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Vybz Kartel will close this year's edition of Magnum Follow Di Arrow, a popular stage show that is widely regarded as an Alliance stomping grounds.
The Teacha's inclusion on the show has stoked the embers of the tension between he and Bounty Killer. However, the Portmore Empire head Vybz Kartel said quietly:
"Ah peace me a deal wid, that's all I have to say on the matter."
But word on the street is that the Warlord is quietly fuming.
"The Warlord nuh like it because Follow Di Arrow has always been a traditionally Alliance show so for him to be on the show is like a diss, ah so the Warlord ah reason the ting, Hellboy shoulden be on the show," one source told Xtra News.
The Warlord is still a highly influential figure in the world of dancehall music after almost two decades at the top of his game. He is credited with nurturing the careers of figures such as Mavado, Predator, Busy Signal, and Vybz Kartel, his former protege-turned-enemy.
"Bounty Killer 'ben' bout it and him ah give out some sound like him nah come, but mi feel say ah just talk," the source said.
Dexton Ennis, promoter of the highly successful ten year-old Magnum Follow Di Arrow, moved quickly to allay any fears in the dancehall public.
"Bounty Killer will be there . I guarantee it, the anticipation around this year's Follow Di Arrow is huge, and the buildup has been incredible. Bounty would not miss that opportunity to entertain his fans who would have travelled all the way to James Bond Beach to see him," Mr. Ennis said.
"I have heard the rumours, but I haven't even spoken to him about them because I know he will be there."
Still, Bounty is renowned for erratic and baffling behaviour at live entertainment events especially when he believes that he has been slighted in some way. Killer's petulance is the stuff of legend. Just a few weeks ago, he brought the charity concert, Shaggy and Friends concert in disrepute after a foul-mouthed performance which shocked the large audience of society bigwigs, international press and other luminaries. Ennis is however a close personal friend who has been at his side during his most damaging public travails.
One of those public travails is his return to Gun Court where his case has been set for trial on March 24. The deejay, whose real name is Rodney Price, is charged jointly with an ex-cop, Calis Bowen.
According to police blotters, the two were arrested in July 2008 following an altercation with an off-duty policeman in New Kingston in September 2007. The alleged beating took place on September 27, 2007 and a high-level probe led to the deejay's eventual arrest.
Price is represented by attorney-at-law Christian Tavares Finson and Tom Tavares Finson. The prosecution alleged that on the night in question, a motor vehicle was used to block the road, and the policeman asked Price and a large entourage of men to clear the road. Further allegations are that the policeman was assaulted and Pryce allegedly threatened him with a gun.
Price is facing charges of assault, unlawful wounding and illegal possession of a firearm.
"Bounty Killer will not be distracted, he will be going all out to represent for Alliance fans," Ennis, who is known for not catering to the whims of artistes, said.
Three years ago, Ennis stuck to his guns when Beenie Man refused to perform alongside Spice at the event. Then days before the show, Ennis advised the public that Beenie Man had removed himself along with Michelle Davis, a.k.a. DAngel, from show.
As the promoter of the show, promoting uniting the music I was not willing to remove any artiste to suit another, from the line up. As a result, Beenie Man has decided that he will not perform at the event, Mr. Ennis said in a release at the time.
( l - r ) Unicorn, Ikaya
Deejay Macka Diamond plans to end her conflict with Unicorn at Magnum's Follow Di Arrow this Saturday, aiming to lyrically 'kill' her former friend.
The ongoing conflict between Macka Diamond and Unicorn, who collaborated on the track Think Bout Mi, will hopefully be settled at Follow Di Arrow at James Bond Beach. The two deejays ended on a sour note last year when Unicorn made claims to the public that Macka Diamond was "ungrateful".
In a release sent to THE STAR, Unicorn explained the situation between himself and the money goddess saying: "I am the one who wrote so many of Macka's songs like Hoola Hoop when I go roun' Big Yard I couldn't tek fi see mi fren' look pop dung so, so I write it and put har back ah lead. Then mi write Think 'Bout Mi and put har pon top again and is like she nuh want Unicorn eat no food. Mi have a new song wid Ikaya and she a tell people don't play it."
small change
He continued: "After Think Bout Mi hit it big, promoter all ah pay her US$5, 000 and US$7,000 and dem money deh, and di agreement wha she come to me wid, is dat she will ask dem fi a certain amount and den pay me outta it. Macka a go look pon me and gimme US$200. How she fi do dat and mos' a di recent hit song dem wha she have, a me gih har? A Unicorn try wid Macka every time she carbon copy out her career and do remake a people song and go back to di level of Lady Mackerel."
Now Unicorn has released a collaboration with newcomer Ikaya that directly takes shots at Macka Diamond. In the song, Ma Name, Ikaya deejays: "Unicorn yuh gi mi bun a goin gi yuh back hotta, yuh caan park mi up like how yuh park up Macka," while Unicorn replies, "Macka was the past she a old quit tired race horse."
According to Unicorn, Macka has taken offence to the song and has allegedly told and paid selectors not to play the song.
When THE STAR spoke to Macka, however, she said she has not listened to the song nor has she paid anyone to not play the song. She said: "Mi nuh business wid it (the song), me nuh business wid Ikaya either, she a artiste? A Unicorn mi have a problem wid, a him mi a guh kill at Follow Di Arrow."
For Macka, she doesn't want to clash with any female artistes and advised Ikaya to clash Lisa Hyper instead. According to Macka even if Ikaya walked out on her at Follow Di Arrow she will not clash her and says it would be disrespectful of Ikaya to do so. Macka said: "A man my ting deh, afta mi kill Unicorn mi a look another man fi kill. Yuh have one bagga woman a clash, a di men me want."
She continued: "Unicorn mus' stop use people and come defend himself, him talk big last year him mus come defend it."
ready to clash
Macka Diamond
In the release, Unicorn said he was ready for the clash saying: "So much people in the business try to help her and she turn roun' and backstab dem: Black-er, KipRich, some odda yute who used to write fi her - even Lady Saw ... So she can come ah Follow Di Arrow come dead like sparrow."
Ikaya has also released a single aimed at Macka called, Kill Off Di Whole A Dem, and she, too, is ready for the veteran deejay saying, "Since 'Granny Macka' is such a good lyricist, why she can never answer in music?"
"I have respect for my veterans and I have crazy love for people like Lady Saw, Tanya Stephens and others, but Lady Mackerel doesn't deserve any because she disrespected me when I didn't say anything to or about her at first. All I can say is look out at Follow Di Arrow this Saturday because this no-name artiste going to kill somebody."
A pharmacist and owner of the Darliston Pharmacy in Westmoreland, has found himself in trouble with the law after being accused of scamming the National Health Fund (NHF) of over $27m.
Ainsworth Reynolds, of a Llandilo, Phase 4 address, is charged with forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy. He appeared before Resident Magistrate Georgianna Fraser in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
The allegations, as outlined in court are that between March 2006 and December 2009, the accused, was contracted by NHF to dispense drugs. It is alleged that he used the cards of some customers to make fraudulent claims on the NHF's account.
expensive medications
It is alleged that the pharmacist also created fictitious prescriptions in the names of some customers and claimed that these had been done by doctors, and then claimed for the cost of these prescriptions. It is reported that he added expensive medications to these prescriptions in order to increase the amount of the claims.
It is further alleged that the accused signed all the receipts generated by these transactions. The investigating officer told the court that the police had so far collected statements from patients disputing the claims that were reportedly made in their names, as well as from doctors who are doing the same.
Reynolds' attorney, told the court that his client was a good candidate for bail as he would not abscond and had no previous convictions. The court was also told that the accused had reimbursed the NHF $5m so far.
Reynolds was granted $10m bail with one or two sureties, ordered to have his fingerprints taken and told to surrender his travel documents. A stop-order was also issued. The accused is to report to the Sav-la-Mar Police Station every day between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The matter returns to court on March 30.
A Constable attached to the Motorized Patrol Division, accused of molesting a seven-year-old girl is to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on April 23, when his case is to be tried.The accused, Greg Reid, is charged with indecent assault.
The allegations are that back in 2006, Reid performed oral sex on the child and fondled her breasts. When the matter was first mentioned in court, Reid was granted $100,000 bail with surety. His travel documents were seized and a stop order was issued.
When the case was mentioned on Tuesday, the accused was informed that his matter could not be tried and the new date was agreed on. Reid's bail was extended until then.Elton Tucker, Assistant Editor - Sport
Usain Bolt's handlers are considering the offer of a honorary doctorate for distinction in sport from the Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Carole Beckford, the local publicist for the world's fastest man over both the 100 and 200 metres, in confirming the offer yesterday, said the Bolt camp is in discussions with the university.
"The offer is on the table and we have 18 months in which to consider it," Beckford said.
In explaining how the process works, she said: "... They write to you to say they are considering, then they publish the list. ... They obviously would want it to coincide with their graduation but because of Usain's schedule ... it may not coincide with what they want."
Honorary graduate awards from Queen's University, Belfast, are usually handed out during the first week of July. Bolt is, however, expected to appear at several meets on the new and lucrative IAAF Diamond League circuit during the same period. The fifth Diamond League meet, the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon is set for July 3.
The world's top athletes then travel to Lausanne, Switzerland for the Athletissima 2010 on July 8 before moving on to Gateshead in England for the British Grand Prix. Paris, Saint-Denis for the Meeting Areva on July 16 is the next stop for the world's elite athletes. Early and mid-July should therefore be a hectic period for Bolt.
Among the nominees
According to a press release from the Queen's University, Bolt is one of several famous men who are being offered honorary doctorates this year. They include Nobel prize-winners Professor Amartya Kumar Sen, one of the greatest intellectuals of modern India, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, a veteran diplomat who played a major role in the Northern Ireland peace process and BBC broadcaster Sir Mark Tully, the BBC's India correspondent for many years.
Bolt has collected several awards since his triple gold medal winningperformance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Last year he received the island's fourth highest honour, the Order of Jamaica, and was named the IAAF's Male Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row.
At the 2009 IAAF World Championship in Berlin, Bolt smashed his own world records in winning the 100m and 200m. He took home a third gold medal as a member of the sprint relay team.
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Foota Hype - File
Cassava Piece-based selector Foota Hype said he had his identity cloned on the Internet through popular social networking website Facebook.
Foota Hype told THE STAR that he has been receiving phone calls from disgruntled individuals, who demanded an explanation for various posts and messages that have been sent via the fake profile.
"I have received calls from foreign, weh people a ask me bout how mi a look dem woman pan Facebook, people calling me bout how must I be putting disrespectful comments about dem on my Facebook page, which I have no idea about because I have no Facebook profile," he told THE STAR.
Foota Hype,who became popular as a sound-system selector at the weekly Uptown Mondays session, is urging the public not to conduct any form of business with the person via Facebook as he does not have a Facebook profile nor does he know who the impersonator is.
"I am letting Jamaica and the world know that they should not conduct any business at all with this person on Facebook because I don't have a Facebook page and I never had one, and I don't even know who the person using this profile is. I only have a MySpace profile," he explained.
"I did business with a lady from England and she told me that she had left messages on my Facebook page and that I was also responding to them. So this profile is becoming a problem," Foota said. "Time hard and nobody nuh waan dash weh dem money, so I don't want people to send this person dem money to book me and when I don't show up it causes problem."
Foota Hype is not the only victim of this form of Internet scam as Twin of Twins and Laden both suffered a similar fate. In two separate stories published in this newspaper late last year, the entertainers said that persons were collecting money for shows and dub plates for them via their MySpace page without their consent.
Foota Hype told THE STAR that there has not been any major damage as yet but urged the perpetrators to remove the fake profile.
"The name Foota Hype is copyrighted and I am asking who eva is responsible for the profile to take it down before I am forced to take legal actions," Foota warned.
This comes from 2 math teachers with a combined total of 70 yrs of experience.
Here
is a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. It also made me Laugh Out Loud.
This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint....It goes like this:
What makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about the people who say they are giving "more than 100%"?
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give "over 100%". How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that may help you answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26,
Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
AND, look how far ass-kissing will take you.
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that while
Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and
Attitude will get you there, it's the Bull%&%* and Ass-kissing
that will put you over the top.
Sizzla
Sizzla is scheduled to perform in Ghana next month to mark the West African country's independence celebrations, the Ghana news agency has announced.
The singer is expected to perform on March 5-6 at the Accra Sports Stadium and the Kumasi Stadium, respectively. He will also launch his new album, Crucial Times, on March 6, the day Ghana celebrates its 53rd year of independence from Britain.
Crucial Times was released in January by Greensleeves Records.
According to a statement from the government agency, the shows are being organised by Paa K Holbrook-Smith in collaboration with music production firms, Lalibela Music Productions and Aduanaba Promotions.
second appearance
Phillip Burrell, Sizzla's longtime manager and producer, confirmed the dates which will be the roots performer's second appearance in Africa. His first took place in late 2008 in The Gambia.
Cheesy Wailer, a leading Ghanaian reggae act, is down to support Sizzla at both shows.
Sizzla, who is best known for songs such as Black Woman and Child and Just One of Those Days, is reportedly one of the most popular reggae acts in Africa which remains largely untapped, despite a long history of ties to Jamaican popular music.
He would be the latest new-wave reggae artiste to perform on the continent in recent times. Anthony B, Beenie Man, Brick and Lace, Morgan Heritage and Shaggy have done shows throughout Africa in the last three years.
Ghana has become the epicentre of sorts for reggae in Africa. Rita Marley, widow of reggae legend Bob Marley, owns a home in Accra, the capital, and has produced the popular Africa Unite shows there to mark his birthday in February.
Marley was a hero to African freedom fighters during the 1970s and was invited to perform in Zimbabwe in 1980, to commemorate that country's independence. Peter Tosh, Third World and Jimmy Cliff also did shows in Africa during the 1980s, as did Gregory Isaacs and Yellowman.
Independent reggae record companies cited the African market as potentially lucrative during the 1980s and 1990s. Rampant piracy, however, ate into their profits and forced them to stop distribution in the region.
A gun salute being held for a slain resident of the Flanker community in St James, took a turn for the worse on Sunday, when a shot reportedly tore off a section of a lightpole, sending it tumbling into a crowd and badly injuring one woman.
Reports reaching THE STAR are that on Sunday night, some residents from the Red Dirt area of Flanker, gathered to pay tribute to 26-year-old Jermaine Spence, otherwise called 'Ants Man' and 'Randy Spence', who was killed by the police on January 14.
It is alleged that the gun salute which was being carried out in Spence's honour, quickly descended into chaos when a bullet, tore off a section of a lightpole, causing it to fall into the nearby crowd. It is reported that the pole fell onto the leg of a woman who was rushed to the hospital. THE STAR was told that her leg was severely damaged and doctors had to conduct emergency surgery. When contacted, the Montego Bay Police said they had no knowledge of the incident. However, a source close to the injured woman confirmed the incident and revealed that the woman is still in hospital.
SAO PAULO (AP)
Former world player of the year Ronaldo says he will retire after the 2011 season.
The 33-year-old Brazilian striker extended his contract with Corinthians on Monday and said he plans to play two more seasons before putting an end to a successful career of more than 17 years.
mind made up
"I've already made up my mind, these will be my last two years," Ronaldo said. "I'll give my best and I'm hoping to have some fun and win many significant titles."
Ronaldo said that after retiring he will become an ambassador for Corinthians, Brazil's second most popular club behind Flamengo. He said one of his main goals is to help Corinthians win the Copa Libertadores, the only major competition the club is yet to win in its 100-year history.
"We have very passionate fans and every day I'm more in love with this club," he said.
Ronaldo won the FIFA player of the year award in 1996, 1997 and 2002 and spent 15 years in European football, before returning to Corinthians in the beginning of 2009 to recover from the third serious knee injury of his career.
He won the World Cup in 1994 and 2002, and remains hopeful of playing in one final World Cup with Brazil, before retiring.
"This upcoming World Cup is still a possibility for me," said Ronaldo, the all-time leading scorer in World Cup finals with 15 goals. "But for 2014 it's impossible, time goes by for everyone."
not called
Ronaldo scored 62 goals in 97 internationals with Brazil, but he has not been called to the national team since the 2006 World Cup, when Brazil lost to France in the quarterfinals. The striker also played in the 1998 World Cup, when Brazil lost to the French in the final.
Ronaldo played most of his career in Europe with PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and AC Milan. He returned to Brazil after being released by AC Milan in 2008, following an injury to his left knee.
Ronaldo has played sparingly with Corinthians this year and is preparing for the team's debut in the Copa Libertadores tomorrow against Uruguay's Racing, in Sao Paulo.
Kevin 'Richie Poo' Tyndale, who was reported to be the second-in-command in the Joel Andem-led gang is seeking to have his convictions for gun offences overturned by the United Kingdom Privy Council.
Tyndale, 30, a farmer of Mount Friendship, St Andrew, is now serving a 30-year prison sentence for gun offences.
He was convicted and sentenced in 2005 for illegal possession of firearm, wounding with intent and robbery with aggravation. The Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal last year.
In his bid to go to the Privy Council, Tyndale, through his lawyer Patrick Atkinson, had filed a motion in the Court of Appeal, contending that his constitutional rights were breached at his trial in the Gun Court.
He is contending that attorney-at-law J Mitchell, who represented him at his trial, had applied for an adjournment on the grounds that he needed more time to prepare the defence. Tyndale is contending that the judge refused the application and ordered that the trial should proceed. The judge convicted him in the Gun Court and sentenced him to 30 years imprisonment. Tyndale's appeal against his convictions and sentences were dismissed last year.
The application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council came up for hearing yesterday in the Court of Appeal.
Tyndale was sentenced for allegedly shooting and wounding a businessman during a robbery at Papine, St Andrew, in January 2003.
The businessman was robbed of jewellery, money and his licensed firearm. He was shot five times including once in the head. The businessman spent several weeks in hospital.
Four persons who have been accused of stealing more than $40,000,000 from a Guardsman armoured truck in downtown Kingston, last month, were remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
The accused persons were identified as Dwayne Satchell, Tamara Kellerman, Errol Cameron and Clifton Kerr. The men, who are all of corporate area addresses, are charged with simple larceny and conspiracy.
The allegations are that Cameron ,who was employed to the Guardsman Security Company as a truck driver, went downtown with three security guards on January 15 to conduct daily operations.
During the course of duties, it is alleged that the three security guards exited the vehicle leaving Cameron in charge. However, when they returned to the vehicle, the sum of $42,000,000 was missing from the truck.
It is claimed that the company office was alerted and an investigation was immediately conducted. It is alleged that Cameron's phone was confiscated for analysis which revealed that he had made frequent calls to Satchell who was attached to the company and was Cameron's neighbour.
Allegations are that the sum of $10 million was later found on a property in St Catherine belonging to relatives of Kellerman, who is Satchell's girlfriend. It is further alleged that a motor vehicle and items of jewellery were also found.
The police believe that there are other vehicles to be recovered. All four persons were remanded and are to appear in court on March 15.
Four persons, including a 16-year-old youth and two women, were shot and injured when gunmen invaded a child's birth-night party in Gulf, Norwood, on Sunday night.
Police have not released the names of the injured in an effort to protect their identities who, up to late yesterday, remained in hospital.
Residents said they were left traumatised after the incident. "Mi say is whole heap a gunshots fire," one resident told THE STAR. "Mi nuh remember hearing so much shot fire one time yet."
He said that they have been left cowering in fear. "Children are very traumatised. It is unbearable and the foolishness must stop now," he said. Residents said that sometime after 10 p.m., a birth-night party was in progress when four heavily armed men attacked the patrons and fired indiscriminately. The persons in attendance were sent running frantically to safety.
The police confirmed the incident and said the injured have been hospitalised.
THE STAR has been reliably informed that the incident is gang related, as warring factions have been shooting at each other and continue to issue death threats to members in the community since the death of a notorious gunman who was shot dead by unknown assailants over a month ago.
IF U CATCH A MAN IN UR HOUSE DIGGING OUT U WIFE ..WAT U WOULDA DO ?
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Yesterday was arguably a blue day for at least two Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus drivers and several passengers as the buses they were travelling in, both experienced accidents.
In the first mishap, which happened about 9 a.m., a bus which plies the Kingston to Portmore route ended up making a crashing stop in a ditch metres away from the Kingston Wharves wall.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport and Works, Reginald Allen, said the driver lost control of the vehicle upon reaching the highway and crashed into barriers along the roadway. Some 11 passengers and a passer-by received minor injuries.
Ill luck struck again some three hours later, as another JUTC bus overturned on the Hellshire main road shortly after midday. In that accident several persons received minor injuries with one person breaking an arm.
Reports said speeding may have been a factor in that accident.
Yesterday's incidents bring to three the number of crashes involving JUTC units this month.
On February 4, at least two persons, including the bus driver, were injured after a JUTC bus ran on to the embankment near the Mother's restaurant in Half Way Tree, St. Andrew.
In that incident, Allen said the bus was en route to Half-Way Tree from Duhaney Park when the brakes failed while turning a corner.
Jamaican Dancehall sensation Clifford Smith AKA Mr. Vegas, with mega hits Heads High, I Am Blessed and Do You Know, is the second Jamaican Artists to be banned from performing in Grenada by the 19-month old NDC administration, in less than a year.
The popular entertainer was scheduled to perform in Grenada for the first time in just under two years at the popular Karma night club in St. Georges Grenada, on Sat Feb 27th 2010.
According to the promoter of the event Steve Duncan, this one came as a shock. No specific reasons were given by the Ministry of Labour for the refusal of the work permits.
Inside sources has hinted that the refusal may have been as a result of one particular song from the Artists which contains derogatory remarks about women that behave in a negative manner.
Mr. Vegas has recorded over four popular dancehall/reggae Albums to date.
Duncan also stated that over $30,000.00 was already invested in bookings and promotions for the event, and that no indication of a problem was hinted when the application for the work permit was made some four weeks ago.
When asked about how this development was going to impact on his business in these difficult times, his response was simply "devastating". "If this Government is placing a ban on a particular number of Caribbean Artists, then that should be public knowledge and should be brought to the attention of the promoters when the application for the work permit is made, says Duncan, one of Grenada's most popular event promoters and owner of the Islands largest nightclub, Karma. "I sought to get an explanation from the Minister of Labour, Honorable Carl Hood, and to explain my plight, only to have the phone hung up on me. This is not the first time that this has happened".
Just recently a similar complaint was given by manager of a local night club in the south of the island.
Story from: http://www.weefmgrenada.com
Some 600lb of ganja, believed to be part of the lucrative drugs-for-guns trade between Jamaica and neighbouring Haiti, was seized during a special operation by the police in Hellshire, St Catherine on Friday night.
Reports are that members of the Transnational Crimes and Narcotics Division went to the Sugarman Beach about 10 p.m., acting on information, and attempted to accost the men who were loading the drug on to boats.
Information states that the men immediately opened fire on the police who tried to apprehend them. The fire was returned and in the aftermath of the operation, one man from among the group was taken into police custody and is to be questioned by investigators today.
A Toyota Corolla station wagon and a white Toyota Hiace minibus were also seized.
The severed head of 36-year-old Codlin Rose of Tredegar Park, St Catherine, was found along the ThompsonPen main road on Saturday.
Police told THE STAR that about 6 a.m. residents woke up to the gruesome discovery. Rose was a security guard employed to watch a church in the community.
It's not the first time the St Catherine North police have to investigate a case of a head being severed.
Last December, the head of a security guard who hails from the Thompson Pen community was found along Port Henderson Road in Dela Vega City.
About a week later, the decomposing body was found buried near the bank of the Rio Cobre.
In February last year, the investigators found the head of a man in the Tredegar Park square and are still searching for his body.
The Ministry of Health is reporting an increase in the incidence of gastro-enteritis, malaria and dengue fever across the island, due largely to the prevailing drought conditions, and is looking to implement a national hand washing campaign as part of measures to contain the spread.
Speaking at Thursday's post-cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, portfolio Minister Rudyard Spencer, said the ministry's surveillance mechanism had detected increases of up to 100 per cent in the number of cases of the three non-communicable diseases.
"The ministry is concerned, as we believe that the current conditions are influencing the disease profile of the country , and, that the drought will serve to exacerbate the spreading of these illnesses," he bemoaned.
diseases
He informed that the ministry is sourcing funding for the hand washing campaign, which is estimated to cost some $15 million, and has already completed the printed material with the assistance of the Pan American Health Organisation.
"We believe that frequent and proper hand washing is important to assist in stemming the spread of viral and bacterial diseases. We will also continue to emphasise ways in which persons should wash hands properly, even with limited running water. The use of alcohol-based sanitisers is also advised, to reduce the spread of viruses and bacteria," the minister stated.
The campaign is in addition to three radio commercials, two on gastro-enteritis and one on hand washing, which are being aired on six radio stations, and an ongoing public education programme, which involves the provision of information and resource material to communities.
Whatever the plans of three men who on Saturday attempted to check into a St Mary hotel with three underage girls were, they did not get very far with them as police acting swiftly on tips showed up at the establishment and arrested the trio.
Reports reaching THE STAR are that sometime after 4 p.m. the three men showed up at the hotel and were seenchecking themselves in along with the three youngsters, two of them being 13 years old and the other a 14-year-old.
The act raised the suspicion of onlookers who, this newspaper was told, called the authorities. The lawmen then showed up at the Port Maria facility, where they arrested all three men.
When the Port Maria police was contacted, the senior officer on duty would neither confirm nor deny the reports, only stating that she was not authorised to speak to the media.
Police sources from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), however, confirmed the incident but noted that due to the nature of the case and the minors involved, much details regarding the specifics of the matter would not be given.
The police source said that the three men are still in police custody and could face charges of attempting to have carnal knowledge of minors as early as this week.
It was not ascertained as to how the minors came to have been in the company of the three men.
International reggae crooner Gramps Morgan, fresh from copping the prestigious (Reggae) Album of the Year Award for his debut solo disc 2 Sides of My Heart Vol.1 at this year's Excellence in Music Awards (EME) in Jamaica, has now secured a whopping five nominations for the 2010 International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) that will be staged on Sunday, May 02, at the York College Performing Arts Center in Queens, New York.
Gramps' nominations include: Best Song - Wash the Tears; Best Male Vocalist; Best Crossover Song - Therapyfeaturing India Arie; Best New Entertainer and Songwriter of the Year.
"I'm so excited and overwhelmed to have five nominations," said Gramps. "Since I launched my solo career I have had a number of pleasant surprises and this is certainly one of them. It is a tremendous feeling of accomplishment. I thank the fans and the media for the support and my management team for the hard work that they have put into my project so far."
big album launch party
While in Jamaica, Gramps' label, Dada Son Entertainment and album distributor Tads International threw a big album launch party, where scores of celebrities, fans and industry tastemakers were treated to a very special duet performance with Gramps and Grammy winner India Arie.
Gramps' current success comes on the heels of a whirlwind year in 2009 that included a major US tour with Arie and John Legend. In August 2009 he performed back-to-back, sold out events at the world-famous Madison Square Gardens in New York and topped off the summer with a strong performance at Irie Jamboree, North America's premier reggae festival.
His debut album 2 Sides of My Heart Vol. 1 had one of the strongest reggae debuts ever, racking up impressive sales in its first week. Then in October at Citi Field Stadium in New York City, home to the legendary New York Mets baseball team, he delivered a sizzling pre-game performance of his hit single Don't Cry for Jamaica that warmed the hearts of thousands of baseball fans at the Mets vs Houston Astros game.
For 2010, Gramps plans to remain focused on his core mission which is to heal the world with his music.
Just last weekend he embarked on yet another first, taking the stage for two historic performances in Las Vegas, at the largest rugby event in North America, the USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament.
Dancehall singjay G-Whizz has had quite a hectic week, and more is yet to come.
After a tremendous performance at last Saturday's RJR Cross Country tour in Portland and a Valentine's Day show in St. Elizabeth, G-Whizz made his rounds at the Bob Marley Celebrity Football Match staged at the National Stadium one Wednesday as a host for Hype TV's VTX programme. In addition, G-Whizz will also be hosting theSTAR-sponsored FIWI Choice countdown on TVJ, this weekend.
G-Whizz also recently released the new single My Girl on TJ Records and Nah Give Up by DJ F**** Records, both of which can be heard heating up radio stations across the island.
"First of all I have to start with the RJR show in Portland. It mad! Nuff love to the people of Portland; we came and dem show us the love and the reception was great. Then, when everybody else was relaxing on the holiday I was out working, but is just blessings and love to all the fans - I can't stress dat enough. So nuff love and thanks to people for always coming out to the events to support us; or voting for the songs and the disc jockeys who are always blazing the songs," he said.
Full name | Ferenc Purczeld Biró | ||
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Date of birth | April 2, 1927(1927-04-02) | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Date of death | November 17, 2006 (aged 79) | ||
Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19431949 | Kispest | 177 | (187) |
19491955 | Budapest Honvéd (loan) | 164 | (165) |
1957 | Espanyol (guest) | ||
19581966 | Real Madrid | 182 | (157) |
Total | 533 | (515) |
Curious onlookers watch as efforts are made to get the car out of the precipice. - George Henry
A Manchester teacher narrowly escaped death on Saturday when his Volvo motor car plunged over a precipice in Clarendon.
Dudley Powell, sports director at Knox Community College in Spaldings, was driving along the Spaldings to Frankfield main road at about 4 a.m. when he swerved to avoid a motorist who refused to dim his lights.
Powell said upon swerving, his car plunged some 150 metres off the main road over a precipice, and almost into a river.
Luckily for the teacher, he was not injured but bad shaken.
The motor car had various sections damaged, including the hood and sections of the engine; and both airbags in the vehicle were triggered from the impacts with a number of trees and rocks.
Powell said he managed to make his way out of the damaged car and up to the main road. "I don't even know how I reached to the road. I have not received any injuries. Mi good man, mi good, mi all right," said Powell, thanking God for sparing his life.
escape injuries
Several persons were overheard saying the teacher should indeed give God thanks, because if the car had moved a few more feet down the hill it would have ended up in the river.
"Da man yah need to go to church tomorrow and pray to God, because only a miracle why him escape injuries, and even death," said a man.
It took it more than three hours to get the car from out of the ditch.
WESTERN BUREAU:
Every fortnight Ricky Blake religiously took time off his job in Burnt Ground, Hanover, to spend time with his one-year-old daughter in Springmount, St James.
She would always look forward to seeing him and only yesterday her grandmother, Gloria Ormsby, kissed her and told her she would be seeing her dad in another two days. Sadly, that was not to be.
Blake, popularly called 'Behe' and 'Channer', of Springmount, had his neck severed during what family members said was a love triangle. Blake would have celebrated his 23rd birthday on February 14.
Blake was a caretaker at the Royal Rest Cemetery in Burnt Ground, which is owned by the Delapenha Funeral Home in Montego Bay.
The Ramble police, who are investigating the incident, had not yet collated the facts surrounding the matter up to late last evening, as they were still collecting statements. But THE STAR was informed that Blake was at work after 2 p.m. when he received a phone call.
He told his colleagues he would soon be back and left. It is understood that he saw his daughter's mother speaking with someone and an altercation developed. Shortly after, a man chopped Blake on the neck, severing it and escaped. A passerby saw Blake lying in *lo** and summoned the police.
"When I heard, I cried all the way home," Ormsby said, lamenting how she constantly begged her son to quit the relationship he was in because it could lead to him being killed, but he never obeyed.
"Mi son, mi son. I really miss him, but he has the hope of a resurrection because God's words are true, so I know I will see him again," said Ormsby, a farmer and a mother of eight. Blake was her sixth child.
The Ramble police are now searching for Blake's kille
Rihanna reckons that people assume she's a "b!$%h" when they first meet her because she's so quiet, but the truth is she's actually kind of shy.
The Russian Roulette said:
"If I don't know someone often I dont say very much, I observe and people think I am snooty because of that."
"People assume that Im a b*tch. But I don't think that I am. I just don't feel I have to be that enthusiastic if I dont know who you are yet."
Which is actually kind of funny because when we spotted her arriving at LAX last night she was in a particularly friendly mood as she smiled for the cameras and posed for pictures with a couple of fans.
A businessman who has been accused of operating a fake security company for almost a decade and takingmoney from persons interested in being guards, has been hauled before the court.
Information reaching THE WEEKEND STAR is that the accused man, is alleged to have misled persons into paying him, thinking they would be trained to become security guards.
In the end however, these persons are said to have been sent to work at some big open lots, sometimes standing guard over nothing but sticks and stones. The allegations are that they were never paid for their duties.
The police did not disclose the amount of money said to be owed to the victims, but said it is an exorbitant sum as they are still receiving complaints from victims. One such person claims the man owes her at least $30,000 for 'guard duties'.
The accused man was reportedly arrested last December and the case is before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court. Despite this however, investigators are suspecting that he might have carried out other acts as they have received more recent reports from complainants. When contacted yesterday, one investigator told THE WEEKEND STAR that the accused man was slapped with charges of obtaining money by false pretence and operating a security company without a license.
"This man is not authorised to operate a security company, he is not registered with the body that grants licences," the investigator said.
When he was arrested there were eight statements against him. An additional three were received since his arrest, the investigator added.
Allegations are that the accused placed newspaper advertisements promoting security guard jobs. Once interested persons made contact, however, they were told they had to go through the required training, which came at a cost.
After the course, some were said to have never been given any form of duty while others are encouraged to wait until there was a site to secure.
The lucky few who got jobs are said to have secured the open lots. The police claim that when the victims became suspicious the accused man moved his office to another location.