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There were no major surprises when the much-anticipated 2009 Sting poster was unveiled. The unveiling of the poster also confirmed that Beenie Man will be a no-show at the event, set for December 26 at Jamworld, in Portmore, St Catherine. The deejay, in a recent television interview, made it clear he wouldn't attend the 26-year old event, should Bounty Killer and Vybz Kartel engage in a lyrical battle. Dancehall act KipRich has also been confirmed to perform but will not take part in a potential clash with General B. There are 22 female artistes billed for Sting this year. Line up Include: Bounty Killer Vybz Kartel Merciless Mavado KipRich General B Assassin Aidonia Anthony B Flippa Mafia Twins of Twins Charlie...

Google has expanded access to its Google Play Movies to 13 new countries, bringing the total with access to the electronic sell and rental service to 27. Users of Android-based devices in Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Botswana, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe can now access the movie platform.

Born ROWAN "Anthony Cruz" SMITH on December 17th, Anthony Cruz grew up in Mandeville, Manchester. Hailing from a talented musical family - being the nephew of the celebrated singer Garnett Silk, as well as having a mother and father who were excellent singers - Cruz was convinced from a young age that he was destined to be a great singer. After graduating from Holmwood Technical High School, Cruz migrated to the United States, spending a few years in New York before moving to Miami. In 1993, while residing in Miami, fate would lead him to meet producer Willie Lindo who was impressed with a demo tape he heard of the artiste. Lindo decided to take him under his wings, working with the young singer to hone his rich vocals...

The family of murdered South African reggae star Lucky Dube has welcomed the guilty verdict for his three killers.Sfiso Mhlanga, Mbuti Mabe and Ludwa Julius Gxowa, who were found guilty of shooting Dube dead in 2007. On Thursday the South African court jailed three men for life for the murder of international reggae star Lucky Dube Dube was 43 when he died on Oct. 18, 2007 following an attempted car hijacking in a Johannesburg suburb. The Gallo Music-signed reggae artist enjoyed one of the most successful music careers in the South African industry. Over a catalog of 22 albums - primarily reggae but also including several recorded in the Mbaqanga traditional music genre - he became the country's most successful reggae...

Jamaica's police force arrested a suspect on Monday in the beating, stabbing and robbery of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's older brother Vincent Simpson. Andre Foreman, 21, of Kingston, was arraigned on charges of aggravated robbery, wounding with intent to kill and illegal possession of a firearm. He is due to appear in court on Friday. The robbers took J$30,000 ($310), a television set, a pistol and other items from Simpson, who remains in a Kingston hospital. Two other men who were suspected to be involved in the attack remain at large.

New York Hot 97 DJ and producer Calvin "Mr. Cee" LeBrun was arrested last night in a prostitution sting. The 46-year-old Hot 97 employee was taken into custody in Brooklyn after trying to solicit an undercover police officer who was posing as a male prostitute. This is the DJ’s third time being arrested on prostitution related charges in the last three years. Mr Cee was busted on loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution on October 8, 2010 in Lower Manhatten. He pled guilty to those charges a month later. He was arrested in March 2011 after police observed him getting oral sex from a male prostitute in a parked car. Mr. Cee pled guilty to a charge of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense in June...

(AP) A former Northern Ireland police ombudsman says Jamaican security forces must significantly curb fatal shootings of civilians if they want islanders to trust them. Nuala O'Loan says there is, in her words, an "unparalleled level of police shootings in Jamaica." The former Northern Ireland investigator says she has never seen "police fatal shootings in the way I have seen them here." She says there were 147 fatal shootings by Jamaican police between January and June of this year. In 2012, Jamaican security forces killed 219 people, nine more than in 2011. Human rights activists have repeatedly criticized the number of shootings by Jamaica's police. A commission that investigates allegations of abuse by Jamaican forces released a...

Inspired by the great reggae drummers of the mid-seventies, Swedish music production company OddGrooves releases Reggae Drumming - a MIDI drum loop pack arranged for several popular drum samplers. According to OddGrooves' chief drummer Magnus Brandell the goal with the Reggae Pack was to "get into the soul" of the reggae drummers of the 70's. Burning Spear, Peter Tosh and The Wailers served as major sources of inspiration when recording the loops. OddGrooves CEO/producer Per Ulfhielm says: Reggae Drumming features: - 247 reggae drum loops, predominantly roots reggae, but also reggae pop such as The Police and loops inspired by Frank Zappa's classic reggae variations. - Recorded in a total of 10 tempos - All drum loops are...

Jamaica's justice minister has signed an order to expunge some marijuana-related convictions now that the island has partially decriminalized small amounts of pot. Justice Minister Mark Golding stated that he had signed an order to provide a path for people to get their criminal records purged if they have minor convictions for smoking or possessing marijuana. In April, drug law amendments went into effect that partially decriminalized small amounts of pot and paved the way for a lawful medical marijuana sector in Jamaica.

A group of joggers reportedly found a man naked, with his hands and feet bound, sitting on the sidewalk at the foot of the hill close to Perkins Boulevard at Queen Hill in St Andrew, Jamaica. The man reportedly parked his car at a nearby apartment complex and was about to jog when a white car drove up with two armed men who held him at gunpoint. The attackers proceeded to tear off the jogger's clothes and took turns at raping him. St Andrew South Division Police department said they received no report of the incident. However, it was confirmed by a member of the Queen Hill community, who said the men drove a white car and were armed with a gun and a knife.

A question to all men: Would you remove your wife’s or girlfriend’s underwear from the clothesline or from the washer or dryer? I have asked this question quite a few times before and I never failed to get the same answer. As I finished typing the previous sentence, I decided to ask this question once more, in a desperate attempt to find a man who would do for his wife or girlfriend the same thing she usually does for him without giving it a thought. I asked the interviewee, “Would you take your girlfriend’s panties out of the washer for her?” To my surprise, he answered “Yes.” Finally! So then my second question to him was, “Would you take them off the clothesline outside?” He quickly responded with, “If the bush fence...

The Jamaica National Flag was first raised on Independence Day, August 6, 1962. It signifies the birth of our nation. Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (145 mi) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width, amounting to 11,100 square kilometres (4,300 sq mi). It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island harboring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". Once a Spanish possession known as Santiago, in 1655 it became an English, and later a...

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Angel's Boutique, which is owned by dancehall artiste Michelle 'D'Angel' Downer, was robbed yesterday morning. The store is located at Princeville Plaza, St Andrew. It was robbed approximately 10:30 a.m. by three armed men. She said one female employee was in the store at the time. She was gagged, tied up and left in the building. The matter was reported to the Constant Spring Police Station. DSP Altermoth Campbell confirmed the incident, saying: "We have some information that we are working on."

Buju Banton is breathing a sigh of relief after a Federal Judge dismissed his gun charge last week, which would have attach an additional five years to his sentance. Judge James Moody also dismissed the reggae artiste application for a new trial on the grounds that the juror misconduct was not enough. On June 26, 2013 Judge James Moody handed down a ruling holding juror Teri Wright in contempt after she admitted to a Florida journalist that she researched aspects of the case during the high profile trial. However, that was not enough for Judge James Moody to grant Buju Banton a new trial. Chokwe Lumumba Buju Banton is now discussing with his lawyers whether or not he should appeal the judge’s decision not to grant him a new...

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Mighty Sparrow’s family confirmed that the singer was hospitalized and is currently in a coma. The family of Singer The Mighty Sparrow is sad to announce that the Calypso King Of The World is in a New York hospital in a coma. The family also asked for privacy while the singer is being treated. The family is asking fans to pray for him and to respect their privacy. They assured the press that they would update everyone at a later date. His last public performance was at Trinidad’s “The Doctors in Concert” in August, where he appeared on stage alongside Mighty Stalin Dr Leroy Calliste.

The Jamaican national bobsled team, which gained acclaim in its Winter Olympics debut at Calgary in 1988 and spawned a Disney movie (Cool Runnings) loosely based on the experience, did not qualify a sled for the Vancouver Games. The team had spent the last few weeks hoping for a spot. Hannukkah Wallace, the team’s driver, is ranked among the top 50 drivers, and the squad benefited from sleds donated by the American bobsledder Todd Hays. But a preliminary list of qualifiers did not include the team, according to The Associated Press.

Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps made it as a first runner-up for the 2010 Miss Universe pageant that happened on the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Veas Nevada. Yendi Phillips, was born in 1985 and is of black and partial Indo-American descent. By reaching the 2nd place in the prestigious beauty pageant, Yendi Phillips has taken Jamaica to the highest placement they’ve ever had in a Miss Universe contest. She was the winner of the Miss Jamaica World beauty pageant contest held in China on December 1, 2007. Yendi Phillips attributes her success to her late mother; her mother died when she was younger. She holds a bachelor’s degree of fine arts with a concentration in dance from the State University of New York at Brockport and a Master’s...

(AP) Jamaica's environment minister stated the much-discussed transshipment port is being considered for the Caribbean island's largest protected area. Robert Pickersgill made the disclosure in Beijing, where he is accompanying Jamaica's prime minister for a five-day visit. They are meeting with Chinese political and business leaders. Pickersgill says the Goat Islands in Jamaica's southern protected zone of Portland Bight is "under very serious consideration" as the site for the planned port. He told Jamaican reporters traveling with the delegation that state-owned China Harbor Engineering Co. wants to build it there. In Jamaica, conservationists said Thursday that a transshipment hub would have a devastating impact on the area's...