An unidentified mother cries out during a demonstration with others who have daughters among the kidnapped school girls of government secondary school Chibok. – AP LAGOS (AP): Nigeria’s Islamic extremist leader threatened in a videotaped statement seen yesterday to sell the more than 200 teenage schoolgirls abducted from a school in the remote northeast of the country three weeks ago. ... »
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago authorities Monday night announced a TT$2.5 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of prominent Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal, as Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar sought to give the assurance that other high level officials were not being targeted by criminals... »
Vybz Kartel could be locked behind bars for the next three decades and by then the Jamaican landscape will be strikingly different. But police officers who worked hard to secure a conviction for the former Portmore Empire head is already moving to wipe Waterford in Portmore clean of Vybz Kartel and his followers. Police officers came out last week armed with paint brushes and pain to clean graffit... »
It may not be a good idea to ban employees from social media during work hours, says Gale Peart, CEO of Caribbean Fortress Limited. Almost half of the managers in one of last Tuesday’s afternoon session at the Make Your Mark Middle Managers’ conference say their companies set up firewalls to prevent their employees from accessing social media at the office. “Evidence suggest that... »
This is Leon Jenkins, president of the Los Angeles NAACP chapter which is now under scrutiny for awarding the bigot Donald Sterling with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. He has resigned. Jenkins allegedly was taking money from Sterling with promises to clear his (Sterling) name within the black community since the settlement over racial discrimination acts. His trangressions: While a ... »
Vybz Kartel murder conviction is one of the biggest blows to the dancehall genre in decades. But another big name dancehall act could be slapped with murder charge. A highly place source inside the police force told Urban Islandz that detectives are investigating another murder that they linked to a big name dancehall act. The source declined to name the artist telling us it’s premature to make su... »
Alkaline makes a donation to Jamie Sitcheran (left) recently.-Contributed photos Kirby Campbell (left) accepts a donation from dancehall artiste Alkaline Artiste makes donation to cancer patients He’s one of the hottest names in the dancehall arena at present, but deejay Alkaline still finds time to give of himself to fans and those in need. He recently made a cash donation to two women, Kir... »
Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Mobile Reserve Winchroy Budhoo (left) exchanges the ISCF Chevron (blue) for the JCF one (red and yellow) with a newly sworn member, formerly of the ISCF. KINGSTON, Jamaica — Members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) who had signed and submitted letters of re-assignment issued by the Commissioner of Police are to be sworn in today, M... »
Dancehall star Vybz Kartel is currently channeling his focusing on his appeal. The self proclaim Worl’Boss, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, Shawn “Storm” Campbell, Kahira Jones, Andre St John are all serving a life sentences in a maximum security prison after being convicted of the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams on March 13. Kartel and his three co-convicts have since filed paperwork ... »
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CMC) – The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. “By definition this is an epidemic since it represents an unusual number of cases of this problem where we would never have it before,” Dr Hospedales told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). The mosquito-... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman, who thought she was purchasing chicken and cooking oil recently, instead ended up with a box of stones, a bottle of water, and $5,000 out of pocket. The shifty ‘salesman’ is to be sentenced on May 21, having entered a guilty pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court this week. In entering the guilty plea, Leonar... »
Vybz Kartel is currently serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison in Jamaica. The dancehall deejay was convicted on March 13, 2014 for the 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. His protege Shawn Storm and two friends Kahira Jones and Andre St John are also serving life sentence. But who was Vybz Kartel before he was sent to prison? Anthony Miller of ER recently aired a documentary on... »
The bleaching epidemic in dancehall is reaching a new high as another deejay step into the limelight confirming his bleaching. U.K. based dancehall star Don André is the latest artiste to confirm his bleaching with a new single. Don André has a new single titled “Bleach Out” where he openly deejay about his skin bleaching. Check out some lyrics excerpt: I’m so brown and I am proud of it Mi madda d... »
MACKA DIAMOND… they came without my fee and the contract that I signed said that I should receive payment at the hotel DEEJAY Macka Diamond is apologising to show patrons in Panama for missing a gig in that Central American country last weekend. The entertainer, who was slated to perform at Club Fiesta in Panama City on April 26, stated that there were several glitches on the part of the con... »
TIME magazine has released their issue of the 100 Most Influential People in the World and Beyoncé is on the cover. Last year Jay-Z made his appearance on the list of the 100 people with the most influence. On the cover, Beyoncé posted for a black-and-white photo shot by Paola Kudacki for the iconic magazine. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg praised the 32-year-old pop star as a role model for women. ... »
More lavish furniture inside one of the houses. Upscale properties, mad money and other assets of convicted drug dealer seized Livern Barrett Gleaner Writer Not content with $230 million in property and other assets they have already seized from a convicted drug dealer and one of his cronies, Jamaican investigators have set their sights on a further $500 million in assets traced to the drug gang. ... »
A BMW motor car seized from a man in west Kingston in 2010, which police investigators said then they believed was owned by Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. One of the houses initially reported as owned by ‘Dudus’. Investigators find only a fraction of the wealth that the Tivoli don was supposed to have amassed After digging for almost four years, local investigators have found ve... »
A St Andrew businessman became the first person to face criminal charges following a series of operations across several parishes earlier this month in which a dozen high-end motor vehicles were seized by the Revenue Protection Division (RPD). He is Dwight Morgan, the 42-year-old managing director of BUCMARS Limited. Morgan was arrested by personnel from the RPD on Wednesday and charged with impor... »
SINGER Tony Rebel will face a critical hearing in the Supreme Court in downtown Kington early next month. The May 7 hearing could result in Rebel having to shell out millions to a composer who claims that the artiste infringed his copyright. However, if Rebel is successful, he would be allowed to contest the multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought against him by music composer Jah Wayne. Garth McBean,... »
Rumors of a fight in prison between Shawn Storm and Vybz Kartel are spreading like wildfire. Earlier this week news surfaced online claiming that Shawn Storm assaulted Vybz Kartel in prison after hearing the voice notes between his mentor and a man identified as Problem Child. The voice notes were leaked from a Blackberry smartphone belonging to Vybz Kartel. Kartel and his friend Problem could be ... »
Livingston Cain, the juror accused of attempting to bribe fellow jurors in the Vybz Kartel murder trial, leaves the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court with his lawyer Dian Watson, yesterday. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD) THE juror who allegedly tried to bribe his fellow jurors in the Vybz Kartel murder trial in return for a not-guilty verdict, is scheduled to return to the Corporate Area Reside... »
SISTER Carol has been spreading reggae’s roots and culture message for over 30 years. She gives her fans more ‘consciousness’ on Live No Evil, her latest album. The set was officially released in January by the singjay’s Black Cinderella Records. It contains 14 tracks including The Prayer, Jill-cuzzi, Mating Season, Servitude and Muma and Pickney, which she did with her dau... »
Where did all of Wyclef Jean fortune go? The former Fugees member is flat broke according to his business manager. Wyclef is reportedly up to his neck in debt including a $2.9 million tax debt to the IRS and owe over $100,000 in legal fees. The Haitian born singer also owes law firm Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber & Herbsman $102,027.40. Wyclef Jean reportedly the first $133,000 in legal fees but rea... »
Customers of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) are being promised a 6.85 per cent decrease in their electricity bills this month, compared to March. In a release yesterday, the JPS said the fuel and independent power producers (IPP) charge decreased from $28.83 in March, to $24.38 in April. “As a result, the overall impact on the bill of a typical residential customer using 165 kilowatt-hours... »
Vybz Kartel fallout is far from over. The embattled dancehall star is not only serving a life sentence in a Jamaican prison, but he is now under a lot of scrutiny after some damaging data allegedly taken from his Blackberry Torch smartphone was leaked. Anonymous sources sent Urban Islandz several photos and video of Vybz Vybz Kartel. Several of the photos are that of guns and sexual acts. There ar... »
