The twins voiced a song last week Tuesday titled Who Catch Heart Attack, which is done on the Stand By Me instrumental, kicks off with a snippet of an actual IRIE FM radio interview where Beenie Man blurts out in exasperation: mi wife have a man ah New York from AprilJesus Christ man, mi neva waan go there.
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio A central Ohio teenager accused of putting a noose around a Hispanic boy's neck and dragging him in a parking lot has been sentenced to 10 days in jail.
The 18-year-old was sentenced Wednesday in juvenile court in Mount Vernon, a city of 15,000 residents an hour's drive northeast of Columbus. He dropped his original plea of not guilty and pleaded no contest to ethnic intimidation.
A charge of aggravated menacing was dropped.
Seventeen-year-old Robert Cantu says in May 2008 he was dragged from a sidewalk to a parking lot with the noose wrapped around his neck by a group of teenagers shouting racial slurs. He says the teens threatened to hang him before a bystander intervened.
His family says it plans to sue the city, dubbed the state's Most Livable Community in 1994
60 deejays turn up for Heineken Green Synergy Kingston auditions
By Dave Lindo
Friday, June 19, 2009
The Heineken Green Synergy 2009 auditions are now in full swing as the highly-rated DJ competition in the Caribbean circles the island to find the brightest new deejays in the country.
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| (From left) DJ Nico, DJ Shine Head, Donovan Dacres, DJ Jigga and Kurt Riley at MoBay's audition. |
The first audition, held at Peppers Night Club in Kingston on Sunday, June 14, saw a big turnout of 60 aspiring deejays on their quest to pocket the over two million dollars up for grabs this year. There was also a huge throng of spectators, including prominent figures from the music fraternity.
All 60 deejays tried their best to impress the judges Collin Hinds and Kurt Riley from FAME FM and DJ Sunshine from Irie Fm.
From the lot, 16 got the 'green card' from the judges to advance. A big surprise on the day was the awesome display by the lone female, DJ Naz, who coolly showed her male counterparts just how it is done with some 'wicked' mixing while unleashing some 'tough' selections.
DJ Naz was happy about her performance. "I was nervous at first, but as I played I started to enjoy myself. I feel good to know that I was selected," she said.
The DJ of three years said that she will be working on her mix CD, which all Deejays who advance have to submit. The CDs will be reviewed by a panel of judges.
A total of 16 Deejays will be selected and they will be revealed at the launch of the competition on July 3 at the Barbican playing field in Kingston.
Also advancing was last year's quarter-finalist, DJ Shine, who looked in good form while displaying some crisp mixing. Shines was feeling very confident "I am going for it this year. I am more confident this time around as I have been practising. I have learnt a whole lot from the experience last year," he said.
The Mandeville leg was just as big as Kingston's with the Shock Wave Sports Bar and Club packed with DJs and onlookers.
They were judged by Collin Hinds and Kurt Riley as well as Pink Panther from Black Kat, the reigning World Clash Champion.
With the Main Events crew working overtime in creating a top quality production for the competition, the stage was set for a wonderful day.
Out of 52 entrants in Mandeville, 15 got the green card. From the group, a young entrant by the name of DJ Chungy, who was entering the competition for the second time, was very impressive. The young DJ displayed some breath-taking mixes and awesome scratches, including scratching with his back turned.
Chungy by far is the most talented Deejay seen up to that point, as described by Kurt Riley. "Chungy without a doubt is Green Synergy material."
Those who impressed also were DJ Pose from Xclamation Disco, DJ Nile, former Black Kat selector, and DJ Haro, who showed much promise.
The next stop was Tuesday, June 16, in Montego Bay at the hip spot Margaritaville. With the rain pouring throughout the day, a total of 37 entrants braved the weather to show their talent.
Interestingly three out of five previous winners are from the western Jamaica - DJ Slim, DJ Nico and DJ Jigga.
Not much talent was seen at this audition with only 7 getting the green card from the judging panel which, this time, also included the veteran disc jockey, Donovan Dacres. However DJ Shine Head, resident DJ from Margaritaville, entered and entertained with an electrifying display on the turn tables. Without a doubt, Shine Head is one to watch as the competition progresses. DJ Haro from Hedonism also showed promise, as well as DJ Alroy from Full Blast sound.
At press time Wednesday, June 17, 2009 the audition was under way at Margaritaville in Ocho Rios. It will be at the La Best Night Club in Portland today from 11 am to 5 pm each day.
The event is being captured for television by the Winford William's run Caribbean Entertainment Production team which will be shown on TVJ as well as on On Stage on CVM.
The Mexican navy smelled something fishy and their intuition paid off. They found nearly a ton of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of frozen sharks.
Navy inspectors at the southeastern port of Progreso, in Yucatan state, on Tuesday detected an anomaly in two shipping containers during a routine X-ray, according to a navy news release.
The inspectors zeroed in on a shipment of sharks. Upon slitting one of the frozen fish open, they found black bags containing rectangular packets filled with cocaine.
In all, authorities recovered 870 packages of cocaine, weighing 894 kilograms (about 1,967 pounds), the navy reported Wednesday.
In recent years, Mexico and the United States have stepped up drug enforcement efforts, pushing more of the drug trade to sea routes and forcing drug smugglers to find more creative ways to hide their contraband.
The cargo was aboard the freight ship Dover Strait and had been loaded in Costa Rica, the navy said.
APMOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least 17 people, including the capital's police chief, witnesses and officials said. Full Story »
MINNEAPOLIS A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.
A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-ra**et willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song.
Thomas-ra**et's second trial actually turned out worse for her. When a different federal jury heard her case in 2007, it hit Thomas-ra**et with a $222,000 judgment.
The new trial was ordered after the judge in the case decided he had erred in giving jury instructions.
Thomas-ra**et sat glumly with her chin in hand as she heard the jury's finding of willful infringement, which increased the potential penalty. She raised her eyebrows in surprise when the jury's penalty of $80,000 per song was read.
Dear Pastor,
Paul Eidanus, a police spokesman in the town of Groningen, said he believed the case was the first time Street View images had been used in a Dutch criminal investigation. 'For us, it is unique,' he said.
A 14-year-old boy told police last September he had been robbed of 165 ($230) and his cell phone after two men dragged him off his bicycle in Groningen, 180 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of the capital, Amsterdam.
The victim called again in March after seeing an image of himself and two men he believed were his attackers on Street View, police said in a statement.
Eidanus said police asked Google for the original photo because people's faces are blurred on Street View.
'You must tell Google clearly why you want them,' Eidanus said of the photo request. In this case, 'the photo could provide an important contribution to solving a crime.'
The company complied, and a robbery squad detective immediately recognized one of the twins.
Prosecutors will now decide whether to charge the suspects, whose identities were not released.
A spokesman for Google in the Netherlands did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The 26-year-old man from Michigan, Illinois, was arrested and remains jailed on charges of attempted armed robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle, the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Authorities say the woman called police saying a man had tried to rob her at gunpoint when he pulled alongside her to ask for directions. She had her three children in the car with her.
Investigators say a dispatcher guided the woman to a nearby sheriff's department while the suspect followed, realising too late where she was headed. He was arrested a short time later.
Irene Prusik died six years ago, but in April, someone showed up at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Brooklyn, New York, to renew her driver's license.
The explanation given by prosecutors rivals the Hitchc**k classic "Psycho": It was her son, in drag.
Thomas Parkin, 49, was charged in the plot to impersonate his deceased mother so he could collect $117,000 in government benefits.
This guy is not stupid. This guy is very smart, and I think his schemes were absolutely brilliant
He and the man accused of being his accomplice, Mhilton Rimolo, pleaded not guilty to grand larceny, criminal impersonation and other charges.
Both men were ordered held on $1million bail.
Their lawyers did not immediately respond to phone messages left.
District Attorney Charles Hynes said the scam showed Parkin was a smart man.
"This guy is not stupid. This guy is very smart, and I think his schemes were absolutely brilliant," said Mr Hynes.
Authorities claim that following his arrest, Parkin told them that because he held Mrs Prusik when she breathed her last breath, "I am my mother."
Parkin, who lived with his mother, was accused of hatching the scheme after she passed away in 2003 at age 73.
He concealed the death by falsifying her death certificate, then collected $52,000 from her 700 dollar-a-month Social Security cheques over the next six years, prosecutors said.
Authorities say Parkin also got another $65,000 in rent subsidies by falsely claiming he had a disability and that his mother was still alive and was his landlord.
Parkin used his friend Rimolo to pose as the mother's nephew when going to cash cheques and do other business, prosecutors said.
A security camera photo from the DMV office shows a frail-looking Parkin in a wig and dark glasses, Rimolo by his side, as he fills out paperwork.
The ruse began to unravel amid a dispute over the mother's home, which was sold at foreclosure in 2003.
Parkin challenged the purchase by suing the new owner on his mother's behalf so he wouldn't be evicted.
As the property dispute dragged out, both sides eventually contacted the district attorney to accuse each other of fraud.
MINNEAPOLIS A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.
A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-ra**et willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song
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Stephen McGregor is known for his many hit productions, but of late the producer has been adding his voice to a few tracks.
The airwaves have been burning up with a few songs that feature McGregor. Some of the songs are Vybz Kartel's Careful, Bramma's Some People, and Chino's Protected. But the first single on which he used his voice was Chino's I Know. On these songs, he usually does the chorus.
However, the son of revered reggae singer Freddie McGregor said this should not be mistaken for him wanting to break through as a full-time artiste.
"I don't do it to try an' buss," McGregor told THE STAR. "Is just to put all the focus on the artistes."
my personality
He added: "That's how I started out. Originally, I used to DJ when I was younger. A nuh my personality dat. I don't like all the attention and focus being on me."
The singing, he said, started because he does demos for different songs when he creates his rhythms. He usually gives these demos to different artistes. But for the songs he is featured on, the artistes liked how he sounded.
"It's just me experimenting," McGregor said. He could not say if he would be on anymore tracks as he has many ideas.
"It's not a plan thing. If I find certain ideas that fit certain artistes, I will do it," he told THE STAR.
Still focused on producing, McGregor will release the 'Fitness' rhythm next week. This summer rhythm will feature 'usual suspects' Vybz Kartel, Mavado, Chino, Laden, Blak Ryno and Bramma.
"It's the dancehall rhythm for the summer; it crazy crazy. Fitness 'cause the girl dem fi haffi stay fit," McGregor said, laughing.
For the summer, he will also release singles from Big Ship artistes Chino and Laden, as well as other artistes such as Mavado, Elephant Man and Bramma.
Nokia, however, has taken another baby step in that direction with the invention of a cell phone that recharges itself using a unique system: It harvests ambient radio waves from the air, and turns that energy into usable power. Enough, at least, to keep a cell phone from running out of juice.
While "traditional" (if there is such a thing) wireless power systems are specifically designed with a transmitter and receiver in mind, Nokia's system isn't finicky about where it gets its wireless waves. TV, radio, other mobile phone systems -- all of this stuff just bounces around the air and most of it is wasted, absorbed into the environment or scattered into the ether. Nokia picks up all the bits and pieces of these waves and uses the collected electromagnetic energy to create electrical current, then uses that to recharge the phone's battery. A huge range of frequencies can be utilized by the system (there's no other way, really, as the energy in any given wave is infinitesimal). It's the same idea that Tesla was exploring 100 years ago, just on a tiny scale.
Mind you, harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy is never going to offer enough electricity to power your whole house or office, but it just might be enough to keep a cell phone alive and kicking. Currently Nokia is able to harvest all of 5 milliwatts from the air; the goal is to increase that to 20 milliwatts in the short term and 50 milliwatts down the line. That wouldn't be enough to keep the phone alive during an active call, but would be enough to slowly recharge the cell phone battery while it's in standby mode, theoretically offering infinite power -- provided you're not stuck deep underground where radio waves can't penetrate.
Nokia says it hopes to commercialize the technology in three to five years.
Mavado starts with the basics
Left: A very young Mavado. Right: Mavado today - file
Mel Cooke: You used to go to Lalyce Gray Basic School?
Mavado: No. Me used to go Salvation Army Basic School an' Miss Watson basic school.
Mel: Salvation Army Mannings Hill Road?
Mavado: Gallings Hill Road (laughter all around).
Mel: Which part Miss Watson deh?
Mavado: Glen Drive.
Mel: But ah see yu give suppen to Lalyce Gray (a computer).
Mavado: Yeah, me gi suppen to Lalyce Gray. Inna my time Lalyce Gray neva deh roun' y'know. Lalyce Gray come 'bout after me reach certain age. Or, probably it deh roun', but we neva so know it true, we a pickney dem time. But the reason why me really give suppen to Lalyce Gray now, a because me know is jus' a school whe inna de community. Me see dem waan fix up de school an' dem need de help, so from we can gi dem de help we gi dem de help. An now me yute dem whe did a go a Lalyce Gray, me son an' me daughter, so a dat mek we really come do whe we do fe Lalyce Gray, yu understan?
when u downloaded the kartel compilation, did u get any threat of viruses
DJ PAINwhen u downloaded the kartel compilation, did u get any threat of viruses
DJMDOT
no
GAMEPUN
when u downloaded the kartel compilation, did u get any threat of viruses
RYANlol nope, not tht i can remember...
now tell me, MI ALWAYS POST ALBUMS,MI WUDDA REALLY DO THAT TO UNU????
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Play Video Music Video:Gig Guide MINNEAPOLIS A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-ra**et willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song.
Thomas-ra**et's second trial actually turned out worse for her. When a different federal jury heard her case in 2007, it hit Thomas-ra**et with a $222,000 judgment.
The new trial was ordered after the judge in the case decided he had erred in giving jury instructions.
Thomas-ra**et sat glumly with her chin in hand as she heard the jury's finding of willful infringement, which increased the potential penalty. She raised her eyebrows in surprise when the jury's penalty of $80,000 per song was read.
Outside the courtroom, she called the $1.92 million figure "kind of ridiculous" but expressed resignation over the decision.
"There's no way they're ever going to get that," said Thomas-ra**et, a 32-year-old mother of four from the central Minnesota city of Brainerd. "I'm a mom, limited means, so I'm not going to worry about it now."
Her attorney, Kiwi Camara, said he was surprised by the size of the judgment. He said it suggested that jurors didn't believe Thomas-ra**et's denials of illegal file-sharing, and that they were angry with her.
Camara said he and his client hadn't decided whether to appeal or pursue the Recording Industry Association of America's settlement overtures.
Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the RIAA, said the industry remains willing to settle. She refused to name a figure, but acknowledged Thomas-ra**et had been given the chance to settle for $3,000 to $5,000 earlier in the case.
"Since Day One we have been willing to settle this case and we remain willing to do so," Duckworth said.
In closing arguments earlier Thursday, attorneys for both sides disputed what the evidence showed.
An attorney for the recording industry, Tim Reynolds, said the "greater weight of the evidence" showed that Thomas-ra**et was responsible for the illegal file-sharing that took place on her computer. He urged jurors to hold her accountable to deter others from a practice he said has significantly harmed the people who bring music to everyone.
Defense attorney Joe Sibley said the music companies failed to prove allegations that Thomas-ra**et gave away songs by Gloria Estefan, Sheryl Crow, Green Day, Journey and others.
"Only Jammie Thomas's computer was linked to illegal file-sharing on Kazaa," Sibley said. "They couldn't put a face behind the computer."
Sibley urged jurors not to ruin Thomas-ra**et's life with a debt she could never pay. Under federal law, the jury could have awarded up to $150,000 per song.
U.S. District Judge Michael Davis, who heard the first lawsuit in 2007, ordered up a new trial after deciding he had erred in instructions to the jurors. The first time, he said the companies didn't have to prove anyone downloaded the copyrighted songs she allegedly made available. Davis later concluded the law requires that actual distribution be shown.
His jury instructions this time framed the issues somewhat differently. He didn't explicitly define distribution but said the acts of downloading copyrighted sound recordings or distributing them to other users on peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa, without a license from the owners, are copyright violations.
This case was the only one of more than 30,000 similar lawsuits to make it all the way to trial. The vast majority of people targeted by the music industry had settled for about $3,500 each. The recording industry has said it stopped filing such lawsuits last August and is instead now working with Internet service providers to fight the worst offenders.
In testimony this week, Thomas-ra**et denied she shared any songs. On Wednesday, the self-described "huge music fan" raised the possibility for the first time in the long-running case that her children or ex-husband might have done it. The defense did not provide any evidence, though, that any of them had shared the files.
The recording companies accused Thomas-ra**et of offering 1,700 songs on Kazaa as of February 2005, before the company became a legal music subscription service following a settlement with entertainment companies. For simplicity's sake the music industry tried to prove only 24 infringements.
Reynolds argued Thursday that the evidence clearly pointed to Thomas-ra**et as the person who made the songs available on Kazaa under the screen name "tereastarr." It's the same nickname she acknowledged having used for years for her e-mail and several other computer accounts, including her MySpace page.
Reynolds said the copyright security company MediaSentry traced the files offered by "tereastarr" on Kazaa to Thomas-ra**et's Internet Protocol address the online equivalent of a street address and to her modem.
He said MediaSentry downloaded a sample of them from the shared directory on her computer. That's an important point, given Davis' new instructions to jurors.
Although the plaintiffs weren't able to prove that anyone but MediaSentry downloaded songs off her computer because Kazaa kept no such records, Reynolds told the jury it's only logical that many users had downloaded songs offered through her computer because that's what Kazaa was there for.
Sibley argued it would have made no sense for Thomas-ra**et to use the name "tereastarr" to do anything illegal, given that she had used it widely for several years.
He also portrayed the defendant as one of the few people brave enough to stand up to the recording industry, and he warned jurors that they could also find themselves accused on the basis of weak evidence if their computers are ever linked to illegal file-sharing.
"They are going to come at you like they came at 'tereastarr,'" he said.
Steve Marks, executive vice president and general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America, estimated earlier this week that only a few hundred of the lawsuits remain unresolved and that fewer than 10 defendants were actively fighting them.
The companies that sued Thomas-ra**et are subsidiaries of all four major recording companies, Warner Music Group Corp., Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, EMI Group PLC and Sony Corp.'s Sony Music Entertainment.
The recording industry has blamed online piracy for declines in music sales, although other factors include the rise of legal music sales online, which emphasize buying individual tracks rather than full albums.
An inquest into the death of Mrs Cox, who took the drug voluntarily, was held last week and a coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure.
The drug was administered by her elder sister, Dr Yvonne Pambakian.
Both sisters worked for a pharmaceutical company, Amro Biotech, set up by their mother, Dr Arpi Matossian-Rogers.
Amro Biotech had spent more than £3 million developing the drug, known as "B71", to treat diabetes, cancer and was even hoped to reverse ageing.
At the time of Mrs Cox's death, it was still being tested in trials in the Netherlands.
Some console fans will spare no expense to show their loyalty to their chosen brand, but we're guessing the $2,500 price tag of these one-of-a-kind Xbox-themed sneakers will make even the most committed Microsoft devotee think twice.
The custom shoes -- which aren't endorsed by Microsoft or Nike -- are handmade by Sole Junkie, a California-based artist who specializes in customized sneakers. And they're not the most expensive ones he's ever made. "I have made shoes with 22k gold and diamonds on them," he told us in an interview. "I look at my creations as functional art...not just ordinary sneakers."
That would be functional in shoe terms, not in a gaming sense. Although you might hope that the $2,500 price tag would buy you cool Xbox interactivity, there's no hidden hard drive or controller functionality. Instead, the Xbox logos light up, courtesy of embedded fiber optics and a hidden switch.
According to Sole Junkie's eBay auction, "These are an exclusive pair...only one of its kind. Patent leather back with embedded fiber optic wiring in the shape of the XBOX logo. Battery placement is in the tongue as well as on and off switch that has 2 settings: Strobe or Constant light functions. Gradient lime swoosh faded to black. The toe is painted in a surreal Tiger Camouflage with accents of lime and bright green. These are a men's size 11."
Will they sell? He seems confident. "I have had offers already. They mention the beauty and artwork in it, not the price tag. Don't know how serious the buyers are so far."
But surprisingly, many Xbox fans aren't overjoyed at his work. "The video game community hates the price and the fact I may have taken a beloved iconic gaming system and butchered it," he told us. "On the other hand, I've had very positive responses from others...more than negative ones."
So, $2,500 shoes that do nothing? We'll pass. But if your collection of gaming memorabilia isn't complete without this unique footwear, don't let us stop you from jumping in.
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's president ordered his top security officials Sunday to deal "resolutely and squarely" with new North Korean warnings of a nuclear war on the eve of his U.S. visit. In Washington, Vice President Joe Biden said "God only knows" what North Korea wants from the latest showdown.
President Lee Myung-bak travels to Washington on Monday for talks with President Barack Obama that are expected to focus on the North's rogue nuclear and missile programs.
The trip comes after North Korea's Foreign Ministry threatened war with any country that stops its ships on the high seas under new sanctions approved by the U.N. Security Council in response to its May 25 nuclear test.
It also vowed Saturday to "weaponize" all its plutonium and acknowledged a long-suspected uranium enrichment program for the first time. Both plutonium and uranium are key ingredients of atomic b****s.
A commentary published Saturday in the North's state-run Tongil Sinbo weekly claimed the U.S. was deploying a vast number of nuclear weapons in South Korea and Japan.
North Korea "is completely within the range of U.S. nuclear attack and the Korean peninsula is becoming an area where the chances of a nuclear war are the highest in the world," it said.
Kim Yong-kyu, a spokesman at the U.S. military command in Seoul, denied the allegation, saying the U.S. no longer has nuclear b****s in South Korea. U.S. tactical nuclear weapons were removed from South Korea in 1991 as part of arms reductions following the Cold War.
President Lee summoned his top security ministers Sunday and ordered them to "resolutely and squarely cope" with the North's threats, his office said. The Unification Ministry, responsible for ties with the North, issued a statement demanding that it stop inflaming tension and resume talks with the South.
"North Korea should give up its nuclear program ... and stop any kind of military threat," it said. "We urge North Korea to respond in a sincere dialogue to improve South-North Korean relations."
The new U.N. sanctions approved Friday are aimed at depriving the North of the financing used to build its nuclear program. They also authorize searches of North Korean ships suspected of transporting illicit ballistic missile and nuclear materials.
Biden told NBC's "Meet the Press" that it's crucial that the U.S. and other nations "make sure those sanctions stick."
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, reportedly had a stroke 10 months ago and analysts believe there may be a plan in place to name his inexperienced 26-year-old son, Kim Jong Un, as the future leader.
"God only knows what he wants," Biden said of Kim. "There's all kinds of discussions. Whether this is about succession, wanting his son to succeed him. Whether or not he's looking for respect. Whether or not he really wants a nuclear capability to threaten the region. ... We can't guess his motives.
"We just have to deal with the reality that a North Korea that is either proliferating weapons and or missiles, or a North Korea that is using those weapons ... is a serious danger and threat to the world, and particularly East Asia," the vice president said.
Lee Sang-hyun, an analyst at the Sejong Institute, a South Korean security think tank, said he believes the North will continue to conduct nuclear tests until it masters the technology to mount nuclear warheads on missiles and will give credit for it to Kim Jong Un.
"Kim Jong Un's status is still unstable. Kim Jong Il appears to be trying to give the son a powerful means to strengthen his succession," Lee said. "Kim Jong Un could also get the credit for nuclear weapons development."
North Korea is already believed to have enough plutonium for at least half a dozen atomic b****s.
North Korea says its nuclear program is a deterrent against the U.S., which it accuses of plotting to invade and topple its regime. Washington, which has 28,500 troops in South Korea, has repeatedly denied having any such plans.
Oh Oh, Poor and Boasy is a wanted man!
Poor and Boasy, real name Omar Johnson, has found himself on the wrong side of the law, as he is accused of being involved in a stabbing incident which occurred last week.
THE WEEKEND STAR has learnt that Johnson is now wanted in connection with the stabbing of Lindon Clarke, a resident of Aenon Town, Clarendon, where the incident allegedly occurred.
Checks with the Spaldings police confirmed that a report was made on Saturday, after which an effort was made to nab Johnson.
A policeman said Johnson was expected to attend a dance which was being held in Spaldings, also in the parish.
no-show
The efforts of the police were, however, thwarted, as Johnson reportedly did not turn up.
Corporate Area police stations have since been briefed, the policeman added.
Clarke, who contacted THE WEEKEND STAR, said he was stabbed about 1 a.m. last Friday, while at the Miss Aenon Town contest at the Aenon Town All-Age School.
While playing a game of cards, Clarke said he got into a heated argument with Poor and Boasy.
"First him seh 'a wah do yuh country bwoy?' and mi ask him if him feel seh town mek anybody a bad man," Clarke said. They then exchanged expletives.
"Mi leave and go inside the fête fi go enjoy miself and about three minutes after being in there him come see me," he continued.
Clarke said he was stabbed several times and had to run in order to escape. One of his friends drove him to hospital.
He received nine stab wounds: three in his side, four in his back, one in his hand and one in his belly. He was hospitalised and placed on a drip.
Clarke reported the matter to the police on Saturday. He, however, feels the police are lagging in making an arrest.
When THE WEEKEND STAR contacted Poor and boasy and queried the incident on Sunday, he dismissed the argument by saying he heard rumours that he was the subject of an attack and not the attacker.
"Mi hear seh dem find mi body a Alligator Pond, seh mi get stab up and dead," he claimed.
no details
He did, however, admit to being in the country but did not spare details of the trip.
"Up to last night him deh a one bar a drink. Him deh a Aenon Town more than how him deh a town. Right now, him supposed to deh a Aenon Town," an angry Clarke said.
"A nuff people see dat (stabbing incident) but de police nuh come arrest him. Right now, mi a pree fi go report it a Mandeville Police station."
Poor and Boasy was the male winner of the recently concluded Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall competition.
A mother and her child should share an inseparable bond. But, residents of Ensom City are alleging that a mom from their community stabbed her son because he ate food without her permission.
While the residents have their theory, the official report from the Constabulary Communication Network is that yesterday 20-year-old Dwayne Hylton was stabbed during an alleged dispute with his mother. The incident took place at their home at Barford Drive, Ensom City in Spanish Town, St Catherine. His 43-year-old mother is now in custody.
drug abuser
When THE STAR visited the community yesterday, residents held nothing back as they voiced their anger about the incident.
They claimed that they heard the dispute taking place and then heard the man's last words, ".... Yu really ago kill mi fi one plate a food."
The residents further claimed that Hylton was a drug abuser but was still well mannered and quiet. They also said that it was known to everyone in the community that Hylton was being ill-treated, starved and beaten.
They said that he had been sleeping in the yard and according one woman she had offered him a place to sleep only days before the deadly ordeal.
"If is even this one time . I pray to God that justice will prevail. Every time I remember it, tears come to my eyes," she said.
Meanwhile, crime chief for the St Catherine North police, Deputy Superintendent Derrick Champagnie, said the police had heard the claims that the mother and her son had regular disputes.
He said, however, that he could not say Hylton was killed for food as investigations are still being carried out.
The woman's identity is being withheld pending an interview which will be done later this week in the presence of her attorney.Caricom: backward ever, forward never Sunday, June 14th 2009 |
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CARIBBEAN unity is an imperative for the survival of small island states like ours. But it seems to be coming apart at the seams, thanks to our tactless and egotistic leaders. Our disintegration comes at a time when much of the world is moving towards some form of unity, if only to sustain their economies in a time of crisis and in the longer term. We are drifting apart as never before. From the draconian immigration policies of Barbados to confusing signals on free and fair trade between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, our leaders seem to be working overtime to dismantle what little unity we now enjoy. Here in T&T, most citizens believe we do not need closer ties with our "poor-ass" Caribbean neighbours. There are two camps that oppose any integration. The first comprises people who are convinced that with our gas-and-oil generated wealth, other Caribbean countries seek only to ride our backs. The second group, comprising mainly Indo-Trinidadians, see dilution of their political clout in any move towards further integration, and more so in Prime Minister Manning's initiative towards an undefined political unity with three OECS countries. While it is true oil and gas make us the strongest economy in the region, reality is these two commodities are wasting assets. And our government seems intent on utilising gas at a rate that is not sustainable. Unless we discover one trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas every year, we'd hardly be in a position to carry consumption of this critical commodity beyond 15 years. Those who believe we shall forever remain "sheiks of the Caribbean" must be prepared to contribute their personal "methane power" to the grid (if you don't know how, ask the experts!), because we shall soon run out of steam, quite literally. As for Indo-Trinidadians who see self-preservation as being more important than survival of the Caribbean, they live in as unrealistic a world as their gas-forever counterparts. I fully agree that Guyana and Suriname must be part of any deepening of Caribbean integration. But so must the other islands, however poor in resources they may be. These same islands form the biggest market for most of our manufactured products, as they will remain for some time. This brings me to the apartheid-like immigration policies of the Barbados Government that has the support of the majority of Barbadians. Illegal immigration is a global problem, especially in countries whose economies seem to be doing well. Should Trinidad and Tobago decide to expel illegal immigrants the way Barbados proposes to do, thousands of our Caricom brethren would be booted back to the small islands, to Guyana and Suriname. No country wants to be swamped by illegal immigrants who deny its citizens jobs, school places and more. But any clampdown on visitors who have run afoul of the immigration laws must be fair, not targeting only Indians and small-islanders. Our Bajan friends would hardly act in a similar manner against Whites who breach their immigration laws. Have they considered, too, that should Trinidad seek to repatriate Barbados-born residents or citizens-something we'll never do, such are the good relations we share with them-the stress that country's economy would face? Tit-for-tat is not our way treating with our Caricom neighbours. And since most of those targeted happen to be Indo-Guyanese, it seems that Prime Minister David Thompson has not considered how important Guyana will be in the future-food-equation for the Caribbean. Nor has he looked at the extent a backlash from prosperous Indo-tourists would have on the struggling-but-vital life*lo** of Barbados' economy. I have stayed away from Barbados because I do not feel welcome there-quite unlike the comfort I enjoy in other Caribbean countries. But there are more contentious issues than Barbados' selective xenophobia. Recently, T&T authorities "detained" a shipment of Jamaican patties saying they wanted to examine the facilities where the patties were manufactured. What if Jamaica wants to inspect our plants for every product they import from us? Where is the free trade element of the CSME that all Caricom countries signed on to? Not that Jamaica's PM, Bruce Golding, is without sin when it comes to regional integration. Eminent Jamaica-born Professor Norman Girvan, in a brief paper on Caricom's integration challenges, cited Golding's opposition to the "E" factor in the CSME, the virtual standstill on the freedom of movement clause, and the non-acceptance of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by most member states. While we quibble over the extent to which the Caribbean should have cooperation if not integration, other "blocks" are forging ahead on the road to unity. Hugo Chavez's ALBA is marching on, even with MERCOSUR already in place. The idea of a Bank of South America is very much on the cards. As Girvan pointed out, we rushed to sign on to an EPA with the EU, but we fail to put our own houses in order. The EU is expanding even as it jettisons the age-old sugar protocol, leaving many CARICOM countries in the lurch. But we Caribbean crabs-in-a-barrel are fighting over a handful of illegal immigrants, fair trade and speedier integration. Talk about a backward people saddled with myopic leaders. Source: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161490660 |
We anno friend, but nuff people no really understand why, if it was the song alone (the one with the line about Big Ship sink), I would low it, but it deeper than that. Stephen build a rhythm called Live Up but someone else produced it, and so Stephen was mixing some songs for that rhythm. At the same time, he was about to drop Tremor and he had Munga in mind to voice because we cool with Cool Face, and then when we get the file with Munga song and Stephen a mix it and there was a line that said, buss it rounda Big Ship, Stephen run go hide, The St Andrew North Police has taken six persons into custody following the shooting death of a man and the injuring of four others in Goulbourne, Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew, on Friday night.
The dead man is identified 21-year-old Dainsworth Gray of Goulbourne. The injured include his 54-year-old father and three teenagers - ages 17, 18 and 19.
Police reports are that about 10:15 p.m. the five persons were playing a game of dominoes at a shop in Goulbourne when they were approached by a man armed with a gun. The gunman opened fire at the group. Gray died on the spot. The police were summoned and the injured taken to hospital where they were admitted in stable and serious conditions.
Detectives from St Andrew North Police said several raids have been carried out in the area since the incident resulting in the six persons being taken in for questioning. No motive has been established for the shooting.
Twenty-three vehicles were seized for breaches of the Road Traffic Act during an operation carried out by a police/military team in Westmoreland on Friday.
Information received by the Constabulary Communication Network is that between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., the team - comprising members of the Traffic Headquarters in Kingston, the Area One Police, the Island Special Constabulary and the Jamaica Defence forces - conducted a special operation along several roads within the parish.
During the exercise, approximately 1,000 vehicles were stopped and searched. The defective registration plates of 134 of the vehicles were removed while 500 tickets were issued and 23 vehicles seized for breaches of the Road Traffic Act.
The police reported that the operations, which are measures taken to help reduce the number of road fatalities, will be ongoing and are also imploring motorists to adhere to the Road Traffic Act at all times.
but i hearin dat phrase nuff... i think is in the starting of Dem Alone movado seh smtn bout Mac and Toast..... What is it???TW LW WC TITLE/ARTISTE/LABEL
01 1 20 Mi Nah Rub-Queen Ifrica-Downsound Records(2wks@#1) NM
02 2 20 St. Jago De La Vega-Lutan Fyah-Mac D's(2wks@#1) NM
03 3 12 Sometimes-Courtney "Yogi" John-Fi Wi Music NM
04 6 13 Old Rugged Cross-George Nooks-Tad's International U-2
05 5 25 Praise God- Little Hero-Inspire NM
06 4 17 Daddy Don't Touch Me There-Queen Ifrica- No Doubt Records (2wks@#1) D-2
07 7 12 From August Town-Duane Stephenson-Cannon/VP Records NM
08 8 11 Warrior Love âEtana-Freemind NM
09 10 8 Yesterday-Daville-Fashowzy(pp#14) U-1
10 11 6 Just Like The Rain-Courtney Melody-Smith Mansion/Reggae Vibes U-1
11 9 18 Bonafide Girl-Shaggy feat Ric Rok and Tony Gold- Big Yard(2wks@#1) D-2
12 13 8 Book Of Life-I-Wayne-Loyal Soldiers/VP Records U-1
13 16 3 Baby Tonight-Courtney "Yogi" John-Taxi U-3
14 15 5 Lion Paw-Tarrus Riley- Cannon U-1
15 12 8 Stronger-Fantan Mojah- Maximum Sound (pp#12) D-3
16 14 13 Missing You-Jnr Kelly/Barbee-B & P Production(pp#6) D-2
17 17 17 Fling It Up Pon Mi-Da'ville- Big Yard(pp#6) NM
18 - New I'm Bless-Prestige-Timeless Records
19 18 23 Fallen Soldiers-Demarco-Star Kutt (2wks@#1) D-1
20 20 29 I'm Waiting -Cecile-Danger Zone (pp#4) NM
A man who was on his way to visit a doctor was shot dead just metres from the clinic before seeing the physician early yesterday morning in Albion, Montego Bay.
The dead man's family members who arrived at the murder scene about an hour later, identified him as Khorie Barrett, a 39-year-old shopkeeper of Flankers Capture Land in St James.
Eyewitnesses told The Star that at about 9:30 yesterday morning, Barrett was walking along First Street in Albion, heading towards a medical centre when a black car approached him from the opposite direction.
The occupants opened fire hitting Barrett several times. He ran from the scene, but one of his attackers came out of the car, chased him along the road in full view of onlookers and shot him a number of times again. He died on the spot.
eyewitness
"Mi hear eight shots fire and mi see the man a run, but him did already get shot. One a di man jump out a di car, run him down and finish him off. The shooter just hop back in a di car and dem speed off," an eyewitness said.
Police have confirmed the report, but said up to late last evening they had not established any motive for the killing.
As detectives from the Area One Scenes of Crime Unit processed the scene, onlookers described Barrett as a good youth. "Mi know him. Him was a good man," said one person. Another interjected: "Him was always trying something to survive. I don't know why dem would a kill him, but it seem they trailed him into the area."
Detectives attached to the Montego Bay CIB said the car featured in the crime was seen parked in the area earlier. The neighbourhood has been left in shock. Investigations are continuing.
Today is legendary rapper 2 Pac's birthday. If Pac was still with us, he would have been 38 years old. In memory of one of the fallen greats... ZONERZ list your favorite 2 Pac Record of all time.
The Grung Gaad Bounty Killer and the Gully Gaad Mavado will be featured on the remix for the hit single Kill Dem, off Busta Rhymes latest album, Back on My B.S.
An excited Busta Rhymes reportedly sent the song to the Alliance camp for a remix, saying Bounty and Mavado were the only choices for this remix. Funkmaster Flex and Mister Cee are ready to go as soon as they shoot it up. I want them to kill people on the track, dont hold anything back!
Busta himself is on the remix for Mavados So Blessed which was released earlier this year, and word is that both Bounty Killer and Mavado have already their tracks for the Kill Dem remix, and it will be mixed and released in a matter of days
The Customs Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) yesterday seized an assortment of contraband in downtown Kingston including $16 million worth of fake cigarettes, rice, bleaching cream and gels.
Reports are that the CET raided a store on King Street and seized 3,958 cartons of counterfeit cigarettes valued at $16 million and 120,000 kilos of rice packaged in parcels weighing one, two and five kilos, labelled as parboiled rice imported from Brazil.
The expiration date on the parcels had been tampered with and stickers placed over the area. It is suspected that the rice is to be sold on the local market. A quantity of bleaching creams and gels were also confiscated by the CET.
Charges are pending as the proprietors were not present at the store at the time of the raid.
A teenaged girl yesterday morning pleaded with a gunman not to kill her father - a traffic policeman - but unmoved by her desperate cries for mercy, the killer shot the cop to death.
The gunman had gained entry to Constable Pedro Swaby's home in Longville Park, Clarendon by climbing through a window that he smashed in about 3:30 yesterday morning.
The cop's wife, a family friend said yesterday, heard 'suspicious sounds' and made an alarm which woke up the 44-year-old policeman. Swaby, the source said, immediately went to investigate and confronted the intruder.
"They were struggling and then he shot Pedro in his neck. At this point his wife ran outside and started screaming for help," a close friend of the deceased told the Observer.
"His daughter woke up and started pleading with the gunman not to kill her father. But he took up the policeman's car keys and pumped another bullet into him, before escaping in the car," the family friend said.
While scores of people gathered outside the policeman's home, Swaby's distraught daughter was comforted by friends, while the cop's mother, Hermine Swaby, tried hard to maintain her composure.
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