Amidst all the rumours of him not being able to perform anywhere in CARICOM outside of Jamaica, Mavado devastated the eastern Caribbean last night with a stunning performance in front of a crowd of around 5,000 on the island of Dominica.

During his performance Mavado took time out to thank the Government of Dominica, who have been singled out as bucking the trend, taking a positive stance and not banning him.

Dominica's Tourism Minister Ian Douglas Friday said a ban on Mavado would not be in keeping with the spirit of CARICOM, adding that he is a CARICOM national and has not yet committed any offence in Dominica.

Adding fuel to the fire was a little-known Dominican radio jock who was ironically the first promoter to bring "Passa Passa" there before turning Christian, was very vocal in his anti-Mavado outbursts. He was actually trying to convince Dominica that Mavado's song "On the Rock" was about crack cocaine.

The show was allowed to be held under immense pressure, with promoter Val Cuffy of Triple Kay Promotions standing tall when faced with many obstacles.

"I was in meetings with police and government up until midnight" Cuffy said after the show. "But Mavado proved all the doubters wrong by delivering a very mature, professional and appropriate performance. He had the crowd singing every word and there was not a single incident at the show which is exactly what we hoped for."

The promoter went on to add that "hopefully St Vincent, Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad and all the other CARICOM countries will let sense and fairness prevail and allow Mavado to perform in those islands where he has thousands of fans."

After a similar outing in Tortola last week, Mavado is set to continue to blaze a trail through the Caribbean over the coming weeks.

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is reporting that it lost just over $300,000 in the last three international games staged in Jamaica, which will force it to take stern decisions to ensure profitability, including cutting the number of overseas-based players in the squad.

Last month, the Reggae Boyz played a friendly against St Vincent and the Grenadines and two World Cup qualifiers against The Bahamas.

The JFF broke down the figures for all three games c****ined as follows:

	Rental of National	$3,355,750

Stadium and Trelawny

Complex

	Airfare	$2,735,001

	Hotel accommodation	$2,500,991

	Match Fees	$14,035,950

	Other operational costs	$ 7,068,268

(security, ticket coordination/

printing, ushers, public address,

match day workers/meals)

Following the disclosure of the figures by JFF treasurer Gary Sinclair, the JFF's board of directors discussed several options to save money, including "recommending the reduction of overseas-based professionals in the squad". The board also discussed increasing ticket prices and the need to have the stadium full at all home games.

A release to the media from the JFF on Saturday read: "The board of directors, at an emergency meeting held on June 25, 2008, noted that this loss position would force the federation to take some harsh, but necessary, decisions for the upcoming qualifiers.

"The board was advised by the treasurer that the figures would have shown a more significant loss if most of the overseas players had not travelled on their own ticket for the holidays. Hence, it can be expected that this line item could be tripled for the upcoming matches."

With Jamaica's first match of the second round of the World Cup qualifiers scheduled for August 20 in Toronto, Canada, the JFF faces more staggering expenses, with away games expected to cost about $25 million each.

The federation estimated the costs at:

	Airfares	$10,780,000
	Hotel accommodation & meals	$4,500,000
	Match incentives	$9,100,000

The release went on to say that the JFF must maximise its profitability with home games as it has five other national teams with immediate needs.

"The board examined the figures against the background of five other national teams being in training and soon to enter international competition. These teams are the national Under-15, 17 and 20 men and the national Under-15 and 17 women. The federation will have to fund airfare costs for these teams who have been in training over the past three months."

No Beenie Causes Bottles Fly at Portland Jerk Fest

Bottles blotted out the moon during the Portland Jerk Festival when irate patrons exploded in rage when main headliner Beenie Man failed to appear. One876entertainment understands that the deejay lost his passport and will have to acquire what they call an 'emergency passport' so that he can return home today or Tuesday.

"We tried to get him to talk to the audience, he wanted to explain to his fans why he wasn't there. We spoke to the person who booked the show, head of the marketing department of Pepsi, we tried to set it up to address the audience but it wasn't possible, so we're sorry about what eventually happened," Tameka Reynolds of Free People Entertainment, who are handling Beenie Man's bookings, said.

"We tried to contact them very early in the day but they failed to answer the phone, and when we finally got to them, I guess they were not able to appease the audience."

 

In the midst of reports in the media that dancehall artiste Mavado has been banned from performing in some Caribbean territories, Mavado's management team as issued a release stating that the artiste is still at large in the Caribbean.

Stunning performance

The release said, "Mavado devastated the Eastern Caribbean recently with a stunning performance in front of a crowd of around 5,000 in Dominica. During his performance, Mavado took time out to thank the Government of Dominica, who have been singled out as bucking the trend, taking a positive stance and not banning Mavado."

Dominica's Tourism Minister Ian Douglas Friday said a ban on Mavado would not be in keeping with the spirit of CARICOM, adding that he is a CARICOM national and has not yet committed any offence in Dominica.

The body of Esmin Green, the Jamaican woman who died under questionable circumstances at King's County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, last month, has been flown to Jamaica for burial. 

Friends, loved ones and a concerned community said goodbye to her on Sunday, July 5, at a funeral service held at the church where Green worshipped in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

The Jesus Is Lord Sanctuary, a Seventh-day Church of God, was packed to capacity with mourners spilling over into the church yard and the streets.

They shared the tight space with police and members of the international media who turned out to cover the funeral of a mentally ill immigrant who died after waiting more than 24 hours for medical attention which she only received after she was dead. 

Condemnation 

While praise was being heaped on the deceased inside the church - who was remembered as an animated and generous woman who loved children - strong words of condemnation were being echoed outside for the system and the workers who failed her.

"It's a disgrace knowing that King's County falls within an immi-grant community and I would say some 90 per cent of the workers are immigrants, and for another immi-grant to be treated the way she was is a shame," said Michael Russell, a community activist who is running for City Council.

A security camera, in the emergency room of the psychchiatric ward where Miss Green was waiting to be seen, showed her falling off a chair at 5:32 a.m. on Thursday, June 19 - more than 24 hours after she was brought there by emergency medical service workers. Two security guards at different times peeked at her and one staff member even nudged her prone form, now on the hospital floor, with a foot. But no one assisted her.

An hour after she collapsed, medical staff moved in with their equipment to revive the now-dead woman.

"Those people who saw her and never came to help should be locked up," one of Green's friends expressed with horror.

"She was honest, a prayer warrior, always with her Bible," said another close friend, Pauline Robinson, whom everyone calls 'Miss Cherry'.

Miss Cherry explained that Green was a hard worker who had been laid off and had lost the lease on her rented apartment.

"She can't tek problem," she added, providing a clue to what may have caused her friend's mental breakdown. 

Agitated state 

Green had stayed with Miss Cherry over the three days preceding her death when she awoke agitated early Wednesday morning, June 18, insisting on calling her pastor, Marilyn Ann Johnson.

It was 4:15 a.m. when she ran off and, as Pastor Johnson later recounted, turned up 4:43 a.m. at the Bishop's residence where the pastor and her husband were staying.

This was the fourth time Pastor Johnson had seen her through a breakdown and once again, attempted to calm her parishioner's agitated spirit and get her medical help.

"She was screaming that her soul was in trouble; that she needs forgiveness and if she don't get forgiveness, she won't have mercy," the pastor explained. 

Guarded privacy 

Johnson said she guarded Green's privacy during her mental crises because the woman she called "a friend and a sister, a sweet person" was embarra**ed about her situation and did not want anyone to know, including her family in Jamaica.

As the community attempts to put together the scenario which led to Green's death, what has emerged is a picture of a woman with a fragile mind, to whom the immigrant life had not always been kind. 

In difficult times, she relied on friends and her church family for assistance but when she sought medical help for her fractured mind, she came upon a system with its own fractures and fell through those cracks.

Esmin Elizabeth Green, a dressmaker by training, was 49 years old when she died. 

She was born in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, and was the mother of six - Tecia, Darion, Susan, Tanya, Darryl and Travanis. She also had seven sisters and six brothers. 

She started visiting New York in 1995 and moved there permanently in 2000. It was the last time her daughter Tecia saw her alive. 

Heartbroken 

When she saw her mother again with a handful of relatives from Jamaica, just over the weekend, it was to claim her body and escort her remains home.

The helpless woman that inter-national viewers have come to know via the disturbing videotape of her death is not the woman her daughter knew in life.

"My mother was one of the bravest, strongest women I've ever met in this world," a very tearful but stoic Harrison said to members of the press gathered at her mother's funeral. "My brothers and sisters are heartbroken. They're weeping, especially my brother Darryl. He's 20 years old. He was my mother's big son. They didn't see each other, but they talked a lot on the phone."

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Klansman gang leader Tesha Miller was found with a cellular phone in one of his body cavities (rectum) during a routine search of his place of confinement conducted by prison officials yesterday, police said last night.

Miller, who has been in police custody since Friday afternoon, was also found with a cellular charger and Vaseline, the police added.

"The call record on Miller's phone is currently being processed by the police in order to ascertain who he has been in contact with since being taken into custody," a news release from the police said.

Miller, who was charged by the police with four counts of murder and three shootings in 2005, received bail when he first faced the charges. He subsequently absconded bail and fled the island to the United States in the same year. Miller was deported to Jamaica last year by the US authorities and was convicted for absconding bail and served nine months. He has been before the courts since then for the original charges but again was granted bail with specific conditions attached.

He was taken into custody in December 2007 at the Sting stage show in Portmore, St Catherine, again, for violating conditions of his bail. In this instance, Miller was ordered to pay a fine and was granted bail with the same conditions attached.

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Cleve Chu Chu Warren has been hounded by residents of his town of Salem, Runaway Bay since he got back from overseas who believe that he is really Lascell Girlie Parnell who was recently charged with molesting a teenage boy in the United States. I dont have that in my *lo**, I wouldnt do anything like that, the unmarried actor said. That dude is now in Rikers (Island) in jail, I was in New York two weeks ago, this guy was arrested six weeks ago. Asked if he had fathered any children, he said: I am on the right track. Chu Chu is a big star of the plays Passa Passa and More Passa Passa, but his cross-dressing antics have confused members of the public with Lascell Girlie Parnell who rose to fame in the 90s with roles in plays such as Girlie Get Visa. My name starts with a C, his name starts with G, how the people can confuse me and him? The thing is most people felt that he was dead, that he had crashed on a bike or something, but he has been in Brooklyn for the last 14 years and this is like the third time he is doing something like this. He said that his family members have been threatened by members of the public since the story broke that Girlie had molested a young boy. It is getting disgusting now.

Face To Face, Jamaica's premier Independence Wrap Up event, is preparing to take the summer by storm on Saturday, August 8 . The show will showcase international acts Yung Joc, Trey Songz and Playaz Circle and will be complimented by local stars Assassin, Spice, Leftside, Bugle, Chino, Konshens, QQ and Chi Chi Ching. The event, which was previously announced to be held at the Cable and Wireless Golf Academy, will now be hosted on the Temple Hall Estate. Yung Joc burst onto the international scene in 2006 with his track "It's Going Down" released on the Bad Boy South label. Since then he has released a second album and have been featured on numerous collaborations with other international artistes, including "1st Time" (featuring Marques Houston and Trey Songz) and "Showstopper" (with Danity Kane) and "Buy U A Drank" (with T-Pain). R&B crooner Trey Songz, dubbed 'The Prince of R&B' is ready to serenade the island's queens with his chart topping hits such as "Last Time", "Gotta Go", "Wonder Woman", and "Can't Wait" from his two albums - I Gotta Make It and Trey Day. With the enticing Dancehall additions of "Dem Nah Look Nuh Gal" (Assassin), "A Nuh My Fault" (Spice), "Back It Up" (Leftside), "What Have I Done To You" (Bugle), "Ting Dem Tall" (Chino), "Winner" (Konshens), the show will be ram-packed with high-energy entertainment. MC for the night will be Hot 102's Richie B and Zip 103's Nikki Z and the one's and two's will be handled by DJ Sunshine, DJ Liquid, Arif Cooper and DJ Ice. Face To Face is shaping up to be one of the most highly-anticipated shows of the summer and takes place on Saturday, August 9 at Temple Hall Estate and is brought to you by World Beat Music Group and Bacumi Entertainment.

A man who allegedly engaged a police/military team in a shoot-out was among two men who were fatally shot in separate incidents on Sunday night. The unidentified man is believed to be about 20 years old and is of slim build, and dark complexion. Police reports are that about 9:30 p.m. a joint police/military team was conducting an operation in Norwood district, St. James. During the operation, the team reportedly encountered a group of men who opened fire on the security forces. The fire was returned, after which the man was found suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A home-made handgun with one round of ammunition was also reportedly seized in the incident. Meanwhile forty-eight-year-old Calbert Richards of Bullards district, York Town in Clarendon, was also shot dead on Sunday night. Reports are that about 10:15 p.m., Richards was at home when four men entered and proceeded to his bedroom where they reportedly shot him several times before escaping. He died on the spot.

A 21-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after authorities said he sexually assaulted a child multiple times during a three-month span.

James Eugene Whaley Jr. was charged with five counts of sexual battery on a minor by the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office. The child is younger than 10 years old, according to a Sheriffs Office news release.

Detectives said Whaley was a friend of the victims family and moved to St. Johns County several months ago with them from South Carolina. He was brought in for questioning after the victims brother told a family friend about the assaults.

Members of the public are being warned to be on the lookout for unscrupulous individuals who may try to conduct business transactions using stolen pension cheques. The warning was raised some time last month after thieves held up and robbed employees at the Discovery Bay Post Office in St Ann. The Ministry of Labour subsequently urged business operators and individuals to be wary of encashing pension cheques. According to police reports, a large batch of the cheques were stolen from the post office after three men, who were posing as customers, suddenly pulled guns and demanded money from the employees. The gunmen then reportedly locked the workers in a vault before escaping with $500,000 in pension cheques.

Authorities are searching for David Leon Moore, a fugitive wanted in Duval County for failing to register as a sexual offender. Moore, 47, was arrested in 2007 on multiple drug charges and lives in Jacksonville. He was last seen in the area.

Anyone with information about where to find the suspect can call First Coast Crime Stoppers at                (866) 845-8477         (845-TIPS). Crime Stoppers offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of any First Coast Fugitive, and callers can remain anonymous. To qualify, you must call to report your tip. For information about area fugitives, go to Jacksonville.com and click on the First Coast Fugitives link at the bottom of the page. First Coast Fugitives is a partnership between The Florida Times-Union and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

But the former deacon will be allowed to travel for some circumstances.

A judge denied a request Tuesday from a child molester, once a Jacksonville church deacon, to end his probation early.

But the judge will allow him to travel to neighboring counties to care for sick relatives.

Stephen Lee Edmonds, former First Baptist Church deacon and ex-president of the Northeast Florida Builders Association, also will be permitted to travel out of state with permission from his probation officer for family care or business.

Circuit Judge John Merrett also ordered Edmonds to remove distinctive decals such as a Florida Gators logo from his vehicle, a request from the victims, who said they found the vehicle disturbing.

Merrett made his decision after hosting a private meeting in his chambers at which he said Edmonds, 50, apologized to his victims' families.

Edmonds was sentenced to a year in jail followed by five years' probation after pleading guilty in 2003 to molesting three boys. His probation is scheduled to end in March, but Edmonds asked Merrett to terminate it early so that he could care for sick relatives and their properties, mainly in St. Johns County.

His attorney, Richard Kuritz, said Edmonds made the request because his brother recently died and his sister and mother both are gravely ill. Previously, Edmonds' probation didn't allow him to leave Duval County without permission.

Kuritz noted Edmonds will still have to register as a sex offender and report regularly to law enforcement about his whereabouts.

But the victims' families, representatives of the Justice Coalition and a prosecutor reminded Merrett of the crimes Edmonds admitted. Assistant State Attorney Julie Schlax noted that Edmonds agreed to the term of probation and that many criminals' families suffer hardships because of their crimes.

Merrett called Edmonds "depraved," but said his role wasn't to judge the sincerity of Edmonds' apology or his repentance.

The victims' families, who have been critical of Edmonds' sentence and how the case was handled previously, were satisfied with Merrett's decision. They are not being named because the Times-Union doesn't identify sex crime victims without their consent.

"Judge Merrett has given the best decision of any judge that has had this case," said one victim's mother.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities in central Florida say a pregnant woman and her unborn child have died after being accidentally shot by the woman's husband.

Twenty-three-year-old Yailen Abreu and the fetus died Tuesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center.

Orange County sheriff's officials say Abreu was hit in the stomach while her husband was cleaning his gun late Monday at their Orlando-area home. She was six months pregnant.

Authorities say the bullet struck 39-year-old Enio Abreu in the hand before hitting in his wife.

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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com

gang of about 20 armed men fireb****ed a house in Canterbury, Montego Bay, Sunday afternoon, when they went in search of their target and turned up empty handed.

Residents would not speak openly with the media and police personnel who turned up at the scene shortly after the incident. However, reliable sources confirmed that about 20 men were spotted with their guns, as they fired a barrage of shots on a house in which they believed the man they wanted was hiding.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ~Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420 You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by Lewis Galantière Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956 Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other. ~Henry David Thoreau Remember, if youre headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~Allison Gappa Bottke Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means. ~Robert Louis Stevenson See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. ~Pope John XXIII Though the circular round-and-round of routine be the bulk of life's affairs, make an occasional jutting diversion - of fun, love, or something that will outlast you - so the shape and motion of your life shall resemble the round lifegiving sun with bright rays shining forth from all directions. ~Destin Figuier Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning? ~Coleman Cox Laziness will cause you pain. ~Slogan on T-shirt worn at the Vee Arnis Jitsu School of Self-Defense If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~Toni Morrison Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. ~Max Lerner, Actions and Passions, 1949 Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste. ~Brecht [O]wning your burdens is half the battle. ~From the television show Scrubs Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. ~Victor Hugo We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. ~William James You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~Leo Aikman Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ~Frank Herbert, Dune Chronicles The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. ~Plato Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ~Jonathan Kozel Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966 God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Author unknown, variation of an excerpt from "The Serenity Prayer" by Reinhold Neibuhr People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 Excess on occasion is exhilirating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ~W. 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But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back. ~Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982 Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. ~Elbert Hubbard On the bathing-tub of King T'ang the following words were engraved: "If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day. Yea, let there be daily renovation." ~Confucian Analects The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. ~Jimmy Johnson What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. ~Samuel Johnson To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. ~John W. Gardner There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. ~Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier) Face what you think you believe and you will be surprised. ~William Hale White Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand: "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943, translated from French Just remember, there's a right way and a wrong way to do everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet. ~Odell Shepherd Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right. 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Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most. ~George R. Kirkpatrick Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb When "Why not do it?" barely outweights "Why do it?" - don't do it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966 Half the failures in life arise from pulling in the horse as he is leaping. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 When you invite trouble, it's usually quick to accept. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. ~Author Unknown Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise. ~Author Unknown All philosophy in two words, - sustain and abstain. ~Epictetus Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake. ~Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got. ~Janis Joplin The biggest problem in the world Could have been solved when it was small. ~Witter Bynner, The Way of Life According to Laotzu What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert Never believe in mirrors or newspapers. ~Tom Stoppard Never confuse thoughtlessness with malice. ~Robert Charles Whitehead Yet some things you miss and some things you lose by keeping your arm outstretched. ~Author Unknown You want to run out in front, prepare to be tripped from behind. ~S.A. Sachs Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses. ~Oscar Wilde It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. ~Howard Ruff, How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years, 1979 Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand. ~Bruce Lee While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself. ~Doug Horton To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. ~Hippocrates Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. ~Buddha People are like holidays. Do others see you as Christmas, or more like Tax Day? ~Ward Elliot Hour Make somebody happy today. Mind your own business. ~Ann Landers Things sweet the taste prove in digestion sour. ~William Shakespeare, King Richard the Second, 1595 Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ~Abraham Lincoln "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~J.R.R. Tolkien, "Three Is Company," The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954 There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. ~James Thurber The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?" ~Oprah Winfrey Don't get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny. ~Kathryn Carpenter Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven. ~G.C. Lichtenberg We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others. ~Frederick W. Faber Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it. ~Stanislaw Lec Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship. ~Benjamin Franklin Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof. ~Martin H. Fischer Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 The best way to predict your future is to create it. ~Peter Drucker You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey. ~Tad Williams It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. ~Baltasar Gracian Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. ~Henry David Thoreau Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. ~Thomas Edison Aspire to a lower level of harm. ~Anonymous I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous. ~Bill Veeck You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966 It's all right letting yourself go as long as you can let yourself back. ~Mick Jagger When you lose, don't lose the lesson. ~Author Unknown There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire. ~John C. Collins Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. ~Frank Tyger Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly. ~Benjamin Franklin Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down. ~W. Migner When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. ~Albert Schweitzer Everyone should learn to do one thing supremely well because he likes it, and one thing supremely well because he detests it. ~Brigham Young Sometimes the only way you can take a really good look at yourself is through somebody else's eyes. ~From the television show Scrubs Sometimes the best way to hold onto something is to let it go. ~Author Unknown It isn't what you know that counts, it's what you think of in time. ~Author Unknown The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show. ~Author Unknown The key to happiness and youth is an unencumbered spirit - whether it comes naturally or whether you have to work hard for it. ~Emme Woodhull-Bäche Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls and to-tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Remedy it, or welcome it: a wise man's only two choices. ~The Quote Garden To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you're the easiest person to fool. ~Richard Feynman Don't let it be all in your head, nor all in your body. ~V.L. Allineare Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. ~Joaquin de Setanti God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Saying It is better to stir up a question without deciding it, than to decide it without stirring it up. ~Joseph Joubert Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise. ~Mary Kay Ash Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~Malcolm S. Forbes I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better. ~Glenda Jackson

Tuesdaytalk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
published: Tuesday | July 8, 2008

Men on the prowl

1. A flight attendant was overheard complaining about her experience in Jamaica. As the story goes, she was working on a flight to Kingston and by the time she got to her hotel, she received a call from a man who proceeded to proposition her. He regaled her with stories about himself, his wealth and his healthy assets and wanted a chance to give her a demonstration. Apparently, he was a passenger on the flight and saw her identification card and made note of her name. He also knew what hotel the crews use on their layover here. The young woman was warning her colleague to conceal her identity if ever she had to do duty on the Jamaican run. Are these men desperate or what?

A bundle of dollars

2. The big-city businessman scoffed at the thought of availing himself of the benefits of a tax amnesty. Now the word is that he has received one of the heftiest assessments ever made in Jamdown. From now on he is expected to have a better appreciation for the words 'amnesty' and 'assessment'. From all indications there are others who will be similarly targeted.

Yes, doctors can be wrong

3.People are asking how come so many medics were not able to pinpoint the problem in their high-profile patient. Apparently, after many consultations, it was an observant nurse who made the critical diagnosis. In the end, treatment had to be sought overseas. Many have long lost faith in the system and are ensuring that they have the means to dash abroad at the sign of any illness. It does not bode well for the future.

Cheating the dead

4. The two siblings were extremely close. Then suddenly one of them died. It is what the surviving sibling did that has friends and relations talking non-stop. The beloved brother went to his brother's widow and disclosed that his brother had borrowed a loan to buy the car and since he was now gone he would have to repossess the car to recover the outstanding amount. And to think it was the only car in the family. But the wife doubts that there was ever any loan because her husband told her about all his financial dealings. A cheat is how some are describing this upstanding citizen.

Changing of the guard

5. Welcome changes are pending in the area of cricket administration in Jamaica. There is a general feeling that new energy and new life are needed to generate more excitement and development of the sport. Interested parties are pressing a retired cricketer to take on the challenge since the other highly favoured candidate does not have the blessings of many. Experience teaches that not all skilled cricketers can be transformed into administrators. More anon.

Suspect in Florida's Triple Murder Nabbed in Kingston

handcuff2_EDIT.jpgThe suspect in the murder of Poison Dart sound system selectors, Chris Rock aka Michael Rattigan, Tony Montana aka Antonae Neely and their friend Kevin Webster, who goes by the name 'Indian', was nabbed in Kingston, Jamaica by a joint operation by the local police and their American counter parts.

It was an incident which shocked the music fraternity. According to reports coming from Tampa, Florida, the selectors and a group of men got in a heated argument over a sound clash, while they were playing at the Thunderbird Bar in Auburndale, Florida where they play every Friday. Chris Rock reportedly 'backed them off' and the men left.

The men returned the following week and opened fire on the three. Tony Mantana and Chris Rock died on the spot while Webster died at the neighbouring hospital.

Chris Rock, more senior of the two, was a well known selector who played on top sound systems such as Body Gaurd and Nite Tracks, both based in May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica.

He and Tony Montana were integral members of the Poison Dart sound system which is based in Tampa, Florida.

Indian is scheduled to b extradited to the United States to stand trial for the triple murders.

50 Cent has been all over the news portion of this and every other site for the past month because of his unstoppable quarrels with other emcees. His latest spat was with former close associate and friend Young Buck . Now, he's actually ready to place a lot more of his focus on his forthcoming album, Before I Self Destruct. This album has already garnered some buzz for a long time because it was actually supposed to be released before or around the same time as last year's Curtis. Now, with this in mind, he's making some bold predictions that may or may not surprise you.

So, when is this album finally supposed to come out? Although some reports indicated it may be out sooner than anticipated, 50 cleared it all up. "Fourth quarter," he told MTV of the release date for Before I Self Destruct.

The rapper noted that he's already got enough music in the vault to finish off the album, which has reportedly been done for quite some time. But, his creative juices were flowing in the process so he has decided to postpone completion and he is dead set on continuing work on the project until it's officially ready for its release.

"I got some music. But I'mma make music until I reach a closing date. I'mma stay creative and continue to try and progress," he said. "I want to focus on the positive, and I feel I'm one of the more vocal people in Hip Hop. Even when it's not about music, people pay attention to me, because I have something to offer. I'll continue to create quality music at a pace they haven't seen."

Don't expect to wait until the album's release if you intend to heard Fif on records. The General also noted that the G-Unit Gangsta Grillz with DJ Drama is already in motion and should hit the streets soon

Mines is pancakes, although i haven't eaten it in years.

Encyclopedia of Gangs
Greenwood Press | 2007-11-30 | ISBN: 0313334021 | 312 pages | PDF | 2,7 MB


This encyclopedia seeks to illuminate the world of gangs, including gang formations, routine gang activities, aberrations and current developments. One hundred essay entries related to gangs in the United States and worldwide provide a diffuse overview of the gang phenomenon. Each entry defines and explains the term, provides an historical overview, and explains its significance today. As the following entries demonstrate, gangs are part of the fabric of American society. They are not only in our communities but also our schools and other social institutions. Understanding the world of gangs is therefore needed to understand American society. Entries include: Bikers, *lo**s, Cholas, Crips, gang mythology, gang warfare, graffiti, Hell's Angels, Hong Kong Triads, Latin Kings, law enforcement, occultic gangs, mafia, media, prison gangs, rites, Skinheads, Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, tattoos, trafficking, Wanna-bes, West Side Story, Witness Protection programs, and youth gangs.

Merciless - Lost In The Music By Nomad OutAroad.com Writer merciless_jamaican_artiste_dancehall.jpgFor Merciless it is not about being lost in the music, it is about not being able to be found, literally. The last we heard of Merciless was that he was in lock up in the United States, and there was rumours circulating within the entertainment fraternity that he was in Miami running taxi. Whatever the situation is with The Gal Dem Gizadda one thing is for sure, he once gripped the attention of the dancehall arena. Merciless blast to the pinnacle of dancehall in 2000 at the annual Sting festival when he annihilated three of dancehalls biggest guns Ninja Man, Bounty Killer and Beenie Man. Dressed for war in army fatigue and with his face painted to match his striking attire, Merciless waited patiently as he sounded his war cry: Real war mi come, light!, b*mb*h*le dead tonight. Ninja and Merciless were head to head initially, however, Merciless used his witty rhymes and chatter to win over the crowd. His line It look like yuh lef yuh under pants inna Kid Ralph prison cell, got the better of Ninja Man who struggled to find a comeback. How Laing fi inna him right mind and clash mi wid Junkie (Ninja Man), sen out bl**dcl**t Bounty, Warhead said to thunderous roars from the crowd. The Killa was no match for Merciless who easily dismissed him. Beenie Man soon joined the fracas and was himself embarra**ed. After that famous clash, Merciless killed three goats, each representing the three-dancehall giants that he slewed. ReadMore-color.jpg Fast forward three years later and there is hardly any word of Merciless. In that famous 2000 Sting clash Ninja Man said Merciless career inna pothole and that is now close to reality. The exception being that Leonards career has actually fallen down a precipice. A product of Clarendon Leonard Bartley initially called himself Sugar Demus before changing his name to something more fitting to his lyrical persona - Merciless. He was well known for hits such as Mavis and Gal Dem Gizzada, and has several other hard-hitting songs such as Mama's Cooking, Click Boom, Bon Voyage, and Not Me a well-put together counteraction for Bounty Killa. After bursting into the limelight in 1995 with the big tune Lend Out Mi Mercy, Leonard made strides in the dancehall, but was often criticized for sounding too much like Bounty Killa. No one who follows dancehall clashes will forget Sting 2000, however the victor did not make use of the spotlight and soon fade like evening into night. Beenie Man still has a blossoming career, while Bounty Killer and Ninja Man still enjoy a bit of the spotlight. As for Leonard Bartley aka Merciless, aka Warhead, the same cannot be said. Merciless have not been seen on a stage in Jamaica for years and there are no records of him performing overseas. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Merciless please find out if he is still recording music.

I am a 37-year-old married woman, living with my husband and four kids. I want to keep this short so I cannot get into the details. All was going well until I decided to go online to meet new friends. I never got involved rather than making funny jokes, discussing the daily things happening around us etc. One day I sent an email inviting a man to chat.

After a couple of months, we met and immediately there were sparks. We have been in touch since then, meeting ever so often and making plans of getting married and stuff like that even though he is married and so am I. This is no joke. I cannot eat nor do anything without thinking about this man. He has become my life, so to speak, and I know he feels the same way about me too.

Residents of Wagganette Crescent in Kingston Gardens, central Kingston, say they are living in fear as thugs strategically occupy a gully which runs through their community to carry out their unlawful acts.

According to the residents, men from a neighbouring community hide in the gully at nights and prey on unsuspecting victims.

Though no one has been fatally injured, there have been reports of robbery and attempted rape, checks by THE STAR found. Residents spoke openly about their fears and said that they have to take extra precaution at nights.

Hide and a rob people

"When night time come, wi haffi careful cause di man dem a hide inna di bush and a rob people," one resident said before adding, "a wah day dem broke inna one garage and one house, and after dat, wi find some a di ting dem inna di gully."

The gully which runs behind the Ministry of Education, is often used as a short cut for men from Allman Town who wish to escape attention, residents also added.

It was noticed, however, that the gully was covered in bushes. as such, one has to be familiar with the territory to go through it.

Policemen attached to the Kingston Central police division say they have received reports and say they are monitoring the situation.

A man has auctioned his life, including his home, car and friends, for £200,000.

Ian Usher, a British man who emigrated to Australia six years ago, decided to put his entire life up for sale when his marriage broke up, because his belongings reminded him off his ex-wife.

The items were valued at £210,000 but Mr Usher insisted the money is not an important factor.

He said: "I am relatively pleased but I thought it would go a bit higher, if I'm honest.

"But I've no regrets. What's done is done and I'm looking forward to sorting this all out."

The auction included Mr Usher's three-bedroom home in Perth and everything inside it, including his Mazda car, motorbike, jet ski and parachuting gear.

He also sold an introduction to his friends and a trial run in his sales assistant job at a rug shop.

Soon after the auction started, hoax bids totalled almost £1 million for Mr Usher's life, so a registration system was introduced to weed out offers that were not serious.

He added: "It was open season for 18 hours or so and people got a bit over-excited. I was a bit disappointed by the fake bidding, but it didn't surprise me."

Mr Usher, who is originally from Darlington, plans to use the proceeds of the auction to go travelling.

NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Panhandle woman told deputies her 16-year-old daughter bit her when she tried to take the girl's cell phone away.

A deputy found the woman with two sets of teeth marks on the top of her hand, both with dried *lo**. The mother says she tried to take the girl's phone as punishment for breaking curfew. Deputies say the girl bit her mother to force her to release the phone.

The teen has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery and violation of probation.

DIPPY driver Kim Taylor shows hubby Bob how she parked their car in the neighbours swimming pool.

Shocked Kim swore shed put the handbrake on as she left the convertible Mazda on a hill.

But it STILL rolled down the road and ploughed through a fence before hitting the pool.

A tow-truck took several hours to haul it out in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, US.

see the photos lol

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1393186.ece

When Jurek Zamoyski was growing up in Communist Poland, reggae star Bob Marleys songs of freedom as a voice for the oppressed and poor resonated with the artist. His ideals were very heartwarming for us, said Zamoyski, 58, who immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives in Great Barrington. Bob Marley was always someone so important, a person who contributes so much to change this world and contributes goodwill. So it pains Zamoyski that hes now suing Marleys estate and the music and clothing companies run by his family for copyright infringement. In documents filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield this week, Zamoyski alleges that Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd., Bob Marley Music Inc. and Zion Rootswear are reproducing three of his copyrighted portraits of Marley on T-shirts and other items that are being sold worldwide without his permission. Its kind of an ethical question for me, starting this whole case with the lawyers, Zamoyski said. But on the other hand, I dont see any other way, because when I approached them, they refused to talk to me. The images in question - Rasta Dreads, Lion Zion and Kaya Man - were painted by Zamoyski from 1994 to 1996 using an airbrush and traditional brush on canvas and silk. In the mid-1990s, Zamoyski licensed the images to Jurek International Graphics, an Illinois company run by friends that struck agreements with the Marley companies to use them on shirts and other merchandise. In turn, Zamoyski received royalty payments. I made about 10 designs altogether, said Zamoyski, the first artist to do a non-photographic Penthouse cover in 1986 and whose Jerry Garcia portraits are used on Grateful Dead products. These three . . . kind of became Bob Marley classic designs. In 1999, though, Jurek International Graphics ceased operations. The company informed him that it had terminated the agreements with the Marley companies, and that no other products using his artwork would be distributed or produced, court documents state. But a few years later, while living in Arizona, Zamoyski met Apache tribe members who were wearing shirts with his designs. He then learned the products were still being marketed. Zamoyski, however, hasnt been compensated since 1999, court documents state. T-shirts, stickers, lighters and beach towels bearing Zamoyskis Marley images are currently featured in Zion Rootswears 2008 spring/summer catalog online. In some instances, his Jurek signature logo has been removed. Its sad, because it is against what Bob stood for, he said. He stood for justice. Paul Rapp, Zamoyskis attorney, said he attempted to resolve the issue with Bob Marley Music attorney Terri DiPaolo before filing the lawsuit. DiPaolo did not return calls for comment on Thursday. We had several conversations, and they went nowhere, Rapp said. We also discussed the possibility of having a continuing relationship between Jurek and the Marley estate, but they were not interested. They seem to think they have some defenses to this. Rapp is seeking reasonable royalty payments for past sales of the Marley items using Zamoyskis artwork and future sales if an equitable arrangement can be reached. For his part, Zamoyski, a full-time artist, hopes the matter is resolved kindly.

Jay-Z was quoted saying the following, "Well, after the tour, I'm going back home and we'll look at it and see if I can start a project this year. I would love to do it, to be honest with you. It would be a great thing to do when I come home from tour, but it's vibe. I can't say, on this date this is going to happen. If I get home and the vibe is right, it'll happen. If not, then top of next year."

Although Jay has been rumored to have already started recording (producer Swizz Beatz told MTV News a few weeks ago he gave Hov some incredible tracks), the Brooklyn King stressed that he hasn't officially gone in on an album. He does seem to have everything already mapped out however.

"I can't give you the concepts or themes, but I've got a very clear direction of where I want to go with this one, and we'll see how it works."

In The Words Of Mutta Baruka:
"Wen PumPum Ah Run f**k It, Cocky Nuh Fi Dry Rotten"
An
"How U Muss Abstain.....Ah Sum Man Luv Piss"

Well Dats Wat HE Thinks......Wat about U:::???

iz crime on the rise everywhere? Or iz it just in my house.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds, head of Operation Kingfish/ National Intelligence Bureau, says he has not yet seen the hit list of public figures that Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie has claimed exists. 

"I am not aware of the hit list or its existence," Hinds, whose unit is in charge of ensuring security for public officials, told The Gleaner yesterday. "I don't know if any police officer has seen that list, and as far as I am concerned, if the list exists, I am still waiting on the list."

On Sunday, McKenzie told a group of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters at a meeting in Bull Bay, St Andrew, that his name was on a list of public officials marked for death. 

Shown by police 

Reports reaching The Gleaner are that McKenzie said he was shown, by a police officer, the 11 names. However, no one in the police hierarchy has yet confirmed the existence of such a list.

Karl Angell, director of communications in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, yesterday reiterated that he, too, knew nothing about such a list.

"At the present time, we do not know anything about it," he said. When asked if the matter was discussed at the commissioner's strategic meeting, held every Monday morning, he declined to comment.

McKenzie had placed the threat on his life in the context of the aftermath of the shooting death of Jamaica Urban Transit Company chairman, Douglas Chambers, who was murdered two Fridays ago.

With regard to increased protection for public officials, in light of the claims by McKenzie, Hinds told The Gleaner each case of the protection of public officials was assessed individually. This assessment, he says, occurs periodically.

William Troy McCune, a New York rapper in the late 80s and early 90s, is suing the producers of Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life for $5 million.

In the suit, McCune alleges the producers included footage of him battling Brooklyn legend Notorious B.I.G. without his permission.

This segment of the Plaintiff (McCune) and Christopher Wallace is shown throughout the video and is a dominant feature in the extras portion, the complaint reads. The use of the photograph, image, and likeness of the Plaintiff, in the video by the Defendants, jointly and severally, and acting in active concert was unauthorized.

Defendants named in the suit include: director Peter Spirer, co-producer dream hampton, Rugged Entertainment, and Aslan Productions.

The documentary, released in August 2007, included interviews with Method Man, E-40, and Easy Mo Bee.

The feature gained exposure by being the first film to detail the confrontation between E-40 and Biggie over a quote misunderstanding. McCune could not be reached for comment

A shopkeeper who has been implicated in the car impound racket, was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $50,000 bail when he appeared in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court.

Fifty-year-old Garfield Grey was arrested and charged for allegedly brokering a deal between a robot taxi operator and masterminds of the illegal scheme.

The court was told that Grey, who is of a North Street, Kingston address, met the robot taxi-operator along Windward Road earlier this year, and told him that he could get cars released from the municipal impound for $10,000. The robot taxi-operator allegedly told Grey earlier that his car had been seized by the police, and that he was having difficulties getting it released.

It is alleged that both men then made arrangements to get the car released illegally. However, the taxi-operator, the court was told, then went to the police and made 
a report.

A sting operation was then set up, during which Grey was allegedly seen by undercover police officers accepting marked bills from the taxi operator. Hours later, the court was told, the car and its documents were brought to the location and handed over to the complainant. The police then swooped down on Grey and he was arrested.

But the police said their checks revealed that no authorisation was given for the car to be released. According to the investigative officer, the police is also conducting an investigation to determine if the documents authorising the release of the car were fraudulently produced as their checks showed no such authorisation.

The hearing was then rescheduled for July 31.

A Jamaican deportee who used three identities, was sentenced Friday to pay $120,000 in fines or spend six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to fraud charges in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.

Immigration officers discovered that the man - Gary Hylton - had two other identities while he awaited deportation from the United States earlier this year, after serving a four-year sentence on money laundering charges.

As the United States prison officials tried to determine Hylton's country of origin, checks with the local Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency revealed that he had additional passports in the names Patrick Bailey and Kevin Wright.

After he landed in the island, he was subsequently arrested and charged with two counts each of making a false declaration and obtaining a passport by means of fraud. He was also charged with conspiracy to defraud.

On Friday Hylton's attorney asked presiding magistrate Glen Brown to be lenient in sentencing his client who fathers two children and had not wasted the court's time by claiming innocence.

The attorney also asked the judge not to impose a custodial sentence, as Hylton had already spent a significant amount of time behind bars, and away from his wife and children who currently reside in the United States.

After withdrawing the conspiracy to defraud charge, RM Brown then sentenced Hylton to pay $20,000 - $30,000 on each of the false declaration and obtaining counts.

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Former People's National Party (PNP) vice-president and ex-member of parliament for Central Westmoreland Dr Karl Blythe says he is willing to return to representational politics if "certain" changes are made at the hierarchy of the organisation and after consultation with God.

"The hypocrisy must stop; we need to be fair to each other and treat others more kindly," Dr Blythe said yesterday. He said the attitude and behaviour of persons at the leadership level of the party leave much to be desired.

"You can't expect me to sit down around a table to hear people tearing down each other with lies," he said, but made it clear that he was not calling for a change in the leader of the party.

Dr Blythe, 62, a former minister of water and housing, who resigned for the P J Patterson Cabinet prior to the 2002 general elections, was speaking to the Observer yesterday, a day after his address at the party's Granville Divisional Conference in the constituency of West Central St James.
Since the defeat of the PNP's Francis Tulloch by the Jamaica Labour Party's Clive Mullings in last year's general elections and the subsequent resignation of Tulloch as caretaker for the area, there have been calls for Blythe to be the PNP's flag bearer in the constituency.

He told the conference on Sunday that while he would be overjoyed to represent the party in the constituency he would first have to consult the 'Father'.

"I and I believe in consultation with the Father, and the Father tells me to go and rest and take care of other matters now, so I can be stronger to help you in the future. And if the Father asks me to come to you, I will not hesitate to answer the trumpet if Him sey it's time for me to come to West Central," Blythe said, to loud applause from scores of party supporters.
"But whether or not I come to West Central, I want West Central and the Granville Division to know that I love you to the bottom of my heart. When the detractors pounced upon me to devour me you stood by me. When those wanted to smear my name to eat my flesh up you stood by me, and that is why I have a deep respect for West Central," he added.

Months before last September's general elections the former MP announced that he would not be available to contest the polls, after expressing his disappointment when he was not named in the Cabinet of then Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in April 2006. He was replaced by the then agriculture minister, Roger Clarke, who went on to retain the seat for the party.

Blythe had also resigned from the P J Patterson Cabinet prior to the 2002 general elections, following controversy surrounding the government housing project, Operation Pride.

Meanwhile, Blythe said Sunday that the PNP needed to be unified, but he warned that unity will not be achieved until there are "serious changes and inside soul-seeking things taking place" in the party.

"If we go to the polls and we are not unified we will lose again," the former PNP vice-president said.

A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted former British officer Simon Mann on Monday of being the key player in a failed 2004 coup plot in this Central African nation, and sentenced him to 34 years and four months in prison. Judge Carlos Mangue upbraided the 55-year-old Briton, saying he "had failed to show an attitude of regret" despite his apology before the court. To underline his point, the judge gave Mann a prison sentence four years longer than the prosecution had asked for. "Simon Mann is the principal person at the origin of the preparation, the organisation and the execution of this attempted coup," Mangue said. Participated in attempt During the trial last week, Mann acknowledged that he knowingly took part in the attempt to topple the government. His lawyer, however, argued that Mann was a secondary player and not the author of the botched 2004 coup attempt. Although most of its people are poor and its land area is small, Equatorial Guinea is Africa's number three oil producer. Instal opposition The prosecution charged that Mann and the other coup plotters intended to install exiled Oppo-sition Leader Severo Moto at the helm in exchange for a share of the nation's oil wealth. Strongman President Teodoro Obiang seized control of the nation in a 1979 coup and his government is considered to be among Africa's worst violators of human rights. There have been numerous coup attempts since he took power and his administration has become increasingly brutal in silencing internal unrest. Others convicted In addition to Mann, the court also convicted six others Monday. Lebanese businessman Mohamed Salaam, convicted of aiding in coup attempt, was sentenced to 18 years, while five Equatorial Guineans were each sentenced to a little over five years. Charges were dropped against a sixth Equatorial Guinean because of lack of evidence. Neither Mann nor the other defendants were allowed to speak in court. He stood in his sky-blue prison uniform when the verdict was read, eyes fixed straight ahead. Afterwards, he told Britain's Channel 4 News, "Maybe you can appeal, I don't know." Coping with prison Mann also said he had no idea about the possibility of a presi-dential pardon. Asked if he could cope with his long prison sentence, Mann was fatalistic. "If you've got to push (yourself), you've got to," he said. Mann was extradited to Equa-torial Guinea in January from Zimbabwe, where he was arrested in 2004 along with a planeload of about 70 other alleged coup plotters

Almost 60 per cent of Jamaicans believe that the country's biggest problem today is crime and violence, while significantly more people see corruption as a major ill affecting the island, the latest Observer/Don Anderson Poll 
has shown.

According to the data, gathered between June 25 and July 2, of the 1,000 people interviewed islandwide, a huge 57 per cent point to crime and violence as the main thing wrong with the country at this time.

"This is a view shared by all groups within the population and indeed by persons who voted for one or the other of the political parties," said Anderson, whose team from Market Research Services Ltd conducted the survey, which has a margin of error of plus or minus three per cent.

In most polls conducted in the island over the past eight years at least, crime and violence has topped the list of major concerns among Jamaicans.

And each year, with crime, especially murders, escalating, those concerns have grown into frantic calls for the Government to implement tough measures to address the problem.

Just last week, a grouping of the island's private sector bodies called on legislators to amend laws "to deal with the special nuances of our current wave of criminal activity". 
The group suggested that the Government:

. Implement mandatory imprisonment on conviction for any gun-related crime, including illegal possession of firearms, for a minimum of 15 years. Persons so accused should be denied bail and their cases fast-tracked through the court system.

. Introduce a three-strikes law for all repeat dangerous offenders. Anyone convicted three times of a serious crime - including robbery, wounding, rape, or unlawful possession of firearms - should be jailed for a minimum of 25 years without the possibility of parole.

. Implement video evidence to record witness testimonies and allow such to be used in evidence, supported by a video link for cross-examination purposes.

. Amend the Fingerprint Act in order that fingerprints, photographs and DNA samples (mouth swab) are taken from all persons arrested or charged with a criminal offence.

. Formulate, share and achieve buy-in of a comprehensive and structured plan to fight crime, incorporating short, medium and long-term solutions and use the 2006 "Road Map to a Safe and Secure Jamaica", a study done by a team led by current Security Minister Colonel Trevor MacMillan, on how to deal with the crime problem, as the main reference point.

The call by the private sector grouping came after statistics released by the police showed that 199 murders were reported in May alone, an increase of 95 per cent over the same month last year. It also followed on news that more than 700 murders were committed in the first five months of this year.

Anderson, in his analysis of the poll findings, said that there was "an increasing feeling amongst all demographic groups within the population that Jamaica is not safe".

In addition to crime and violence, the pollsters also found that 21 per cent of respondents were clear that there was too much corruption in the country. This compares to 5.4 per cent of those who held the same view last year June when Anderson conducted a poll for the Observer.

Anderson said that it is a factor that consistently emerges when the question 'What is the main thing wrong with Jamaica today'? is asked.

Other factors raised by respondents to the question were the attendant state of the economy, and the high prices of food and other basic items.

But amidst the gloom of crime, violence, corruption and high food prices, the pollsters found that sports and music were regarded as major positives for the country.

Said Anderson: "There is a view that has been held for sometime, without being scientifically substantiated, that the value of the contribution of sports to the positive image of Jamaica is not widely appreciated or indeed generally understood.

"The poll shows that the performance of our sporting personalities and our teams is seen as the single most positive thing that people living here associate with their country."

According to the poll, 31 per cent of respondents said that our sporting persons are the single most positive thing that they can think of that they would associate with Jamaica and say that this is good about the country.

"Our notoriety for our music, pioneered by the late and legendary Bob Marley, is seen as the second strong positive that they associate with the country," said Anderson. "Twenty per cent overall feel that this is what is good about the country."

Anderson said that while a number of other factors were mentioned, such as our rivers, the general beauty of the island and the education system, "these two beacons - our sporting persons and our music stand out as strong and positive pegs on which brand Jamaica can be effectively marketed to the world".

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville police say a man shot his 11-year-old son and the boy's mother in a hospital parking garage before killing himself.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Chief Rick Graham said Thursday the woman was in critical condition, and the boy was in fair condition.

Graham said the shooting occurred about 5:30 p.m. as the three were walking toward the parking garage outside Baptist Medical Center. Nurses came outside after the shooting and began treating them. No one else was wounded.

Authorities said the couple had taken their son to Baptist on Wednesday night. The names of the man and the two victims have not been released. The cause of the shooting and whether the couple was married were unclear.

A hospital spokeswoman deferred comment to police.

NKOMA's big visions

Fidel Lawrence has always been entranced by the works of noted Jamaican music producers, from the legendary Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd of Studio One to Bobby Digital and John John of the contemporary era. He has also drawn inspiration from the inimitable Sly & Robbie, King Jammy's and Steelie & Clevie.

Fidel Lawrence, aka NKOMA

Lawrence, who hails from one of Kingston's toughest inner-city communities, nurtured his love for the music business. His father, Dorell, once performed with a rocksteady group called The Octaves, but has since retired from the performing industry, spending his time as a sound system operator, music consultant and voracious music collector.

Though now temporarily located in Florida, NKOMA remains strongly rooted in the Jamaican music culture.

The 26-year-old expatriate Jamaican has, in fact, resolved to chart his own course to musical renown. His stage name, NKOMA (New Kind Of Music Around), has also been stamped on his music enterprise, encompassing record production and distribution as well as artiste management, with bases in Kingston and Florida.

Already, his First Priority rhythm track is reportedly creating a storm and the versatile artiste is represented via the tracks, Got That and Garrison.

"NKOMA Music will go a far way towards opening doors for many artistes in Jamaica and elsewhere, taking them to heights they have never been before," Lawrence says. He adds that his special feel for good music and creative energy, coupled with strict business principles, will steer him to success. "I see us going international and signing big acts. We are here to make the sacrifice by working hard," he says.

Lawrence's first record was the 2000 NKOMA production entitled Rumours Of War, which had on the flip side, Mr Gunnerman Son, by NKOMA Music artiste, Kekeh Flint.
On the performing side, he has shared the stage, at various times, with the likes of Capleton, Powerman, Ricky General and the Scare Dem Crew.

The element which he says sets him apart from other producers, is that he seeks to seamlessly merge old and new sounds to create something fresh. "I am a keen fan of the old rhythms and old sounds and that helps me to be more creative," he says.

His remix rhythm, War (based on the Bob Marley classic), has attracted the likes of Paul Elliott, Determine, Jah Mason, Anthony B, Norris Man, Chrisinti and others.

 

Hike not taking toll' - Managers claim no fallout from increase in highway rates

published:
Tuesday | July 8, 2008

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy this morning became the 19th teen to meet a violent end in the capital this year - nearly three weeks after being stabbed. David Idowu, of Southwark, died at Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, the Metropolitan Police said. The teenager was stabbed in Great Dover Street, SE1, on June 17 after a row with a gang of youths in a nearby street. Detective Inspector Bernie Galopin, of Southwark CID, said officers from the Mets Homicide and Serious Crime Command will now handle the murder inquiry. He said: Nearly three weeks after the attack on David, he has lost his life, and this will now be a murder investigation. In light of Davids death, our immediate thoughts are with his family and friends and getting justice for them. I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to anyone who has information or who witnessed the attack but have yet to contact the police to come forward. David is believed to have suffered two wounds, one to his stomach and the other to his chest. He had earlier been involved in an altercation with youths in nearby Tabard Street. Officers examined CCTV footage from halls of residence as part of their investigation into the incident.

A BOY of ten pulled a FLICK-KNIFE on a nine-year-old girl for refusing to hand over her games console, it was reported last night. The victim was allegedly accosted while walking to her grans home in East London. The boy, now 11, faced a youth court charged with attempted robbery and possession of an offensive weapon. Sign our petition to stamp out knife crime: But the hearing was postponed as his victim was too scared to give evidence, it was said. Her mum, 36, said: She was left shaking. A senior minister yesterday warned that carrying a knife was so ingrained in some youngsters that it was in the collective DNA. Policing Minister Tony McNulty urged judges and magistrates to use their powers to impose tougher sentences on people carrying blades.

The multimillion-dollar extortion racket at the May Pen bus park is having a crippling effect on transport operators in Clarendon. 

Several bus and taxi operators who operate out of the two major bus parks in the parish capital, May Pen, fork out large sums of money to extortionists who continue to target the transportation hubs.

The Gleaner has learnt that bus operators who operate from May Pen to Kingston pay up to $500 per trip to extortionists, while cabbies and minibus operators who ply the routes within the parish pay up to $100 per trip.

"It is a serious problem, which is affecting most, if not all, of us at this time. We are afraid to report it to the police because if these persons find out, then we would die," one taxi operator told The Gleaner.

He added that even when business was down, they still had to pay thugs. 

Denial 

Clarendon top cop Superinten-dent Dayton Henry conceded that extortion was a real problem and said the police would have to engage in covert operations to bust the network. However, Henry said the reluctance of business persons to rat out the perpetrators was hampering investigations.

"None of these operators has ever reported a single case of extortion to the police and one of the problems we are having is that whenever the police ask them if they are paying extortionists, a straight 'no' is their answer," he said.

Henry further stated the police were expecting to make significant breakthroughs as soon as they had gathered sufficient evidence.

President of the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce, Aldo Brown, believes the claims of extortion among the business community are overblown.

"It is difficult to comment on the situation of extortion in the parish when it comes to the business community," Brown told The Gleaner. "However, we do not see any major signs of extortion plaguing us at this time."

The chamber president said extortion was a scourge in the past, but that strong partnership between business persons and the police had curtailed the practice.

"I still hear of concerns of extortion rackets in the two major bus parks in May Pen," said Brown. "However, no one is coming forward with information, so we can only speculate on the issue."

The rumour mills have been spinning out of control over the past couple of days, the first was about a situation in Antigua involving a famous Jamaican dancer that unknowingly had unprotected sex with a well known female aids carrier in the twin islands and after being informed by the an event promoter the female perpetrator was given a proper round of scolding by the enraged dancer. Then there was the case of Bounty Killer and national footballer Ian Pepe Goodison at Weddy Weddy, where it was alleged that the Warlord was boxed after some disagreement over a female. That however was the farthest thing from the truth as checks by 876radio.com revealed that both individuals were indeed present at the said event, but it was some members of both entourages that got into an heated exchange and someone from the Warlord's camp was allegedly roughed up, this was confirmed by other patrons at the venue who said "Nobody neva box Bounty, people must stop tell lie and spread rumour". Now tongues are wagging about a reunion between Beenie Man and his estranged wife D'Angel saying the two are back together for the sake of their son Marco Dean. Efforts by 876radio.com to contact Beenie Man and his publicist Ray Alexander for a comment proved futile, but when we spoke to D'Angel she just laughed and said "re...who, I have no comments, right now a mi career and preparing for Sumfest ah deh so mi ting deh". We aren't sure what to make of the "No Comments" statement but base on her tone it appears the rekindling of a relationship with the Dancehall Doctor remains a taboo subject for the former first lady of Dancehall. However for the sake of their son we hope they can at least be civil towards each other if such is not the case already. Word on the street is that Bounty, Beenie and D'Angel are all expected to make cameos this weekend at the highly anticipated super all inclusive event dubbed 'Dimensions' set for this Friday at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston.

 
Minister of National Security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, has said the Government is currently drafting legislation to make police collection of DNA material from suspects in crime investigations a formality.

MacMillan's comment was in response to five recommendations to collar crime set out by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) in a release to the media last Thursday. The recommendations arose from an emergency meeting of the PSOJ last Tuesday.

"The Cabinet has looked at the whole question of the DNA law and I expect it to come on stream shortly," the security minister said Friday. "It's going to be a law similar to the Fingerprint Act, where if you commit a crime, then you will have to give DNA."

Increased power

The Fingerprint Act provides the police with increased powers to fingerprint and photograph suspects in specific criminal matters without a court order.

The PSOJ recommended that the Government amend the Fingerprint Act in order that fingerprints, photographs and DNA samples (mouth swabs) be taken from all persons arrested or charged with a criminal offence.

The PSOJ also recommended mandatory imprisonment on conviction for any gun-related crime, including illegal possession of firearm, for a minimum of 15 years.

That, according to MacMillan, could not work as the Court of Appeal and the UK-based Privy Council had already ruled against the concept of mandatory sen-tences, instead leaving it to the judges to decide.

MacMillan welcomed the implementation of a three-strikes law for all repeat dangerous offenders and the implementation of video evidence to record witness testimonies. He, however, did not commit to a timeline for enactment of the three-strikes law.

The use of video link has been mooted by the Government and Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne told a Gleaner-sponsored forum on justice reform recently that the bill had already been drafted and would be tabled soon.