RulaBrownNetwork (RBN): 2013-11-10

Mykal Fax, Paul Campbell : Mykal Fax speaks about “Jamaican Mafia”-the movie

There’s a new film slated for release in 2014 called “Jamaican Mafia”, and the streets are
buzzing with anticipation. I sat down recently with Mykal Fax, the creator of this film for a little one and one.

No long talking, here’s what he had to say:

Mykal Fax, Paul Campbell

CP- Greetings Mykal, it’s been a long time. How are you?

MF-I’m fine Shilo. Jus’ continuing on my journey of becoming the first Caribbean born Actor/Writer/Director to take home the coveted Oscar award. read more

Tessanne Speechless As Usain Bolts On To ‘Voice’ Stage

Chin , Bolt

Jamaican Tessanne Chin was left speechless this evening as her countryman Olympian Usain Bolt appeared on the American talentshow The Voice to support her.

"OMG, just died!!! Usain Bolt I am speechless!!! Thank you!!” Chin tweeted. Showing his rating for Tessanne, Bolt told host Carson Daly that the support in Jamaica for the songbird has been 'crazy'. "We're just trying to figure out a way to vote. Everybody (in Jamaica) is watching right now," Bolt said. read more

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Laurel Brown, moderates talking transition discussion for small businesses as part of Mayor-Elect (NYC), Bill de Blasio

Attorney Laurel K. Brown, (Left) moderates panel
for Mayor elect Bill de Blasio of NYC transition

Talking Transition is pioneering the first open transition in New York City. We're transforming the typically closed-door transition process between Election Day and the Inauguration into an opportunity for New Yorkers to make their voices heard. Whether you’re a lifelong New Yorker or you’ve just arrived, everyone has a unique vision for this great city. Now is your chance to tell our new mayor what’s important to you and your neighborhood.

Join us to share your questions, stories, and ideas for the city's future. By making your voice heard, you can help inform the mayor-elect's agenda for the next four years and make sure that City Hall prioritizes the issues most important to you.

Come visit the Talking Transition tent on Canal Street and Sixth Avenue, stop by our mobile tents as they make their way across the city, meet our street teams in all five boroughs, and discuss neighborhood issues at your local library. Make this transition count. Get involved. #TalkingTransition. For the first time in 12 years, New Yorkers will have a new mayor. read more

WATCH: Rob Ford Body Slams Female City Council Member.....Rob Ford Knocks Over Toronto City Council Member During Chaotic Meeting (VIDEO)

Toronto mayor Rob Ford's problems physically escalated Monday as video captured him barreling over a city councillor during a session to vote on stripping the embattled leader of most of his executive powers.

The National Post reports Ford appeared to be charging toward a spectator following the meeting when he collided with Councillor Pam McConnell. All the while, Ford's brother and council member, Doug, screamed, "Scumbags!" at the public.

Toronto's City Council met Monday to discuss whether to strip Ford of mayoral powers after he admitted to smoking crack cocaine and buying illegal drugs. City Councillors already revoked some of the mayor's powers last week.

The Associated Press explains: read more

George Zimmerman Arrested After Domestic Dispute With 'Girlfriend'

George Zimmerman in a Nov. 18 booking photo

George Zimmerman was arrested in Seminole County, Fla., at about 1:30 p.m., Monday.

It is unclear what charges Zimmerman, 30, is facing, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The arrest occurred shortly after a domestic disturbance dispute involving Zimmerman's "girlfriend" in Apopka law enforcement officials told WESH 2.

TMZ reports that the girlfriend says she is pregnant.

Zimmerman was taken to the Seminole County Jail, a sheriff's spokesman told USA Today. His first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday. read more

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Vybz Kartel murder trial set for today

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel is set to stand trial in connection with the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams in the Home Circuit Court today.

Kartel and fellow entertainer Shawn Campbell (Shawn Storm) are to be tried along with other men for the 2011 murder of Williams in Havendale, St Andrew. Williams' body has not been found.

In July, he and two co-accused were freed of another murder charge relating to the shooting death of Portmore resident Barrington 'Bossie' Bryan. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, has been in police custody since October 2011. Read more:

IN JAMAICA: Herbert 'Dago' Gordon remembered as the ultimate sportsman, former cricket and football great....He died of diabetis

Dago

AS the Boys' Town fraternity and the rest of Jamaica mourn the passing of former national football player Herbert 'Dago' Gordon, one of his contemporaries Ali McNab, has described him as "talent personified".

Gordon, a former Trench Town High and Boys' Town representative, died in Jamaica yesterday after being in a coma for several days. McNab said Gordon was 60 or 61 years old and diabetic.

McNab, who was a striker for Boys' Town FC and Jamaica, remembered Gordon as a remarkable attacking midfielder with the ability to make sublime final passes and the knack for inspiring his teammates. Read more:

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Nelson Mandela still unable to speak, says ex-wife Winnie

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is still unable to speak but uses facial expressions to communicate, his ex-wife has told a local newspaper.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said the 95-year-old remained "quite ill" but she dismissed speculation that he was on a life support machine.

A street portrait of Nelson Mandela in Lisbon, Portugal, June 2013

In September Mr Mandela returned home after nearly three months in hospital with a recurring lung infection.

The government has said his condition is critical and sometimes unstable.

He is no longer talking "because of all the tubes that are in his mouth to clear [fluid from] the lungs", Ms Madikizela-Mandel told South Africa's Sunday Independent newspaper.

"He can't actually articulate anything... He communicates with the face, you see. But the doctors have told us they hope to recover his voice." read more

'Miss, I Have Been Raped By ...' - 10 Year-Old Shocks Children's Advocate With Public Allegation...

Children's Advocate Diahann Gordon-Harrison was shocked when, during an appeal for adults to be vigilant about child abuse, a 10-year-old girl stood up and said "Miss, I have been raped by a man called ..."

Gordon-Harrison who was addressing a large gathering at a special children's programme at the Riverton Meadows Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Corporate Area, immediately called for the girl's case to be investigated.

The Children's Advocate noted that it was not too late for the case to be prosecuted, and stressed that the child had to get counselling. The girl's disclosure drew sympathetic comments from the large gathering.

Found help

Some persons remarked that they were happy that the girl, who was one of the children invited to the programme by the children's ministry department of the church, had found an avenue to get help. read more

'They Can't Suspend Anybody' - IAAF Boss Diack Lashes WADA Over Jamaica's Drug-Testing Issue

MONTE CARLO, Monaco:

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) aren't quite seeing eye to eye these days.

IAAF President Lamine Diak (right)
gives Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt
his 2013 Athlete

President of the IAAF, Lamine Diack, has added his voice to what has been described as a ridiculous campaign against Jamaica and Kenya.

Diack, speaking to journalists ahead of last night's IAAF Gala and Awards ceremony at the Salle des Etoiles here, insisted that the heavy-handed approach and focus by WADA on Jamaica was unwarranted and believes it to be part of a larger attack on the sport of track and field.

"Stop all this nonsense!" said Diack. "Everyone knows the strength of Jamaica in the sprinting, especially, it didn't start in Usain (Bolt). read more

Jamaica's hit music factories... Top 5 recording studios.

JAMAICA has produced many a hit studio especially during the 1970s when reggae was taking off overseas. Here are five of those studios:

Dynamic Sounds: Was hot property in the early 1970s. This is where Paul Simon recorded his 1971 hit song Mother and Child Reunion, and the Rolling Stones cut their 1973 album, Goat Head Soup. Eric Clapton did sessions for his 1975 album, One in Every Crowd at the Kingston studio..

From left) Robbie Shakespeare,
Dylan Murray, Sly Dunbar
and Nelly Furtado pose outside
Anchor Recording Studio in
Kingston, Jamaica.
(PHOTO: OACCESSJAMAICA.COM)

Channel One: Thirty-odd years ago, everyone wanted to do sessions at 'Channel', which was officially opened by the Hoo Kim brothers in 1973. The API console was cutting-edge for the time and house band, The Revolutionaries, made full use of it. The Mighty Diamonds' I Need a Roof, Leroy Smart's Ballistic Affair and Woman is Like a Shadow by the Meditations were done at Channel One in the mid-1970s. Later, Sly and Robbie, who were part of The Revolutionaries, produced many of the songs for their Taxi label there. These included the Tamlins' Baltimore and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by Black Uhuru. Read more:

Tessanne Chin, Jimmy Cliff surge, dancehall stumbles..... The VOICE is paying off big time. Vote for Tessanne

It has been seven years since Tessanne Chin came to national attention with the hit song Hideaway.

Co-produced by drummer Paul Kastick and guitarist Rudy Valentino, the rock-reggae song made local charts and regional lists in the United States. It was also featured on VP Records' popular Reggae Gold compilation series.

Tessanne Chin’s Hideaway has
benefited from her exposure
on the top-rated
NBC talent show, The Voice.

Chin is enjoying renewed popularity due to her impressive performance on the top-rated NBC talent show, The Voice. No surprise that Hideaway has benefited from this exposure. According to Neilsen Soundscan, it has sold over 15,749 downloads and jumped back onto Billboard's Digital Reggae Singles chart four weeks ago. In the past week, Hideaway sold 298 downloads in comparison to 209 the previous week. Read more:

Usain Bolt takes aim at 200m record, could go beyond Rio 2016

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ahead of the 2013 World Athletics Gala set to begin in just under an hour in Monaco, Usain Bolt made two revelations to the press.

He will attack his own 200m World record of 19.19 set when he won the event in the 2009 World Championships and he may stick around after Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, according to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) website.

INDIA v. WEST INDIES TEST CRICKET: Glorious last hundred eludes Sachin Tendulkar

MUMBAI, India — The people of India, especially the ones who were present at the Wankhede stadium yesterday, will never forget this day. It was a rich reflection of where Indian cricket is placed at the moment. It was a keen pointer that despite the impending farewell of their legendary hero, everything is, and will be, just fine.

West Indies players celebrate
the wicket of India’s Murali Vijay
on day two of the second Test
at the Wankhede stadium
in Mumbai, India, yesterday.

Morning dawned and there was a mad rush outside the stadium. By 9:30 am, the designated start of play, it was nearly full. A few latecomers, or those held off by security checks, were still walking in when Sachin Tendulkar came to the batting crease. There was pandemonium in the stands as chants bearing his name flooded the sky. Everyone had come to see just one thing -- a glorious last hundred. Read more:

Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce create history for Jamaica.....Fraser-Pryce (left) and Bolt, 2013 Athletes of the Year

A snapshot of the 2013 Male and Female
Athletes of the Year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (third left)
and Usain Bolt (second right) on stage at
the World Athletics Gala in Monaco, on Saturday,

KINGSTON, Jamaica - They did it! Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were named the 2013 Athletes of the Year, making it the first time a Jamaican duo has copped the prestigious title and only the third time in the history of the award.

The only other athletes to have done this are Americans Carl Lewis and Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 and Colin Jackson and Sally Gunnell of Great Britain in 1993.

This award, which was announced at the 2013 World Athletics Gala on Saturday in Monaco, is the fifth for Bolt and the first for Fraser-Pryce, making her the second Jamaican woman to receive the award after Merlene Ottey in 1990.
Read more:

LATEST NEWS: Bolt, Fraser-Pryce Discuss Their IAAF Award Chances

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Bolt, Fraser-Pryce Discuss Their IAAF Award Chances

Usain Bolt likes his chances of claiming an unprecedented fifth IAAF World Male Athlete of the Year Award. For his compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, just being considered among the top three female

TUFTON... vowed earlier this week that he would not resign. WILLIAMS... in the interest of our constitutional arrangements it should be closely examined......HIGH-PROFILE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) members Arthur Williams and Dr Christopher Tufton are out as Opposition senators

HIGH-PROFILE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) members Arthur Williams and Dr Christopher Tufton are out as Opposition senators, while educator Ruel Reid has been brought in to fill one of the vacancies. He will take up his appointment at next Friday's sitting of the Upper House.

Williams' position as leader of Opposition business has been given to Tom Tavares-Finson, and political observers believe Reid, the principal of Jamaica College, is likely to be named as spokesman on education.

TUFTON... vowed earlier this week that he would not resign. WILLIAMS... in the interest of our constitutional arrangements it should be closely examined

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Who let the Dogg in? GHANIAN reggae artiste Blakk Rasta
has come swinging at American gangster rapper-turned-reggae
artiste Snoop Lion's recent Grammy nomination for the
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Obama Announces Fix for 'Fumbled' Health Care Implementation.....John King: For Obama, a bad turn or a tipping point? (VIDEO)

Washington (CNN) -- With his presidency at a crossroads, President Barack Obama delivered his health care "fix it" message with a healthy dose of reflection and contrition: "I think I said early on when I was running, I am not a perfect man and I will not be a perfect president."

At the moment, the challenge is to get back to being a productive president, and those who see a difficult path ahead include veteran Democrats the President counts among his most trusted friends and allies. "Can Obama come back?" a veteran Democratic strategist asked. "Yes. But like Carter and (George W.) Bush, his downfall is his handling of the job."This party sage framed the stakes this way:

"The next few months will tell us whether he will be remembered in the pantheon of successful/consequential presidents in the last 60 years or whether he will be a flawed president whose skills did not match the times." read more

IN JAMAICA: 5 JLP senators to resign....... Holness expected to make statement on Senate issue today.

The five senators who are understood to have agreed to hand in their resignations are Robert Montague, Tom Tavares-Finson, Alexander Williams, Kavan Gayle, and Kamina Johnson Smith.

Senator Marlene Malahoo-Forte was scheduled to meet Holness at his office last night, and there was some hope that she would share the view of the majority and resign. But there was nothing to indicate that she would.

However, the focus will be on the two most prominent Opposition senators who seem determined not to give up their seats and to challenge any attempt by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader to unseat them. They are Leader of Opposition Business Arthur Williams and former shadow cabinet spokesman Dr Christopher Tufton....

Senator Williams told the Jamaica Observer last night that he plans to attend the Senate tomorrow and participate in the proceedings as Leader of Opposition Business. Read more:

Jacqui Beck Learns She Was Born With No Vagina; British Teen Born With MRKH

Jacqui Beck

A British teenager said she was in "total shock" to learn that she had been born without a vagina.

During a routine visit to the doctor, Jacqui Beck, 17, mentioned that she hadn't started getting her periods. Tests soon showed that she had MRKH syndrome, a genetic condition that meant she had been born without a vagina, womb or cervix.

"I left the doctor's [office] in tears. I would never know what it was like to give birth, be pregnant, have a period. All the things I had imagined doing suddenly got erased from my future," Beck told the Daily Mail. "I was really angry and felt like I wasn’t a real woman any more." read more

Four killed in Guyana shooting rampage, including two policemen

Law eforcement officials in standoff with miner, who killed four people (Photo courtesy Stabroek News)

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday November 13, 2013, CMC – Police reportedly shot and killed a miner who had earlier killed four people, including two police officers during a three-hour standoff on Tuesday.

The drama unfolded in the streets off the capital after the miner, whom a relative later said had “tripped off” and armed with a shotgun and pistol fired indiscriminately at people from his home.

The miner, whose name was given as Derrick Kanhai had engaged law enforcement officials in a sustained gun battle as police cordoned off the streets leading to the two-storey building where the gunman had been holed up.

In 1990, the Jamaat Al Muslimeen group led by Yasin Abu Bakr sought to overthrow the then government of Prime Minister ANR Robinson. (File photo)

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday November 11, 2013, CMC – A Muslim group has warned political parties in Trinidad and Tobago that they should desist from using Islam and Muslims as pawns in the fight to gain political dominance here.

“If these parties continue along this path; the face of politics as we know it would change... A change we are not prepared to endure,” the Islamic Front said in a statement on Saturday. Read more:

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