Jamaica

  • 14 Jan 2013

    Police sources in Jamaica say the gunman who is believed to have shot dead an 8-year old British girl has been killed. Imani Green died after a man opened fire in her relative’s shop on Friday.

  • 13 Jan 2013

    Channel 4 News learns that the death of a British schoolgirl in Jamaica could have been connected to a lottery scam. Imani Green, from south London, was killed in the town of Duncans on Friday.

  • 13 Jan 2013

    An eight-year-old British girl has been shot dead on holiday in Jamaica. Imani Green, from Balham in south London, was killed in the town of Duncans on Friday night.

  • 26 Oct 2012

    The International Space Station captured hurricane Sandy from space on Thursday. It shows the swirling cloud around the category two storm over the Caribbean. Video courtesy of NASA.

  • 25 Oct 2012

    Hurricane Sandy is currently lashing the Caribbean with torrential rain, damaging winds and flash floods that have left one person dead in Jamaica.

  • 23 Oct 2012

    Tropical storm Sandy is likely to become a hurricane before hitting Jamaica on Wednesday. Damaging winds and 5-10 inches of rain could cause flash floods. Video courtesy of Naval Research Lab.

  • 10 Aug 2012

    Usain Bolt leads a Jamaican clean sweep in the Olympic 200m, completing a historic sprint double at both sprint distances in London and Beijing. Meanwhile Team GB’s Jade Jones takes taekwondo gold.

  • 10 Aug 2012

    Usain Bolt’s victory in the 200m makes him the first to do the “double double” of winning both sprinting distances at two Olympics. But there are other contenders for greatest Olympian of all time.

  • 6 Jan 2012

    No sooner was she sworn in – than Jamaica’s new prime minister declared she wants to drop Her Majesty the Queen as head of state and cut all colonial-era links.

  • 3 Sep 2011

    Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt makes up for last week’s disqualification in the World Athletics Championships 100m, winning the 200m final in a time of 19.40 seconds.

  • 25 Jun 2010

    Alleged drug kinpin Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke arrives in the US to face drug charges following his deadly manhunt. Journalist Annie Paul writes about the optimism felt for Jamaica’s future.

  • 23 Jun 2010

    Coke canned!!

    He was, according to my informant, in a car being driven by one Rev Al Miller – en route to the US Embassy in Kingston. Yes, the appropriately named Dudus Coke has been caught at a road block in Jamaica. Most had written him off suspecting he had fled to Latin America from whence –…

  • 23 Jun 2010

    As Christopher “Dudas” Coke is captured in Jamaica, to face extradition to the US, Jon Snow asks is there another way to deal with the global menace of illegal durgs?

  • 26 May 2010

    While 49 people die in the hunt for alleged drug kingpin Christopher Coke, critic Annie Paul writes for Channel 4 News about how Jamaican politics has found itself indebted to gang lords.