The war angel Vybz Kartel was attacked last night by a group of men in the Casava Piece area. When YardFlex.com called the Constant Spring Police Station, their reply was that they heard of the incident, but yet no one has come forth to lodge any report.

According to an eye witness, Vybz Kartel was driving through the vicinity of Casava Piece when a group of men shouted out, "Hey bleach out face ba**y bwoy deejay."

The deejay then decided to drive back the same route. The eyewitness said that there was a peaceful truce forged between Kartel and others of Casava Piece.


"I think it was planned," the eyewitness said as he explained how the assailants knew, that once they heckled Kartel, he would return to confront the issue. When Kartel returned on the scene, there was only one person, but there were others waiting inside the yard. As soon as he stepped out of his Lexus van a barrage of men rushed from out of the yard and began to stone the vehicle, attacking the deejay.
"After they began stoning the vehicle this other guy who was traveling with Vybz Kartel went into the vehicle for a machete and ran down a few of them, he could have chopped them but instead he slapped them up," the eye witness reported

Vybz Kartel suffered no injuries, but the question on the street is who is to be held responsible.

While trying to catch a flight in France, Super-Producer Pharrell Williams tried to convince some McDonalds workers to open up early so he could grub. What would you do for some Chicken McNuggets?

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Michelle Obama is not pregnant! In her recent interview with O magazine, Oprah asks the First Lady point blank about the state of her supposed baby bump.

Oprah asks:

O: Well, you look better than ever - despite the rumors that youve got a baby bump.

MO:[Laughter] I know - I was like, Baby bump? As hard as I work on my abs?!

O: By the way, nobody would be happier if you were pregnant than Gayle King. Out of nowhere, shell tell me, Oh God. I really hope Michelle gets pregnant - and that its a boy!

MO: [More laughter] Heres the scoop. Not pregnant. And not planning on it.

O: Not pregnant.

MO: Not pregnant.

Damn, we were hoping for a little Barack.

No Freedom For Deva Bratt



Luck is definitely NOT on the side of Portmore Empire's first lieutenant Sheldon Smith more popularly known as Deva Bratt who was remanded in custody for the fourth (4th) time after being denied bail when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court earlier this week.

Details surrounding denial of his bail application is due to the very grim situation now facing the deejay, who is before the courts to answer charges on two separate counts of Child Molestation.

However he is set to return to court on June 26th, which will see him spending at least another month in lock-up. Efforts to reach members of his legal team for a comment proved futile but we will keep you posted as the updates unfold.

Deva Bratt incarceration stems from charges of carnal abuse after it was alleged that he was present during the sexual molestation of a minor. According to the police report, two men aligned to the deejay pulled a 14 years old girl into a house where she was raped and later released.



Thug Lord Seh :  boy him salt nuh ra** cuz a bare put off court a put off and him still in a lock up, a wonder a kartel dem bring food guh give him??? lolz a all cash money deva bratt mixtape mi a listen now sickkk



-- Edited by Thug Lord at 10:44, 2008-05-27

On Townhall.com, a website owned by a popular Christian radio network Salem Communications, writer, Burt Prelutsky has some very offensive things to say about Michelle Obama.

After all, in spite of the fact that affirmative action got her an Ivy League degree and a $7,000-a-week salary and, moreover, has sent billions of dollars for no particularly good reason to Africa, she insists this is a mean country. The burning question in my circle is: if the First Family gets a female dog, will she be the First Bitch or will she have to settle for second place?

Naturally, the left-wing media is now trying to convince us that this James Brown-look-alike has all the allure, glamour and fashion sense of Jackie Kennedy.

Heres another one of his racist quotes

If we were a racist society, Oprah Winfrey, your fairy godmother, certainly wouldnt be a billionaire; shed be fetching someones mint julep. And Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice wouldnt grow up to be secretaries of state; theyd be sweeping out the stables. And Will Smith and Denzel Washington wouldnt be movie stars; theyd be in the fields picking cotton.

Well I have certainly lost count of the number of radio and television programmes to which I have been invited to give my views on how we should regulate content in the public space. I believe that the debate prompt by Mrs Esther Tyson's reaction to the Ramping Shop and the subsequent move by the Broadcasting Commission, to address the airing of certain type of problematic content is a most important one.

Mavado... along with Kartel have reacted to the move by the regulators in the way they know best: musically.

Already two of the leading voices in our current popular culture Vybz Kartel and Mavado have reacted to the move by the regulators in the way they know best: musically.

In A nuh my music Kartel questions the legitimacy of the Commission noting "how yu fi reach inna public office without any election."

Kartel mistakenly believes that an election seems the only route to political legitimacy. Kartel should be reminded that one of the most important parts of our governance structure is our judiciary. It is important for him to recognise that none of our judges are elected and this is perhaps an important reason why the judiciary, might be the most trusted branch of our system of governance. What is more is that the Broadcasting Commission like the judiciary are appointed directly or indirectly by the other elected branches of government.

We have been told of many horrendous examples of judges who have to face elections in the United States are swayed by political rather than legal consideration.

It is important to note that the member of the Supreme Court and the Federal Courts are based on appointment not election. The fact that the members of the Commission are appointed and are insulated from partisan political meddling through provisions for their security of tenure lends itself to greater impartially among the regulators.

It must also be noted that if the objective of protecting our children from harmful entertainment is to be met it cannot be done without the collaboration of other agencies of the state.

This also will, however, have to be done with a proper evaluation of the economic consequences of some of the efforts to regulate the public square. I recall a debate raging in Foreign Policy sometime ago as to whether having children working in "sweat shops" head any social value. One argument put forward by supporters of the sweat shop was similar to Churchill's observation on Democracy it might not be good but it was better than the alternative. I for example believe that children should not be allowed to enter spaces of mature entertainment. Yet how realistic is this notion. It might be easy for me and my middle- class friends to philosophise on this matter but what about the youngster who would starve or become a gunman if he does not peddle cigarette and sometimes even contraband at these events. Is the protection of our children from harmful content a middle- class obsession.

The managers of the media houses are not saying it, but a concern which must now be occupying their minds is how will they survive in the absence of edgy content? As an entrepreneur who runs the weekly audience based television countdown FiWi Choice on TVJ, I am keenly aware of the financial impact of the ban. While I maybe able to absorb the implications of this development in the short run there able to absorb the effects of the new regulatory environment.

This is why there needs to be rigorous debate about the parameters and implications of our decisions of course I believe that a ban on the playing of music on the buses and other forms of public transportation can be effected. 

The commission on Friday moved to ban violent lyrics and also improved restrictions on soca songs which are explicit in their sexual reference whether aurally or visually. The Commission hardly had any choice in the matter since to do otherwise would have opened it to changes of class bias.

The reggae band Black Uhuru was formed by Derrick 'Duckie' Simpson in the 1970's. The band whose name Uhuru is Swahili for freedom was the first group to win a Grammy when the reggae category was introduced in 1985 for the single "What is Life' on the "Anthem'" album.

Over the years the group went through many changes; the first group members were Garth Dennis, Don Carlos and Derrick 'Duckie' Simpson. Then Carlos left and was replaced by Michael Rose, then Dennis left and was replaced by Errol Nelson. During this period the band released its most famous album "Love Crisis" later re-released as "Black Sounds of Freedom". Sandra 'Puma' Jones joined the group in 1979 and with this new line-up; Rose, Simpson and Jones, along with Sly & Robbie as producers and drum and bass players, they release "Sinsemilla", "Red", "Chill Out" and the Grammy winning "Anthem", which were there most popular album.

Black Uhuru became one of the most popular reggae groups in the world touring with super stars such as the Police, the Rolling Stones and the Clash.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/mar/06/ti-hip-hop-interview

Hip-hop star TI is on unbeatable form, full of reflection, revelation and 'jammin'-ass kicks'. All he has to do now is get out of prison. He talks to Alex Macpherson

Renegade of dancehall duo RDX said he is dissatisfied following Friday's meeting with Prime Minister Bruce Golding on the recent ban placed on songs and music videos alluding to daggerin'.

However, Spice, whose controversial song with Vybz Kartel, Rampin' Shop, is at the centre of the ban, said it was a move in the right direction.

The Broadcasting Commission two Friday's ago placed a ban on the word daggerin', images of the daggerin' dance and songs that have to be edited for radio and television. The commission also said the ban applies to all genres of music.

On Friday, the prime minister invited music insiders to Jamaica House to look at what could be done to clean up the content of dancehall music while maintaining the artistes' freedom of expression.

However, Renegade was not pleased after leaving the meeting.

"Dem done mek up dem mind already. Dancehall was not represented properly, it was just RDX and Spice. Come een like wi did just a talk up against a wall," Renegade told THE STAR.


Speech and expression

Renegade

"Mi nuh have nothing else fi seh. Wi (RDX) just ago move forward and continue creating music. Wi nah go mek dem stop wi freedom of speech and expression."

Spice said she was glad for the opportunity to voice her concerns and that the meeting was held.

"I saw the ministers writing and taking notes. I don't know if our words will go in vain. The fact that they set up the meeting to hear our views, I have to applaud them for that. I want them to take into consideration everything that we have said," she stated.

Spice, however, believes a meeting with the music industry stakeholders prior to the ban would have been more effective.

"It was a hasty decision and if they had this meeting before they would be better able to understand where everybody is coming from," Spice said.

Likewise, Big Yard's CEO and Shaggy's manager, Robert Livingston, thinks the meeting served a real purpose.

"It was very effective because everyone voiced how we could reach a solution.

The prime minister understood the whole thing. Everyone seems to have a clear picture of what needs to be done," said Livingston.

Mr Golding said while he was interested in hearing the artistes' concerns, he was backing the Broadcasting Commission and that the commission has the law on its side.


Issue of enforcement

"Part of our problem is the issue of enforcement. I am prepared to go all the way in enforcing these laws. If it's the mini-bus operator or the radio stations who must lose their licenses, I am prepared to go all the way to enforce the laws," Mr Golding said.

Also at the meeting were Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, minister of information, culture, youth and sports, Education Minister Andrew Holness, members of the Broadcasting Commission, Mutabaruka, Queen Ifrica and Ardenne High School's principal, Esther Tyson, whose article in The Gleaner about Rampin' Shop's lyrics sparked the public debate.

Some sexual experimentation landed a southern Maryland woman in a hospital with injuries tough to imagine and even more difficult to forget.

Maryland State Police airlifted the 27-year-old woman to Prince George's County Hospital Center early Sunday morning after she was injured in an incident involving a sex toy attached to a saber saw blade, TheBayNet.com first reported.

The man who called 911 about the incident admitted attaching the sex toy to the saw and then using the high-powered, homemade device on his partner, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.

The saw cut through the plastic toy and wounded the woman, according to TheBayNet.com. The injuries were severe enough for medevac, but the woman was released from the hospital Monday and is recovering from her unusual injuries.

Investigators talked to the woman, who told them she suffered the injuries during a consensual act and that she and her partner were trying something new and no crime was committed, the sheriff's office said.

Minister of Agriculture Christopher Tufton announced yesterday in Montego Bay that his ministry was aiming at completing the tendering process for the divestment of the sugar industry by tomorrow.

Tufton also said there were many interests, and that he would report to Cabinet and to the EU soon.

The Government issued an invitation for new bids for the divestment of the Sugar Company of Jamaica industry earlier this year after negotiations with Brazilian company, Infinity Bio-Energy, collapsed.

Plaxico Burress emerged last night -- making his first public appearance since accidentally shooting himself in the right thigh two weeks ago.

The suspended receiver attended a charity fundraiser at a nightclub last night in NYC, along with his wife and son. Burress didn't discuss his ongoing legal woes, only saying he was only there to support the event.

Burress has been suspended for the rest of the regular season, and faces criminal possession of a weapon charges. He is due back in court March 31, and has pleaded not guilty. He is currently free on $100,000 bail.

Argue That Professional Sources Should Be More Recognized Than Blogs

by Nat Ives

Published: March 23, 2009

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Major media companies are increasingly lobbying Google to elevate their expensive professional content within the search engine's undifferentiated slush of results.

Many publishers resent the criteria Google uses to pick top results, starting with the original PageRank formula that depended on how many links a page got. But crumbling ad revenue is lending their push more urgency; this is no time to show up on the third page of Google search results. And as publishers renew efforts to sell some content online, moreover, they're newly upset that Google's algorithm penalizes paid content.

"You should not have a system," one content executive said, "where those who are essentially parasites off the true producers of content benefit disproportionately."

Last November John Kosner, ESPN's digital-media senior VP, renewed the charge at a meeting of Google's Publishers Advisory Council, a small, invitation-only group for professional publishers to pow-wow confidentially with the search giant. Members include BusinessWeek, ESPN, Hearst, Meredith, The New York Times, Time Inc. and The Wall Street Journal. "This wasn't the first time that it had been raised, but John certainly put a bright spotlight on it," said one person in attendance.

Then in January, Martin Nisenholtz, New York Times Co. senior VP-digital operations, got up at the annual Online Publishers Association summit in Florida, an event closed to the press, to blast both the algorithm and the results presentation on the screen.

Priorities
He'd just run a search for Gaza, which had been at war with Israel since Dec. 27. Google returned links to outdated BBC stories, Wikipedia entries and even an anti-Semitic YouTube video well before coverage by the Times, which had an experienced reporter covering the war from inside Gaza itself.

Search results for "Gaza" on March 20 began with two Wikipedia links, a March 19 BBC report, two video clips of unclear origin, the CIA World Factbook, a Guardian report and, most strikingly, a link to Gaza-related messages on Twitter.

And every item looks about the same, whether it's a link to Vanity Fair or to FreeGaza.org, undermining the power of known brands. That's especially ironic given Google CEO Eric Schmidt's charge to magazine publishers last October, when he said brands were the way to sort out the "cesspool" that the net is becoming. "Who's actually driving people to these secondary, tertiary and Looooong Tail sites?" one big-time publisher said. "It's Google."

Publishers said they're not asking for a leg up over amateurs and link-happy bloggers. "This would in no way mean that only professional content publishers would get an advantage," one said. "It really just says that the original source, and the source with real access, should somehow be recognized as the most important in the delivery of results."

Google says it's trying but can't just flip a switch to deliver pro publishers' dreams. "There's absolutely value to original content," a spokesman said. "There's value to derivative content, too. We look at this in many ways from the point of view of the user. But the truth is there are so many shades of gray even within, quote, original content."

'Plaintive cry'
Not everyone supports the publishers' push. "It's the plaintive cry of people who have lost their monopoly trying to scrounge a little of it back," said Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair columnist and founder of Newser, which aggregates and links news from around the web. "Sometimes it's true that you'd rather get what The New York Times has to say about something rather than a host of bloggers. But more interestingly it's not always true. And it is in fact less and less true."

Publishers are nonetheless looking forward to the next closed-door meeting of Google's Publishers Advisory Council on April 30, when many hope to get some solid response from Google. They don't just want "We'll fix it." They want more insight into Google's black box of data and decision making.

They're also beginning to cast around for new leverage. Publishers on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly adopting the Automated Content Access Protocol, which intends to tell search engines what they can use and how. It's focused on copyright, but widespread adoption might give publishers new clout with Google.

Some publishers concede, however, they could help themselves more too. "Google has designed an algorithm," one said. "They don't owe us that we show up a particular way. They do publish a whole lot about how to make your site show up as much as possible. If people haven't taken action on it, that's their own damn fault."

http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=135433

A man caught performing a sex act with the hose of a car wash vacuum cleaner has been sentenced to 90 days in prison.

Jason Leroy Savage must also submit to drug testing, the court ordered.

The 29-year-old from Michigan, was sentenced Wednesday at Saginaw County Circuit Court, after pleading no contest to indecent exposure last month.

Police say Savage was arrested after a resident called officers early on October 16 to report suspicious activity at a car wash in Thomas Township, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit.

The judge, Fred L. Borchard, scolded Savage in court for making Saginaw a national laughing stock with his widely-reported sexual adventure. 'I believe you owe the community an apology for what you've done,' Borchard said.

Savage says that, since his arrest became public, people, he's been afraid to leave his house and has been unable to find a job. 'It's been horrible,' he told The Saginaw News.

'I've been keeping my nose clean and staying out of trouble,' he added, making an unwise reference to keeping parts of his body clean.

'He admitted to [performing the sex act with] a vacuum cleaner at the car wash,' Tony Savage, a relative, told The Detroit News.

'He did it; he told me he did it. I told him, "You're a complete jerk." I don't know what the hell he was thinking.'

Rumours of a sex tape featuring controversial musical couple Rihanna and Chris Brown have emerged.

The Umbrella singer and her 19-year-old boyfriend - who has been charged with felony assault and making criminal threats following his alleged assault on her last month - are said to have filmed themselves engaging in a series of "kinky" acts.

A source told Americas Star magazine: "Chris and Rihanna enjoy an aggressive love life that would shock many people. Rihanna loves dressing up - including as a dominatrix - and role playing.

"They both have kinky sides."

Rihanna - who reconciled with Chris shortly after their altercation, but is now said to be taking time away from him to contemplate their relationship - has become increasingly concerned the footage could be made public and is desperate to keep it under wraps.

The source added: "Rihanna has no issues with her sexuality. She can be really out there. But shed be mortified if her friends and family found this out.

"Rihanna isnt always the little goody-two-shoes everyone thinks she is, and Chris doesnt want or need another scandal."

Chris is accused of hitting, biting and choking Rihanna until she was unconscious in his rented silver Lamborghini.

The pair are not the first famous faces to film their bedroom antics, Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lees homemade video was famously made public when their home was burgled.

Paris Hilton, Colin Farrell and Tom Sizemore have all also appeared in sex tapes.

Meanwhile, Rihanna has been spotted cosying up to That 70s Show actor Wilmer Valderrama at Los Angeles nightspot Les Deux.

An onlooker said: "I couldnt tell whether they were kissing or just talking really close together, but something was definitely going on there."

THE Pope courted further controversy on his first trip to Africa today by declaring that condoms were not a solution to the AIDS epidemic - but were instead part of the problem.

In his first public comments on condom use, the pontiff told reporters en route to Cameroon that AIDS "is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, and that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems".

Pope Benedict has previously stressed that the Roman Catholic Church is in the forefront of the battle against AIDS. The Vatican encourages sexual abstinence to fight the spread of the disease.

Catholic and human rights activists immediately condemned the statement, saying that it showed that the Pope was out of touch with reality and advocating inhumane policies that would increase the suffering of innocent people.

Kevin Osborne, HIV adviser at the International Planned Parenthood Federation, said: "All the evidence is that preaching sexual abstinence and fidelity will not solve the problems. We need to work with the reality of where people are, especially in countries he is visiting such as Angola, which is hard-hit by the epidemic.

"The Pope's message will alienate everybody. It is scary. It spreads stigma and creates a fertile breeding ground for the spread of HIV."

Rebecca Hodes, head of policy, communication and research at Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa, said that if the Pope were serious about preventing HIV infections he would focus on promoting wider access to condoms and information.

"Instead, his opposition to condoms conveys that religious dogma is more important to him than the lives of Africans," she said.  

After his election as Pope, Benedict described AIDS as a "a cruel epidemic which not only kills but seriously threatens the economic and social stability of the continent", but reiterated the Vatican ban on the use of condoms.

He said the "traditional teaching of the church" on chastity outside marriage and fidelity within it had proved to be "the only sure way of preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS".

The Pope, who will also visit Angola, is making his first trip as pontiff to Africa, the continent where the Roman Catholic Church is growing fastest.

Two years ago there was speculation that the Vatican might amend its ban on condoms after Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, the former Archbishop of Milan, said that in couples where one partner had HIV/AIDS, the use of condoms was "a lesser evil".

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan of Mexico, the Vatican Health Minister, also said condoms could sometimes be exceptionally condoned, for example when a married woman was unable to refuse her HIV-positive husband's sexual advances.

"You can defend yourself with any means," he said. A subsequent Vatican study of the issue reiterated the blanket ban on condoms, however.

In 2003 a senior Vatican official claimed condoms had tiny holes in them through which HIV can pass, exposing thousands of people to risk.

The then head of the Vatican Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, said: "The AIDS virus is roughly 450 times smaller than the spermatozoon. The spermatozoon can easily pass through the 'net' that is formed by the condom."

He added "These margins of uncertainty... should represent an obligation on the part of the health ministries and all these campaigns to act in the same way as they do with regard to cigarettes, which they state to be a danger."

The World Health Organisation responded at the time by saying that "These incorrect statements about condoms and HIV are dangerous when we are facing a global pandemic which has already killed more than 20 million people, and currently affects at least 42 million."

The WHO said that "consistent and correct" condom use reduces the risk of HIV infection by 90 per cent.

theaustralian.news.com.au

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Lucky Dube was an internationally recognised reggae star The Johannesburg High Court has delayed the verdict in the trial of three men accused of killing South African reggae singer Lucky Dube. One of the men recently confessed he had taken part in the crime and said all three deserved to be punished. They had originally denied murder. The 2007 killing of Dube, during a carjacking in a Johannesburg suburb, shocked the country. The judge said he hoped the judgement would be concluded on Monday. The Sapa news agency reports that the courtroom was packed with members of the public, including Dube's widow and son, as the judge started to deliver his decision on Friday. Judge Seun Moshidi did say that one of the accused, Julius Gxowa, had not been an impressive witness. Dube was South Africa's best-selling reggae artist. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans during his 25-year career. On Tuesday, the judge in charge of the case said the court had no evidence that Dube had been specifically targeted. The court heard that the three men did not know the identity of their alleged victim until they read about it in the newspapers the following day. At the start of their trial in February, Julius Xowa, Sfiso Mhlanga and Thabiso Maroping also denied unlawful possession of firearms and attempted hijacking. Death penalty calls Four suspects were initially taken into custody, but one was later released under the instruction of the directorate of public prosecutions. Dube was shot dead in front of his son and daughter in Rosettenville, a suburb south of central Johannesburg. The killing led to renewed domestic calls for the restoration of the death penalty in a bid to stem one of the world's highest murder rates. The BBC's Mpho Lakaje in Johannesburg says South Africa's international image has been tarnished by its alarming crime levels. Nearly 19,000 people were murdered last year, according to official statistics. Millions of visitors are expected for next year's football World Cup. Lucky Dube began his career by singing mbaqanga (traditional Zulu) music and recorded his first album with the Super Soul band in 1982. He later moved into reggae, producing Rastas Never Die, which was banned by the apartheid government. His albums Slave, Prisoner and Together As One won him global recognition.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Rap star T.I. was sentenced in Atlanta federal court Friday to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $100,300 fine on weapons charges related to purchasing machine guns and silencers.

The rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, reached the terms of the sentence in a plea agreement with prosecutors last year.

"I would like to say thank you to some, and apologize to others," Harris said at his sentencing.

"In my life, I have been placed in the worst-case scenario and had to make the best of it," he said. "Most often, things I have learned have been from trial and error. I knew no way to protect myself than to arm myself."

He was dressed in a gray suit and black shirt and tie.

Harris, 28, also was sentenced to some property forfeiture, supervised release for three years after his prison sentence, 365 days of home confinement and 1,500 hours of community service. He has already served 305 days of home confinement and 1,030 hours of service.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/27/ti.sentencing/index.html


Official website T.I
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The residency, called This Is It, will begin in July and continue through February. Jackson has said these are the last shows he'll play in London. Last week, he billed the concerts as his "final curtain call."


Initially, 10 dates were announced, but the number has since ballooned to 50. On Friday (March 13), hundreds of people waited outside O2 Arena in London, where the shows will be taking place, to try to score tickets.

"He is a legend and I love his message to the world," Obi, a 19-year-old student, told the AP. "I've been hoping that he would perform live again."

Tickets for the shows cost between $70 and $105. "I have come 150 miles just for this," Lee Middleton said. "We have made some very interesting friends waiting in line. ... People were singing his songs and dancing."

There is speculation that Jackson will eventually go on a world tour. "This is it! I just want to say these will be my final shows, performances in London. ... When I say this is it, it really means this is it," he said at a press conference announcing the shows last week.

Jackson promised to perform "the songs my fans want to hear."

1. Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in Israel? A Jew from any country in the world is guaranteed citizenship in Israel, while the Palestinians who have been there for centuries are oppressed and persecuted. 2. Did you know that instead of sewing an insignia on clothing to distinguish race (like the Germans did to the Jews before WW2), Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews? 3. Did you know that East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights are all considered by the entire world community, including the United States and the United Nations, to be occupied territory and NOT part of the State of Israel? 4. Did you know that Israel allots 85f the water resources for Jews, and the remaining 15s divided among all Palestinians in the territories? For example in Hebron, 85f the water is set aside for about 400 Jewish settlers, while the remaining 15s distributed among Hebron's 120, 000 Palestinians? 5. Did you know that the United States awards Israel $5 billion in aid each year from American tax dollars? 6. Did you know that US aid to Israel ($3.0 billion annually) exceeds the aid the US grants to the entire African continent? This aid is used both to buy American weaponry and to buy arms made in Israel. 7. Did you know that Israel is awaiting an additional $4 billion worth of American military hardware, including new F-16s and Apache and Blackhawk helicopters. As Israel's main ally and supporter internationally, the United States is committed to maintaining the Jewish state's "qualitative edge" in weapons over its neighbors. 8. Did you know that the U.S. administration has notified Congress on numerous occasions that Israel has violated the rules on how US-supplied weapons are used? (In 1978, 1979 and 1982 during fighting in Lebanon, and once after Israel's b****ing of an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.) 9. Did you know that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international inspections from its sites? 10. Did you know that high-ranking military officers in the Israeli Defense Forces have admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners of war have been summarily executed by the Israeli forces? 11. Did you know that Israel blew up an American diplomatic facility in Egypt and attacked a US warship in international waters (the USS Liberty), killing 33 and wounding 177 American sailors and the US did nothing about it? 12. Did you know that Israel stands in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council Resolutions? 13. Did you know that Israel is explicitly dedicated to the policy of maintaining a distinct Jewish character? 14. Did you know that Israel's current Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was found by an Israeli court to be "personally and directly responsible" for the Sabra and Shatilla massacre in Lebanon where more than a thousand innocent Palestinian men, women, and children were axed to death or lined up and shot in cold *lo**? 15. Did you know that on May 20, 1990, a group of unarmed Palestinian laborers were lined up and murdered by an Israeli solider as they sat waiting for transportation back to Gaza? The terrified laborers who gathered in an area of southern Israel known as Rishon Lezion (known to Palestinians by its Arabic name Oyon Qara) handed their ID cards to the Israeli soldier. The soldiers ordered the distressed laborers to kneel down and face the ground and unexpectedly showered them with a barrage of bullets, killing seven and wounding many others. Needless to say, the soldier was not charged with any crime. 16. Did you know that until as recently as 1988, Israelis were permitted to run "Jews Only" job ads? 17. Did you know that the Israeli Foreign Ministry pays six US public relations firms to promote a "positive image" of Israel to the American public? 18. Did you know that Sharon's coalition government includes a party--Molodet--which advocates ethnic cleansing by openly calling for the forced expulsion of all Palestinians from the occupied territories? 19. Did you know that recently-declassified documents indicate that David Ben-Gurion approved of the forced expulsion of Arabs from all Palestininan territory in 1948? 20. Did you know that the former chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, who is also a founder and spiritual leader of the religious Shas party (Israel's third largest political party) openly advocates a 'Final Solution' to annihilate the Palestinians? Speaking at the widely broadcast sermon marking the last Passover, he declared of the Palestinians: "The Lord shall return their deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world. It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable." 21. Did you know that Palestinian refugees make up the largest portion of the refugee population in the world? 22. Did you know that Palestinian Christians are considered the "living stones" of Christianity because they are the direct descendants of the disciples of Jesus Christ? And the Palestinian Christians stand united with their Muslim brethren in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. 23. Did you know that despite a ban on torture by Israel's High Court of Justice, torture has continued unabated by Shin Bet interrogators on Palestinian prisoners? 24. Did you know that despite every Israeli attempt to disrupt Palestinian education, Palestinians have the highest ratio of PhDs per capita in the world? 25. Did you know that the right of self-determination is guaranteed to every human being under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [December, 1948], yet Palestinians were/are expected to negotiate for this right under the Oslo Accords? 26. Did you know that despite what is widely perpetuated and written in the history books that the Arabs attacked Israel in the 1967 war, it was Israel who attacked the Arab countries first, capturing Jerusalem and the West Bank, and called the attack a pre-emptive strike? 27. Did you know that, as an occupying power, Israel has a particular responsibility under the Geneva Conventions to protect Palestinian civilians? 28. Did you know that, despite Ariel Sharon's public call for a unilateral ceasefire, Israeli soldiers have not stopped shooting, killing or bulldozing Palestinian homes? The most recent example of this is the murder of three innocent women who were shot by an Israeli tank as they sat in their tent! 29. Did you know that the Zionists have been trying to destroy Masjid al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock for the last 50 years by digging underground tunnels beneath the sites to weaken its foundation causing it to collapse? 30) Nelson Mandela called the Israeli government an apartheid regime, just like South Africa used to be.

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A Corporate Area-based justice of the peace (JP) found himself on the wrong side of the law after the local immigration department discovered that he was allegedly collecting fees to stamp and sign false documents.

The accused, Manley McLean, was summoned to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday after representatives from the Passport, Immigration and Citizens Agency (PICA) discovered that he had made false declarations on at least two forms.

Charged with forgery

Information reaching The Star is that a man, Basil Scott, applied for a passport at PICA's Constant Spring Road office under the name Emmit Moses. It was then discovered that a passport had already been issued to Scott in his correct name. A representative from PICA said that during further investigations it was revealed that Scott had paid the JP to certify his application. Scott was arrested and charged with forgery, uttering false documents and making false declaration.

McLean, who was later summoned to court, was charged with making a false declaration for allegedly certifying that he had known the fictitious Emmit Moses for 10 years.

The investigating officer said that information suggested that the JP would charge between $400 and $500 to sign a document.

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special report - the home of cultural reggae singer Luciano reportedly became a battleground earlier this morning, as a two hour shoot out ensued between the policemen and an alleged gunman at the premises at around 5 a.m. The house is located on Westminster Crescent off Red Hills Road, St. Andrew.

The police had reportedly surrounded the house when the shooting started from inside. Initial news reports have indicated that one policeman is now battling for life in hospital, and two others were treated and released, after they were shot and injured by a gunman at a house owned by the popular entertainer. The gunman, who was allegedly wanted for several crimes committed in St. Andrew North, was shot and killed during the gun battle.

Luciano was reportedly taken into custody by the police.
Dancehall.Mobi will provide more details on this incident soon.

Police officers at Luciano's house at Westminster Crescent in St Andrew, after a two-hour gun battle with a lone gunman on Wednesday. - Rudolph Brown

Andrew Senior, the notorious criminal killed yesterday following a two-hour stand-off with police at a house belonging to reggae singer Luciano, had eluded the police for months before they finally caught up with him.

Senior, believed to be about 30 years old and also known as 'Conqueror', was wanted for between eight and 10 murders, the most recent being that of 65-year-old Gloria McLean in the Grants Pen, Shortwood Road area, several months ago. Police sources also said Senior is believed to have also slashed another woman's throat in recent times.

Targeted by police

For months he managed to elude the police both in the Corporate Area and in rural Jamaica. "Police have had several dragnets to capture him, including areas in St Elizabeth where he relocates to from time to time to escape the police," revealed Assistant Commissioner of Police Leon Rose, who arrived at the scene of yesterday's incident about an hour after police had killed the Senior.

Yesterday, a police team of about eight officers descended on the premises at 21 Westminster Crescent about 4:45 a.m. in search of Senior. The house is owned by Luciano and doubles as a recording studio. According to ACP Rose, the house was one of several that were targeted by police. "The police from St Andrew North, acting on information and intelligence, carried out a series of operations at some targeted premises in the Westminster Crescent area," ACP Rose said.

Three policemen were shot in the operation. Two of them were reportedly among the team that first descended on the house. Senior, armed with a high-powered weapon and enough ammunition to start a small war, opened fire at the security forces, hitting two of its members. One was shot in the mouth, the bullet exiting through his neck, sources said. The other was shot in the groin.

Terrifying residents

Reinforcements were called in and when they arrived, a member of that team was shot in the leg. A soldier was also grazed by one of the gunman's bullets. Policemen at the scene said Senior, who is believed to be from Central Village, vowed that if he was going to die he was going to take several of them with him, boasting to them that he had enough bullets to do so.

Sources said the weapon seized, a 9mm, was so heavily used the housing and the magazine suffered damage. A number of spent shells were also recovered from the scene.

For about two hours the sound of gunfire echoed through the early morning air, terrifying residents living in the normally quiet community off Red Hills Road. "It was like Gaza," one policewoman was overheard telling a colleague. "The man fire some shot."

There were reports that the gunman used children at the house as shields as he kept the police at bay. The police also said that he barricaded himself in and fired constantly at them.

Luciano, who had arrived on the scene after the shooting incident, was taken into custody by the police. Yesterday evening, Luciano and his lawyer were taken back to the house where the police were conducting a search.

Crime chief for the St Andrew Central Division, Superintendent McArthur Sutherland, told THE STAR that investigations were being carried out to determine if the singer had prior knowledge that Senior was wanted. Based on these investigations, whether the deejay will face charges of harbouring a fugitive will be determined.

SOURCE: http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090326/news/news2.html

Reputed leader of the Clansman gang, 27-year-old Tesha Miller, who is facing a murder charge, was yesterday denied bail when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court.

He is to return to court on June 8 when he will be tried for the murder of Rohan Haughton, who was fatally shot in April 2004.

Defence lawyers Valerie Neita-Robertson and Everton Bird, in applying for bail, pointed out that the case had been dragging on since 2004.

The lawyers said that even when priority dates were set for the trial the Crown was not ready.

The Crown opposed bail on the grounds that Miller was on bail, but his bail was revoked in July last year because he had breached one of the conditions of his bail.

Miss Justice Kay Beckford turned down the application.

Miller was also facing a triple-murder trial but the charges were withdrawn in October last year because the police had difficulty locating the sole eyewitness.

Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, QC, said if the witness was found Miller would be rearrested and charged with the triple murder.

He was charged with the murder of Orane Jackson, Jeffrey Johnson and Nicole Allen. They were fatally shot on January 14, 2005, at Cresser Lane, Braeton, St Catherine.

SOURCE: http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090326/news/news4.html

MADRID, Spain - head of Irish budget airline Ryanair Tuesday defended his plan to charge passengers to use on-board toilets, saying it would lead to less passenger inconvenience during flights.

Ryanair Chief Executive Michael OLeary revealed last month the carrier was looking at the possibility of installing toilet doors in its planes which would only open with the insertion of a one pound coin (1.10 euros, US$1.40).

In our discussions with (aircraft maker) Boeing they havent yet been able to manufacture a toilet door that will take coins in it, he told a news conference in Madrid Tuesday.

But I think its a logical development, if you use the toilet for example in train stations in England you pay to use the toilets. I dont see any reason why people on board an aircraft wouldnt pay to use the toilet.

He said the on-board charge would mean more passengers would use the toilets at airports, and would lead to less passenger inconvenience on board the aircraft.

We will charge for every possible thing we can think to charge for, but it will always be the passengers choice whether they pay it or dont pay it, he said.

OLeary said the company is now running an online competition to see what else the carrier can charge for on board.

The suggestion I like best so far is a passenger in Sweden who has suggested that we should produce rolls of toilet paper with my picture on it.

SOURCE:http://jamaicaobserver.com/tools/breakingnews/bnm.asp?bn=664

The Fraud Squad arrested a Nigerian man last week, accused of marrying three Jamaican women over a six-month period last year.

Shadrach Momah was arrested during an operation carried
out by Fraud Squad detectives and officers from the immigration
department.

Momah was reportedly suspected to be involved in a passport racket.

The police say they raided an office occupied by Momah on Ripon
Road in St Andrew. While going through some documents, it was
discovered that he had married three Jamaican women between last July
and December.

One of the women was reportedly taken to Nigeria where they got married.

Investigators say documents were seized which show that Momah has been to a number of countries and has married numerous women.

Momah was then charged with bigamy and appeared in the Corporate
Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. He was remanded. He
returns today.

$25M fire at Sizzlas residence
Reggae/dancehall artiste, Sizzla Kalonji, may have to temporarily relocate to his August Town-based Judgement Yard property as his Richings Ave, Liguanea residence was burnt down on Sunday morning.

Sizzla did just drive out when the fire start, a source told YaadFlex, adding that the fire started after 9:30 Sunday morning .

Yesterday morning, scores of persons, including players in the music industry one of whom was said to have just left Sizzla's house gathered at the Richings Avenue house, owned by Exterminator producer and manager of Sizzla, Phillip Fattis Burrell. Burrell, who was also on the scene, was not in any mood to hold discussions with the press.

The cause of the fire, which reportedly caused extensive damage to the upscale property, is still unknown. Loss is estimated at $25 million and it is not known at this time whether or not the property was insured.

Things are getting to look sticky for Ninja Man when he was charged on about 4 counts for the murder of Ricky Trooper.
With what happened with the Bob Whoolmer case where Babylon flopped big time.. I guess they are gonna make sure that they dont miss a step in this one, sort of like what the feds in the States are doing with the Chris and Rhianna affair.

Bwooy Ninja ..mi hope seh annuh you kill the man but if a you dawg nyam yuh suppper... because you probably end up on the hang man knoose because they also working on the resumtion of hanging. Tsk Tsk !!!
But it look like Ninja not guilty cause him a skin off him teeth and a make all kinda sign.. in this clip

According to our source, Vybz Kartel and Spice's 'Rampin Shop' has been ordered to be destroyed and pulled from all radio, television stations and the Internet by EMI Music Publishing.

Vybz Kartel recently received an email from EMI Music Publishing stating that 'Rampin Shop' infringes on the copyright license of Miss Independent by Ne-Yo.

It's alleged that the body of a man found with stab wounds along with a woman, Elsie Armstrong on Grosvenor Terrace yesterday is the brother of popular dancehall deejay, Ninja man.

Its believe that both were killed the previous night.

Today is said to be the anniversary of Ms. Armstrong's son's death. It is believed that Armstrong was killed because she witnessed her son's death.

There is still no confirmation from Ninja Man or anyone from his management team regarding the alleged relation to the deceased man.

YardFlex will be bring you the updates in this case as they come about.

As the police vow to clamp down on the issue of 'night noise', several selectors and promoters are expressing the will to comply with the law.

"Wid di 2 a.m. issue, bringing back dancehall to where it was, me nuh have a problem wid people a come out early an enjoy dem self, get time fi guh back home an get some sleep. Mi wish it did guh back from long time," selector Jigsy from the Bembe Squad and Danga Zone told THE STAR.

"If police are going to be consistent and do it right across the board, then I am okay with it. But they still need to be lenient and give us a chance to break in the people who come. Suh, like Passa, if we turn off the music from 2 a.m., wi turn it off to a empty house, suh wah wi can do is turn off at 6, then 5, and so on, So the people will get the point and start turning out early," Dilan, one of the organisers for Passa Passa said.

Oneil, another organiser for Passa Passa said; "we just need to convince the dance supporters of what is happening and also, if the police enforce this thing straight across the board and not lock off some dance an leave di odda one, then people will take it serious."

Recently, David McNaughton, a music selector was arrested while he operated the Jam Rock Disco at a dance in the Bryden Street area of east Kingston.

The sound system was reportedly playing without a permit. Consequently, Mc-Naughton was brought before the court and was granted bail in the sum of $50,000.

He is to appear again in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on April 10.

The Kingston Eastern Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force on Monday issued a release which noted that the arrest of McNaughton brought to three, the number of persons arrested since Sunday.

East Kingston beware

The release quoted head of the Kingston Eastern police, Super-intendent Assan Thompson as saying that, "... the days of warning are over ... The police in that division will be vigorously enforcing the provisions of the Noise Abatement Act as night noise is becoming a nuisance to the citizens of that division."

At a recently held press conference, Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin also said; "The matter of night noise is distressing not to just me personally, but to those people who have to suffer underneath it, and we have to put a stop to it.

"Clearly, we have to do a lot more than we have been doing and change the way we have been doing it, and we are going to use means available to us." he added.

The enforcement of the Noise Abatement Act and the presence of legal firearms at places of entertainment was brought into sharp focus following the shootings at the British Link Up dance held at the La Roose nightclub in St Catherine on March 24.

Under the Noise Abatement Act, it is an offence for a person to sing or play any noisy instrument at any time of the day or night so that the sound can be heard beyond a distance of 100 metres and can be reasonably capable of causing annoyance to persons in the vicinity.

It is also an offence for a person to operate or cause to be operated any loudspeaker, microphone or any other device for the amplification of sound on any private or public place at any time of the night or day so that the sound can be heard beyond a distance of 100 metres and can be reasonably capable of causing annoyance to persons in the vicinity.

Yo, ah A.K.A just call me and wake me up, mi fall asleep drunk inna mi car after me mash up Hedo II, but mi caan remember at all wah go down. Mi caan talk about that (worse mi lawyer say mi muss be careful) but mi decide fi just write a few lines fi mek oonu know say mi alright. People, as mi write this, I am baked out of fricking skull, Negril did crazy last night, Pretty In Pink sell right off, Daydreams tek time full up inna the day till it cork towards the nighttime.

Matterhorn, Kurt Riley, Bambino and Renaissance played a nice stream of hits all throughout Daydreams. Later on, at Pretty in Pink, ZJ Liquid and Matterhorn mash up the place wid some crazy girl tunes and all these things.  The only thing is that the selectors played the same set of tunes over and over again, like dem run outta ideas. I don't mind the girls' tunes, but why the same bad man tunes over and over and over ad nauseum?

The Pretty in Pink party was largely incident free (except for what me and my homegirls gwaan wid), I saw a little disturbance between two guys who needed to go a little easy on the vodka and cranberry, and me see a girl box a man inna him face after she claimed he touched her in a highly sexual way. Apart from that, people were knocking back the Red Stripes and vodka like crazy, my particular drug of choice last night was the Manhattan, a uber-sexy drink that I urge all you party people to try. Anyway, since mi already up, mi a go to mi hotel go freshen up and eat some all-inclusive breakfast before mi touch RIO little more.

I'll check in later. CIAO! (Mi ting gone international now)

Teen says she won't be bullied by DA over photos

SCRANTON, Pa. One of three teens suing a Pennsylvania prosecutor says she does not want to be bullied by the district attorney, who threatened to charge the girls over racy cell-phone pictures.

Fifteen-year-old Marissa Miller said after a federal court hearing Thursday that she did nothing wrong when a friend took a picture of her and another girl in their bras.

Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick has threatened to file child pornography or open lewdness charges against the two girls unless they participate in an after-school program.

A girl photographed topless in a separate setting is also suing. The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking a temporary restraining order on their behalf.

The judge has not ruled on the request. Skumanick says he won't take action until after the ruling.

(This version CORRECTS that Miller spoke after hearing

Holidays are supposed to be times for good food and good cheer, but an accident can quickly turn one into a family's worst nightmare. These five are the most dangerous holidays to be on the road, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's report on motor vehicle deaths over three- or four-day holiday periods from 2001 to 2006, as well as the percentage of fatal crashes caused by intoxication and the AAA-estimated number of cars on the road for each holiday period.

In Depth: More Dangerous Holidays for Drivers

No. 5:
New Year's Eve/Day

Average Vehicular Deaths: 421

Don't let the relatively low rank make you comfortable. Champagne and icy roads make Jan. 1 one of the single most dangerous days to be on the road all year.

No. 4:
Labor Day Weekend

Average Vehicular Deaths: 488

Another long summer weekend makes our list due to overcrowded roads and out-of-town travel. Be especially vigilant if the holiday falls on Sept. 1 or 2 those two days are among the top 10 most dangerous days for driving.

No. 3:
Memorial Day Weekend

Average Vehicular Deaths: 493

Hordes of beach-goers crowd the same coastal roadways on this holiday, when 38 million people hit the streets in search of a warm, out-of-town weekend.

No. 2:
Independence Day

Average Vehicular Deaths: 505

Keep an eye out for heavy drinkers who didn't have the good sense to stay home and off the roads. An estimated 53% of fatal Fourth of July crashes involve at least one drunk driver.

No. 1:
Thanksgiving

Average Vehicular Deaths: 573

Whether from postprandial exhaustion or a little too much wine with dinner, AAA's biggest travel holiday of the year saw 623 traffic fatalities in 2006, the most recent year on record.

A wronged wife has taken revenge on her cheating husband by biting off his private parts.

Katya Kharitovonova has been jailed for two years for the attack on husband Mikhail after waking up to find him and her best friend half-naked.

She also lashed out at Lisa Dmitriyeva, smashing her over the head with a floor lamp.

Liza, 33, had earlier been invited to a meal at the couple's home in Russia, before they all sat down to watch The War Of The Worlds.

Katya, 36, fell asleep, allowing 40-year-old Mikhail and Liza to fall into each other's arms.

Mikhail told a court near Moscow: "Liza started stroking my hair and legs, and then it went further."

Liza revealed: "I kissed Mikhail's lips. He didn't resist, and then I kissed him more."

When Katya awoke to discover oral sex going on, she furiously hit her love rival than bit her husband - though did then call an ambulance to take him to hospital.

Mikhail said: "I saw the *lo** spurting out of Liza's mouth and then felt a sharp pain. I don't remember what happened next, I was unconscious."

Doctors were eventually able to stitch him back together.

Weh unnu think bout dat???..................cuz when mi used to go a school mi and mi fren dem always do it!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsMSnhfrsGs&feature=player_embedded

JA KNOW ALL A DEM SEXY WATCH ME AND DEM

THE Olympic Gardens Police in St Andrew South are investigating the shooting deaths of two men in separate incidents yesterday.

The dead men have been identified as 27-year-old Anthony Blake of Dewdney Road, and 34-year-old Christopher Fuller of a Bay Farm Road address, both in Kingston 11.

Police said that at 2:30 pm, Blake was standing on Binns Road when he was approached by a gunman who immediately opened fire hitting him several times. The police were summoned and Blake was taken to the Kingston Public Hospital where he died while being treated.

In the second incident, at 3:00 pm, Fuller was standing on Olympic Way when he was also approached by a gunman who shot him. Fuller died on the spot while a policeman who was in close proximity challenged the gunman who escaped following a shootout.

SOURCE: http://jamaicaobserver.com/tools/breakingnews/bnm.asp?bn=661

Days after a taxi operator was shot and killed along the Thompson Pen main road in St Catherine, a number of his colleagues are still expressing concern about their safety.

Dwayne Owens, also known as 'Brown Man', of Mount Moreland district, Sligoville, St Catherine, was killed on Monday. The Spanish Town police reported that residents of Thompson Pen called them about 5:50 a.m after explosions were heard.

Stopped working

When they arrived, the taxi operator was found slumped over the steering wheel of a Toyota Corolla. The body had multiple gunshot wounds.

"We are now left to wonder a who next. This is really sad. It is clear now that none of us safe. Even a few weeks ago them shot up a taxi with passengers on board," remarked one taxi driver.

Following the news of Owens' demise, scores of operators stopped working as they claimed that respect was not being shown to them.

When THE STAR contacted head of the Portmore Taxi Association, Witclif Addison, he said that taxi operators needed to be more vigilant.

"At this time the operators of public passenger vehicles need to be vigilant on the streets as it has become very dangerous,'' Addison said.

SOURCE: http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090326/news/news3.html

BOSTON Me-ouch! Veterinarians in Boston on Tuesday performed an unusual surgery to reattach the face of a cat they believe was injured by a car's fan belt, probably because she tried to stay warm under the hood.

Edgar, a 4-year-old long-haired feline, went missing from her home in Winthrop for three days last week. When she finally came home, her owner found her in her litter box _ with part of her face dangling from her head.

"When her owner saw her face, she passed out," said Elizabeth Kendrick, a surgical technician at Angell Animal Medical Center.

The owner, who asked not to be identified, recovered from the shock and rushed Edgar to an animal hospital.

Remarkably, Edgar suffered no major *lo** loss nor any permanent nerve damage from her accident. She just needed to have her facial skin stitched back on during an hour-long surgery, according to veterinary surgeon Michael Pavletic.

"And she should be fine after this," Pavletic said.

Besides the skin hanging from Edgar's face, Edgar seemed normal, Kendrick said.

"She was purring and sticking her head up so we could pet her," Kendrick said. "She even tried to chew at her skin. I'd never seen anything like it."

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Bad Gal Cecile Props New Look and Sound For '07'




Bad Gal Cecile is styled with a new look and sound for 2007. The diva told YardFlex.com in an interview that she just got back from the 26th Anniversary Ragga Muffin Festival in Long Bay Beach, California. "I know people haven't seen me on the local scenes for a while but I am actually been doing a lot of overseas work and a lot of collaborations.

There is a new video out called 'Take it off' which features Smujii from Abood Music in London, also there is an ablum set to be realese in March called Matadore, which features Jamaican artistes along side reggaeton artistes, this will be realease under EMI Latino/Danger Zone Latino label. Ce'cile as the only Jamaican female artiste on this album, strikes a maximum of two Collaborations.

Apart from that fans can be on the look for a 'killer' collaboration with Ce'cile, Bounty killer alongside The French Universal recording artiste Lord Kossity.

The Album

Throughout Cecile's career she has never had an album, but her songs were featured on both Lady Saw and Sean Paul's album to name a few. However, for 2007 she is currently working on albums for the Japan and North American territories.

YardFlex managed to caught up with Ce'Cile just when she was applying the finishing touches on her Japan debut album which features songs like 'Goody'(Wipe Out) on the Danger zone label, Talk Talk produced by Cordel 'Skatta' Burrel along with others.


For her North American album she plans to remake some of her songs from the time of her entry in the business. "I plan to take everything that I've already done in dancehall so as to upgrade it. This is so because people don't know most of these songs, it's old to the Jamaicans but new to the US market also a European album is in the making."

"I'm getting back in the mix now with some local productions, there is a new riddim out called Jamdown which is on the Danger Zone label, I have two songs on the riddim 'Waiting' and 'Jamdown'".

'Jamdown' was done for Jamaica, I have never written or done a song about my country, everywhere I go people always say why you live in that country, isn't is full of violence? But I plan to tell them it's not about violence but the nicer side that awaits you."

The Bad Gal has 'upgraded' her look to a classy Cecile. She explains that for 2007 she wanted a new look to go with her new sound, she has grown in the business and so this look shows maturity. Her new sound is interesting when you hear her; Cecile has a mix of hip hop rock, mixed with dancehall. When she came on the scene she was only singing, but for 2007 it is a revolutionized sound.

You can listen out for a remixed version of 'Wickedest time a wen di rain start fall, featuring Hitlist, new collaborations and video shoots.