CANCUN, Mexico Caribbean diplomats here say the region faces the end of history if rich countries do not raise their ambition to hold temperatures well below two degrees Celsius.

The envoys from the 43 Caribbean, African and Pacific nations, grouped as the United Nations Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), said, at the United Nations climate change talks here, they face the end of history unless action is taken to stop sea levels rise.

For us, anything not below 1.5C is a red line, said Dessima Williams, vice-chair of AOSIS, who is also Grenadas UN Ambassador.

It costs US$4,500 a metre just to protect airports, so we would need hundreds of billions of dollars, she added.

A new UN report says that every country in the Caribbean faces huge economic losses caused by rising sea levels over the coming decades.

It says the region will lose hospitals, airports, power plants, multi-million dollar tourism resorts, roads, bridges and farmland.

According to the report by researchers at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment, the damages in the English-speaking Caricom countries could amount to as much as US$6 billio annually.

With infrastructure costs, damage could run into tens of billions in many countries, the report says.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Worry-over-climate-effects-on-the-Caribbean#ixzz173rOpGQR

-- Edited by {*~*Ch@m$*ZoNe*~*} on Friday 3rd of December 2010 07:46:48 AM

'NOT YET, BOUNTY' - Court delays deejay's attempt to get back passport
Rodney 'Bounty Killer' Pryce   An obviously disappointed Rodney 'Bounty Killer' Pryce left the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, after an application for his passport to be returned was rescheduled. Pryce's attorney Christopher Townsend made the application for the passport which was taken from the artiste by the police as a condition for his $500,000 bail in an assault case. However, Resident Magistrate Lorna Shelly Williams rescheduled the matter to be mentioned tomorrow, giving herself enough time to peruse the application for variation of the artiste's bail condition. The assault case was postponed last month as the complainant, Racquel Smith, did not show up. The trial will begin on January 11. Pryce was arrested in September after Smith reported that the artiste used a hammer to beat her in her knees and head. She also told the police that he used an electric insect swatter that resembles a tennis racket to beat her. On an earlier court date in October, Smith, 19, had communicated through her attorney, Terrence Ballentine, that she wanted the matter to go to mediation, however, RM Lorna Shelly Williams had denied the request.

A policeman was held yesterday during a drug bust coordinated between law-enforcement personnel in Jamaica and Canada.

The policeman was held with another man in Jamaica, while several other people were arrested in Canada, a release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force said last night. The name and rank of the policeman is being withheld.

The JCF said the arrests follow a nine month coordinated international operation between investigators from the Anti-Corruption Branch, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Toronto Airport Drug Enforcement Unit, the Peel Regional Police, the Toronto Police Service and Canada Border Services Agency.

Those detained overseas were held in the Greater Toronto area.

All are being held in connection with an international narcotics trafficking network-involving shipments from the Sangster International Airport, the release said.

-- Edited by KrYsIs (Radio Mod) on Friday 3rd of December 2010 07:26:10 AM

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A number of patrons have been expressing a desire to see the eccentric L.A. Lewis in some performance in Montego Bay. This is now a reality as Rommon Entertainment Enterprise has expressed joy in announcing that they have signed the controversial comedic deejay for their December 19, 2010 staging of the annual Western Comedy Fest at Pier One.

L.A. Lewis will join the red hot stand-up comedy duo, Apache Chief & Sarge as the early signees for Western Comedy Fest.

I have some new words to buss in Montego Bay, said Lewis in an interview with Mirror Entertainment. One of them is Bruce Goldinus.  Earlier this year he coined a new term usainable after Usain Bolt. He said this word was made for people who were moving too fast in other peoples business.

Of course, everybody knows his most popular term sobolious. Lewis who is always decked out fully in white, describes himself as the seven-star general and always shouts seven whenever he makes an appearance.

Previously, some promoters had expressed a desire of having him on a show in Montego Bay but were apprehensive.  When questioned about this L.A. Lewis said it was all good as he was not prepared to disappoint his fans in the tourist capital.

L.A. Lewis has also done some recordings. He did one named Hes Going Down last year taking aim at Goofy and Rush Mi made for Beenie Man. Both entertainers were defendants against him in assault cases this year and last year respectively.

The Palmyra Resort & Spa announced on Friday, November 19, that it is open to hotel guests as of December 15, 2010. Out of the resorts 299 luxury apartments, sky penthouses and villas, 200 residences are available for occupancy this Christmas. Due to high demand of apartments and penthouses by owners, only a select number of units are available for rental over Christmas and New Year. We expect to have a full house, says General Manager Lester Scott.

As of Christmas, the resorts main restaurant located in The Palmyra Clubhouse will be open throughout the day to serve guests breakfast, lunch and dinner. The social hub of the resort, the Clubhouse is also home to the resorts main bar with inside and outside lounge areas and portico, offering beautiful views of The Palmyras main swimming pool, pool bar, white sand beach and gazebo. Light lunches and drinks will be served poolside for those wishing to relax around the pool to the blue colours of the Caribbean Sea.

With beautiful balconies and ocean views, The Palmyra is one of the only resorts in Jamaica to offer FLOW digital TV in all residences. Enjoyed by residents and guests, The Palmyras white sand beach has gained a new devotee in Pelican Peter who often comes to fish in the beautiful lagoon. For the ultimate in relaxation, spa treatment rooms are available for nourishing body massages and spa treatments. We are extremely pleased to see such a high demand for rentals at The Palmyra ahead of the winter season, concludes General Manager Lester Scott.

The Palmyra Clubhouse was a centre of activity on November 6, 2010, when the Palmyra Foundation organized a fundraiser benefiting book purchases for Jamaican children. The event, which included entertainment by Jamaican comedian Tony Paleface Hendricks, London, LA based recording artiste Cassidy and island musician, Dwight Richards, with band, was attended by 150 guests who offered much praise for the food, music and entertainment.

-- Edited by *Glama* (Mzja Dj) on Friday 3rd of December 2010 03:45:38 AM

Kartel ah go Guyana pon Xmas Day and him and the Portmore Empire may not return in timefor Sting, wah Laing really ah go do now

A Florida man fell for a Jamaican scam that had him losing more than US$60,000, NBC-2 news reported today.

The man, 76, said he was told that he had won a sweepstakes and had to wire money to Jamaica.

Instead of getting money, he lost over $60,000 sending money to Jamaica.

Last year police in the US, Britain and Canada joined with Jamaican law enforcement to form a joint task force to combat the lottery scam, which reportedly rakes in US$30 million annually.

The Joint Operations Linked to Telemarketing was formed after persons in the state of Minnesota received threats of death, arson and the rape of their grandchildren if they did not fork out money.

Local police report that more than 100 persons have been killed by the lotto 'scammers' and say the scam is linked to the mayhem that has besieged the tourist resort of Montego Bay in St James.

Ten cops stationed at the Mount Salem police station in the parish were recommended retired in the public interest for their alleged roles in the illegal lotto scheme by former police commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Jamaicans-scam-American-out-of--US-60-000#ixzz16mFhkiYn

A new ad campaign is out and it stars Alicia Keys (and other celebs). In the ad, Alicia pretends to be DEAD, and poses in a casket.

 

 

Starting today customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) will start paying General Consumption Tax (GCT) on reconnection Fees.

The reconnection fee of $1500, which is applied to accounts disconnected for non-payment, will now attract GCT of 10%. This means that customers who are disconnected will now need to pay $1650 for reconnection, in addition to the outstanding bill amount.

This new measure forms part of a list of items associated with the service provided by JPS, on which the Government has now imposed GCT.

Other items which will now attract GCT include charges for returned cheques, service installation for temporary supply, cable pole attachment fees, damaged meters and additional service wiring.

"Rihanna" She claims that her dark skin color faded away because she spends so much time traveling in cold countries. WAIT WAT ABOUT THOSE black people WHO WERE BORN IN EXTREME POLAR REGIONs, are live there? how MERLENE OTTY NUH WHITE ALL NOW... hahaahah ENTRAPMENT OF SUPER CONFINEMENT... ACTING ON LONELINESS.... LOSTING UNNO **** WAY ENUH BLK PPL!! MJ,Kartel,Rhianna and dem other INFERIOR PPL.....

When she was younger and not under conservatorship, Britney Spears married then-boyfriend Jason Alexander and then divorced him days later. Hes now telling Star magazine Britneys current beau Jason Trawick is beating her up. 
Talk of an abusive relationship between the pop star and her former manager, now lover has made headlines in the tabloid media before but, until now, word had it she was the one with a bad temper.

Alexander is now singing a different tune, telling Star how Britney herself told him that Jason had hit her and that he would often beat her up because their relationship had turned violent.

Britney is in an abusive relationship. She told me her life had turned into a nightmare, Alexander says for the December 13 issue of Star, out on newsstands today. 
And theres more: apparently, at one point in 2010, Britney was also pregnant with Jasons child but she miscarried. The beatings only got worse after that.

Childhood friends Britney and Alexander stayed in touch after their 55-hour marriage was annulled in 2004. But their casual texts, phone calls and emails took a dark turn when she recently confided that Trawick hit her so hard it gave her a black eye, Alexander says, Star writes.

Asked about his motivation for going to the press with such a shocking story, the pop stars first husband says hes really concerned about her.

He believes Britney is telling me these secrets as a way of getting out of this, which would mean shes trying to tell him she wants all these details (assuming theyre true) out in the open.

Star even claims to have photographic evidence of the beatings Britney sustained at the hands of Jason, together with the text messages she sent Jason telling him about her misfortune.

More details on the secret pregnancy and the miscarriage are also reportedly included in the Star story

Erykah Badu is pregnant with her third child by a Dallas, TX Police Officer who has been identified only as Officer Brown.

Here's the interesting part. The two met when Officer Brown arrested Erykah back in March when she shot her "Window Seat" video in Dealey Plaza that landed her in jail.

The two reportedly started dating a month later and now . . . BINGO BANGO . . . Erykah's preggers.

Congrats . . . ????

- Vybz Kartel

Women dance at a wedding ceremony near Stone Town, Zanzibar. (Iva Skoch/GlobalPost) STONE TOWN, Zanzibar The ladies dancing in the streets at a wedding celebration here havent had a drop of alcohol, but they look remarkably tipsy as they flirtingly parade their assets in front of a row of neighborhood men. The women are wrapped head-to-toe in kanga, the colorful African fabric Muslim women here use to cover their hair and legs. But that hardly stops them from shaking their hips like Beyonce. Whats the trick? Nutmeg, explains Mohamed Mwinyi, neighbor of the bride, who works as a tourist guide in town. In the morning of a wedding or other important day women put nutmeg in their porridge. It makes them loose. While alcohol is prohibited in Islam, Mwinyi said, nutmeg is not. Quite the contrary. Nutmeg happens to grow abundantly on this heavily Arab-influenced island off the east coast of Africa. Even though nutmeg is native to Indonesia, today it is together with cloves, pepper and cinnamon one of Zanzibars chief exports. Economics aside, the aphrodisiac and narcotic properties of nutmeg are presented as universal fact in Zanzibar, where 95 percent of people are Muslim. Some refer to it as the magic spice, or cheap high, while others call it Viagra for women. Even packages of ground nutmeg, sold in Darajani, the main market in Stone Town, spell out nutmegs benefits in clumsy in English right on the label: Nutmeg powder: This is better for drinks, cooking and for woman that given up strong desire for making or to fulfill their men. All that for less than a dollar a pop. Juma Mohammed, a spice trader working in the Darajani market, said the spice business is booming. In 2000, there used to be only two tables selling spices, he said. Now there are more than 25." The price of nutmeg fluctuates around four dollars per pound. He sells two to four pounds daily, to tourists as well as locals. Mohammed confirms that nutmeg works reliably on the ladies because it increases their sexual desire and makes their eyes soft, which, according to him, is a bit like being drunk. That, in turn, helps with being loose. There is one catch, he points out: it has a very strong taste, and it's hard to consume enough of it to get the desired result. You can put it in powder form and then bake with it, make tea or porridge, he said. Porridge is the best option because you can use the most nutmeg and still have a good taste. Nutmeg only works as a sex-enhancer for women, Mohammed said. It isnt recommended for men because it is too strong and, apparently, men do not need as much help stimulating their sexual desire. For men, it is enough to drink vanilla coffee, ginger coffee, plain coffee or plain ginger tea which wakes them up, allowing them to play good football and also have sex," he said. Yet, an experimental study by researchers at the Aligarh Muslim University in India found that nutmeg significantly increased sexual activity of male rats, increasing their mounting frequency, intromission frequency, intromission latency, as well as mounting frequency with penile anaesthetization as well as erections, quick flips, long flips and the aggregate of penile reflexes with penile stimulation. The study concluded that the 50 percent ethanolic extract of nutmeg possesses aphrodisiac activity, increasing both libido and potency, which might be attributed to its penchant for stimulating the nervous system. Ray Sahelian, a Los Angeles-based physician and best-selling author of the book Natural Sex Enhancers, confirms that while he has not done extensive studies with nutmeg as an aphrodisiac, just about all enhancing herbs and spices work both in women and men. He doubts, however, that the effects would be noticeable the same day. They might take a day or two to be noticed when used in high dosages, he said. Which is, perhaps, why the spice traders in Zanzibar suggest ladies shouldnt take any chances and add nutmeg in their porridge every morning. What is the recommended dosage, you ask? That depends on how much porridge you make, said Ali Baljani, another spice trader in Stone Town. For most women, two nuts is more than they can handle.

Dear Pastor,

I think when a guy knows how many men a girl has been with, he gets a better picture of the type of person she is. It tells him how valuable she is. I know most women will not answer such a question honestly.

 

L.,

 

Dear L.,

I will ask you two simple questions. Who gives you the right to question a woman about her past life? I will ask you another. How dare you embar**** a woman by asking her how many men she has gone to bed with? Let it be known to you that gentlemen don't ask women to tell them the number of men with whom they have had sex. Only men without class will stoop so low.

It is time for men to begin to accept women as they are and not feel that as they have the right to know everything about them. You are immature and it is because you are immature why you ask such a question. If a woman should tell a man how many men she has gone to bed with, he may not be able to sleep for a long time.

I have said before, and I will repeat, that there are certain things that people have done that should never be divulged to anyone. Jesus said that when a person is forgiven, his sins are cast in the depth of the sea and they are not remembered anymore.

Be a man. Be a real man and stop questioning women about their past life.

Former Haitian Presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean has lashed out against the elections in Haiti today (November 28th) in what candidates labeled a sham election. 

According to reports, 12 of the 19 candidates running for President of Haiti have called for the election to be suspended because scores of people were not allowed to vote, massive fraud and/or voter intimidation. 

"This is not democracy this is Dictatorship under the Facade of Democracy!" Wyclef Jean tweeted. "But the Haitian people will not be intimidated we want to vote!"

Earlier this evening, the candidates issued a joint statement condemning the government and Haiti's electoral board, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). 

"It is clear that [current president Rene] Preval and the CEP were not prepared for " said candidate Anne Marie Josette Bijou as the crowd chanted "arrest Preval!"

Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly

I am in my late teens. I am attending university where I am pursuing a degree. I have been receiving many awards and scholarships since high school days. I am also a dedicated Christian.

Despite all this, I sometimes feel as though I will never find a young man who is compatible with me. I am trying my utmost to be patient and to continue to love the Lord. Although I am deemed a role model in my society, at times I feel slightly depressed over not having a date or the company of a desirable young man. Many persons want to date me. They may have sound education and looks, but I am not willing to take them if they are not dedicated to Christ.

I admire you very much as you motivate me at times while studying.

 

S.,

 

Dear S.,

I suggest you wait on the Lord. In His own time, He will provide for you a good man who is also a dedicated Christian. You have set high standards for yourself. The Lord will not disappoint you.

If you would like to go out from time to time, ask other Christian young people to go with you. Many Christian young people go to the movies and plays in groups.

May I add, most people, from time to time, feel a little depressed. People experience high days and low days, and that is a part of life. It does not mean God has forgotten you. Keep sweet and

A man who became aroused during a TSA pat-down was arrested after he ejaculated on an agent, according to a bizarre, unverified report.

From Dead Serious News:

A 47 year old gay man was arrested at San Francisco International Airport after ejaculating while being patted down by a male TSA agent. Percy Cummings, an interior designer from San Francisco, is being held without bail after the alleged incident, charged with sexually assaulting a Federal agent.

According to Cummings partner, Sergio Armani, Cummings has multiple piercings on his manhood which were detected during a full body scan. As a result, Cummings was pulled aside for a pat-down. Armani stated that the unidentified TSA agent spent an inordinate amount of time groping Cummings, who had apparently become sexually aroused. Cummings, who has a history of sexual dysfunction, ejaculated while the TSA agents hand was feeling the piercings. The TSA agent, according to several witnesses, promptly called for back up. Cummings was thrown to the ground and handcuffed.


A TSA spokesperson declined to comment on this specifc [sic] case, but said that anyone ejaculating during a pat-down would be subject to arrest.

Although the claims in the report have not been verified, the story has become a trending Internet topic.






Maybe from now dem should add sexual orientation to all ids to avoid this crap that his name is cummings

Defending champions Jamaica, who had threatened strike action against their federation the previous night, took their battle to the field and eased into the semi-final of the Digicel Caribbean Cup, with a 2-0 win over Guadeloupe, in the second match of a double-header at the Riviere Pilote Stadium last night.

Shaun Francis (53rd minute) and Ryan Johnson (90+) scored the goals for the embattled Jamaicans, giving the Reggae Boyz their second victory in as many starts and a clear lead of Group I on six points.

Only the night before, the Jamaicans seemed uncertain to participate as they served the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) an ultimatum to pay each team member US$1200 per diem for the championship and 80 per cent of the purse earned for placing among the money.

Their president, Captain Horace Burrell, used money from his own coffers to satisfy their request and looked contended as he watched his players secure an important win to cruise into the next round.

Guadeloupe remained on one point, the same as Guyana with whom they had drawn their opening match 1-1. Antigua and Barbuda are second in the group, moving to three points after beating the Guyanese in last night's opening match.

All the other Group I teams are in with a chance of advancing to the semi-finals, with Jamaica facing Guyana and Guadeloupe tackling Antigua and Barbuda in tomorrow night's closing fixtures.

Two Jamaican players will miss that game after picking up a second yellow card, captain Shavar Thomas and midfielder Rodolph Austin.

Only two teams from the group will advance to the semi-finals, where they will face the top two from Group H, which has already-qualified Cuba, Grenada, hosts Martinique and Trinidad and Tobago, who have already been eliminated.

The top four teams will advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, that will be staged in the United States next year.

Jamaica were the dominantteam in the first half and created a number of quality scoring chances.

It set the tone for the Reggae Boyz's play as they pressed hard at the Guadeloupe team and took control of the game by doing several things well.

With Rodolph Austin marshalling the middle and Richards, especially, wreaking havoc on the right flank while the forwards Luton Shelton and Omar Cummings moved well off the ball, they were able to move the ball smoothly and maintain a high rate of possession, to clearly establish themselves as the better team.

On a number of occasions, after switching play with the ball on the ground, they hit the Guadeloupe defence with long balls over the top.

With Guadeloupe paying close attention to Shelton with quick double and triple-team plays, and Cummings not featuring a lot, Richards emerged the most dangerous attacker and almost scored again when he took a long pass and beat the goalie smartly with a neat flick over his head, but his finish from the flank side of the penalty box was headed away from the goalmouth by a Guadeloupe defender.

Prior to that, Shelton just missed scoring one of two very easy opportunities. As they combined passes to advance into a dangerous area Daley, who had an uncharacteristically bad passing game in the first half, curled a perfect cross from the flank to Shelton. The striker, unmarked at the six-yard box, turned and headed his finish just wide of the target.

Towards the end of the half, Jamaica, who had been winning possession fairly easily by quickly closing Guadeloupe down and taking away the ball, loosened the shackles towards the end of the half and gave their opponents two good looks at goal, which were wasted.

Francis made them pay with a goal at the other end right away, at the 53rd minute.

Ryan Johnson, cooly steered the ball from the top of the box between two defenders to kill off the contest with an injury time goal.

WISYNCO Group has signed a deal with the Coca-Cola Company to become the international beverage manufacturers exclusive franchise holder in Jamaica.

The agreement means that Wisynco will now be the exclusive bottler and distributor of Coca Colas wide range of products in Jamaica, cementing a relationship that began four years ago when the St Catherine-based firm started distributing Coke products on a non-exclusive basis on the island.

Weve been working with Wisynco since 2006 and, during the last four years, we got to know each other as people and as companies, and we certainly found out that it was the right partnership for both of us, said Roberto Mercade, Coca-Cola general manager, Venezuela and the Caribbean, at a press conference held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on Monday.

So, we are now officially welcoming Wisynco as part of a very select group of bottling partners... we are very happy, not only for the business opportunity that we both are going to generate but also what we can do for the communities in Jamaica, added Mercade.

The Coca-Cola brand, although much bigger than its main rival Pepsi in the US market, has always had to settle for the number two slot in Jamaica, where Pepsi, that was produced by Desnoes and Geddes, is the dominant brand. Coca-Cola, regarded as the worlds most recognisable soft drink brand, was distributed in Jamaica by Facey Commodity up until 2004, when that local company gave up the distributorship.

In 2006, when Wisynco began to distribute Coca-Cola, Wisynco managing director William Mahfood told the Business Observer that the firms mandate was to increase Cokes stake in the domestic cola market from around 20 per cent to 50 per cent in two years time. Mercade declined to reveal Coca-Colas share of the local market currently, but said that it had made great strategic inroads in Jamaica since Wisynco took control.

Jamaica has been one of the few challenges in the world for us as far as national market share is concerned, but the opportunity has always been there, noted Mercade.

So this time around, we took the time to really get to know our partner and the result has been substantial; our volumes have grown double digits over the last few years... If you go to the Montego Bay area for example and look at the hospitality channel, weve made some tremendous strides there and the quick-service restaurant channels as well, he said.

Mahfood echoed Mercades assessment and added that Wisynco was now investing in infrastructure to support deep penetration of Coca-Cola into the national market.

In the last three, four years, when you look at how many hotels have opened in Jamaica every single hotel is s erving Coca-Cola products exclusively... If you look at the restaurants, weve grown that customer base significantly... All the cinemas in Jamaica today have Coca-Cola customers... We have made significant inroads in schools, said Mahfood, adding: Its a foundation and we are putting in the infrastructure at Wisynco to do more.

Additionally, Coca-Cola announced that it will be the official sponsors of the Concacaf Under-17 football championship, which will be held in Jamaica next year.

Coca-Cola remains committed to Jamaica and its people and will continue to make a positive impact in families that enjoy our products everyday, said Mercade.

Mercade noted that its official sponsorship of the recently held World Cup in South Africa provided a huge boost to its brand recognition in Jamaica and has given the firm momentum as it plans its foray into the local market.

Thats probably the most relevant platform that the company has that were going to leverage in Jamaica going forward, noted Mercade.

Apart from the Coke brand of soft drinks, Coca-Colas wide range of products includes Minute Maid, Vitamin Water, Nestea, and Powerade.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Wisynco-gets-Coke-exclusive-#ixzz16ys7WZQK

THE parent company of LIME, Cable & Wireless, today announced that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to acquire a 51 per cent interest in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company.

Pending due diligence, finalisation of contractual terms and regulatory approval; the transaction should be completed in the first quarter of 2011 for a total cost of US$210 million.

We believe there is a solid strategic fit between LIME and BTC with many possibilities to build the customer experience and the Bahamas community. If successful, this transaction can deliver a new era of innovative services like mobile TV and high-speed broadband in The Bahamas. This MOU is a positive first step. The due diligence will now provide a fuller understanding of BTC operations and the concerns of its stakeholders which is the right way to start and a big part of getting to know the flavour of The Bahamas," said LIME Chief Executive David Shaw.

BTC is wholly-owned by the Government and is the exclusive mobile operator in the Bahamas and, says LIME, is the leading provider of fixed-line and broadband services on that island.

According to the MOU:

 

 

 

C&W will pay US$210 million to acquire the majority equity stake in BTC, which includes management control;   BTC will enter into agreements with C&W for the ongoing provision of various support services, branding and use of intellectual property;   The liberalisation of the mobile sector will commence no sooner than three years after the transaction; and   C&W will develop a business plan for BTC in conjunction with the Bahamas government. This plan will accommodate the modernisation of telecommunications in the Bahamas and for the post-privatisation development of BTC.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/C-W-making-US-210m-Bahamas-investment#ixzz16yrifUJY

 the cops dem a pree Mavado show hard this year, and after wah happen over Coruba, him muss a fret, to the point where him ah say him nah go do a certain show unless two talk mek and dem ease up fi him show. How the music business get so billias? Why the cops dem no low the singer? The man ah spend time wid him kids and ah try live up and oonu ah fight him, the other day, oonu detain him and him neva involve inna no almshouse and yet dem nah ease him up.

 

 

Trinidad-based manufacturer, CGA Limited, is claiming that it has suffered boycotts of its products in the Jamaican market.

Phillippe Agostini, Executive Chairman of CGA Limited, was quoted in the Trinidad Express Newspaper as saying that his agent in Jamaica, GraceKennedy, told him supermarket customers were looking at product labels to see where they were made.

He said he was told that customers chose another brand if the products werelabelled 'made Trinidad and Tobago'.

In addition, Greig Laughlin, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers' Association, said other manufacturers in the twin island republic were also concerned about boycotts in Jamaica.

The boycott is believed to be in response to controversial statements made by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar, that she will help CARICOM countries affected by Hurricane Tomas only if Trinidad benefits.

 

Rumors of financial trouble have dogged former NBA baller Allen Iverson for quite awhile now.

It looks like those rumors might be true, as Iverson has launched a store on eBay selling all sorts of personal memorabilia.

Items ranging from autographed sneakers to a used Michael Jordan Chicago White Sox uniform from 1994 are up on the auction block.

Iverson is currently playing in the Turkish Basketball League.