IN JAMAICA: 'We've Been Butchered': Holness Tells Gov't To Backtrack On Taxes, Pitches 10-Point Formula
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness yesterday summoned the Portia Simpson Miller administration to halt plans to impose the revised property tax, even as he launched a broadside against the Government for subjecting Jamaicans to what he characterised as unprecedented hardship.
LATE BREAKING NEWS: Afghanistan Bus Accident: Taliban Insurgents Cause Fiery Collision That Kills 30 Passengers
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An official says a bus in southern Afghanistan has collided with the burning wreckage of a truck that was attacked by Taliban insurgents, killing 30 bus passengers.
Omar Zawak, the governor's spokesman in Helmand province, said the truck was set on fire by Taliban attackers and left burning in the middle of a road, and the bus could not stop in time to avoid smashing into it. The fiery crash happened about 55 kilometers (35 miles) outside the capital of Helmand province. Zawak said Friday's crash also left 11 passengers injured. He said the casualties included men, women and children. READ More...
Blue Ivy, Beyonce, Jay-Z Grab Lunch In Paris (PHOTOS)
Beyonce and Jay-Z stepped out with their adorable daughter Blue Ivy in Paris today (April 25) -- and she is getting so big! The Carters grabbed lunch at Szptime restaurant this afternoon, spending some quality time with their 15-month-old little girl, who's looking more and more like her famous mommy. Jay-Z was even snapped stealing a kiss from Blue, who sported a T-shirt, jeans and pink-and-black high-top sneakers.
Aside from Beyonce's HBO documentary, this is the first time we've gotten a good glimpse at Blue. Bey and Jay have been adamant about keeping their daughter under wraps, typically shielding her from paparazzi shots. READ More...
GENIUS: 22 year-old NIGERIAN breaks academic record at John Hopkins University, USA with a grade point of 3.98 out of 4.0 in Neurosciences.
22 year-old Emmanuel Ohuabunwa has emerged as the best graduating student in the John Hopkins University, USA with a grade point of 3.98 out of 4.0 in Neurosciences.
Ohuabunwa who hails from Abia State, has been able to make the nation proud and with his efforts has won himself a scholarship to Yale University to get a degree in Medicine.
Ohuabunwa who hails from Abia State, has been able to make the nation proud and with his efforts has won himself a scholarship to Yale University to get a degree in Medicine.
He has also become a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society, a prestigious honor group that features membership of 17 US Presidents, 37 US Supreme Court Justices, and 136 Nobel Prize winners.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honour society. Its mission is to “celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences” and induct “the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities.” READ More...
TOPLESS TROUBLE :Kate Middleton Topless Photos Indictments Made In French Court: REPORT
Two indictments have been made in a French court for the publication of Kate Middleton's now-infamous topless photo scandal.
Closer, the first media outlet to release the controversial images, has been under criminal investigation since September, but AFP now reports that two key players have been indicted: Ernesto Mauri, Chief Executive of Mondadori France (publisher of Closer) and a photographer of La Provence, a regional newspaper.
The controversial photos, believed to have been snapped with a long lens camera, depict Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing while on holiday in the south of France. Soon after their release, St. James's Palace sought damages from Closer and managed to halt further publication of the images in France. READ More...
NY ANTHONY WEINER On Twitter Scandal: 'Some Things May Come Out That Are True' (VIDEO)
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) dropped hints in an interview posted Wednesday that some details surrounding the Twitter scandal that led to his resignation in 2011 may not have been made public at the time.
"Is there more stuff out there?" Weiner toldNBC 4 New York's Andrew Siff. "Look, some of these people who are at the other end of these things, their lives have been turned upside down. Some of them have come forward willingly and shared things."
"I can tell you that some things may come out that are true, some things are not," Weiner said. READ More...
175 KILLED & rising (VIDEO): Bangladesh Building Collapse Kills Scores Of Workers, Pressured To Clock In Despite Dangers
The victims appear to be mostly poor garment workers employed in the building known as Rana Plaza. According to reports out of Bangladesh, the facility had developed cracks in its facade on Tuesday, drawing a visit from local government officials.
The number of dead continues to rise in Bangladesh as rescuers sort through the debris of an eight-story building that collapsed Wednesday morning, claiming at least 123 lives so far in just the latest workplace disaster to hit the country.
Although the facility houses a number of different businesses, including a bank and shops, it appears that workers employed at the garment manufacturers in the building were some of the only people who showed up for work on Wednesday. The building collapsed around 9 a.m. The bank, Brac Bank, had asked its employees to stay away from the building due to the cracks. READ More...
(VIDEO): Senator PAT TOOMEY of Pennsylvania Blames President Obama For Failure Of Gun Bill
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) blamed President Barack Obama Tuesday for the defeat in the Senate of legislation to expand background checks.
"I would suggest the administration brought this on themselves," Toomey said in an interview with The Morning Call. "I think the president ran his re-election campaign in a divisive way. He divided Americans. He was using resentment of some Americans toward others to generate support for himself. That was very divisive, that has consequences, that lingers."
"I understand why people have some apprehension about this administration," he added. "I don't agree with the conclusion as it applies to my [background checks] amendment, but I understand where the emotion comes from." READ More...
IT BEGINS: 15-Point Plunge For GOP Senator After Gun Vote....NEW HAMPSHIRE Sen. Kelly Ayotte's Approval Rating Plunges After Vote Against Gun Background Checks
WASHINGTON -- A new poll has New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R) down a total of 15 points from her previous approval rating in a survey that followed her vote against requiring background checks for firearms purchases.
Ayotte's plunge underscores the changing politics around gun control and gun safety. In years past, lawmakers worried that a vote for gun control would bring the anger of the National Rifle Association. In the new reality, votes against gun control also carry a political risk, as the Ayotte poll indicates.
A full three-quarters of New Hampshire voters support such background checks, along with 56 percent of Republicans, according to Public Policy Polling. A WMUR Granite State Poll taken in January and February found that more than 9 in 10 state residents supported implementing background checks at gun shows. READ More...
Preview Of Dis Poem Word Festival At Bookophilia - Organiser/Poet Ras Takura Says Event Honouring Mutabaruka Here To Stay
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...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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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...
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