Red Sox Win World Series With 6-1 Win Over Cardinals In Game 6 (VIDEO/PHOTOS). First title at home in 95 years & 3rd in past 10 years

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BOSTON -- BOSTON (AP) — There hasn't been a party like this in New England for nearly a century.

Turmoil to triumph. Worst to first.

David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox, baseball's bearded wonders, capped their remarkable turnaround by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 on Wednesday night to win their third World Series championship in 10 seasons. Shane Victorino, symbolic of these resilient Sox, returned from a stiff back and got Boston rolling with a three-run double off the Green Monster against rookie sensation Michael Wacha.

John Lackey became the first pitcher to start and win a Series clincher for two different teams, allowing one run over 6 2-3 innings 11 years after his Game 7 victory as an Angels rookie in 2002. read more

 

Police: Operation Resilience nets 50 guns in one month. BUDHOO... the police have found weapons that were used to commit as many as 30 murders

THE police say they have seized a total of 50 guns over the past month under its new anti-crime initiative, Operation resilience.

"The seizure is the largest made in the island (in a single month) over the last three years," head of the Mobile Reserve, Assistant Commissioner of Police Winchroy Budhoo, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.

The two guns, a .45 and a 9mm,
 that were recovered in August Town

 

"Based on tests, the police have found weapons that were used to commit as many as 30 murders," he further said of the iniative which was launched recently in response to the continued bloodshed in West Kingston. Additionally, he said that more than 100 people have been arrested under the initiative, while another 600 were held, processed and released.

The latest gun find occurred yesterday, where four weapons, including an M16 rifle, were retrieved during operations in August, St Andrew, and Spanish Town in St Catherine. The police said that the powerful M 16 rifle, along with a handgun, was found during a search in the volatile March Pen Road community in the old capital, while a .45 and a 9mm gun were seized in Bedward Gardens in August Town. Read more: 

WORLD NEWS : Senators Warn Obama Before Iraq Leader’s Visit

Senators Warn Obama Before Iraq Leader’s Visit

By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT

An influential group of senators sent a strongly worded letter to warn that the Iraqi premier’s “mismanagement” of the country’s politics had contributed to the surge of violence there.

Syria Fires Official Who Tried to Broker Peace

By ANNE BARNARD

Qadri Jamil, a deputy prime minister who met with American and Russian officials about peace talks to end Syria’s war, was dismissed for not coordinating such meetings with the government.

• Inspectors Visit All but 2 of Syria’s Declared Chemical Sites

U.N. Confirms an Outbreak of Polio in Syria

By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE

Health officials have intensified vaccination efforts as tests confirmed polio in nearly a dozen children so far.

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Canadians Seek Dick Cheney's Arrest For War Crimes During Upcoming Visit

An international volunteer organization urged Canadian authorities to arrest former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on war crimes charges when he visits the 2013 Toronto Global Forum later this week.

Lawyers Against the War argued in a letter dated Sunday that Toronto Police Chief William Blair and Ontario Attorney General John Gerretsen have a duty to arrest Cheney "as a person suspected on reasonable grounds of authorizing, counseling, aiding, abetting and failing to prevent torture.”

“Once Richard (Dick) Cheney enters Canada … Canada must ensure that Dick Cheney is either investigated and prosecuted for the indictable offence of torture in Canada or extradited to another country willing and able to do so," Lawyers Against the War's Gail Davidson wrote.

The letter contended that Toronto police are legally obligated to arrest Cheney to prevent him from “escaping to the United States.” The organization argued that Canadian law would legally allow authorities to do so: read more

And The World's Longest Mustache Is...You Can't Stash This Mustache: Ram Singh Chauhan And His 14-Foot Facial Hair

Ram Singh Chauhan has managed to avoid some close shaves in his life -- a necessity if you're the owner of the world's longest mustache.

Chauhan, 58, of Jaipur, India, has a 'stash that measures 14 feet. He's been growing it since 1982, after a friend with a 7-foot-long mustache suggested it. "He said, 'Ram Singh, it’ll be good if you grow your mustache too," he told IshaFoundation.org.

So far, the friend's prediction came true. Chauhan has appeared in many Bollywood films as well as the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy." Chauhan officially earned the title of "World's Longest Mustache" from Guinness World Records in March, 2010. He admits keeping it looking lush is not easy. read more

RUEL LOWE'S EDITORIAL : Is Jamaica running low on patriots?

Ruel  E. Lowe

Is Jamaica running low on patriots?
Oct 29, 2013

Patriotism is defined as:
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

I sometime wonder! Where have all the patriots gone? Abroad? 
I would say many have migrated. I have seen many Jamaican professionals in the medical field who are living abroad, go to Jamaica every year, to provide free service to the poor in both rural and inner city ghetto areas. I have seen Jamaican abroad provide scholarships for secondary and tertiary level students - e.g. PALAS, who is doing yeoman service for those they left behind in their beloved home land.
When we look at Jamaica today, the patriots seem to be few and far between! Those in positions of leadership seem to be more interested in self than country, examples are politicians, heads of organization, and those in authority. read more

JAMAICAN FEMALE CRICKETER, STEFANIE TAYLOR CREATES HISTORY : the first cricketer in history (male or female) to hold top spot on the Reliance ICC batting and bowling rankings in Test or ODI cricket at the same time.

Jamaica and West Indies all-rounder Stafanie Taylor has created history by becoming the first cricketer in history (male or female) to hold top spot on the Reliance ICC batting and bowling rankings in Test or ODI cricket at the same time.

Jamaica's Stephanie Taylor

Taylor, who is walking previously uncharted territory for any cricketer, leads all three women’s One Day International rankings tables, batting, bowling and all-rounder.

The 22 year old who is the back to back reigning ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year is also number one on both the ICC Women’s T20 batting and all-rounder rankings. read more

Police killing sparks outrage in Mountain View, Jarrett Lane

ANGER erupted in sections of Mountain View Avenue, St Andrew, yesterday following the killing of a 19-year-old man by the police.

Residents alleged that Romarco Wilson was shot in cold blood while at his home at about 12:30 pm. The fuming residents blocked several roads in the community with burning tyres and other objects in protest.

An expressive Mitchelle Dickson,
the mother of the deceased,
seeking answers from the police

 

"The youth was at his home; him just talk to him mother about a hour before and she leave him. That was when a group of police came to the area and just go in a him house and shoot him dead," one female resident told the Jamaica Observer. Wilson's mother, Mitchelle Dickson, said she spoke to her son not long before the incident. She said she had asked him to accompany her on the road, but he declined and opted to stay home and watch television.

"Mi son don't even smoke. Him nuh trouble people. He was not a criminal," she said. The protest disrupted the flow of traffic along busy Mountain View Avenue, forcing many motorists to use alternative routes. The situation was brought under control when a joint police/military team was summoned to the area. Read more: 

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Texas Killing Spree: Charles Everett Brownlow Jr. Arrested For Arson, 5 Slayings (VIDEO)

A 36-year-old man is accused of going on a killing spree in Texas on Monday night, CBSDFW reported.

Police in Terrell, a town 30 miles east of Dallas, said a shooting rampage over several hours left at least five people dead.

"We're all in a state of shock," said Terrell Police Chief Jody Lay. "This is going to have a big impact on us."

The shootings began around 5 p.m. Monday when police started finding bodies. The first victim was discovered in a home with a bullet wound to the head. Officers were investigating that death when they received word of an arson and a second body nearby.

A friend of the suspect was shot at in a third location, but was not injured. read more

Rapper 50 Cent has been sentenced to three years of probation......Ordered To Take Domestic Violence Classes.

50 Cent pleaded no contest to violence in a case involving domestic violence with his ex-girlfriend.

LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent has been sentenced to three years of probation after pleading no contest to vandalism in a case filed after an alleged fight with his ex-girlfriend earlier this year.

Los Angeles City Attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan (mah-tell-JIN') says the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was ordered on Monday to pay $7,100 in restitution and take year of domestic violence classes.

Jackson had previously pleaded not guilty to destroying items in his ex-girlfriend's condo during a June argument. The woman had accused Jackson of breaking down a door and kicking her, but the domestic violence charge was dropped Monday. read more

IN JAMAICA: Give Me My Son - Mom Appeals For Abductors To Release Kirkland Heights Men....."Mi know God a go bring him back to me … .

Edmond Campbell, Senior Staff Reporter

MONICA BROOKS refuses to lose hope. Clinging desperately to the intangible called faith, this unrelenting mother believes her son who, along with another man, was abducted from their Kirkland Heights home in St Andrew last week will return home.

Mario Daley

"Mi know God a go bring him back to me … . God nah tek him away from mi because God see how mi suffer with him. Him naw tek him away. Him can never tek Mario away from me," a weeping Brooks told The Gleaneryesterday.

Twenty-five-year-old Mario Daley and 27-year-old businessman Curtis Martin were taken from premises in Kirkland Heights last week Monday and the police have not yet made a breakthrough, even though they have intensified their investigations.

The mother of two sons, Mario being the younger, Brooks yesterday made a tearful plea to the abductors, urging them to release both men. read more

Red Sox Top Cardinals 3-1: Jon Lester Earns Win In World Series Game 5 (PHOTOS).... Sox needs one more win to be World Champion

ST. LOUIS -- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jon Lester smothered St. Louis on four hits into the eighth, David Ross hit a tiebreaking RBI double in a two-run seventh inning off Adam Wainwright and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cardinals 3-1 Monday night to take a 3-2 World Series lead.

David Ortiz's RBI double in the first put the Red Sox ahead until Matt Holliday hit his second home run of the Series in the fourth, ending a 16 1-3 inning Series scoreless streak for Lester dating to 2007.

Lester beat Wainwright for the second time this Series, striking out seven and walking one in 7 2-3 innings, and Koji Uehara finished the four-hitter for his second save.

Wainwright allowed all three runs and eight hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts and a walk. He also gave up Jacoby Ellsbury's RBI single in the seventh. Boston can win its third title in a decade on Wednesday night, when the Series resumes at Fenway Park. read more

'We're Really Screwed Now': NSA's Best Friend Just Shivved The Spies.....FEINSTEIN Blasts NSA, Promises 'Total Review'... AP: U.S. 'Weighing' Ending Spying On Allied Heads Of State... Bombshell Torture Report Waits In Wings...

One of the National Security Agency's biggest defenders in Congress is suddenly at odds with the agency and calling for a top-to-bottom review of U.S. spy programs. And her long-time friends and allies are completely mystified by the switch.

"We're really screwed now," one NSA official told The Cable. "You know things are bad when the few friends you've got disappear without a trace in the dead of night and leave no forwarding address."

In a pointed statement issued today, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Dianne Feinstein said she was "totally opposed" to gathering intelligence on foreign leaders and said it was "a big problem" if President Obama didn't know the NSA was monitoring the phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She said the United States should only be spying on foreign leaders with hostile countries, or in an emergency, and even then the president should personally approve the surveillance. 

It was not clear what precipitated Feinstein's condemnation of the NSA. It marks a significant reversal for a lawmaker who not only defended agency surveillance programs -- but is about to introduce a bill expected to protect some of its most controversial activities. read more

Tessanne Chin moves to live rounds on The Voice with STRONGER (VIDEO)

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican singer Tessanne Chin moved on to the live rounds of the NBC-televised talent show The Voice when she beat her Adam Levine-coached team-mate Ashley Dubose in the competition’s knockout round Monday night.

Chin chose Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger and delivered another of her signature powerhouse performances to triumph over Dubose who had selected Hey, Soul Sister by Train.

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IN JAMAICA : All current Maggotty High students in dance video will be dismissed, says principal......“It is really ugly and lewd,”

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Principal of Maggotty High School in St Elizabeth, Rawle Bent has expressed disappointment at what he termed the “disgraceful behaviour” of a group of students from the school who were captured on video engaged in a vulgar dance display, while wearing the school's uniform.

The video, which was posted on the Internet, has sparked widespread outrage and disgust among viewers. “It is really ugly and lewd,” Bent said. “And I can’t imagine who could have posted it,” he added, noting that the video was taken from 2011.

Screen shot from video

The principal said that since he became aware of the video online he brought it to the attention of teachers who confirmed that it was done captured in 2011. Some of the students identified in the video were grade 11 students who graduated from the school that year, Bent said.

However, he said that he would be carrying out further investigations to find out if any of the students in the video are still at school, with the intention of expelling them. “If teachers can confirm it they are going to have to be dismissed as I can’t put up with that behaviour,” he said. Read more: 

Needy student is school’s top CSEC performer...... Even without taxi fare, Madourie never missed school

HAVING to walk four miles uphill to and from school and often going through the day without food did not prevent 16-year-old Seaforth High School student Nashawn Madourie from topping the school's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams this year,, with a total of nine subjects.

Not only has this accomplishment made his rural St Thomas school family and single-parent mother very proud, but underscored the importance of determination, sacrifice and hard work.

Madourie poses with his proud mother
outside their home in Whitehall St Thomas

 

Madourie, now a sixth former, got grades one in information technology, social studies, English, accounts, principles of business and office administration, grade two in biology and grade three in mathematics and Spanish.

"He has always been a very disciplined child who is always in his book and he never miss school," his mother Marcia Bonfield proudly told the Jamaica Observer North East. Read more: 

SAMANTHA J - Tight Skirt heats up the 'Park'. She also sponsored a scholarship with PALAS in her name

SAMANTHA Gonsalves was just one-year-old, in 1997, when deejay Red Rat topped local charts with Tight Up Skirt.

Sixteen years later, recording as Samantha J, she has scored a big hit with Tight Skirt, her take on the Red Rat hit. The video for Tight Skirt is also making waves. Directed by Renais Marshall, it aired last Thursday on BET's 106 and Park as 'New Joint of the Day'.

"It was an overwhelming experience to see my video being premiered on BET. This is something I always dreamed of happening," said Samantha J in an interview with the Jamaica Observer.

The video premiered on MTV.com three weeks earlier. It became that website's number one most shared; number two most commented; and number three overall favorite. Samantha J says her goal is "to bring a fresh new sound to the music world". It is that attitude which influenced her moniker. Read more: 

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Out of jail : Michael Jackson's former doctor, Conrad Murray released after just two years....

Conrad Murray released after just two years

Dr. Conrad Murray was freed from jail early Monday after serving two years for causing Michael Jackson's death. His four-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter was shortened because of California prison rules.

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LAGOS, Nigeria: Rita Marley urges African Unity.........An ardent part of Bob Marley’s dream was ‘Africa Unite’

Bob Marley’s widow calls for Africans and black people in the diaspora to promote unity across the continent, the diaspora and the world.

LAGOS, Nigeria, Thursday October 24, 2013 – Rita Marley, widow of Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, has called on Africans and black people in the diaspora to promote unity on the African continent and beyond.

Marley, head of the Rita Marley Foundation, was the guest of honour at the 5th annual commemorative debate held to honour late Afro-beat icon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in Lagos.

This year’s Fela Debate was entitled “Movement of the People – The Fela and Bob Marley Perspectives”.

Marley stated that unity and Pan-Africanism were common to the music of both Fela and her late husband, adding that they had many things in common including many wives. Read more:

Guyana riled by ruling allowing wedding of underage girl to accused rapist.....

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Friday October 25, 2013 – The decision by Chief Justice Ian Chang to permit the marriage of a 15-year-old girl to the 38-year-old man accused of raping and getting her pregnant has outraged Guyanese rights groups and activists.

The chief justice decided that the
 pair could marry on humanitarian
 grounds after the 15-year-old
 girl became pregnant.

Chang ruled that the pair could wed on humanitarian grounds after the teenager became pregnant and her parents petitioned the court to authorize the union.

The girl’s parents said that they had given up trying to persuade their daughter to return home, and said in their petition that the next best thing was to allow her to marry.

In 2005, religious groups and other organizations successfully petitioned the Guyana government to increase the age of consent to 16. Read more: 

Portmore community shaken by woman cop's murder Commissioner condemns cop’s murder. Read more at www.rulabrownnetwork.com

THE Marine Park Community in Portmore, St Catherine, was still shell-shocked yesterday, following Friday night's brutal murder of Special Constable Ariana Henry of the Harman Barracks.

Henry gunned down at her gate

Henry, 23, was shot at her gate in what her uncle, Victor Williams, described as a shoot-out with gunmen shortly after 8:00 Friday. She had been a member of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) for three years, he said. Williams, who was at home with Henry and her mother on Friday night, said the young cop met her death minutes after she went outside to speak with a visiting male colleague.

The colleague, Williams said, parked outside Henry's gate on Darien Drive, and as they stood talking, a dark-coloured Toyota Corolla motorcar drove up with her killers aboard. Williams said that one of the occupants immediately sprung from the car and started shooting. That's when Henry's colleague responded, firing back at their attacker, he explained. Read more:

Maas Ran Leaves Legacy Of Courage, Creativity

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

"As part of the celebration we have chosen to highlight some of our cultural icons who have contributed towards our culture and cultural development," said Stephen Davidson, JCDC director of marketing and public relations.

Dubbed, The Cultural Dialogue Series, the third and final was held on Saturday at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, located on Hope Road.

Fittingly, Randolph Samuel Williams, or Maas Ran, was the featured icon, with Norman Manley and Louis Bennett-Coverley making up the list. The series was held on the birthday of each. Maas Ran would have been 101 on Saturday.

Placed upstage, some distance from the audience of predominantly primary-school children, Brian Heap, Krystal Tomlinson and Alma Mock-Yen engaged in a dialogue on 'Ranny Williams: The Man, His Life His Legacy'. read more

BUTCH STEWART late son, Jonathan Stewart Library Media Centre - Lasting Legacy For Campion College

While many high schools in Jamaica bear the name 'college', far too few are equipped to be so described, but not Campion College. The already well-appointed St Andrew co-educational high school now has its own library and media centre, thanks to the efforts of lead donor Gordon 'Butch' Stewart's family, the Lim family, parents of the deceased student Andre Matthew Lim and scores of alumni, parents and friends of the school. The state-of-the-art facility was officially opened on October 24.

The facility has its genesis in 2009 when 'Butch' Stewart, donated US$350,000 towards the construction of Jamaica's first modern high-school library media centre, named in honour of his late son, Jonathan, a past student of the school. read more

Holness, Shaw Camps Announce New Support As Leadership Campaign Nears End

Shaw and Holness

As the the race for leadership of the 70-year-old Jamaica LabourParty (JLP) intensifies, both the incumbent leader and leader-aspirant, today announced new endorsements for their candidacies. 

Former president of the JLP young professional affiliate, Generation 2000, Delano Seiveright today made public his support for Audley Shaw's candidacy. 

In an email this morning to supporters at a conference dubbed 'Youth for Audley Shaw', Seiveright said the youth support for Shaw is based on meritocracy. He says Shaw embodies the qualities and experience urgently required to transform the party. Seiveright adds that Shaw's service as a public servant, including his experience as Minister of Finance and as an opposition member of parliament for many years, positions him as the best person to lead the JLP at this time.  read more