A six-day search for eight-year-old Tamera Laing ended in grief yesterday when her decomposed body was pulled from a pit latrine near her home in a community called Africa, in the old capital of Spanish Town, St Catherine.
United States Embassy in Kingston has stressed that a majority of American tourists who visit Jamaica normally return home without incident,
The United States Embassy in Kingston has stressed that a majority of American tourists who visit Jamaica normally return home without incident, despite the killing of one of its citizens during a robbery in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on the weekend.
A Jamaican man identified only as 'Bigga', who investigators believe was behind the robbery, was later shot and killed by the police.
According to the Savanna-la-Mar police, he was wanted for several crimes, including murder, rape and armed robbery.
The name of the American citizen has not been released, but the US Embassy said his family has been notified.
In addition, the embassy said it was still awaiting the official police report on the incident. READ More...
Bolt Blasted For Posing With Weed T-Shirts... READ More at www.RulaBrownNetwork.com (RBN)
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The World's fastest man Usain Bolt has come in for criticism in some quarters, after posing with gear made by United States firm The Pothead Diaries.
The world record holder over both the 100m and 200m distances reportedly posted the photo, seated with the shirts on the bed, via his Instagram account, drawing condemnation from followers and anti-drug groups alike.
Lucy Rowe, a representative of Skunk Sense, a charity for people affected by the drug, criticised the sprinter for using his influence to send the wrong message.
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"I would hope that such a charismatic young man who is very much a role model for young people would have more common sense than to give free publicity to a company which so blatantly promotes cannabis use," Rowe told UK publication The Sun. READ More...
Women Honour Rita Marley - Accepts Leading Light Award From Int'l Women's Forum
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| Rita Marley |
Famed artiste and humanitarian Rita Marley has been honoured with the International Women's Forum (IWF) Leading Light Award for 2013.
The honour was bestowed on Marley last Friday night during the IWF Cornerstone Conference's closing celebration held at the Seawind Beach Club in Montego Bay, St James. The 5,000-member, women-only organisation recognised Marley for her role in alleviating poverty and hunger among African youth, through the Rita Marley Foundation.
The conference's theme was 'Music - An Instrument of Change'.
"She has made it her mission to combat hunger and poverty by promoting youth empowerment, economic investment and health-care education on the African continent," said IWF President Deedee Corradini.
In a glowing tribute to the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley, Corradini said the IWF has another definition of Rita Marley. READ More...
Bruno Mars' Mother Dead At 55 of Heart Attack, According To Source
Bruno Mars' mother dead at 55, according to an AP source.
NEW YORK — The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii.
Bernadette Hernandez died Saturday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars' label, Atlantic Records, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the record.
Hernandez was 55 years old. She died in Honolulu at Queens Medical Center; no other information was given.
Mars is one of pop's top acts with several No. 1 hits including his most recent, "When I Was Your Man." His mother, a hula dancer and a singer who immigrated from the Philippines, nurtured her son's interest in music at an early age. READ More...
Michael Douglas' Throat Cancer Caused By Oral Sex, Not Smoking Or Drinking
Michael Douglas has opened up about his past diagnosis, revealing that oral sex, not smoking or drinking, caused his type of throat cancer.
In a candid new interview with U.K.'s The Guardian, Douglas admits that his illness was caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
"Without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus," the "Behind the Candelabra" star, 68, explains.
Douglas, who fought a six-month battle with the disease from August 2010 until January 2011, also confesses that he thought that his battle with cancer would be a fatal one. He says at first he assumed the stress from his son Cameron's legal troubles played a big factor in his sickness. READ More...
Roy Hibbert Says 'No Homo,' Calls Media 'Motherf---ers During Bizarre Press Conference (NSFW VIDEO)
Roy Hibbert #55 and Paul George #24 of the Indiana Pacers address the media after Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on June 1, 2013 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roy Hibbert used a gay slur in one answer and a curse to refer to the media in another during his news conference following Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, putting himself in line for being disciplined by the NBA.
Hibbert ended a response to a question about his defense on LeBron James with "no homo." Hibbert had drawn a key charge on James in Indiana's 91-77 victory over Miami on Saturday and lamented not providing enough help to teammate Paul George on James in Game 3. READ More...
LAUREL BROWN: Fashion show Saturday to spotlight Jamaica Collections in bid to turn southeast Queens neighborhood into a shopping destination
A southeast Queens neighborhood known for its discount shopping is attempting to go high fashion.
The Jamaica Collections will showcase the area’s urban designs in a fashion show on Saturday in an effort to transform downtown Jamaica into a mainstream shopping destination.“People might not realize this is really an urban fashion mecca,” said Laurel
Brown, executive director of the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District, which is organizing the event.
“You always hear about Manhattan, you always hear about Brooklyn,” she said. “Jamaica can be at that same level.”She’s hoping that events like these can change negative perceptions of the neighborhood. Jamaica has been known as low-income community for years — despite having an average annual family income of $62,000 within a mile of downtown Jamaica. Read more:
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| Laurel K. Brown, Executive Director Jamaica BID |
Brown, executive director of the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District, which is organizing the event.
“You always hear about Manhattan, you always hear about Brooklyn,” she said. “Jamaica can be at that same level.”She’s hoping that events like these can change negative perceptions of the neighborhood. Jamaica has been known as low-income community for years — despite having an average annual family income of $62,000 within a mile of downtown Jamaica. Read more:
SPANISH TOWN, ST. CATHERINE: Body of 8-y-o missing girl pulled from pit latrine
A six-day search for eight-year-old Tamera Laing ended in grief yesterday when her decomposed body was pulled from a pit latrine near her home in a community called Africa, in the old capital of Spanish Town, St Catherine.
Family members said Laing, a student of McCauley's Primary School in the parish, had been missing since Saturday.
"Reports we received is that the child went missing over the weekend and following a search, a body believed to be hers, was found in a pit metres away from her home," said one police from Spanish Town Police station. more news....
The incident has triggered shock and anger among residents in the community. Read more:
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Onlookers view the body of 83-year-old Sylvia Smellie, beheaded and chopped to death 'Downtown'; suspect held.
EIGHTY-three-year-old newspaper vendor Sylvia Sewell was yesterday chopped to death by a man at the intersection of Orange and Beckford streets, downtown Kingston, from where she operated for many years.
An alleged eyewitness told the Jamaica Observer that the incident happened about 7:30 am and sent other traumatized witnesses scampering in fear. The alleged attacker has since been taken into police custody. "In all my life I never see anything so cruel. The woman was tending to her business when this man come there and a talk to her, then all of a sudden me hear she say 'mi nuh have it'," said witness, who vends in the area.
The man said what would follow next left him rooted to the spot in fear. "The woman start walking away from him (the attacker) and him just start chop her from back way enuh!" he said.
"All when the woman drop the man go over her and a still a chop her," said the obviously shaken man. Read more:
(UPDATE) : 4 year old , NATASHA BROWN murdered in Trelawny, Jamaica....EXTRA : Body of 8 year old child found dead in SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine.
DUANVALE, Trelawny — The Trelawny police have confirmed that a woman in her early 40s has confessed to Monday's murder of her estranged common-law husband's four-year-old daughter, who was beheaded and her body dumped in a sinkhole in Duanvale, ironically as the world celebrates Childs Month.
"She has admitted knowledge of it," a high-ranking police officer told the Observer West last night, refusing to give details.
  Onlookers gather outside the crime scene where four-year-old Natasha Brown was dumped in a sinkhole in her Duanvale community after she was reportedly beheaded. 1/4  |
The deceased has been identified as Natasha Brown, a student of the Duanvale Basic School.
The entire community was plunged into shock and anxiety later Monday after it was discovered that little Natasha did not report for school that day, even though she had left home for the institution. Read more:
IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA : 80 year old woman vendor beheaded in downtown Kingston
KINGSTON, Jamaica – An elderly female vendor was beheaded in downtown Kingston this morning.
Reports reaching the Observer are that the woman said to be in her 80s was attacked by a man apparently of unsound mind on Orange Street in the busy commercial district. Information is sketchy at this time but reports are that the woman, a newspaper vendor, was operating her business under a tree at the intersection of Beckford and Orange Streets.
"The man just attack the woman and no stop chop har," a man who claimed to be an eyewitness told the Observer. The police could give no further details when contacted.
More details to come. Read more:
IN JAMAICA: Girl's body found naked in front of church
RESIDENTS of 89 Maxfield Avenue were in shock yesterday morning as they woke up to find the body of a naked teenaged girl at the gates of the St Phillips Anglican Church.
The body was not identified up to press time yesterday but a police officer on the scene told the Jamaica Observer that the deceased appeared to be between the ages of 16 and 19.
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IN TRELAWNY, JAMAICA: No Charges Yet In BRUTAL Murder Of Trelawny 4-Y-O, NATASHA BROWN whose body was dumped in sinkhole
The police in Trelawny are yet to lay charges against the woman taken into custody in connection with the death of a 4-year-old girl in the parish. The woman, whose name is being withheld, is being questioned by investigators.
The body of Natasha Brown was recovered from a sinkhole in the Duanvale community this morning.
It’s reported that the woman was seen in the company of the child in an area of the parish called Shirley Hill. Residents say they saw her carrying a crocus bag with suspicious content. Read More...
JAMAICA vs MEXICO (6/4) & JAMAICA vs. USA (6/7): Maximum Security! JFF Strengthens Safety Measures For World Cup Matches
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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has put in place some strict security and safety measures to make it more efficient to enter the National Stadium for Jamaica's two upcoming CONCACAF World Cup Qualification matches next month.
Jamaica will oppose Mexico in a return game in the Hexagonal series on June 4, then face the United States of America (USA) on June 7, with both games set to kick off at 8:30 p.m.
"We have come up with measures to make it easier for spectators to access the stadium in an orderly and very rapid fashion," Robert 'Bobby' Finzi-Smith, JFF Security Committee chairman, disclosed at a special press briefing at the JFF's offices in New Kingston yesterday.
"The grandstand main entrance is for pedestrians only. That's the gate across from the Bob Marley statue. It will be closed to prevent vehicular access to that point onwards. READ More...
TRELAWNY, JAMAICA: Body of missing 4-y-o girl removed from sink hole
DUANVALE, Trelawny— A dismembered body confirmed as that of four-year-old Natasha Brown of Duanvale district in Trelawny, was removed from a sinkhole in the community a short while ago.
The police and firefighters were assisted by a community member, known as Hunter, who wormed his way down the narrow, 25-foot hole to retrieve the body. Reports are that the little girl was beheaded.
The police and firefighters were assisted by a community member, known as Hunter, who wormed his way down the narrow, 25-foot hole to retrieve the body. Reports are that the little girl was beheaded.
The child went missing early Tuesday morning and a subsequent search led to the sink hole in the community Tuesday evening.
Relatives said that they last saw Natasha at about 8:30 am Tuesday when she left for school wearing a red and white plaid tunic, black socks and black shoes.
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A Look At Jamaica's Brain Drain....Is it necessary to reduce the quantity of tertiary-level graduates who migrate from Jamaica on an annual basis?
By Dr André HaughtonIN LIGHT of Jamaica's current economic stagnation, many ponder whether the country would have been more developed if most of its youngest and brightest minds did not migrate.
With this in mind, is it necessary to reduce the quantity of tertiary-level graduates who migrate from Jamaica on an annual basis? Today'sBriefing explores the issue.
What is brain drain?
Brain drain is the process by which one country (home country) loses intelligent and technically skilled labour through migration to another country (host country), where the economic, geographic or professional environment is more favourable.
Brain drain basically occurs when people acquire university or college education or specialised skills and relocate to apply these knowledge and skills in a country they weren't born. READ More...
in CALIFORNIA 5 KILLED : Car Crash In Orange County Kills 5 Teens After Vehicle Splits In Half
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Five Southern California high school students who died in a fiery car wreck on their way to the beach included a pair of sisters and best friends who bonded over their immigrant experiences, friends said Tuesday.
The victims – three girls and two boys – were students at two high schools in the Irvine Unified School District, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.
"There are simply no words to convey the sorrow felt by our students and staff, nor are there sufficient answers to explain the loss of five vibrant teenagers from our schools and this community," Irvine Unified School District Superintendent Terry Walker said in a statement.
The driver was identified as 17-year-old Abdulrahman Alyahyan, a senior at University High School. READ More....
Lauryn Hill Anti Gay? Song Seems To Blame 'Girl Men,' 'Drag Queens' For Crumbling Society......Is Lauryn Hill Anti Gay? Singer Raises Eyebrows With New Song
A new song by Lauryn Hill has raised eyebrows for its seemingly anti-gay undertones.
In her new song, "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)," the 38-year-old activist sings about the ills of society. Coupled with lyrics about psychological massacre and superficial vanity, Hill's song seems to make anti-gay statements, slamming ”drag queens,” "girl men" and ”social transvestism," BET's Monica Miller notes.
Though she's a musician who consistently advocates on behalf of the oppressed, Hill "might not extend her concerns to gay and lesbian communities," Miller writes.
Via BET: READ More...
Papa John's Employee's Racist Voicemail Lands Company In Hot Water (AUDIO) [NSFW]
Two Florida Papa John's employees were fired after accidentally leaving a racist voicemail on the machine of a customer who allegedly tipped him poorly.
On May 19, a black Papa John's customer from Sanford, Fla., received a message on his iPhone, allegedly from the man who had just delivered his pizza, The Daily Dot reports. Apparently, the Papa John's employee didn't realize he had "butt-dialed" the customer and proceeded to leave an N-word ridden, racist voicemail complaining about the tip.
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO BELOW (WARNING: OFFENSIVE LANGAUGE)
"That's the only requirement for being a n****r," the employee says. "Yeah, they gave me five bucks there. Fine, outstanding African-American gentleman of the community," one employee can be heard saying to his co-worker. READ More...
Michele Bachmann Retiring From Congress In 2014 (VIDEO).... Click below for more
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced early Wednesday that she will not seek a fifth term in office.
The decision to bow out of the 2014 race was announced in a YouTube video on the congresswoman's Website and on her Facebook page. Although Bachmann didn't give an exact reason for her departure, she explained that an 8-year term in the House was enough.
"The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years, and in my opinion, well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district," Bachmann said.
The conservative lawmaker also made it clear that her decision not to run had nothing to do with the ongoing ethics investigation about alleged misconduct during her failed presidential campaign in 2012. READ More...
IN JAMAICA: Sweet Salvation - Visually Impaired Students Top Gospel Competition
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| Students of The Salvation Army School for the Blind putting on a strong display on Sunday night at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre. |
The Salvation Army School for the Blind dominated Sunday's grand finals of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) 2013 Children's Gospel Song Competition. The talentedstudents sang with passion and conviction, walking away from the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, 36 Hope Road, St Andrew, with trophies for top Intermediate Choir and Intermediate Ensemble.However, the school was denied a third trophy by Damarli Foster, who placed first in the Intermediate Solo category over Nigel Hector. Both competitors had the large, supportive audience standing with sterling performances of Agnus Dei. But Foster, a student of St Aloysius PrimarySchool, proved the stronger singer of the two.
Still, there was no denying the jubilation in the Salvation Army school's camp. And no one was more elated than music teacher, Tahalee Lee. READ More...
Will Smith's Kids Are 'Not His Property': 'I'm Trying To Release The Sense Of Ownership'
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Will Smith has a new outlook on teenagers: Parents do indeed understand.
The rapper-turned-actor says he's "grown a lot" since writing the Grammy-winning 1988 hit that humorously declared they didn't. All three of his children now at least dabble in music and acting, most notably 14-year-old Jaden, who stars with his father in the new sci-fi film "After Earth," opening Friday. Even in the midst of a globe-hopping promotional tour for the movie, Smith recognizes the downside to making stardom a family affair.
"I think that the major risk of this particular business is strictly emotional," he said in a recent interview. "The business has almost a narcotic quality. So it's almost as if you're introducing a narcotic into your kid's life. READ More...
ITCHING FOR A FIGHT Obama To Set Up Filibuster Showdown Over Court Nominees....Obama To Nominate 3 For D.C. Circuit Court Of Appeals, Setting Up Filibuster Fight
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to nominate three judges to a critical federal court in a move that The New York Times says "will effectively be daring Republicans to find specific ground to filibuster all the nominees."
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is considered nearly as powerful as the Supreme Court and is known as a proving ground for potential high-court nominees. The three vacancies are part of a staffing crisis that has plagued the judiciary, as Obama's nominees have been bottled up in the Senate by GOP obstruction. And while he has had to wait longer than past presidents to have judges approved, he has also nominated them at a slower pace. READ More...
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