Jamaican drug lord "Dudus" Coke had assets worth JA$300 million.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday December 4, 2013, CMC – Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the Jamaican drug lord, who is serving 23 years in a federal prison in the United States, had massed assets worth J$300 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.01 cents), Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has said.
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Christopher “Dudus” Coke was
extradited to the United States
on June 24, 2010 after a bloody
standoff between his supporters
 and police that lasted
nearly a month.


 
Coke was extradited to the United States on June 24, 2010 after a bloody standoff between his supporters and police that lasted nearly a month.

Several people lost their lives as a result and the government set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe the circumstances surrounding the extradition after it had become public that the then ruling that the then ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government had sought to prevent the extradition.
The US court also ordered Coke to pay US$1.5 million in forfeiture
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IN JAMAICA: Early adjournment in Vybz Kartel murder case as rumour of his freedom sparks court rush.

THERE was no evidence taken yesterday in the Vybz Kartel murder trial due to the unavailability of witnesses, which resulted in an early adjournment.
The adjournment came after lead prosecutor Jeremy Taylor told the court after the two o'clock resumption that he was unable to secure witnesses for the matter. The afternoon's early adjournment mirrored that of a early morning break to facilitate the defence meeting with experts from telecoms giant Digicel, who are to give evidence in the matter before the Home Circuit Court..
 Crowd gather outside courthouse
During the morning sitting, attorney Tom Tavares-Finson applied to the court for an early adjournment to see if the defence lawyer could meet with the Digicel experts as the meeting, originally scheduled for Monday afternoon, did not take place.
Justice Lennox Campbell granted the morning adjournment and said that the director of public Prosecutions should get involved in the matter to get the case going. Read more: 

TESSANNE CHIN MAKES FABULOUS 5 on The VOICE. LIKE, SHARE, DOWNLOAD & VOTE for TESSANNE To The Top Next Week.


With her outstanding performances of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" and Katie Perry's
"Unconditionally" in previous session on The VOICE, Tess made her presence felt with poise, confidence and range to barrel her way through in the top 5.

With her charm, poise, excellent and consistent singing, Tessanne no doubt is one

of the favorite to take the top spot on the VOICE in a few weeks.

Tune in next week to take in TESS at her BEST. Vote, share, download and like her performances.

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Fraser-Pryce Targets World Indoors, Sub-22 secs in 200m

Top female sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is hoping to compete in the 60m at next year's IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, and is ready to chalk out more 200 metres.
The IAAF 2013 female World Athlete of the Year and double sprint champion at the World Championships in Moscow ran three 60m and ten 200m races last season.
Fraser-Pryce
Fraser-Pryce
However, with the absence of the marquee Olympic Games and outdoor World Championships from the 2014 calendar, Fraser-Pryce is looking to continue to test herself on the indoor circuit in the 60m - after her debut earlier this year - as well as continuing to improve in the 200m.
"I definitely see myself running more 60m next season," said Fraser-Pryce, who capped a splendid 2013 season with Diamond League wins in the 100m and 200m. "I enjoy it, I did three last season and it was very good." read more

IN JAMAICA: More Than 200 Teachers Relocated - Thwaites

Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has indicated that some 200 teachers have already been redeployed as part of the ministry's thrust to save some $223 million over the next two years.
Thwaites said the relocation process has been going according to plan and that the ministry will be pressing ahead with more redeployment throughout the school year.
Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites. - File
Thwaites
A disgruntled Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is taking issue with how the process has been handled so far.
In an advertisement published in The Sunday Gleaner, the JTA expressed that it has been receiving reports that "teachers are being coerced into accepting to be transferred to other schools and in some cases threatened with loss of salary if they refuse to participate". read more

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BILLBOARD: 'Police & Thieves' Reggae Singer Junior Murvin Dies

Reggae singer Junior Murvin, whose signature song "Police and Thieves" became a hit on the British charts not long after it was covered by punk legends The Clash, died Monday at a hospital in Jamaica. 
'Police & Thieves' Reggae Singer Junior Murvin Dies
Junior Murvin
The Jamaica Observer is reporting that Murvin -- born Murvin Junior Smith in Port Antonio -- was admitted to a hospital in his hometown last Thursday for treatment related to diabetes and hypertension. The singer's son, Kevin Smith, told the Observer that an autopsy will determine the cause of death. His age has been listed as either 64 or 67 in various reports.
Murvin worked closely with legendary producer Lee "Scratch" Perry on his debut album, also titled "Police and Thieves," released on Island Records in 1977. The falsetto-voiced title track was released a year earlier as a single and was a hit with Jamaican youth for its pointed lyrics about police brutality and social strife. Read more at

Vote for TESSANNE CHIN (12/2/13) on The VOICE.....SHARE & VOTE 855-864-2302....."Redemption Song & Unconditionally"

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Tessanne Chin in the first of her two songs Monday night on NBC’s The Voice gave an emotional and well-received performance of Bob Marley's ‘Redemption Song’.
The six remaining contestants were required to perform two songs each as the talent competition gets down to the wire. Chin, in a long black dress, went among members of the audience, which included her husband Michael Cuffe Jr and her father as she belted out the Marley anthem.
"It is a very important song to me and my people and I want to get it right," Chin said before her Marley performance. "I was thinking about nothing, I was so immersed in that song, I'm sure not only is Jamaica proud of you, but the whole world knows the power and potency of Bob Marley and now, Tessanne Chin," Coach Adam Levine commented.
Christina Aguilera, as she has done throughout the show, again spoke to Tessanne's accent, mentioning that it has become more apparent. Read more

Translation underway to include Jamaican English (or Patois) in Linux-based operating system.....Currently, the Debian software installer is in some 14 languages and website translations in some 36 languages.

DEBIAN, a global computer operating system, aims to add Jamaican English, or Patois, to its installer in order to widen its coverage, according to the project translator, Michelle 'Afifa' Harris.
Its the latest drive to represent the language in formal settings. "When you read the instructions to install software, a lot of time people do not understand what it says. You just press 'Next'. So [Patois] will bring a level of basic understanding to a technical process," she told the Observer in an interview at Cafe Blue in Kingston on Thursday.
Harris, a manager and doctoral student was selected by Debian as the only Jamaican to translate starting January. It was part of a women in technology grant. Harris indicated that offering the installer in Patois removes a linguistic disconnect.                        
Currently, the Debian software installer is in some 14 languages and website translations in some 36 languages. The project will use the term Jamaican English rather than Patois to describe the language.
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RULA BROWN's daughter Laurel Brown, Executive Director of the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District (BID) receives The BID Leadership Award from NYC mayor, Michael Bloomberg.

The BID Leadership Award was presented to three individuals.
Attorney Laurel Brown receives
 award from NYC mayor, Bloomberg
  • Laurel Brown / Jamaica Center Business Improvement District, Queens  Laurel Brown, a Harvard Law School graduate and currently the Executive Director of the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District (BID),is responsible for making Jamaica Center a thriving business hub and enjoyable destination to work, live and visit. The BID provides sanitation, graffiti removal, maintenance, and marketing services to the district..
  •  Last year the Jamaica Center BID's Clean Team logged over 17,000 hours removing 1,100 tons of litter from nearly 50,000 trash bags from Jamaica Avenue, averaging three tons of garbage every day. Laurel manages her large district with limited resources, yet she is constantly encouraging her staff, colleagues, and youth in the community. read more

Bunny Wailer co-hosts Trench Town rally....."I and I have been inspired since the millennium to blow the trumpet to secure the justice and victory of I and I prophetic 'livity'"

by Basil Walters, Observer
REGGAE star Bunny Wailer and the Rastafari Millennium Council are promoters of the fifth annual Trumpet Rally, which takes place tomorrow at Trench Town Culture Park.
Wailer, an original member of the famous Wailers group, will be among speakers at the event which starts at 10:00 am. Parliamentarian Mike Henry, a longtime advocate for reparations from the British government to descendants of slaves, will also speak.
Bunny Wailer. File Photo
"I and I have been inspired since the millennium to blow the trumpet to secure the justice and victory of I and I prophetic 'livity', this now being the fifth Trumpet Call. The community has responded dutifully and respectfully to these gatherings," Bunny Wailer stated in his letter of invitation. Music industry veteran Maxine Stowe told the Jamaica Observer that the intellectual property of indigenous Rastafarian culture will also be addressed.
She noted that UNESCO and the World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation (WIPO) recently staged workshops with representatives of the Rastafarian community on these issues. Read more:

IN JAMAICA: 8 homosexuals in custody for robbery Five others named as ‘persons-of-interest’ after New Kingston raid

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Eight homosexual men believed to be involved in a series of robberies in the New Kingston area were taken into custody at the Half Way Tree Police Station Sunday.
Police say the one-hour joint operation conducted by the New Kingston Police Post, the St Andrew Central Division and Delta Special Operations started at 12:00 pm on Antigua and Trafalgar Roads and culminated on Dumfries and Ruthven Roads.
Squatting gays being evicted
 from a house in Barbican earlier this year


 

The lawmen say they accosted and searched the men who reside in a close by gully and recovered several items of stolen property. The police also listed five other men believed to be involved in the spate of robberies as ‘Persons-of-Interest’.
The men, only known by their aliases, are ‘Marlene Malaboo-Forte’, ‘Michelle’, ‘Pebbles’, ‘Goodas’ and ‘Bat Man’. These men or anyone knowing their whereabouts are being asked to contact the New Kingston Police Post at 926-3508, Police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station. Read more: 

Name the Artist Name the Song Contest resumes on Sultry Sunday Slow Jamz 3-7pm ET on www.RulaBrownNetwork.com . Special guest is ROXANNE WANLISS, "Digital Jam 3.0" Mobile App Trailblazer


Jamaica Sets Eyes On Digital Future......Newly named I Believe Initiative Ambassador Roxanne Wanliss is taking the lead.

Jamaica is primed to be another hub, this one of the digital variety.

Representatives from various sponsors, supporters and information and communication technology stakeholders gathered at King's House yesterday to launch Digital Jam 3.0 - Caribbean Edition. The initiative is the follow-up to the highly successful Digital Jam 2.0 mobile-app creation competition, the finals of which were held earlier this year.
Newly named I Believe Initiative Ambassador Roxanne Wanliss shares a moment with Governor General Sir Patrick Allen at King's House, St Andrew, yesterday. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
Newly named I Believe Initiative Ambassador
 Roxanne Wanliss shares a moment with
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen at
 King's House, St Andrew, yesterday.
 - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
Industry Minister Anthony Hylton, a key figure as Jamaica positions itself to be the next global logistics hub, said digital infrastructure was at the heart of developing both hubs, noting the 3.0 theme: 'The Future of Work is Digital'. He added that Jamaica had the ability, leadership and human capital to succeed on both fronts.
"[Digital Jam 2.0] has unearthed tremendous talent," he said. "Digital Jam 3.0 will give us another platform to identify that talent." read more

IN JAMAICA: Anti-Gang Bill May Seriously Impact Music Industry - Artistes Should Lobby Against Its Passing, Says Damion Crawford.

Tourism State Minister Damion Crawford believes the move to create a law which will force local artistes to refrain from creating music with content that is deemed as being violent is based on prejudice against dancehall music.
Hon. Damion Crawford
According to the minister, who defends dancehall against its many critics, there is no evidence of a correlation between the genre and violence.
The minister, who recently won a selecting clash against Daryl Vaz, says he witnessed several clashes at Sting which were not violent.
He also indicated that it was hypocrisy to say that dancehall contributed to violence when the same is not being said of cartoons, movies and games with violent content.
"It starts from the premise that there is no research, which shows that the consumption of violent media leads to criminal activities. It is merely an assumption, and it is also an assumption that a reduction of violent media will reduce criminal activity," Minister Crawford said. read more

Gov't says $20m spent on PM, SIMPSON-MILLER's China trip

THE Government has confirmed that it spent more than $20 million on the official visit to China of a Jamaican delegation headed by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in late August.
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, AJ Nicholson, made the disclosure in answers he provided on Friday to questions tabled by Opposition member Senator Robert Montague.

According to Senator Nicholson, the trip cost the Government $19,680,537, including payments for "travel, subsistence and contingencies", which were paid from the budgetary allocation in the ministries of foreign affairs and foreign trade; water, land, environment and climate change; national security; and the Office of the Prime Minister. He said, however, that the figure did not include costs incurred by the embassy of Jamaica in Beijing, which amounted to US$3,461.84 or J$366,869.52. Read more: 

LATEST NEWS in SANTA CRUZ, JAMAICA: KIMBERLY SIMPSON, 18 year old chopped to death by her child's father...... Cops praised for protecting accused man in eight-hour stand-off with angry mob

The victim: A recent photo
 of Kimberly Simpson.


 
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Those close to her say 18-yearold Kimberly Simpson was rebuilding her life after carnal abuse and pregnancy when she became the victim of enraged jealousy. Simpson’s relatives, friends and the residents of the remote district of Content and surrounding communities of South East St Elizabeth and South Manchester will grieve for a long time.
They won’t easily forget the manner of Simpson’s death — chopped allegedly by the father of her two-year-old son. Nor will they forget the ensuing drama involving an eight-hour stand-off between angry residents and police — the latter protecting the accused, 30-year-old barber Rohan Thomas, from jungle justice

Indeed, while grieving family members complained that a prompt response by the police to frantic calls for help early Friday could have saved Simpson’s life, the police have also come in for high praise for putting their lives on the line to uphold the law. “I don’t want it to get lost in the mix that the police were heroes on the day,” said Richard Parchment, member of parliament for South East St Elizabeth...
“The police have often come under pressure for allegedly carrying out extra-judicial killings, but (Friday) I saw police putting their lives on the line for a man accused of a most heinous crime because they recognised their responsibility to uphold the law,” said Parchment. Read more: 

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Black Friday Marred By Violence In Several States

The shopping frenzy surrounding Black Friday has already led to a number of violent incidents across the country.
Black FridayStarting as early as Thursday night, shootings and stabbings have been reported at retailers in several states. Among the most violent episodes happened yesterday at a Kohl's in Romeovile, Ill., when an alleged shoplifter dragged a police officer from his car before being shot in the arm by other law enforcement officers present at the scene, The Chicago Tribune reports.
A shooting was also reported Thursday night in Las Vegas. Two assailants reportedly attempted to steal a TV from a man who had recently purchased it. After arguing, theman was shot in the leg before the attacker sped off in his car, leaving the TV behind, CBS News 8 reports. In an email sent to The Huffington Post, Kohl's said it was "cooperating with the authorities leading the investigation" into the incident. A police officer in Rialto, Calif., was also injured Thursday night when a fight broke out at a local Walmart. read more

KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Four cops charged with shooting death of pastor get bail

FOUR police officers were on Wednesday offered bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court after being charged with murder over the shooting death of a pastor in 2010.
Special Constable Dian Thompson and constables Zabdiel Dewar, Roan Dennis and Alecia Jones were each offered bail in the sum of $500,000 following applications before Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey.
Call 770-715-0224 to place your adsThe four are charged with the murder of Pastor Trevor Edwards, who was shot dead while travelling in an illegal route taxi along Alexander Road, off Maxfield Avenue in Kingston. Edwards was shot after the police pursued the vehicle which was believed to have been stolen. Read more: 

Ky-Mani Marley's Hope Chant Hits TV Screens Worldwide

Hope Chant features American Country Music artiste Big Kenny from the duo Big & Rich and debuts Ky-Mani's son, KJ Marley, who delivers a good rap on the track.
Ky-Mani Marley
Kymani Marley
Directed by Mykal Cushnie, the video was shot in early November on location in Trench Town and Tuff Gong Studios; two locations very important to the music of Marley.
Showcasing another side of Ky-Mani Marley, Hope Chant is the first single from 'Big Kenny Presents Electro Shine Record', which is slated for release in 2014. Hope Chant is an uptempo song, fusing together Techno and Reggae beats.
Electro Shine, brainchild of Big Kenny, sees the fusion of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) with Classical Instrumentation. read more

ST. ELIZABETH, Jamaica: 30 y-o man murdered his 18 y-o baby mother with machete in the presence of their 2 y-o child then sets house on fire.... Police rescue alleged murderer after teenager's death, stand-off with residents

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – The murder of a teenaged girl allegedly by her former lover Friday morning led to a stand-off between angry residents and police, which was eventually broken late evening with police firing teargas canisters and shots in the air.
Kimberly Simpson
Residents gather at the house where 18-year-old Kimberly Simpson was chopped by her babyfather today – Launtia Cuff
Angry residents wanted
 to kill alleged murderer
The tragedy and ensuing drama unfolded in the remote district of Content, located between Nain and Lititz in South East St Elizabeth. Family members identified the deceased as 18-year-old Kimberly Simpson, a former student of the Victor Dixon High School in Mandeville, Manchester. She reportedly dropped out of school after becoming pregnant at age 15 for her alleged killer.
The police have since taken into custody the father of Simpson’s two-year-old son - the police have identified him as 30-year-old Rohan Thomas, a barber of a New England address in Central Manchester. Reports are that he was before the Courts on a carnal abuse charge as a result of having impregnated the murder victim. Read more: 

VYBZ KARTEL MURDER TRIAL: You made up Lizard's murder story to get off a gun charge, attorney tells key witness.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Defence in the murder trial of Dancehall DJ Vybz Kartel Friday morning suggested that the prosecution’s main witness made up the story of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams’ murder, with the help of the police, to get off of a gun charge.
The witness said that on the night of August 16, 2011 when he went home he was given a gun which he buried. 
Attorney Pierre Rogers suggested that he made up the story about Kartel and the other men killing Lizard after the police went to his yard and found that he had a gun.
The witness said he was not charged by the police but denied that this was in exchange for him making up a story about Kartel. He said that he wasn’t charged because the police did not find the gun.  Rogers then said that the witness “sold the accused men for 30 pieces of silver just like Judas did Jesus”.
-- Paul Henry

Holly jolly christmas? Santa arrested.....Walmart Wage Protest Leads To Arrest Of Man Dressed Like Santa

These days it's not so easy to tell if Santa's being naughty or nice.
View image on TwitterA protest on behalf of Walmart workers in Ontario, Calif., led to the arrest of up to 10 people Friday, among them Karl Hilgert, who dressed up as Santa Clause for the event, according to The San Bernardino Sun. The protest was one of around 1,500 planned nationwide Friday accusing Walmart of providing employees unfair wages and working hours. The matter is serious for those protesting, but Hilgert's attire did make for a more amusing photo opportunity:
This is the second year protesters have come out in support of Walmart workers on Black Friday with the help of OUR Walmart, a group advocating for Walmart workers. Some protesters at the Walmart in Ontario carried signs reading "25k,"which is the yearly wage protesters are requesting workers be paid, according to the Los Angeles Times. OUR Walmart claims that, like Hilgert, protesters in nine cities are practicing civil obedience. Protesters have been arrested in several cities including Chicago and Alexandria, Va., according to CNN. read more

This Proves Black Friday Isn't Worth The Trouble.....The Scene Inside The Macy's Flagship On Thanksgiving Was Completely Insane.

It's quiet inside Macy's gargantuan flagship store in Manhattan's Herald Square, a half hour before the doors are set to open for the much-hyped annual shopping frenzy known as Black Friday.
Of course, it's not actually Friday. It's Thursday night. It's still Thanksgiving..
Macys Herald Square
Huge crowd at Macys
No matter. Lines snake out from each of the store's many entrances, hugging its exterior walls and curling around the block. Shoppers huddle together in the 32-degree chill, largely outfitted in puffy black coats and scarves wrapped around their necks. A New York Police Department van sits nearby, a half-dozen officers watching over the scene with semi-automatic rifles in hand. The largest crowd lingers outside the main entrance on Broadway, corralled in barricades so they don't spill out too far into the square. TV crews scamper around, documenting the scene. read more

Trinidad accepts invitation for talks in Jamaica on immigration issue

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Prime Minister Persad Bissessar, who
 is also chairman of the 15-member regional
 integration grouping, said that she
believed dialogue was the best
 way to the resolve the issue.

 
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday November 27, 2013, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has welcomed the move by Jamaica to hold talks on the issue involving the deportation of 13 Jamaican nationals saying she had advised Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran to accept the invitation from his counterpart to travel to Kingston to discuss the matter.
“A letter…of invitation from Jamaica and I have advised him to accept the invitation and to go to Jamaica and speak with his counterparts there,” Persad Bissessar said.

Dookeran later told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that he expects the meeting would take place as soon as all the necessary logistics were in place. Read more: 

6 y-o Trinidad schoolgirl sexually assaulted before death - pathologist

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Friday Nov 29, 2013, CMC – A six-year-old schoolgirl, whose body was found in a barrel at her home on Thursday, had been sexually assaulted while unconscious and dying, according to the results of an autopsy done on Friday.
imagePathologist Dr. Valery Alexndradrov said that a blunt force trauma was the cause of the death of Keyana Cumberbatch whose body was found stuffed in a barrel in a bedroom at her home.

“She sustained massive cranial cerebral trauma, which means there was trauma to the skull and the brain and the trauma to the skull was so extensive that all the (wounds) were open,” he said, adding that before the autopsy, X- rays were done, and there were no previous fractures ".Read more: 
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Rihanna congratulated by Barbados Culture Minister on winning first (American Music Awards) AMA icon award

Rihanna
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) -- the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley has congratulated Barbadian superstar, Rihanna, on receiving the first-ever Icon Award at the American Music Awards.  “This is a triumph not only for Rihanna and her family but indeed for Barbados,” said Lashley in a statement.

As a proud Barbadian, I, too, felt as though I had received this award. It was a glorious moment to see this humble, intelligent young woman, who just a few short years ago was still a schoolgirl attending Combermere School and living in Westbury Road, transformed into a fashion and music icon, being acknowledged by one of the greatest countries in the world for her craft,” he added. Read more: 

VYBZ KARTEL MURDER TRIAL: Key witness comes under pressure at Kartel trial.

Kartel
THE defence yesterday painted the prosecution's star witness as untruthful during the murder trial of Vybz Kartel and four other men in the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston.
Kartel, Shawn 'Shawn Storm' Campbell, André St John, Kahira Jones, and Shane Williams are jointly charged with the August 2011 murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams.

Attorney Pierre Rodgers, who represents Jones, asked the witness during cross-examination if he had handled an illegal firearm on the evening in August 2011 when Williams was allegedly murdered at a house in Havendale, St Andrew, owned by Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer.
"Did you have a firearm that day?" Rodgers asked.
"No sir," the witness answered.
"At no point did you have a firearm with you?" Rodgers asked again.
"No sir," the witness replied.
'Have you told anyone that you had a firearm on the night of the 16th of August 2011?" the attorney asked....

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IN JAMAICA: Ganja Medicine Local doctors approve patients' use of marijuana

Local doctors approve patients'
use of marijuana
This was disclosed yesterday by pollster Don Anderson, as he highlighted the findings of a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) survey carried out by his Market Research Services Limited and commissioned by local scientist Professor Henry Lowe's Biotech R&D Institute and Pelican Publishers.
"This is an important piece of finding," Anderson told the audience at the briefing held at Lowe's Eden Gardens Wellness Resort & Spa on Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston.
"There is use of marijuana for treatment of medical condition. One in every three persons who use ganja for some medical condition tell it to their doctor and, probably, in 50 per cent of those cases the doctor approved the treatment," he stated. Read more: 

BRUSSELS, Belgium: Jamaica's PM joins call for more women political leaders

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Jamaica's Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has joined the call by global leaders for more women to become political leaders.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (right)
 proudly holds the award given to Jamaica
for bridging the gender gap in terms of women
 in public administration, awarded
 by the European Union.


 
Simpson Miller, who was addressing Wednesday's opening of the Women In Parliament Global Forum, held here at the European Parliament, noted that as of January 2013 the average share of women in Parliaments globally stood at only 20.4 per cent. This, she said, was a far cry from the 40 per cent advocated by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for women's roles and rights to be considered as decision makers in the formal economy and development.

Simpson Miller argued that if women are not at the decision-making table, their long-term impact is negligible, so the first task therefore, is to get more women to the table. Read more:

Muhammad Ali's Ex-Wife: Why He Really Changed His Name, Time in exile.....getting money from Elijah Muhammad (VIDEO)

Muhammad Ali

IN FLORIDA: Marissa Alexander, Woman Sentenced For Firing Alleged 'Warning Shot' At Her Husband Gets Released.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville woman awaiting a new trial in a controversial "stand your ground" case is free on bond. First Coast News (http://fcnews.tv/18q19sa) reports that Marissa Alexander was released from jail Wednesday. According to the Duval County Clerk of Court, she must remain under house arrest while awaiting trial.
woman warning shot released
Marissa Alexander
In 2012, Alexander was sentenced to a mandatory 20-year prison sentence for firing what she insisted was a warning shot during a fight with her husband. She tried to invoke Florida's "stand your ground" law, but the judge threw out her self-defense claim....
An appeals court ruled in September that the judge in the case gave improper jury instructions. Alexander says she fired a bullet at a wall in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her. read more

125 Drug Tests Before Olympics - JAAA Boss Counters WADA Claim - Lists High Frequency Of Testing Prior To London 2012 Games

 President of the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) Dr Warren Blake has come out in defence of the nation's top athletes, following recent threats made by the World Anti-Doping Agency against the background that not enough was being done by the island's track and field officials to deal with drug use in the sport.
Dr Warren Blake
Dr. Warren Blake
"Our athletes are the most tested in the world, as prior to the London Olympic Games, some 125 drug testing was done on our elite athletes by the IAAF ... while WADA was not doing enough, the IAAF was extensively testing our athletes and our athletes are tested more than any other athletes in the world," said Dr. Blake.
"When you look at the performances of our athletes since this extensive drug testing by the IAAF it is the best medal haul we have had in major competition in our history." read  more