Luciano officially charged

Well, as one of my commentors stated in one of my posts below, bad state of affairs in Jamaica. The Half-Way-Tree police yesterday charged international reggae singer Jepther McClymont, more popularly known as Luciano, with harboring a fugitive, following investigations into a shooting incident at his house on March 25. Three police officers were reportedly injured in a two-hour stand-off between lawmen and a gunman who was inside the singer's house.

The police have since identified the man as Andrew 'Conquerer' Senior. He is believed to be about 30 and was wanted for between eight and 10 murders, the most recent being that of Gloria McLean, 65, in the Grants Pen area, several months ago. If the allegations are true, I know Luciano knows better than that. He have to find lots of money to pay off the police man dem, not to throw him in prison.

Source----> Jamaica Star

Congratulations to Serena Williams-WTA Player of the Year

This is indeed her year. Serena holds claim to 10 grand slam titles. She also won this prestigious award of WTA Plaer in 2002.

"Winning the Player of the Year award for the second time in my career is a great personal achievement," Williams said in a statement released by the WTA.

She and her sister have inspired many young women to pursue their dreams in this sport

Hewitt's Widow Gets Charged With Murder

Following Thursday's breakthrough in their investigation into the June 2006 murder of former talk show host Christine Hewitt , Miss Hewitt's husband 27-year-old truck driver David Lloyd Gordon was Thursday charged in connection with her death. He is expected to appear in court next week. Mr. Gordon's brother is now being sought by the police for questioning Hopefully justice will be served. Source: RadioJamaica.com

This Week's Top Reggae Songs

So Vybz Kartel's Diss is still hot on the scene. I have a feeling a rebuttal to this song is coming.

This Week	Last Week	WeekOC	Play	Song - Artist - Label
1	2	8		Last Man Standing (Don't Run) (1 wk @ #1) - Vybz Kartel - Not Nice Productions
2	1	13		Time To Shine (3 wks @ #1) - Laden - Big Ship
3	4	11		So Blessed - Mavado - Big Ship
4	3	11		Ramping Shop (2 wks @ #1) - Vybz Kartel feat. Spice - Adidjaheim Records/Not Nice Productions
5	9	7		Head Cyaan Hot So - Prodigal Son - Main Street Records
6	8	8		This Means Money - Konshens - Head Concussion
7	6	8		Ben Ova (Wibble Wabble) - RDX - Young Blood
8	10	7		Get Wild - Vybz Kartel - Not Nice Productions
9	5	24		Ghetto Prayer - Shane-O - Jam II
10	7	12		Dip Again - Elephant Man feat. Ding Dong - Big Ship

Reasons to Visit Jamaica

With all the bad reports I wanted to remind my readers of some of the reasons why Jamaica still is one of the top vacation spots.



THE BEACHES







THE CHILDREN





THE MUSIC



THE CULTURE

THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN



THE WONDERFUL RESORTS



GORGEOUS SCENARY


AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD STILL COME TO JAMAICA IS BECAUSE JAMAICA.....

Old School Time Mon-Derrick Harriott

Big up to one of the original old time crooners-Derrick Harriott

Rise in Broken Penis(i)

I had to report this. Only in the Jamaican Star can the headline read, "Rise in Broken Willy." Apparently the urologists in some of the hospitals in Jamaica have noticed, "an increase" in the number of cases where men fracture their members. The reason is largely attributed to the men's obsession with daggerin' aka rough sex.

Okay, I have to say this, if your man is having sex with you so rough that he needs to reset his penis, then perhaps he needs to know that their is a difference between having sex an making love.

The doctors states, "It's possibly daggerin' people tend to have a predisposition to rough sex, " the surgeon said. "(So) during very rigorous intercourse, the penis slips out and in an attempt to ram it back in, the man hits the woman's pubic bone and pops the penis."

Trust Me I can't mek dis up!

Source: JAMAICA STAR

Government Cuts Labor by Using Prisoners

With Jamaica (like many other countries) facing such hardtimes, cutbacks are hard. Now, they are going to be using more free labor.

"With what is happening the Government is looking to cut cost in every way it can and this is one way we will have to use the resources of the inmates to reduce the cost to the public sector," Junior Security Minister Senator Arthur Williams told the Observer yesterday.

Acting Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett told the Observer that for last year 18 projects were carried out across the island using inmates at a cost of $2 million to the Government. She said it would cost more than $40 million if the work was given to outside contractors.

I think though the outside contractors would be more reliable. If you "pay" a man for a good days work, I mean pay him well, then he will come back and work harder for you the next day. If you "beat" a man and tell him he "has to work," you will get work, but without the quality behind it. That is just my opinion. There are so many laborers in Jamaica who can do the job, but if the government is cutting cost by using inmates, then won't these laborers soon end up as inmates as well? Desperate times sometimes call for desperate measures. I feel that these folks will be soon feel tempted to join criminal elements just to make ends me for themselves and family.

Source: Jamaican Observer

Spotlight on Carlton Brown

Carlton Brown is one of Jamaica's leading fashion designers. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Brown who through the nurturing from talented artisans, further fuelled his passion, hence developing his signature style, combining formal attire with casual chic. Named "Caribbean Male Fashion Designer of the Year," Carlton Brown is the name in fashion throughout Jamaica and the Caribbean. He was mentored by Professor Andrew Ramroop- the first ever black Master tailor to head the prestigious Savile Row tailors.

He will making his North American debut (according to the Jamaican Observer) during LG Fashion Week on Thursday March 19th at 8:00 pm.

Click here for more information on that upcoming even- ------> HERE

Check out some of his designs below.

Wordless Wednesday

Children Escape Fire that Destroyed HomeO

One of the onlookers that saw the fire that broke out at, Martha's House Children's home in Kingston stated," Ya man, mi jus come out pon de road and mi see like some blue lightning, like electricity a gash under the roof up at the home, yuh kno," Bum Bye said. "Then sometime after the fire start up and mi an' 'bout five a mi fren dem run come ya and go straight round a de back and go tek out de pickney dem."

Superintendent Lansford Williams of the Kingston and St Andrew Fire Department said that they received a call at 7:58 p.m. and immediately dispatched four units. He said that on arrival, the building was seen engulfed in flames and five jets were used to quench the blaze.

The superintendent confirmed that civilians rescued all of the children. He also said that two kids and an adult were injured during the blaze and were taken to hospital. Damage is estimated at $8 million. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Source: The Jamaican Star

Too Funny-Man Busted at Him Galfriend House

MotherTandesso Gives Advice

One of Iriegal's latest video

Is Jamaican Really Hurting?

In February of this year the Jamaica Gleaner wrote an article titled, " Jamaica-A Hurting Nation." I don't know why the title upset me. Is Jamaica going through a sea of violence within the last decade? Yes, is the situation getting worst. I don't think so. I think change is happening. Not at the rate people would like but still it is coming..

I feel that as the government realizes (and it does realize) the impact of crime on its tourist industry that things are slowly changing. One thing that is changing is "fear." It use to be that you could not get people to come forward to identify, much less testify against the "bad man" in Jamaica, but things are changing.

In 2005, Jamaica had 1,674 murders (64.10 per 100,000 people), giving the country the unenviable reputation of having the highest murder rate in the world that year. Hope was raised by a small reduction in 2007. We witnessed 70 people were murdered within the first 20 days of the 2009. We also witnessed though that most of the crimes committed in Jamaica last year were what the police have described as gang-related incidents. As people are not becoming sick and tired of being prisoners in their own homes an victims, they are turning towards their own communities for support.

In Saint Andrew, The St Andrew South police division includes troubled communities such as Waterhouse, Drewsland, Seaview Gardens, Riverton City and Olympic Gardens. These were names years ago that were Rema, Tivioli Gardens, Trenchtown..and the list continues. The name changes but the violence stays the same.

I spoke to some friends of mine who came back from Jamaica last week. They said Irie we had a ball mon! They pointed out that like any country, you have to know where to go and have some sort of guidance on the island. You have to make sure you are safe anywhere you go in life. I agree. Fear is something that can keep a man down.

Do I fear going back to Jamaica ? No I don't because Jamaica is and will always be my home. Jamaica (the country itself) is not hurting, however the people in Jamaica are hurting-hurting for jobs, a better economic standing, less restraints on importing and exporting, more funding for education and the list goes on.

....but isn't (in these current economic times) all countries are now hurting for?

I feel a newspaper needs to build up hope in its society, not bring it down. I wrote to the Gleaner (my letter is probably still in someone's harddrive), to let them know that Jamaicans abroad "know" about the violent situations, but would love to see them focus more on some of the more positive aspects of Jamaica. How about more success stories on the front page.

Country Woman Comes to Town

Why this woman remind me of mi granny...lol

Unique Ways of Smuggling Drugs

I have to laugh...only in Jamaica. Recently it was reported that a man (Robert Cunningham) tried to smuggle drugs out of Jamaica through the handles of his suitcase.

Originally he and his travelling companion (Cynthia Woolery) from Westmoreland who allegedly had 2.75 pounds of ganja in the handle of her suitcases had tried to make a plea, but he later pled guilty for the offense The plea was rejected because it was found out it was not the first time the woman had done this.

It alwasy amazes me that people think that Jamaica is so unsophisticated that they will try all kind of crazy things to get drugs out the country. It is the Customs agents that are corrupt why half the drugs make it out the country.

Here some picture of different ways that people have tried to smuggle drugs out the country.

Joke Time Mon-One Wish Genie

Start your week with some humor

A woman was walking along the banks of Dunn's River Falls when she stumbled upon an old empty bottle. She picked it up and rubbed it, and lo-and- behold a Genie appeared. She talked with him awhile, then the Genie told her he would grant her ONE wish. She said she heard from a cousin that she would get three wishes if she ever found a Genie. The Genie said, 'Nope, sorry, three-wish genies nuh real, me is strictly a ONE-WISH Genie. So ... what yuh want?' The woman didn't hesitate. She said, 'I want peace in the Middle East. See this map, I want these countries to stop fighting with each other and I want all the Arabs to love Jews and Americans and vice-versa. It will bring about world peace and harmony'. The Genie looked at the map and exclaimed, 'Lawd Lady, A wah wrang wid yu? PLEASE BE REASONABLE! Dem countries yah a war fi how much thousands of years. Mi shut up inna dis bockle fi 'bout five hundred of dem dey years! Mi good but mi nuh dat good! Mi nuh know if mi can grant dis one. Do Lady, mek another wish!! Mi a beg yuh... Be reasonable.' The woman thought for a minute and said, 'Well, I've never been able to find the right man... You know, one that is considerate and fun, likes to dance and helps with the cooking and house cleaning, is great in bed and is FAITHFUL. That's what I wish for ... a good man. The Genie let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, 'Mek mi see di map again!!!!'

Vbytz Kartel is a Free Man

Well, I know many people are thinking like I am that money is seriously changing hands in this case. A quote from the Jamaican Star has his lawyer saying,

"Your Honour, I know the name Vybz Kartel might send off a negative vibes. However, I am representing Adidjah Palmer who is a totally different person from the entertainer persona. And it is in this light that we want to say we are sorry to the music fraternity and Jamaica at large for what happened at Sting," he said.

As many reading may recall Vbyz was accuses of using indecent language at the Sting show last year.

This is gonna to make it hard for the Ministers who want to censor the language used in many of the dancehall tunes.

More of the Story Here---VBYTZ KARTEL