anthropologist and ethnographer. [467] János Dunai, 87, Hungarian football player (Pécsi Dózsa, national team) and manager . [468]
Being undocumented is considered a civil offense, not a crime. Arrest numbers swelled again the following day, as the agency said it made 1,179 arrests and 853 detainers were lodged Monday.
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CanJet Flight 918 (CJA 918, C6 918) was a flight that was scheduled to take off from Sangster International Airport (MBJ), Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 19 April 2009, bound for Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), Halifax, Canada, but was instead seized before takeoff for hours by an armed, lone hijacker. This was likely the fourth ...
Jamaican posses, often referred to simply as posses or massives, [1] are a loose coalition of Jamaican organized crime gangs, based predominantly in Kingston, Spanish Town and Montego Bay, and in Jamaican diaspora communities in New York City, Miami, Toronto and London.