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Believe this, Sting this year ‘nah go normal again’

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The Life of

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“Heavy D”

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Thecolloquial‘youseehimteetbeforeyouseehimface’aptlydescribes thisdisc jockey.His

smile exudes friendliness, pleasant-nessandanopennessonecanhard-ly deny. But beyond his smile andhearty laugh, there is amanwho isblazingwithconfidence,amanwhodances tohisownbeat, adoting fa-therandamanwhoisassuredofhiswantsandneeds.

On his birth certificate he isnamed Dexter Blake but by manyheisknownasDJLinkage-themanwith ‘thevoiceof amillion’.Born inWalthamPark,KingstonJamaicaandraised in Aenon Town, St. Ann, thiscountry bumpkin, as se sometimesrefers to himself is not an ordinaryperson.

DJLinkagehasalwayshadanearformusic. “Asayoungster, Iused toplay the drum in church”, he remi-nisces, “I just had anatural flair forplayingthedrum”.

By the time Dexter finishedAenonTownAllAgeSchoolandgrad-uatedfromHailleSelassieSecondarySchool, hewas fast becomingmain-streamdrummerplayingforthelikesofTristanPalmerandSugarMinot.

DJ Linkage is a professionaldrummer and has played for vari-ous bands inside, around and out-side of Jamaica. And of course, helater formed his own band - the

Linkage Band. After his brief stintwiththeJamaicaConstabularyForce(Narcotics Division), Dexter migrat-edtoNewYorkin1988-thusbegananewchapterinhislife.

Readonpeople,becausethereismoretothisyoungandsavvyentre-preneur.

DJLinkagecanbeheardon…didI just hear drum rolls and trumpetsounding? Pardon the interruption,butas Iwassaying, themanhasallrighttotoothishorn.

Yes, Dexter Blake is the proudbuthumbleownerofLinkageRadio,(www.linkageradio.com). Usually,whenhe isnot toobusy takingcareofotherbusinessesandjet-settingtoandfrotoJamaica,youcanhearhimover the airwaves entertaining andinforminghisardentlisteners.

Concerning the radio stationLinkagesharesthis,“Youknow,Ijustwantedsomethingforthepeopleandthe community. Something for thewholefamily”,DJLinkagestresses.

When asked, what is the differ-ence between his radio station andany other radio station , Linkageclarifies,“Linkageradio.comisfamilyorientated. Linkage radio is a placewhere classic and clean music isheard.ItisaplacewhereDJsarenotrudebutareveryinteractivewiththelistenersandfans.Itisaplacewheremoms,childrenandyoungpeople-a

place where anyone and everyonecancometoandhavepurefun”.

The Linkage Empire is steadilyexpanding with the grand openingof Linkage Caribbean Restaurant,.The highly anticipated LinkageProductions Inc. Annual AwardsShow and the recently launchedLinkage Linkz newspaper. If theseventuresareanyindicationsofwhattocomenext,thenhislatestproject,LinkageforMusicclothinglineshouldbe a successful endeavor.Obviously,Dexter Blake has the Midas touch.And what is the limit for Linkage?“Infinity”, he replieswith that infec-tiouslaugh.LikeweJamaicansliketosay,‘Bigt’ingsagwaanfiLinkage’.

Keepthelinksgrowing…

The Man Behind the SmilesbyMichelle‘MichyB’[email protected]

MOUNTVERNON,NYErnie Davis is poised to return toMountVernonasMayor.

Ernest Davis served three terms asmayorbeforelosinga2007re-electionbid;Davis views his latest win as validationthatheisthebestpersontoleadthecity.

DaviswillreplaceMayorClintonYoung,theDemocratwhobeathiminNovember2007.

TobeefupoversightatCityHall,Davissaid hewould consider bringing back an

inspector general and providing morefundingfortheposition,whichhaditssal-aryslashedbythecouncil.

He also wants to revive several pro-posals from his last administration, suchasbeautifyingsomeparksandbringingahoteltothedowntownarea.

“I’mworkingonrehabilitatingandre-freshingMount Vernon”, Davis said. “Theonlywayyoucandothatistobeoutthere,bringingthecommunitytogether.”

Ernest Davis Prepares for His Return as Mount Vernon’s Mayor

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“Ring the alarm, another sound is dying”, or should it besaid,anotherdeejayisaboutto die, that is, lyrically andnot literally. Vybz Kartelneed not toworry, (pun in-tended). But Supreme Pro-motions definitely need torollouttheredcarpetatJamWorld, Portmore, JamaicafortheextraordinarylineupfortheStingclashonDecem-ber26,2011.

Believe this, Sting thisyear ‘nah go normal again’,and spectators, (expect-ed crowd-thirty thousandstrong according to Laing),need to be fully armoredfor the ensuring battlesbetween Matterhorn andTwinsofTwins,KipRichandMercilessandthe‘ole’veter-ansBeenieManandBountyKillerandaslewofothers.

Linkage Linkz recentlycaughtupwiththeeverbusyIsaiah Laing, the spearheadofSupremePromotionsand

founder of Sting, to get aglimpse of the man himselfand for an inside scoop ofwhattoexpectatSting2011.

Amidst ringing tele-phones, people reportingto him, Laing shouting outcommands, and setting upan interviewwith a TV sta-tion, Imanaged to garner alittleofhisattention.ThoughLaing kindly stepped asideforamoment,awayfromthechaos, I realized then thattimeislimited,andIshouldforgetthepreamblesandgettothepoint.

Briefly, who is IsaiahLaing? Born and raised inSt.Catherine,Jamaica,IsaiahLaingattendedSt.CatherineHigh School. After leavingHighSchool, IsaiahwentfortrainingatthePoliceTrainingSchool in Port Royal. Laingreminiscedon thedaysasapolice.“Workingintheghet-towasnoteasy,butIlearnedthe craft quickly.” “I learnedwhattosay,whentosayandwhere”,hesaid.

Whenaskedifhemissedbeing a police, Laing chuck-led, “No, but once a policealwaysapolice.”Wetalkeda

littlebitmoreabouthispo-lice days then transit to hispresentproject-Sting.

Spanning almost threedecades, Sting started withhumble expectations in1984. Since then, Sting,dubbed the Greatest OneNightReggaeShowonEarth,is now one of themost an-ticipated stage shows inJamaica.

The buzz about thisstage show is always aboutthe lyrical clashes betweenartistes. According to Laing,one of hismostmemorableSting years was in 1991 atthe National Stadium. Thatclash was between NinjaMan,the ‘original frontteet,gold teet Don Gorgon’, andthe‘DonDada’Supercat.

Also of interest, is thetheme surrounding Sting.This year, the theme isRumours of War. Laing en-lightened me: “Last year,was disappointing becausewedidnothaveaclash.Thisyear, the people are cryingforaclash.”“Demwantwar”he continues, “and that’show the theme Rumours ofWarcameabout.”“It’sabout

lyricsfiyuhmoney”.Laingalsoexplained the

45 shootout segment. “Thisyear,Stingisgoingtobelikea 45 shoot-out, 45 minutesintoeveryhourwewillhaveaclash”.

In another segmentcalled Young Generals, fea-turing artistes such as BlakRyno, Popcaan, Zamunda,Romain Virgo, Chris Martinand others all will get achancetoprovetheir lyricalabilities.

Other notable mentionsare,Movado,I - O c t a n e ,I- Wayne,Khago, Iyaraand list ofothers. Sure,Sting with-out the lyri-cal ladieswould beamiss. Upto date, itwas notcon f i rmedif the ladiesare goingto have alyrical clash,but slated

toperformareEtana, Spice,Lisa Hyper, just to name afew.

AfterwrappingupwithLaing and thanking himfor his time, I couldn’t helpthinking, with the fledgingUS economy, the stake outdown on Wall Street, theunpredictable cold weatherin New York, what betterplace to be thawing out?You guessed right, right inthewar zoneSting2011, inJamaica.Seeyouthere!

Sting 2011- Rumours of War

Immigrant rightsadvocatesandtheNewYork Civil LibertiesUnion on November9thaccusedtheBorderPatrol in upstate NewYorkofabusing itsau-thority by questioningthecitizenshipoftrainandbuspassengers,aswell as people goingabout their businessin towns’ miles awayfromany internationalcrossing.

A report based

on a Freedom ofInformation requestsuggests agentscharged with securingthe U.S.-Canadian bor-der have taken advan-tage of their 100-milearea of jurisdiction tosnare and deport il-legal immigrants whohavebeeninthecoun-try for years, usingpolice-statetacticsthatallowthemtoboostar-rest rates and justifyincreasedfunding.

The AssociatedPress reported lastmonththat theBorderPatrolrecentlystoppedthe routine transpor-tation checks in favorof acting only on spe-cificinformationabouta potential threat.Current and formeragentssaidfieldofficesaroundthecountrybe-ganreceivingtheorderin September, soon af-ter the Obama admin-istration announced

that to ease an over-burdened immigrationsystem; itwouldallowmany illegal immi-grantstoremaininthecountrywhile it focus-es on deporting thosewho have committedcrimes.

From 2006 to2009, Rochesteragents arrested 2,743people during rou-tine walk-throughs oftrains and buses, thereport found. Of those

arrested, less than 1percent had enteredthecountrywithin theprevious72hoursand76 percent had beenin the United Statesfor more than a year.Most had medium orblackcomplexionsandmostweredetained injailsorholdingcenterswhile their caseswerepending, according tothereport.

In addition to rec-ommending that the

transportation checksstop, the authors saidstate and local policeshould refrain fromcollaborating withBorder Patrol agentson arrests or callingthem for help trans-lating so that the lo-cal officers preserveresidents’ trust andcooperation.Theyalsocalledon thegovernorandstateattorneygen-eraltomonitorthefed-eralagents’operations.

New York Border Patrol Abusing Its Authority

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By:Andrea ‘Anmour’ Holmes-Seymour

We lost anotherpowerhouse fromthe music frater-

nity in the formofHeavyD(TheOverweightLoverMC);who passed at the tenderyoungageof44.

WehadtheverdictintheMichael Jackson casewherehis doctor - ConradMurraywasfoundguiltyof involun-tarilymurderingMichael.

We also had the newsof the death of the HeavyWeight Boxer Joe Frazierwhopassedattheageof67.

AfewmonthsagoBubbaSmith of Police Academyfame died at the age of 66.Vesta Williams; McKinley‘Bug’ Williams of Frankie

BeverlyandMazefame;NickAshford of the duo Ashford& Simpson also passed;Saxophonist ClarenceClemonsandSmileyCulture.

While stalwarts in theReggae Music Industryhave passed this year suchas Gregory Isaacs, Lincoln‘Granulated Sugar’ Minott,Joseph ‘Culture’ Hill andLucky Dube one must askone’sself…WhatisLife?

Wheredoesthemusicgofromhere? Whileweknowthat there are many un-knownsouttherewhocouldparallelthelikesofthesear-tistes the question remains,wherearetheynow?

My question to theReggae Music fraternity isthis…most artistes from theother genres have their af-fairsinorder…doyou?

I know that there arequiteafewexceptionswhereaffairshavenotbeenput inorder,butforthemostpart,they have their thing downpat(sotospeak).

Are our people takingcare of their health or aretheyofthemindsetthattheyareinvincible?Kartelisget-ting fairer but where is he

now?Careersspiraloutofcon-

trol in many different waysand for many reasons, butitwouldbehooveustohoneourcareersandtakecontrol.

On hearing of the pass-ing of Heavy D, one personwasquotedassaying,“God…please give Heavy D back,and we’ll gladly give youSoulja Boy, Gucci Man andall theotherwhack-assrap-pers.”

Ourartistesneed to askthemselves,willIbeviewedin the light of aHeavyD orwill I be ‘valued’ like theothers? It istimetherefore,to put the egos aside, putthe back-biting aside andhelp another artiste/personalongtheway;producequal-itywork.

Whenweprovidesome-thingofvaluewecanexpecttoreceivejustcompensationforourefforts.

Lifecanbeshortandveryuncertain,yet itcanbe longandstill uncertain. What islifeandwheredowegofromhere?Thechoiceisyoursmyfriendandthisisjustwherethemusicisconcerned!

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I look forward to studying God’s word together, itgives life! I am all about living now and in the future!Jesuscamethatwemighthaveabundantlife.

PleasejoinmeonthejourneyaswediscoverGod’sword,Hiswillforourlives.Hiswordistimelessandre-mainsrelevantthroughouttheages.Letitbealamptoourfeetandthelighttoourpathaswegrowinwisdom,knowledgeandunderstandingoftheCreatorwhospoketheuniverse intobeingandmadeus inHis imageandcaresforuscontinually!

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Entertainment

The Jamaica Jazz andBlues team madewaves at the launch

of the festival as they an-nouncedthatsingingsuper-star Celine Dion would beheadliningtheir2012show.

The launch was heldat the Iberostar Suites inMontegoBay.WalterElmore,chairman of the festival,madetheannouncement.

It was also announcedthat the Art of MusicProductions (AMP) is thenewcompany thatwill pro-duce the Jamaica Jazz andBluesFestival2012.JamaicaJazzandBlueswillbeAMP’sfirstmajorevent.

The festival is sched-uled from January 26-28 attheTrelawnyMulti-purposeStadium,withDionbeingtheclosingact.

“Bringing an act themagnitude of a Celine Dionis something I have dreamtsince the day I started thejazz festival 16 years ago,”Elmore admitted, addingthat he never thought hewouldbeabletodoit.

With admiration, theAMP chairman spoke of themultimillion-dollar albumseller, Dion, “A factor in theentertainment. When yousee a Celine Dion perfor-mance, it is etched in yourmind,”heasserted.

Dion,aCanadiansinger,

has been making a namefor herself since the 1980s.Extremely popular locally,sheisknownforhitssuchasThePowerofLove,I’mAlive,It’s All Coming Back to MeNow,AllByMyself,MyHeartWillGoOn,amongcountlessothers.

Dion, who really doesnotshare the limelightwithother artistes because ofher reputation, will playalongsidethecadreofaR&Bsensation Kelly Rowland,Jamaican/Canadian JullyBlack and jazz great NicoleHenrywhogracedthestagein2004.

In celebration ofJamaica’s 50th year ofIndependence, AMP has an-nouncedastellarmixofmu-sicians who will showcasethe evolution of the coun-try’smusic.

They include TootsHibbert, Marcia Griffiths,Yellowman,Shaggy,JohnHoltandHalfPint.Celebratingits17th year in 2012, JamaicaJazz and Blues Festival willoperate with under one ofthelargestbudgetsever,saysthe new CEO. He estimatesthat the event will cost ap-proximately US$3 millionthisyear.

Celine Dion to Headline

Jamaica Jazz & Blues

Festival 2012

The ongoing circus thatis the trial of embattledDancehall superstar, Adidja“Vybz Kartel” Palmer mayhavetakenanotherturn;thistimeinvolvingthepolice.

Six police officers as-signed to the Gun CourtRemandCentercouldbefac-ingcorruptionchargesafterthey were allegedly caughtonvideotakingmoneyfromone of Vybz Kartel’s rela-tives.

Kartel currently sits ina Kingston-based jailwherehefacestwomurderchargesandadrug-relatedcharge,allissueswithinthelastmonthandahalf.

Now it’s being report-ed that investigators fromthe police Anti-CorruptionBranch followed one of thesix police officers from theGunCourtRemandCentertothehomeofKartel’srelative,wherehevideotapedthelawenforcement official taking

moneyfromtherelative.Allegedly, the video

shows the officer accept-ingmoney fromtherelativeof the popular deejay in ex-change forbeingallowed tovisit Kartel in is restrictedarea of the Constant Springjail.

Additionally, reports re-vealed that the officer wasnot searched before beingallowed into an area of thelock-upofflimitstothepub-lic; spending a considerableamount of time with Kartelwhileotherlawenforcementofficials allowed the illegalmeetingtotakeplace.

Asaresult,thepoliceof-ficer, along with five otherlaw enforcement officialswere transferred from theGun Court Remand Centrewhile Vybz Kartel has sincebeenmoved to the HorizonAdult Remand Centre onSpanish Town Road due totheallegedincident.

Cops Facing Coruption Charges in Kartel Case

Papa San takes on new

name

With a name changecoming soon, gospel ar-tistePapaSanwillbere-leasing a new album en-titled“MyStory”.

Papa San, who hasreleased albums such asVictory, Real & Personal,God & I and HigherHeights in 2009, says hewillbechanginghisnameto ‘Papa Son’ as this willbemoremeaningful.

“ItissomethingthatIprayedabout.Godchang-es people’s names forthem to represent whatHewants them to repre-sent.ItisanamethathasmoresubstancetowhatIamdoing.IrepresenttheFather,IamHisson,”saidPapaSan,whoisnowase-niorpastorinhisFlorida-basedchurch.

“MyStorytalksaboutmypersonal life,myper-sonal story. It shows youhow God is a healer anda provider. My story iseverybody’s story,” hestated.

The project, whichtookaboutayeartocom-plete, also features con-temporary Christian mu-sic’smulti-awardwinningsinger/songwriter NicoleC. Mullen and Grammy-nominated vocalist TreyLorenz.

Thereisabitoffam-ily presence with his19-year-old daughter,Tasan, doing the inter-ludeforoneofhissongs,whilehis16-yearoldson,Tyshane, produced threeoftherhythms.

Kiprich Records Song for St. Lucian Crash Victims

International recordingartisteKiprichhasrecordeda song titled ‘Lighter’ as atribute to the familiesof17personswho lost their livesin a bus accident in the is-land of St Lucia, regardedas the worst accident inthe history of the EasternCaribbeanIsland.

“I read about the acci-dent on the Internet and Iwas somovedby the plight

of the St Lucian peo-ple and this horribletragedy ... to lose 17people on such asmall island, it hurtsmy heart. So I wentto the studio andrecorded the song,“Lighter,”Kiprichsaidinarelease.

StLuciaobservedthreedaysofnationalmourning followinglast Thursday eve-ning’saccident.

“Peoplehavebeensendingmemessagesto my Facebook in-box, saying that they

havebeencryingwhentheyhearthesongontheradio.”

“I really feel their painandhope that in time, theirsoulswillbehealedbutthisisalottogothroughforsuchasmallnation,”Kiprichsaid.

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SVAY PAK, Cambodia --Svay Pak has a disturbingreputation. The village out-side Cambodia’s capital ofPhnom Penh is known as aplace where little girls areopenlysoldtoforeignpreda-torslookingforsex.

Oneofthegirlswhowassold into the sex trade toldCNN that before she couldread she was working in abrothel.

“I was about five or sixyears old,” she said. “Thefirstmansaidtome,‘Iwanttohavesexwithyou.’Atthetime I didn’t know what todo.Noonecouldhelpme.”

Dozensofgirlshavehadthe same experience in herneighborhood.

She says she was ap-proached by a man whileplaying outside. He askedher to come over and talktohim,andbeforesheknewit she was alone and beingasked for sex. Some of thegirlswereactually sold intothe sex trade by their ownparents.

Manywerehousedwithother girls her age in whatlooked likea cell.The roomwaspinkhadthickwallsandnowindows andwas about7 feet long by 7 feet wide.There were several roomsjust like it stuffed into abuildingthathadagateoverthe front door and bars onthebathroomwindow.

The brothel she lived inspecializedinpre-pubescentgirls. The young girls weresought after by the foreignmen who came to the areafor one reason: They knewthey could find young girlsforsale.

“At the beginning theytalkedtomegentlybutwhen

theyrapedme,theyalsobeatmeup,”theformersexslavesaid; her head bowed andtears rolling from her eyesuncontrollably.

She is now 18 and nolonger trapped in a terribleandpainful life.Threeyearsago she found a safe havenafter Don Brewster and hiswife moved into the neigh-borhood and began operat-ing a rehabilitation centerforchildsexslaves.

“I really think it’s evil-- Imeanthere isnounder-standingit.Thegirls,Imean,they’reinsuchpainandsuf-fer sogreatlyand it isobvi-oustothemanthat’srapingthem,”Brewstersaid.

Brewster says thingshave changed in Svay Pakin the past several years. Itused to be girls who hungout in the open, beckoningfrom behind barred win-dowstothemenwhowalkedby.Pimpsnolongerdescendon every foreign man whoshows up in the neighbor-hood offering to sell themvirgins.

While the situation ischanging,thereisstillanas-tyunderbellyinthearea,buttravelershave togo lookingforitnow.Thesextradehasgone underground, but it isstillthere.

“If you just look on thesurface you would say thatdoesn’thappenbutjustyes-terdaywerescueda5-year-old girl here in Svay Pak,”said Brewster, who workswith Agape InternationalMissions.

Nowthereisaplacethatprovides a secure environ-ment for children to just bechildren.

Cambodian village has disturbing reputation for child sex slavery

Agirls’ school inSaudiAra-bia has decided to moveoneofitsstudentstoaboysschool not because of newgender-mixingsystemintheGulf kingdom. The girl has

justconvertedintoaboy.Uhud,13,hadfeltpersis-

tentcrampsinherabdomenand in one week, the painjustdisappearedtogivewayto male organs. Uhud’s fa-therwasstunned.

“IcouldnotbelievewhatI saw first…in just a week,my daughter had full maleorgansandnowshebecame

myson,”saidAhmedHassanMousa from the southerntownofKhamisMushait.

“We had noticed beforethat Uhud did not have fe-male breasts and when shehad pains in her abdomen,doctors told us she has nowomb…afewdayslater,theysaidamaleorganemerged,”he told the Arabic language

dailyAlriyadh.MousasaidUhudisnow

named Muad and has beenmoved to a boys school inthe city. “Her teachers inthe girls school had toldme many times that shewas very clever but recal-citrant….they said this hadsurprisedthem,”hesaid.

“Some people in the

neigbourhood had also toldme that she behaved like aboy…I myself noticed thatshe always played with herbrothersnotsisters.”

Mousa said his new sonhad just been registered asMuad in the country’s per-sonaldepartmentandothergovernmentoffices.

13-year-old girl got male organs in a week

State carrier CaribbeanAir-lines has taken delivery inToulouse, France, of its firstATR72-600aircraft.

CAL,whichbecomesoneof the very first operatorsof the new ATR-600 series,booked a US$200 millioncontractearlierthisyearforthepurchaseofnineATRs.

The aircraft are config-uredwith68seats.

Caribbean Airlines willstart replacing its fleet offive 50-seat Q-300s and in-troducing newest and most

technologically advancedturbopropsintoitsdomesticroutes.

Theairlinewillalsoaddpassenger capacity and de-velop new routes and fre-quencies within TrinidadandTobago.

Caribbean Airlines willalso operate some of itsnewATR72-600sonthedo-mestic routenetworkofAirJamaica,whichwasrecentlyacquired by Trinidad andTobago’sflagcarrier.

CAL gets first of 9 French planes

Cricket Writer Peter Roebuck Commits Suicide

Tragedy struck in St. Luciawhenabusfelloverapreci-pice into the ocean leaving16 dead. The catastropheoccurred in the Choiseulcommunity of Morne Sionaround8:00pm.ReportsarethatthebuswasreturningtoLabayee fromChoiseulaftera funeral; but detoured toDelcertopayrespectstothefamilyofthedeceased.

Theyweredrivingdownthe Morne Sion Road head-ingsouthtoChoiseulvillagewhen the bus did notmakethe left turn,careeningoverthecliffandlandingstraightontothebeach,120feetbe-low.

When rescuers arrivedon the scene, three strewnbodies were seen on thebeach being washed by thewaves;twoofthemwereap-parently dead, but the thirdwas showing signs of life.Shewastakentothehospitalbutshedidn’tmakeit.

However it wasn’t un-til thecapsizedbus–whichwas partially submerged bythewaveaction–wasturnedoverthatthefullhorrorsto-ry struck. The first victimhoisted was a two-year oldboy followed by a series ofwetdeadbodies.Theywereall put to lay on the beach.Thefinalcountwas15.

Emotional screamsof sadness filled the air. Agentleman from Gertrineis reported to have lost histhree children. Minister ofNationalSecurityandHomeAffairs Guy Mayers has de-scribed the accident as oneoftheworstinthecountry’shistory.

The entire country isnowinastateofmourning.

Tragedy in St. Lucia17 dead

South African policewerepoised to arrest crick-et commentator before hejumped from6th floorwin-dow,saysformercolleague.

South African policewere about to arrest thecricket commentator PeterRoebuckonachargeofsex-ual assault when he appar-ently jumped from a hotelwindow,accordingtoaclosefriend who was with himjustbeforehedied.

Jim Maxwell, theAustralian BroadcastingCorporation’s main com-mentator, told the GuardianheleftRoebuck’sCapeTownroom “less than a minute”before the 55-year-old for-mer Somerset captain ap-parently leapt to his deathonSaturday.

“Hewasinastateofut-ter despair – apoplectic,”saidMaxwell.“Hewassittingin a chair near thewindow.

It takes just five seconds toopen that window. Givenhisemotional statehemusthavesufferedabrainexplo-sionandouthewent.”

South African police re-fusedtoconfirmthatanoffi-cerwaswithRoebuckwhenheleaptfromthe6thflooroftheSouthernSunhotel,nearNewlands cricket ground.Oxford-born Roebuck wasstaying at the hotel whilecoveringAustralia’sTest se-riesforAustralianmedia.

Police spokesmanColonel Vishnu Naidoo re-fusedtocommentonreportsin South Africa’s New Agenewspaper that a 26-year-old Zimbabwean man hadgone to nearby Claremontpolice station earlier onSaturday and laid chargesof indecent assault againstRoebuck.

According to the report,the man told police he hadmetRoebuckafterthebroad-casterarrivedinCapeTownonNovember7thtodiscussa university sponsorship,butinsteadwassubjectedtoanattemptedsexualassault.



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Therapeutic,inspirationalandevenindoctrinatingaresomeoftheadjectivesusedtodescribemusic.Formeitisalloftheaboveandmore.Itismylife.

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African VibesBy African Prince

Killing Gadhafi wasnot the solution tothe Libya’s issuebe-

cause fighters are still at-tacking each other withrockets, mortars and ma-chine guns, the Associatedpressreported.

The fighting,whichhaskilled at least 13 peoplesince late lastweek, raisednew concerns about theabilityofLibya’stransition-al government to disarmthousands of gunmen andrestoreorderafteraneight-monthcivilwar.

Libya’s interim leader,Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, saidhis National TransitionalCouncilbroughttogetherel-dersfromthefeudingareas- the coastal cityofZawiyaandthenearbytribal landsof Warshefana - over theweekend and that the dis-putehasbeenresolved.

“I want to assure theLibyan people that every-thing is under control,” hesaid.

However, fighting con-tinuedashespoke.

Heavy gunfire and ex-plosions of rocket-pro-pelled grenades (RPGs)were heard over severalhours in the area betweenthe Warshefana lands,about30kmwestofTripoli,and Zawiya, another 15kmto the west. White smokeroseintotheair.

At one point, the twosideswerebattlingforcon-

trolofamajormilitarycamp of the oustedregime, said a fight-er from Tripoli. Thecamp, once a base ofelite forces command-edbyoneofGaddafi’ssons,Khamis, is locatedonahighwaymidwaybetweenTripoliandZawiya.

Inall,atleast13peoplewere killed in the fighting,including four fromZawiyaandnine fromWarshefana,according to gunmenand a hospital doctor inWarshefana.

More than 100 peoplefrom Warshefana werewounded since Saturday,saidthedoctor,MohammedSawa. Casualties stemmedfrom gunshots as well asshrapnel from rockets andmortarshells.

On Sunday evening,a Warshefana field com-mander, Ashraf Borwais,deliveredaseverelyburnedfighter to the local hospi-tal. He said the man waswounded when his vehiclewasstruckbyartilleryandexploded.

Borwais said fightinghadstoppedintheevening.“The dogs have retreated,”he said, referring to theZawiyamilitiamen.

Zawiya fighters, mean-while, manned roadblocksontheoutskirtsoftheircityat intervals of about 200metres. Groups of jumpyarmedmen,somebrandish-

ing RPGs, crowded aroundthe checkpoints. Fighterssearchedboots of cars andchecked identification pa-pers.

The reason for the ini-tial clash remains unclear,although accusations havebeen flying, including thatsomeoftheWarshefanahadlinks to the old regime. Atone point last week, fight-ers from Zawiya enteredWarshefana and seizedweapons. In retaliation,Warshefana fighters set uprandom checkpoints andfiredatthemainhighway.

Abdul-JalilsaidtheNTChas established a commit-tee to address the griev-ancesofbothsides.Hesaidthe fighting was sparkedbyyoungmenbehaving ir-responsibly, but he did notelaborate.

Despite the growingtensions, Abdul-Jalil andother NTC leaders havesaidtheycannotdisarmthefightersquickly.

Noting high unemploy-ment among the armedmen, Abdul-Jalil said thenewgovernmentmustofferalternatives first, includingjobs,studyandtraining.

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A Star On The RiseYanks

Born in Jamaica West Indies,Yanks was always surroundedby Reggae Music. His two ma-jor influences in those times

wereBobMarleyandEddieFitzroy.Dur-ing his youthful days, parties andDanceHallsessionswereapartofhislifestyle.Thiswasdue to the fact thathisbiggesthobbiesweresinging.Yankesrecallsthatmanytimeshewouldmakeanattemptatsinging; theelderswouldnotgivehimachance. Nevertheless, hewas still deter-mined to do what he enjoyes. He prac-ticedwithfriendsandeventuallybegantowritesongsonhisown.

He visited Tony Rebel’s studio inKingston regularly, where many of thelocal artist recorded their songs. At thistimehetriedtogetastartinnightclubsandpartiesbut stillwasnotable to findanyone to give him the chance. FinallyYanksdecidedtotakemattersinhisownhands.Hestartedhostingpartiesandcon-certsofhisown.Indoingsohecreatedhisownfanbasethatacceptedhismusic.HegothisbigbreakatHopeGardens,locatedin Kingston Jamaica. Since then he hasbeenperformingatotherReggaevenuesaroundtheworld.

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A Look into the Life of Dwight Arrington “Heavy D” Myers

Dwight Arrington Myers(May 24, 1967 – Novem-ber 8, 2011), better known

as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-bornAmerican actor, rapper/singer, re-cordproducer,andformerleaderofHeavyD&theBoyz,ahiphopgroupwhich included G-Whiz (Glen Par-rish),“Trouble”T.Roy(TroyDixon),andEddieF(bornEdwardFerrell).

The group maintained a siz-able audience in the United Statesthroughmostofthe1990s.Thefivealbumsthegroupreleasedwerepro-duced by Teddy Riley,MarleyMarl,PeteRockandEddieF.

MyerswasbornonMay24,1967in Mandeville, Jamaica, the son ofEulahlee Lee, a nurse, and CliffordVincent Myers, a machine techni-cian. His family moved to MountVernon, New York, US in the early1970s,wherehewasraised.

Heavy D & the Boyz werethe first group signed to UptownRecords; their debut, Living Large,was released in 1987. The albumwas a commercial success, thoughBig Tyme was a breakthrough that

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fallonJuly15,1990,inIndianapolis.Dixon’sdeathledtoatributeonthefollow-up platinum album, PeacefulJourney.PeteRock&CLSmoothcre-atedatributetoTroubleT.Roycalled“TheyReminisceOverYou(T.R.O.Y.)”whichisregardedasahip-hopclas-sic.

HeavyD&theBoyzgainedevenmore fame by singing the themesong for the television program “InLivingColor”.Healsoperformedtherap on Michael Jackson’s hit single“Jam”aswellassisterJanetJackson’shitsingle“Alright”.

HeavyDthenbeganfocusingonhisacting,appearinginvarioustele-visionshowsbeforereturningtothemusic chartswithNuttin’ButLove.Afterappearingintheoff-Broadwayplay “Riff Raff” at Circle RepertoryCompany, Heavy D returned to re-cordingwiththehitWaterbedHev.

In 1997, Heavy D collaboratedwith B.B. King on his duets album“Deuces Wild” rapping in the song“Keep It Coming.” Heavy D was

referred to in thesong “Juicy” by theNotorious B.I.G., andappearedinhismusicvideo for “One MoreChance”.

Heavy D per-formed at the 2011BETHipHopAwardsin October 2011.It was his first liveperformance in 15years. Myers diedon November 8,2011 in Los Angeles,California, at the ageof44.

He collapsedoutside his BeverlyHills home and wastaken to Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter.Ithasbeen reported thathis deathwas due torespiratory distressandthatnofoulplaywasinvolved.

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Stefy Famous chats with - D’AngelQ. Please giveus a brief bio,whereyouarefromandhowyoustartedinthisfield?

A.IwasbornandraisedinSpan-ishTown,mynaturalloveofmu-sic and support frommy familyandfriendsledmetothestudiowhere I first produced “Down-town Girl Living Uptown” in2005 and have been recordingsongseversince.

Q. What inspires you to keep goingandhowdoyoukeepyourselfmoti-vated?

A. Myinspirationthatkeepsmegoing is the confidence in myability to succeed and to keeppressingon,nomattertheobsta-cles.Godismybiggestmotivator,my son, my family , my music,andtheimpactthatithasontheworld.

Q. Howwill you describe yourstyle?

A. Dancehall,reggae,pop

Q. Anyinfluencesoranyoneyoulookupto?

A. Anyonethatcontributespositively to dancehall reg-gae music and individualsthatpromoteselfenlighten-ment or spiritual and per-sonaldevelopment.

Q. Describeyourselfin5words.A. Fun, down-to-earth, resilient,ambitious and nodoubttalented.

Q. Ten years fromnowyouwillbe….A. Alive I guess lol.Constantly work-ing hard, by then Ishouldhaveaccom-plished my album,hopefully workingwithin the film in-dustry, and by thenI should have com-pletedmybook.

Q. What’syourmot-toortheadviceyouliveby?A. Theadviceofmymother, “never giveup, persevere forwhat you want, be-lieveinyourself”

Q. Looking back atwhenyoufirstcameout, how much hassuccess changedyouasaperson?A. Ithasnotchangedme! But it has defi-nitely made me astronger person,more assertive andconfident. Through-outthat,Istillmain-tainmyhumility.

Q. A lot of artistswhether earlier orlater in their careerbecome producers.Doyouseeyourselfworkingbehind thescenes producingotherartist?A. Although I pos-sess strong lead-ership qualities, I

thinkIseemyselfmoreasaman-ager,asIlikestructureandIamextremelyorganized.

Q. What is yourbiggestmusical ac-complishmentsofarandwhy?

A. Howmymusichasgrown,andthewayithasimpactedthelivesofotherpeople.

Q. As a reggae artist, what advicewould you give to someone thatwantstogetintothemusicindustry?

A. First of all youhave toLOVEit,don’tdoitforthemoney,youhave todedicateyourself, knowthat itshardwork.Perfect yourart in music, develop writingskills, and work on perfectingyourownsound.Alsosaveyourmoneyandinvestyourtimewithpeople who can definitely helpandmotivateyou.Notjustsome-one trying to take advantage orlookingforthenextbandwagon!

Q. What are you currently workingon?

A. Just recently completed thefilmingofmyvideo“BreakFree”whichwasshotanddirectedbyMykalKushnie,IalsodroppedanewsinglesincethestartofOc-tober titled “Good Good”whichis a bit controversial but hasbeengettingalotofpositivefeedback from fans.Quite a fewup-coming shows islandandworldwide. I’m always in the studiosoIwillbereleasingquiteafewtracksbeforetheyearisout,be-tweenall of that I’malsowork-ing on revampingmy boutique,but pretty much music, musicandmoremusic.

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Our FutureAndsowehavecometoanoth-

erperiod inourpolitical life,one which visits us almost

every five years since the introduc-tionofuniversaladultsuffragesince1944.

It is time when the electoratehas the freedom to go to the pollsand elect representatives of boththePeople’sNationalParty and theJamaicaLabourPartytobecometheGovernment of Jamaica once theypastthepostfirst.

Wehave63 seats inParliamenttobefilledandthePartywhichwinsthemajority,firstpastthepost,willchooseone among themwho satis-fies the interest of the majority onthe winning side to become primeminister.

Historically, we have never hada young man the age of AndrewHolness, our present prime minis-ter, who has been chosen for thatslot. Indeed, neither havewehad awomanwhohas ledoneofourma-jorpoliticalpartiestositinthatchairresultingfromageneralelection.Wehave an interesting period in frontofus.Theworldiscloselywatchingus.Wehavetobesensible,construc-tiveandthoughtfulinwhatwedoastheworldwatchesusalongwithour

owninthediaspora.Butmoreathome,itwillnotbe

concernaboutwho leadsourcoun-tryfromthestandpointofJamaicanswhohavenodecisiononewayortheother about gender, class or edu-cational background. The princi-pal issues on the table is about jobcreation and crime. But principally,crime seems to be higher on theagendaofconcerns.

Mind you, there are those whohavemadethepointthattheywouldreallyliketoseewhatPortiaSimpsonMillerdoesandhowshewouldsur-vivebeingputinthetopseatwithapoliticalmandate.Equally,therearethosewhohavethoughtaboutwhatnewwouldAndrewHoldness bringto the political arena, his havingbeen in the collective seat for overthreeterms.

In this global village, politicalleadership and management hastakentherouteofanewparadigmofpoweremergenceandcontrol.Sincetheperiodofpost-colonialismtoin-dependenceandbeyonduptotoday,power has been under the controlof the ruling class. That has beenshifted tremendously as the modelhasbeenincrementallytakenanosedive.

Political power is now emerg-ing from the ground-up and speed-ily moving from the top down.Educationofourpeoplefrombelowhasturnedthetide.

Moreofourpeoplehaverealizedthattheelectorateisresponsibleforchoosingthosewholeadandareca-pable of putting food on the table,improving education, offering secu-rityandopeninguptheframeworkforemploymentabroad.

Additionally,theopportunityforsmall businesses to gain recogni-tionandpowerfultractiontotheex-tentwhere ithasputpeopleontheground level inchargeof theirowndestiny.

Clearly, goneare thedayswhenaccusation of crime and drug run-ningremainpinnedtotheskirttailsofourpeopleontheground.Manyofthesonsanddaughtersof thatpar-ticular regionof our countrywhichhasbeentarnishedwiththeimageofcriminalityanddrugrunning.

Professionalsfromalllevelshaveemerged from inner-city areas andfrom rural communities and theyaredeterminedtoshowadifference,Smallbusinesseshavebeenmovingup the ladder from the small andpowerless higglers to more refinedand purposeful businesses withgreater interest in high technologi-cal advancement to even the stockmarket.

There isalsoentry into theme-diaaswellasinthestockmarketandother worthwhile ventures whichprovide an avenue of hope and up-bringing.

Muchof thisadvancement from

below has a great deal to do witheducation and bonding. The learn-ing curve has grown tremendouslytotakeintoconsiderationtheimpor-tanceandvitalityofentertainment.

The names of our great iconshaveofferedagreatsenseofcollabo-ration with many across the globewhowouldliketoknowmoreaboutJamaicansgiventheirembracingthelyrical contents of Peter Tosh, andBobMarleyalongwithahostofoth-erswhohaveservedtheworldwithdistinction.

It isagainstthisbackgroundweseewherehopehasspranganewforourpeoplewhohavebeenbattered,down trodden, vilified and thrownonthedumpheapofhistoryevenbytheirown.

We look forward to a new to-morrowasourbrothersandsistersin the metropole have given theirown weight like the Israelis, thePalestinians, the Indians and theChinesehavedonefortheirown.

Yes,wehavecomealongwayandthere is yet a long road to trodbutwewill survive. Even as we gatherpeacefully tomakeourownchooseastowhoshalllead,weareconfidentthatjustice,righteousnessandtruthwillprevailtomakeusexceptionallyproud.Weareagreatpeopleandwewillbecomeevengreateryethaswemovealongingoodgrace,unityandhappiness.

ByWWitter-Babatunde

VeteranJamaicanpoliticianDavidCoorediedathishomeintheDo-minicanRepublic.

Coore, who was 86, died ofcomplications from pneumonia.CoorehadmovedtotheSpanish-speakingCaribbeancountryashiscurrentwifelivesthere.

Regarded as one of Jamaica’smost brilliant attorneys, Coorewas one of the earliestmembersof the People’s National Party(PNP) and was among the teamthat,in1961,draftedtheJamaicanconstitution.

Coore, who was born inAnchovy, St James, attendedJamaicaCollegewhereheformeda close friendship with NormanManleywhoeventuallyco-found-ed the PNP and became its firstpresident.

Coore receivedhis tertiary edu-cation at McGillUniversity inCanada, where hereadforaneconomicsdegree,and,after that, at Oxford in England,wherehestudiedlaw.

Heservedaschairmanof thePNP when Michael Manley waselected president of the partyin 1969 and was named minis-terof finance in the firstMichaelManley-ledGovernmentin1972

In1978,heresignedandtookupapostwiththeInter-AmericanDevelopmentBank.

ThroughouthislifeCoorewasan ardent voice against colonialruleandhasbeenastrongadvo-cate of the establishment of theCaribbeanCourtofJustice.

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Veteran singer Dobby Dobson receives ‘OD’ for outstanding contribution to reggae

At the 2010Linkage Awardsat the MacedoniaC o m m u n i t y

Center in Mt. Vernon, NY,LinkageProductions, paid tribute to doz-ens in the entertainment businessincluding reggae stalwart DobbyDobson. Dobson brought the housedownlaterwithajaw-droppingper-formance that had many patronsstanding in their seats dancing toclassics likeThatWonderful Sound,Sweet Dreams, Muriel and LovingPauper. On Heroes Day in Jamaicathisyear,thegovernmentofJamaicaalsorecognisedDobson forhisout-standingcontributiontoreggaewiththe Order of Distinction - Officerclass.CongratsDobbyonthissignifi-

cantaccomplishment.

Music legend Heavy D - gone too soon

The Jamaican community inMt. Vernon woke up on Tuesday,November7th to thesadnews thattheir home grown talent Heavy Dhad passed in Los Angles. Heavy Denjoyedthebestofbothworlds-reg-gaeandhip-hop.Thetalentedrapperwho migrated from Jamaica in the70’sandsettled inMt.Vernon, firstmadehismarkon the internationalstagein1987asleadvocalistofthegroupHeavyD& theBoyzon theirdebutalbum‘LivingLarge.’Asasoloartistehecraftedhitslike“NowThatWeFoundLove,”“BlackCoffee,”“BigDaddy,” “Big & Broad,” “Dem Don’tWorry Me” and “Hotness.” He won4 Grammy nominations and won aSoulTrainAwardin1990.The‘Overweightlover’wasalsoatalentedac-torandmusicexecutive.WeloveyouHeavy!Mayyoursoulrestinpeace.

Did the Soul Train Awards diss the caribbean by nom-inating Rihanna in the same category as Kartel, Mavado, Machel & KES?

Caribbean mu-sic lovers in theDiaspora are hop-ping mad that atthis year’s 39thannual Soul TrainAwards in Atlanta,event organisersdecided to lump allthereggaeandsocaacts in the same‘Best CaribbeanPerformance’ cate-gory.SomeseeitasaslapinthefaceofCaribbeanmusic.Toaddinsult to injury,most feel that withonly one bonadife

category forCaribbeanactsavail-able,Rihannawhoisaninternationalpopstarshouldnothavebeen included onthe list of nomineesalongside Mavado,Vybz Kartel, T&Tsoca acts MachelMontano and KestheBand.

IRAWMA Searching For New Home For 2012 After Fiasco In T&T

After the fi-asco in Port-of-Spain, Trinidadearlier this year atthe 30th AnnualInternationalReggae& World MusicAwards (IRAWMA)after concert billed‘Reggae Meets Soca& Chutney,’ whereShaggy,QueenIfrica,BeenieMan,Gramps,

JahCureandMachelMontanofailedto perform because fees were notpaid in full, it seems event founderEphraimMartin and his team haveopted not to return to the TwinIsland next year to host the 2012event. Martin will instead host theevent inChicagowhere the inaugu-raleventwasfirstheldin1982.

“Whose Vagina Is It Really?” Au-thor to host radio show in Boston

Sandy Daley, author of the bestselling non-fiction book, “WhoseVaginaIsIt,Really?”iscurrentlybackathomeinTorontofromasuccessfulbooktourwithstopsinWashingtonD.C.,Boston,Connecticut,NewYork,Jamaica and Barbados. Daley wasgiven the greenlight to host hervery own radioprogram, “TheDaley Grind” onTouch106.1FMinBoston.“TheDaleyGrind” will be aheavily influencedCaribbean talkradio show, aimed at bridging thegapinradiowithinBostonandsur-roundingareasandwillbeginairingonDecember3rd,2011.

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff to drop new EP

Rock&RollHallofFameinduct-eeJimmyCliffisget-ting ready to dropsome new tracks– his first in sevenyears. The new EPtitled Sacred Firewill be released onNovember 25th.The five-song EPwill be a previewofsortsforhisnew

full-lengthalbum,whichisexpectedtobereleasednextyear.InadditiontotheregularreleaseoftheEP,therewill be a special Record Store Daycolored 7″ vinyl release, featuringa bonus track called World UpsideDown to be released on November26th.

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Incentives for Investing:SUBSIDIZED LAND PREPARATION-Inanefforttoreducethecapitalcostsincurredbyagro-investors/agro-businesses,thegovernmenthasacquiredagriculturalmachines andequipment.The servicesof thesemachines and equipment aremade available to agro-investors/agro-businessesatasubsidizedrate.

SUBSIDIZED IRRIGATION-Inanefforttomitigateagainsttheadverseeffectsofdroughtandthehighcostofirrigationonthedevelopmentofthesector,theMinistryhassoughttoprovidefurthersupportthroughthesubsidizationofirrigation.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT-Theresearchanddevel-opmentarmoftheministryisequippedwiththeresourcesandtechni-calcompetenceandprovidesoversightandsupporttonewagriculturalinitiatives.

INCOME TAX RELIEF FOR APPROVED FARMERS-Section36(d)oftheIncomeTaxAct21of1982wasenactedforthepurposeofencourag-ingagriculturalproductionbygrantingincometaxrelieftoanypersonengagingorproposingtoengageinaprescribedagriculturalactivity.A“prescribed”agriculturalactivity isanyactivitywhich theMinisterofFinanceprescribesbyOrderintheJamaicaGazette.

THE EXCHANGE CONTROL ACT -TheGovernmentofJamaicahasnorestrictionsonthemovementofforeigncurrenciesflowingeitherinoroutofJamaica.ThisActfacilitatesthefreemovementofcapitaltoothercountries,whetherforinvestmentorrepatriationpurposes.

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The agricultural sector plays a criticalrole in feeding our society, but we donotproducesufficientquantitiestosat-isfyourdemand.Asaconsequence,ourfood import bill averages between US$700-800milliondollars.

This Nine (9) Point Plan is a firststep in addressing some of the prob-lems in the sector in the short tome-diumterm(overthenext12months).

Land Access for National - L.A.N.DThe LAND project, a partner-

ship between the Ministry, the ParishCouncils, the Ministry of Housing,Environment and Water through theLand Administration ManagementProgramme (LAMP) and the People’sCo-operative Bank will be utilizingtheFacilities forTitles and theSpecialProvisionsActs tocreatearootof titletosolvetheageoldproblemoflandti-tling.

Aspartof the initiative,stampdu-ties,transferandregistrationtaxeswillbewaived in the issuingof certificatesof compliance allowing the averageJamaican to finally own untitled prop-erty.TheLANDprojectwaslaunchedinSeptember.

Benefits of having a Certificate of Compliance• unlockpotentialoflandownership;• title ownership; access to loans/

credit;andacceptedcollateral

Lowered Interest RatesCriticaltoimproveproductionisaccesstocapitalatreasonableinterestrates.

Adding value to primary production and canning the excess/Tourism/School Feeding ProgrammeTo promote the value-added agenda,RADAwillworkintandemwiththeSo-cial Development Commission, (SDC),and theParishCouncils ineachparishto select one unique product to thatparishtocommercialize.Aspartofthis

initiative,RADAwillalsoenlistsupportfrom the Jamaica Business Develop-ment Center, public health authorities,the ScientificResearchCouncil, PMO’s,andthePrivateSector.• establishaClearingHousefortour-

ism-tosolvepaymentandqualityissues between farmers and hote-liers

• theMinistrywill also facilitate in-ter-agencydialogue to incorporatelocally grown produce in the Gov-ernment operated School FeedingProgramme

Focus on Fisheries• Fisheries survey - in conjunction

withtheUniversityoftheWestIn-dies,UWI todetermineour fisher-ies stock to enable us to plan andstrategize for a sustainable future;solar beacons - to act as a naviga-tionalguideforourfisherfolks;

• VHF radio systems & Safety gearsforfisherfolks

Yam/Banana/Traditional crops/Spice Industry Development Programme• resuscitate and place greater em-

phasis on producing traditionalcrop.

• pestanddiseasesresearchandcon-trol;

• prolongingtheshelflife• marketdevelopment

Boosting Pig ProductionThepigindustryisoneofthosesubsec-

tors poised for growth especiallywiththe country having both a competitiveand comparative advantagewithin thesector.Tothisend,theMinistryisenlist-ingthesupportoftheprivatesectoraswellasengagingindiscussionswiththeDevelopmentBank of Jamaica to driveproductionwithintheindustry.

Develop Beekeeping SectorStrengthening of the capacity of theApicultureUnit toeffectivelymeet thisdemandisontheagendaofthisMinis-try.Inanefforttominimizetheriskfac-torsintheindustry,thereiscurrentlyanongoingexercisetodetect incidenceofthemostdreadedofthebeedisease,theAmericanFoulBrood, inorder tokeepitincheck.

Curtailing theft of agricultural pro-duceThetheftofagriculturalproduceisoneof the major hindrances towards fur-therinvestmentsinagriculture.We are moving to reduce thisscourgeandwillbe:• collaboration between our key

stake holders (farmers, police andParishCouncils)

• re-launch of the receipt book pro-gramme work closely with ParishCouncils tobemorevigilantatab-attoirs register farmers throughpolicestationsestablishingacloseduser group system with the pokeandfarmers

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The Financial Corner with Tyrone Senior

Saving Money By Eliminating 10 Things You Don’t Need

Greetings my brothersandsisters!Intoday’ssection of the finan-

cial corner we are going torevealhowtosavemoneybyeliminating10simplethingsyoudon’tneed.

Before I begin to re-veal these 10 things, thereare 3 things that you willneed; SELF-DISCIPLINE,SACRIFICE & OPEN-MINDEDNESS. With thatsaid,letsbegin.

Stopbuyingunnecessary

paper products. Not onlywill this save youmoney, itallowsyoutodoyourparttobetterourenvironment.

Use cloth napkins. Youcangettheseatany99centsor bargain store in yourneighborhood. If you havespills forget about the fa-mouspaper towelcompany.Use dishcloths or rags towipe up spills. Trust me, itwilldoabetterjobthanthe‘BountyPickerUpper’.

Write your supermarketlist on junk mail and stopusing your printer paper oryour child’s book leaf. Stopignoringthosecouponbook-lets.Makecouponsyourbestfriend.

Stop buying bottledwa-ter. Close to 50%of bottled

watercomefromthetap.Allyouhavetodoisgetafilterand a water bottle to holdyour drinking water, put itinto the refrigerator andyou’regoodtogo.

Now I know this mightsound crazy, but buy lessfood. Statistics have shownthat the average individualthrowsout25%of the foodthey purchase. Start moni-toring all the food you’rethrowing away so you canmake better choices whenyou shop and use the foodsthat you purchase before itspoils.

You still have a homephone?Why?Inthisdayandage, how often do you useyour home phone, or evenreceive a call on yourhome

phone? If you can count ononehandthenit’stimetogetridofyourhomephone.Yourcellphoneissufficient.

Now I know all thewomen want small waistsandthemenwantsixpacks.Everybodywants tobe slimand trim, but that doesn’tmean you have to spendall that money at the gym.Cancelthegymmembership.Makesmall changes toyourdaily routines. Stop takingthe elevators and take thestairs. Start todo some jog-ging or walking. Fill up allthoseoldmilkjugswithwa-terandusethemasweights.Usethejumprope.

Put on some dancehallmusic and start to do thelatest dances and if you’re

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Anguilla Tranquility Jazz FestivalNovember 10-13, 2011ThesweetsoundofJazzfillstheAnguillanaironceayearas culture and music con-vergeforthisfestival.

Caymans Pirates Week November 10 - 20, 2011Cayman Island is filledwithmusic, games, and compe-titions, delicious food anddrinkalongwithitsglitteringparade,eventsperformedbystreet dancer’s and sportseventsarealsoincluded.

Martinique Jazz FestivalNovember 8 – 14, 2011Venues across Fort-de-France toot their horn forthis annual Jazz Festival.Martinique’s bestmusicianscometogethertoplayanex-citingmixture of traditionalisland biguine and trans-continental blue-note andbee-bopduringthefestival’sconcerts.

Dominican Republic Jazz FestivalNovember 10-12, 2011The Dominican RepublicJazzFestival isa festival fullof rhythm, flavor and color,that is wrapped in the fra-grant air of the DominicanRepublic

Barbados Food, Wine & Rum Festival November 18-21, 2011 World renowned chefs andwineexpertswilljoinwithBarbados best culinary art-ists to share their talentsandcreateafourdayfestivalbringingtogetherthebestinfood, wine, rum and Barba-dosculture.

Turks and Caicos Conch FestivalNovember 25-26, 2011Celebrate the islands’ mostfamous delicacy, historicalicon, and number one ex-port.Greatfood livemusic, games and con-testsforallages.

St. Kitts CarinvalNovember 25-December 3, 2011TBrightly coloured, fun pa-

rades with plenty of musicand dancing rock the is-land’s capital, Basseterre.Don’t miss the crowning ofthe carnival royalty and theall-nightJ’ouvertparty.

Bahamas International Film FestivalDecember 1-4, 2011The Bahamas InternationalFilm Festival is a non-profitorganization providing thelocal Bahamians and inter-national visitors with a di-verse presentation of filmsfromaroundtheworld.BIFFwill provide a unique cul-tural experience and set ofeducational programs andforums for exploring thepast, present and future ofcinema.Jamaica Invitational Pro-Am NIKE GOLFDecember 7-11, 2011The Jamaica Tourist Boardhas teamed up with NIKEGOLFtopresenttheJamaicaInvitational Pro-Am nick-named“Annie’s Revenge,” after thelegendarystoryoftheWhiteWitchofRoseHall.Thefour-some teams are comprisedofthreeamateurgolfersanda professional. Teams willcompeteover54-holes,play-ing both the Cinnamon Hilland White Witch course astheyviefortheJamaicaPro-Am Championship crystaltrophy.

Grenada Carriacou Parang FestivalDecember 16-18, 2011TheCarriacouParang Festi-valisafunandlivelylessoninoneof theoldestmusicalgenres of the Caribbean is-lands, “parang”, and takesplace on the streets of theHillsboroughregionofCarriacouIsland.

Jamaica Sting Reggae FestivalDecember 26, 2011The greatest one nightdancehall reggae show onearth.

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Sports

Trinidad and Tobago Captain Daren Ganga Quits

North, Central Americanand Caribbean men’s foot-ballqualifying for theLon-don2012Olympicswillbestaged between 22 Marchand2AprilwithUnder-23teams at three Americanvenues, US Soccer an-nounced.

The Confederation ofNorth, Central Americanand Caribbean AssociationFootball (CONCACAF)tournament will be playedin Nashville, Tennessee;Kansas City, Kansas; andthe home stadium ofMajor League Soccer’s LosAngelesGalaxy.

Two spots in theLondon fieldwillbeonof-fer,goingtothewinnersofthetournament’ssemi-finalmatches in Kansas City on31 March. Those winnerswillmeeton2April tode-

cide a regional champion,however,bothwilladvanceregardlessoftheresult.

Six of the eight teamsin the CONCACAF eventare already set withUSA, Mexico, Canada, ElSalvador, Honduras andPanama having qualified.Two Caribbean teamswill be added to the fieldfrom a final qualifyingevent between 24 and 28NovemberinBasseterre,St.Kitts&Nevis,involvingthehosts, Cuba, Suriname andTrinidadandTobago.

One four-team groupwill play matches inNashville, while the oth-er group will play in LosAngeles.Thetoptwoteamsfrom each group advanceto the crucial semi-finalmatchesinKansasCity.

Cities confirmed for CONCACAF qualifiers

Manny Pacquiao edges points win over Marquez

Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake Wins IAAF Awards

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad(CMC):PerennialTrinidadandTo-bago (T&T) captain DarenGanga has quit the post,two weeks after his side’sfailed campaign in the Su-per50seriesinGuyana.

Inareleasethe32-year-oldannouncedhewouldbestepping down as head ofthe sidehehas led for thelastnineseasons.

“Ihavealwaysbelievedthatoneofmymostimpor-tantdutiesascaptain is tofoster the development oftheplayersinmyteamasacriticalaspectofsuccessionplanning,”saidGanga.

“The evolution of theteam into the mature unitit is, alongwith the emer-genceofapoolofpotentialleaders within the team,reaffirms that the time is

right for relinquishing thereinsofcaptaincy.

“Iwishtomakeitabun-dantly clear that I am notretiring from cricket andI continue to makemyselfavailable for selection onthe national cricket teamand pledge my support tothenewcaptain.”

GangahasledT&Twithsuccess over the years,winningeverytitleonofferintheregion.

Under his leadership,T&Twonthe2004one-daytitleandthe2006four-daytitlebeforegoingontocap-ture back-to-back one-daytitlesin2008and2009.

HealsosteeredT&TtocapturethesecondStanfordTwenty20Championshipin2008beforehelpingtoputTrinidadian cricket on themap by reaching the final

oftheinauguralChampionsLeague T20 tournament,where they lost to NewSouthWales.

Ganga’s most recentsuccess came earlier thisyear when T&T won theCaribbean Twenty20 toqualifyfortheCLT20.

Ganga said he wouldnow enter “a new phase”ofhisprofessionalandper-sonallife.

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaican sprint star UsainBoltwasnamedIAAF2011Male World Athlete of theYear for the third time, fol-lowing his double worldchampionship success inDaegu,andcountrymanYo-han Blake won the awardfor Best Male Performanceof the Year for clocking19.26 in the200metres attheDiamondLeaguefinalinBrussels,thesecondfastesttimeeveroverthedistancebehindBolt.

Bolt was previouslyhonored by the IAAF, thegoverningbodyofathletics,backin2008and2009.

He suffered an injury-hit 2010 but returned tohis best in 2011 as he de-fendedhis200mworldtitleandthenhelpedJamaicato

win the 4x100m relay in aworld record timeof37.04seconds.

Boltwasdisqualifiedforafalsestartinthe100mfi-nalwon byBlake, butwonhisotherfiveracesoverthedistancewithabesttimeof9.76seconds.

“This season was a re-ally trying season forme, Ireallyhadtoworkhardandstandupmygame,”BolttoldtheofficialIAAFwebsite.

“Thereweresomecloseraces this season, I re-ally had to pushmyself. Sothis really means a wholelot to me. Because I re-ally came out there hardthis year, and all the hard

workIputinpaidoff.”MinisterofYouthSports

and Culture, Olivia Grangesaid, “Bolt deserved towinafterachallengingbutsuc-cessful year in which hedefended his title in the200 metres at the WorldChampionships before an-choring the Jamaican teamtovictoryinthe4×100me-tresinworldrecordtime.”

Grange said she was“very proud of the youngJamaicans”, adding thattheir successes “under-scored the importance offollowing one’s passions,hardworkandbelieving inone’sabilities.”

Manny Pacquiao’s thirdmeeting with Juan ManuelMarquez ended in farce astheFilipinosensationedgeda controversialmajority de-cision.

Boos rang out aroundtheMGMGrandinLasVegaswhentwojudgesscoredthefight 116-112 and 115-113in the WBO welterweightchampion’s favor, while thethirdcalleditadrawat114-114.

But the crowd of morethan 16,000 were left won-dering how Marquez hadbeendeniedwhat appearedtohavebeenaclearvictory.

Marquez, 38, fumed: “Iwas robbed, it happenedagain. I don’t think there ismuch more I can do in thering.“Iwouldliketotellev-eryone that it’s possible tobeat Pacquiao. It was doneandwewon.

“Onlythreepeopledidn’tsee it — the judges didn’tsee the same thing. “I’mhappywithmyperformance.Honestly, Idon’tknowwhatI need to do to change the

mindofthejudges.”Pacquiaoshadedtheear-

lyexchangesandsteppedupwith a two-punch combo totheheadinroundfour.

But Marquez hit backwith a crashing straightrightinthefifth,leavingPac-Man requiring a pep talkfrom trainer Freddie Roach.Marquezcontinuedtoapplythepressureanddrewbloodfrom the champion’smouthbefore landing two goodbodyshotsinroundeight.

Pacquiao, realising heneed to up his game, re-sponded in the ninth withsome big shots as the boutbegantocometolife.

ButasidefromaMarquezslipandaPacquiaoclaimforaheadbutt,thefinaletothis

fight trilogy left the boxingworld with more questionsthananswers.

There is already talk ofa fourth clash between theduo, with Roach admittingTeam Pacquiao had not ex-pected such a strong chal-

lenge.The legendary corner-

man said: “I’m not mak-ing any excuses becauseMarquezfoughtagreatfight.

“Hereallysurprisedme.Hefoughtwellbutwepulleditoutinthelasttworounds.

“I thought the fightwasthere forhimandhestayedin the counter-punchingmode and didn’t move for-ward.

“Ifajudgeisgoingtogiveacloseroundtosomeone,itwillbetheaggressor.



Fun and FactsDID YOU KNOW?• Oureyescandetectsound.

• Theword“God”appearsineverybookexceptEstherandSongofSolomon.

• TheBibleistheworld’smostshopliftedbook

AMERICAN: Thatwomanisoverweight.

JAMAICAN: Lawd,lookhowshefatandspreadoutlikemashbullfrog.

TRINI: Ohjeesan,dahwomanrealllllfat

BAJAN: You,shebigasshiteya.

AMERICAN: Therearealotofmenoutthere,thatIcandatebesidesyou.

JAMAICAN: Treenogrowinmefaceyaknow.

TRINI: Realmenchekfuhme

BAJAN:Whenonedoorshutanudderonedoesopen.

Weird Laws• InFrance,itislegaltomarryadeadperson

• ItisillegalNOTtosmileinPocatello,Idaho

• Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S.since1916whenamanmaileda40,000-tonbrickhouseacrossUtahtoavoidhighfreightrates.

Mango SeasonThreemenweresentencedtodie-aVincentian,aJamaican,andTrinidadian.On the day theywere sentenced to hang, the priest askedeachman-“what’syourlastwish?”

The Vincentian said “Give me Roasted Breadfruit & FriedJackfish.”Afterheatethemeal,theyhunghim.

TheJamaicanwasnext.Hesaid“givemesomeackee,saltfishandjerkchicken.”Af-terheatehismeal,theyhunghimtoo.

TheTrinidadianthengavehislastwish.Hesaid: “Well, it’savery longtimethat Ihaven’tsuckedamango.”

Thepriestreplied:“Sorry,it’snotmangoseason.”TheTrinireplied:Well,Iwillwait.”

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• Youcandistinguishbetween“cocoa-tea”“bush-tea”,and“green-tea”.

• When someone sympathizes with you, you comment“Yuhtinksehiteasy?”

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• Yougo toparties for the foodanddrinkand thencussafterwardswhenthefoodanddrinkrunout.



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An unprecedented1,325 schools across 123New York districts havebeenidentifiedforimprove-ment under the federal NoChildLeftBehindAct.

Of those named, 847schoolsand89districtsarenewly identifiedasneedingimprovement,numberswellabovelastyear’s102schoolsacross four school districtsthatwerethennewlyidenti-fiedforimprovement.

“Thisisjustfurtherevi-dence–asifweneededany– that we must move for-wardtoreformourschoolsand change what is hap-pening in our classrooms,”BoardofRegentsChancellorMerrylTischsaidinastate-ment.“Ourgoalistoensureevery student graduatesfrom high school college-andcareer-ready.

These numbers showthat too many schools aremoving in the opposite di-rection. The Regents haveadopted strong new re-forms to improve studentperformance and increaseaccountability. If student

performance doesn’t im-prove,schoolsmustbeheldaccountable.Wearewatch-ing.”

The state’s Board ofRegents is developing a re-form agenda that focuseson sustained long-termimproved student achieve-ment,and thestatehasad-optedthenationalCommonCoreLearningStandards.

Although New Yorkdidn’t file a notice of in-tention by an Octoberdeadline for No Child LeftBehind waivers, the Boardof Regents says the stateis considering ways thewaivers canhelpNewYorklessenfocusoncertainman-dates in the law that haveproven ineffective in NewYork’seducationsystem.

“While the 2014 NCLBdeadline for proficiency forallmaynotbeachieved,it’stherightgoaland it shouldbeourgoal,”StateEducationCommissioner John King,Jr. said in a statementThursday. “Our studentsarenotgraduatingwiththeskills they need to succeed

incollegeandcareers.Thathas to change, and changenow.”

State officials say thatthe drastic increase in thenumber of schools thatfailedtomakeAnnualYearlyProgress can be attributedtoanumberoffactors:

• Sunset in 2009-10of a statistical adjustmentfor the students with dis-abilities subgroup that hasmade it more difficult forthis group to demonstrateAYP.

• Change in grades3-8 English language arts(ELA) and math testingdates, which requires stu-dentstoshowgreaterlearn-ing has occurred becausetests are given later in theschoolyear.

• Changeinthemeth-odologyforequatinggrades3-8 ELA and math assess-ments, which eliminate atendency to overcompen-sateforthecomparabledif-ficultyoftestsfromoneyeartothenext.

• Changes to thegrades 3-8 ELA and math

assessments, making themlesspredictable.

• Increase in thehighschool graduation rate goalandprogresstargets,whichhave substantially raisedthe percentage of studentswho must graduate or theyearly increase in the per-centage of graduates in or-derforaschoolordistricttomakeAYP.

Thestatecommissionerwillalsoidentifypersistent-ly lowest-achieving schoolslater in the academic year-- thosethatareamongthelowest performing 5 per-cent of schools based on acombination of school per-formance and standardizedtests, and those that havegraduation rates below 60percent for three consecu-tive years. Districts withschoolsthatareidentifiedaspersistently lowest-achiev-ingmustsubmitaplanthatwouldimplementoneofthefour federallymandated in-terventionmethodsofturn-around, restart, closure ortransformation.

InAugust,NewYorkCity

Mayor Michael Bloombergand Schools ChancellorDennis Walcott announcedthat they had raised $1.5millioninprivatedonationsto fund theRegentsExam’sJanuaryadministration.Theexam was canceled to ac-countforan$8millionstatetesting budget deficit, andtheinitiallossoftheJanuaryadministration threatenedmany students’ ability tomakeupfailedtests,gradu-ateorgraduateearly.

The large number ofNewYork schools failing tomeetAYPcomesamidare-port that student scoresonthe nation’s most reliablereadingandmathexamarestill low and achievementgaps among students ofvarying races and incomesremain wide. Among thefindings: just 40 percent of4thgradersand35percentof 8th grade students areperforming at or above alevelofproficiencyinmath,and just34percent inbothgrades tested proficient inreading.

1,325 New York Schools Identified For Improvement

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