Next week Sunday's Dis Poem Word Festival is slated for Hope Bay Beach, Hope Bay, Portland. As it is now an outdoor event, it was appropriate that last Friday's launch, which unfolded as a preview of what will take place on Sunday, took place outdoors as well. READ More...
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Jamaica now at forefront of cancer research, says Dr Lowe.....Jamaica can be considered a serious contender for international recognition of its anti-cancer research
RENOWNED Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe and his cancer research team received a big boost over the last several weeks as one of their peer-reviewed research papers on the anti-cancer properties of the Jamaican Ball Moss has generated great interest in the international scientific community.
LOWE… Jamaica can be considered a serious contender for international recognition of its anti-cancer research |
The research paper — published in Cancer Cell International, regarded as one of the world's leading cancer peer review journals — has so far received 1,800 downloads which, Lowe said, is "a seminal achievement within the international scientific research community" and has placed Jamaica "at the forefront of prostate cancer research". READ More,,,
Jamaica Takes Aim At World Heritage List - Culture Ministry Continues To Look Into Downtown Tourism Tours
The Government is intensifying efforts to have the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park included on the World Heritage List within the next year or two.
Lisa Hannah, Minister of Youth and Culture |
The park, located in the eastern mountainous region of Jamaica, is one of the country's first and most important protected areas and was nominated for inscription to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation World Heritage List in 2011.
Addressing a recent function at the Jamaica National Heritage Trust'sdowntown Kingston headquarters, Minister of Youth and Culture LisaHanna said the Government was "very keen on ensuring that we get a World Heritage Site". READ More...
JAHAR: WE ACTED ALONE! NBC: Suspect Writes He And Brother Had No Ties To Overseas Terror Groups... U.S. Officials Agree, But Say Religion Was Motivator... Older Brother Had Outburst At Mosque... Carjack Victim: I Was Allowed To Live Because I Was 'Not American'... Jahar: We Found Bomb-Making Instructions Online... SUSPECT CHARGED... Won't Be Treated As Enemy Combatant... Miranda Rights Read After Delay
Boston bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev told investigators in writing Monday that neither he nor his older brother were in touch with any overseas terror groups, according to NBC's Pete Williams. Two U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, backed Williams' report that the suspects were not involved with any Islamic terrorist groups. The news organization tweeted the information Monday night. NBC was the firstmedia outlet to report that Suspect 2, as he was dubbed by the FBI, was captured late Friday evening. READ More...
2013 PALAS scholarship applicant, NICOLE NATION Tops NSWMA All-Island Essay Competition. Nicole is studying Medicine at UWI with distinctions...17, ones in CSEC and CAPE exams.
2013 PALAS scholarship applicant, NICOLE NATION Tops NSWMA All-Island Essay Competition
Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Gleaner
MONTEGO BAY, St James:
University of the West Indies student Nicole Nation copped top honours in the National Solid Waste Management
Nicole Nation, 2013 PALAS applicant |
Authority's (NSWMA) all-island essay competition. The 18-year-old entered the competition with a well-constructed piece on the 'Environmental Impact of Solid Waste Pollution on the Jamaican Environment', as part of her personal mission to help create a cleaner, greener Jamaica. "Eventually, I want to see Jamaica get to the place where everybody
is environmentally conscious, appreciating what we have," said Nicole, who hails from the parish of St James. The budding ophthalmologist, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in medicine and surgery, is no stranger to victory, having won several essay competitions since high school. READ More...
HANOVER, JAMAICA: Teenage Girl dies a day after brother's funeral... Teen among three killed in Negril crash
CASCADE, Hanover — Seventeen-year-old Cadiesha Purkiss of Cascade, Hanover, was one of the three persons killed in a two-bike collision on the Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril, Westmoreland Sunday night, a day after attending her brother's funeral.
A 2008 file photo of Cadiesha Purkiss |
In fact, Purkiss read the first lesson at the thanksgiving service of her 16-year-old-brother, Romaine Purkiss, held at the Cascade New Testament Church of God.The teenager, who was a pillion rider on a motorbike driven by 32-year-old graphic designer Dwayne Morris of Bamboo Drive, Hopewell, Hanover, was heading home from a bike show in the resort town of Negril when they were involved in a collision with another motorcycle, driven by 36-year-old night manager at Beaches Negril hotel Charlton Bennett, of Gallaway district in Westmoreland. READ More...
Applications invited for Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS). Goal to award 100 Scholarships and computers in the Caribbean Diaspora
BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Career & Education reporter, Jamaica-Observer
Sunday, April 21, 2013
APPLICATIONS are now being invited from high school and tertiary level students residing in the Caribbean for the 2013 Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS). Some 100 students are expected to benefit this year.
Brown said he was motivated to start the scholarship after the killing of 18-year-old Bridgeport High School student and budding reggae artiste, Vanessa Campbell, whose body was dumped behind a Portmore post office. READ More,,,
BUJU BANTON is alive and okay Reggae star debunks rumours of his death
RUMOURS that reggae superstar Buju Banton was stabbed and killed in prison have proven untrue.
Since Friday, reports emerged on social media that Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, had been stabbed to death during a fight in the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida.Last week as well, rumours emerged that he had committed suicide in prison.
But in a message sent to his fans worldwide through Lorna Strachan, the mother of five of his children, Banton laid fears of his mortal demise to rest.
"I don't like rumours about me being killed or committing suicide. Tell them I like the rumours that I am free or out on bail," Strachan told the Jamaica Observer that Banton said. READ More...
LEADER & FOLLOWER: Police Chief Details Events Leading Up To Dramatic Capture... How Investigators Found The Brothers... Mother: Dead Suspect Was Under FBI Surveillance... Older Brother, Uncle Had Falling Out Over Islam... Report: Kicked Out Of Mosque For Arguing... New Details On Thursday Night Mayhem... Report: Dzhokhar May Have Attempted Suicide... Not Able To Communicate Yet... PHOTOS
BOSTON -- Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, "then crushing their beliefs with facts."
The older brother sought individual glory in the boxing ring, while the younger excelled as part of a team. Tamerlan "swaggered" through the family home like a "man-of-the-house type," one visitor recalls, while Dzhokhar seemed "very respectful and very obedient" to his mother.
The brothers, now forever linked in the Boston Marathon bombing tragedy, in some ways seemed as different as siblings could be. But whatever drove them to allegedly set off two pressure-cooker bombs, their uncle is certain Dzhokhar was not the one pulling the strings. READ More...
In JAMAICA...WILLIAMSFIELD, St. Catherine: Nowhere to turn, Cocoa Walk residents use 'unhealthy' water from spring to cook. Read more at www.RulaBrownNetwork.com
Muriel Brown, secretary of the Williamsfield Citizens' Association, catches water from a spring in Cocoa Walk in the community. Some residents use this water to wash and cook.-PHOTOS BY KAREN SUDU |
AMERICAN performers continue to dominate the Billboard Reggae Album Chart...Six of the top 10 albums are by Americans
Americans dominate Billboard reggae
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
AMERICAN performers continue to dominate the Billboard Reggae Album Chart, according to the latest issue of the respected publication. Six of the top 10 albums are by Americans, including Reggae Worship: A Roots Revival by veteran band Christafari. The next two spots are also occupied by 'Yanks', namely Peace Of Mind by California band Rebelution and Spark Seeker by Jewish rapper Matisyahu.
The popular VP Records compilation Reggae Gold 2012, comes in at number four while Marley: The Original Soundtrack to the documentary directed by Kevin MacDonald of Scotland rounds out the top five. READ More....
SIZZLA : Judgement Yard Messiah (VIDEO)
Friday, April 19, 2013
ON May 28, Sizzla will launch The Messiah, his 70th album. The 13-track project comes from the artiste's very own label, Kalonji Music, and will be distributed by reggae powerhouse VP Records. It was a relaxed Sizzla who greeted the Splash team at his Judgement Yard camp in August Town, St Andrew, Tuesday for an interview. Read more...
UPDATE (8:45pm ET): SUSPECT IS CAUGHT and CARRIED AWAY... BOMBING SUSPECT is DOWN and SURROUNDED by POLICE SEEN IN A BOAT...MAJOR SHOOTOUT in WATERTOWN, MASS: They have bombing suspect cornered in a closed structure. Police firing gas
Police operations in the Franklin Street Watertown area. Residents shelter in place. FBI Interviewed Dead Boston Bombing Suspect Years Ago The FBI admitted Friday they interviewed the now-deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago and failed to find any incriminating information about him. As first reported by CBS News correspondent Bob Orr, the FBI interviewed Tsarnaev, the elder brother of at-large bombing suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, at the request of a foreign government to see if he had any extremist ties, but failed to find any linkage. Read more here. Read More...
Lauryn Hill Issued Eviction Lawsuit By New Jersey Landlord....Fails to pay her rent last month.
This week has been quite eventful for Lauryn Hill. In addition to making claims as to why she stopped paying taxes, the Grammy Award-winner is also reportedly being sued by her landlord for eviction.
According to TMZ, Hill’s South Orange, NJ landlord has filed an eviction lawsuit in response to the singer failing to pay rent last month. The documents revealed that Hill has been renting the mansion since 2009.
The report comes on the heels of the singer-actor’s forthcoming April 22 tax evasion sentencing, where she faces a maximum of one year in prison and $100,000 in fines for each count. READ More...
(VIDEO) EASY TO STEAL YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBERS: Wi-Fi Symbol on your Credit Card YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING. WATCH VIDEO AND CHECK YOUR CARDS. Check your newer credit cards for the Wi-Fi Symbol on it. You need to watch the video below to really know why you could be duped. SHARE WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY..
2 CHECHEN BROTHERS (DZHOKHAR A. TSARNAEV) are BOMB SUSPECTS LIVES in CAMBRIDGE, MASS: (VIDEO) MIT shooting suspect on ground being apprehended by police
Within hours of the FBI naming two culprits in the Boston bombings while aggressively demanding that no attention be focused on any other potential suspects, police found themselves engaged in a deadly shootout with the two individuals, killing one while the other remains on the run.
“Two men identified by law enforcement sources as the Boston Marathon attack suspects — armed with explosives and guns — battled authorities in a Boston suburb early Friday morning, unleashing chaos until cops took one of the men into custody, and the other fled, the sources said. Officials later said the the suspect taken into custody died,” reports NBC News.
Doctors said the suspect had “suffered extreme trauma to his trunk area” and had “a combination of blast and gunshot wounds.” READ More...
AMERICAN IDOL: Nicki Minaj's Idol Outfit Was Talk Of Twitter During Episode (PHOTO, VIDEO)
Nicki Minaj has received a lot of buzz for her role on "American Idol," mostly connected to her rivalry with fellow judge Mariah Carey. Last night, however, her style was the talk of the town.
When the "Super Bass" singer stepped on the "Idol" stage in a skintight red number, the Twittersphere's jaw dropped. Maybe it was the gaping "boob window" or the short hemline, but people did not seem to react kindly to Nicki's racy ensemble. Here's a taste of the Twitter feedback:
@hannahjrobb
Hannah
Hannah
I know it's bad that I was watching idol, but you should google nicki minaj's outfit on tonights show, because she looked like an idiot
BREAKING NEWS: MASS WARZONE...BOMB SUSPECT DEAD, OTHER ON THE RUN..EXPLOSIONS... GUNFIRE... MIT COP SHOT DEADBoston Marathon Bombing Suspect Killed, Another On The Loose
A man suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday died after a deadly crime spree.
At the time of this writing, the identity of the suspect has not been released.
CLICK HERE for live updates
On Thursday evening, around 10:20 p.m., an MIT police officer was responding to a disturbance on campus when he was shot multiple times by two suspects, Middlesex Acting District Attorney Michael Pelgro, Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas and MIT Police Chief John DiFava announced.
The officer later died at Massachusetts General Hospital. His name has not yet been made public. Soon after the shooting at MIT, police received reports of an armed carjacking in Cambridge by two males. The victim was reportedly jumped by the suspects, and kept in the car for about 30 minutes. After being released at a Cambridge gas station, unharmed, the suspects drove away. READ More...
(VIDEO) UPDATE: Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Photos Released; FBI Searching For 'Suspect 1' And 'Suspect 2'
Authorities released photographs of two individuals -- identified as "Suspect 1" and "Suspect 2" -- wanted in connection to the pair of deadly blasts at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday.
The images, revealed from behind two black poster boards, show the two individuals walking through a crowd near Boylston Street moments before the terror attack, which killed three people and wounded at least 180 others.
"These images should be the only ones that the public should use to assist us," FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers said in a Thursday press conference, discouraging people from paying attention to unofficial photos published in the mainstream media and on the Internet. READ More and WATCH LIVE...
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IN JAMAICA: Robbery Shocker - Cops Probe Cayman Link As Businessman, Political Activist Fingered In Multimillion-Dollar Jewellery Heist
Law-enforcement agents probing last week's heist of Rolex watches from Swiss Stores in downtown Kingston have now turned their eyes to the Cayman Islands, where a similar robbery took place and some of the expensive watches transported to Jamaica.
"Some of the Rolex watches that were stolen in the Cayman Islands recently are here. So we are now looking at previous jewellery-store robberies, especially those which occurred in the Montego Bay area," head of the Flying Squad Unit, Senior Superintendent Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford, disclosed yesterday. READ More...
AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS CATALOGING & ANALYZING SUSPECTS at MARATHON with and without backpacks: Boston Bombing Culprits Identified? Click www.RulaBrownNetwork.com to view many photos.
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
April 17, 2013
April 17, 2013
UPDATE: FBI briefing on Boston bombings postponed. The FBI said it “needs more time to prepare” before speaking to the media. Struggling to get their narrative straight in the aftermath of numerous men with backpacks being identified? Photos collated on the 4chan website show numerous images of suspicious individuals wearing large backpacks present at the scene of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Three of the men appear to be Arab or Middle Eastern in appearance, whereas another two of the individuals are white. The images show the men looking away from the marathon runners, talking on cellphones and running from the scene immediately after the blast.
Remains of one of the backpacks are also photographed yards from where one of the bombs exploded. The FBI states that at least one of the pressure cooker devices used in the bombing was housed in a backpack. READ More...
OBAMA: "NRA Willfully lied about the background check bill"... Obama Speaks On Gun Control After Vote Fails (VIDEO)
President Barack Obama's push on gun control suffered a major blow Wednesday when the senate defeated a gun-buyer background check bill put together by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). The amendment failed 54 to 46, falling short of the 60-vote threshold needed to break a filibuster of the measure.
Obama spoke on the failed measure Wednesday evening in the White House rose garden. He took to the podium after Mark Barden, the father of a Newtown victim. "Our hearts are broken, our spirit is not," Barden said. Obama placed blame on the gun lobby during his remarks.
Shooting Victims |
"The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill," Obama said. The president said the failure of the background check bill "came down to politics." READ More...
(VIDEO) EXPLOSION AT FERTILIZER PLANT in TEXAS: Estimated 70 people dead and hundreds injured. Blast registered 2.1 on recter scale. Read more at www.RulaBrownNetwork.com
WEST, Texas — A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco on Wednesday injured dozens of people and killed an unknown number of others, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and leveling buildings for blocks in every direction.
The explosion at West Fertilizer in West, a community about 20 miles north of Waco, happened shortly before 8 p.m. and could be heard as far away as Waxahachie, 45 miles to the north. It sent flames shooting high into the night sky, and rained burning embers, shrapnel and debris down on shocked and frightened residents.
Although authorities said it will be some time before they know the full extent of the loss of life, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman D.L. Wilson said just after midnight that an unknown number of people had died. READ More...
Vybz Kartel's arresting book, The Voice of the Jamaican Ghetto, co-authored with Michael Dawson of People's Telecom fame, gives a penetrating account of the deadly conditions endured by too many youth who are barely surviving on the margins of Jamaican society.
Claiming the authority of the traditional warner man, Kartel compels his audience to pay attention to his prophetic story. You just can't put the book down.
Kartel's intention is not to entertain but to upset: "As strange as it may sound, I hope you do not enjoy this book. I hope it disturbs you. I hope after reading you realise there is something wrong with Jamaica that needs to be fixed. I hope you will never look at a ghetto person the same again." READ More..
WIFE OF EX-JUDGE CONFESSES IN TEXAS DA SLAYINGS
(AP) Wife of ex-judge confesses in Texas DA slayings
By DANNY ROBBINS
Associated Press
KAUFMAN, Texas
Authorities say the wife of a former judge has confessed to being involved in the shooting deaths of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor. Kim Lene Williams was arrested early Wednesday. Kaufman County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Justin Lewis says Williams is being charged in all three deaths. Lewis says she is being held on $10 million bond. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Williams told investigators Tuesday that she was involved in the shootings of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife, Cynthia, and one of his prosecutors, Mark Hasse. READ More...
By DANNY ROBBINS
Associated Press
KAUFMAN, Texas
Authorities say the wife of a former judge has confessed to being involved in the shooting deaths of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor. Kim Lene Williams was arrested early Wednesday. Kaufman County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Justin Lewis says Williams is being charged in all three deaths. Lewis says she is being held on $10 million bond. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Williams told investigators Tuesday that she was involved in the shootings of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife, Cynthia, and one of his prosecutors, Mark Hasse. READ More...
BREAKING NEWS> Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Identified, Arrested, Law Enforcement Source Tells CNN (UPDATE) CNN: SUSPECT ARRESTED... NBC: NO....OLYMPIC FLASHBACK: WRONG SUSPECT IDENTIFIED
A suspect has been identified in the Boston Marathon bombing, an unidentified law enforcement source tells CNN.
The station reported that officials believe a video from a department store and a TV station helped identify the suspect.
UPDATE (1:46 p.m. ET): CNN reports that an arrest has been made.
The Boston Globe is reporting that authorities have an image of the suspect carrying and possibly dropping a black bag at the second bombing scene.
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(VIDEO) TERROR SCARE & ATTACK: Letter sent to President Obama tests positive for ricin, officials say.
By Kristen Welker and Erin McClam, NBC News
A letter addressed to President Barack Obama tested positive for the poison ricin and was from the same sender who mailed a letter to a senator that also tested positive, officials told NBC News on Wednesday. The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility and was being tested further, a Secret Service official told NBC News. A federal law enforcement official said that the letter was “very similar” to one addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
Federal officials told NBC News that they believe they know who sent the letters, but no arrest was made. Authorities were waiting for further test results. READ More...
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