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VIDEO: Shaggy tells how he mobilised the Tessanne votes

On December 17 when host Carson Daly announced Tessanne Chin as the winner of the NBC talent contest The Voice, Jamaicans here and in the diaspora jubilantly celebrated her victory.

But even while many acknowledged that Chin is a phenomenally talented singer, it took a massive mobilisation campaign, led by Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell, to get people to vote for her.

Yesterday, Shaggy, who was responsible for getting Chin to audition for the contest, told reporters and editors at the weekly Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange how he conducted his campaign.

According to the deejay, he hit panic mode when he noticed that American contestant Matthew Schuler was atop iTunes with his rendition of Hallelujah while Chin was nowhere to be seen on the chart. Read more: 

Downtown Kingston Despair - Cops Walk Among Potential Victims As Robbers Wreak Havoc

Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer

A massive police operation has been under way in the commercial district of downtown Kingston as rampaging criminals carry out their promise to hold up and rob the very people who care for them whenever they wound each other - nurses, ward assistants and porters at the Kingston Public (KPH) and Victoria Jubilee (VJH) hospitals.

Another section of the busy Princess Street.

Not only are the hospital workers now at the mercy of well-armed boys, who police say are between 11 and 17, but vendors and buyers, including the elderly, are being held up and robbed at any hour of the day.

Crime-fighters say they are ending 2013 with a covert operation, involving a number of high-profile plain-clothes officers who have been milling among sellers and buyers to nab men from West Street, Matthews Lane, Luke Lane and other sections of west Kingston.

Special Sergeant Christopher Smith said the police have had some success, but there is much more to be done to put a dent in criminality in the area.

"They are coming in numbers same way, them not easing down," Smith said. read more 

Shaggy appeals to diaspora to help Jamaica such as his Make A Difference Foundation, which supports the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew.

SHAGGY is calling on Jamaicans in the diaspora to contribute to causes here at home, such as his Make A Difference Foundation, which supports the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew.

The reggae/dancehall artiste explained that there are more Jamaicans living overseas than there are here at home, and added that for the most part, the Jamaicans overseas are in better financial positions than their local counterparts, and are therefore in a better position to offer assistance to the less fortunate.

Shaggy gesticulates as he addresses
yesterday’s Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange.
 Also photographed are artistes Assassin (left)
and Matthew Schuler. (PHOTOS: NAPHTALI JUNIOR)

 

“The majority of our population is poor; whole heap a dem over deh so have money. Dem inna better job, better situation. They can engage, but part of the problem is half of them are scared. Dem don’t want to come down here for a cause because they are terrified... it’s as simple as that.

To mobilise the diaspora is hard,” he told yesterday’s Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange. He bemoaned the fact that the majority of the Jamaicans living overseas do not have a connection with the island as many have not visited in a while, therefore getting the message to them regarding causes similar to the Bustamante Hospital for Children is hard unless they visit. “Much like how we have leaders in Jamaica who take a stand on certain issues and push things, you don’t have community organisers in the Jamaican diaspora that are active... who are just at it. Read more: 

IN JAMAICA: The Voice's Matthew Schuler has a 'very bright future', says Shaggy

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Matthew Schuler, a top-six finalist on the fifth season of NBC's The Voice who is in Jamaica to perform on the Shaggy & Friends charity show, got high praises from international artiste Shaggy on Monday.

Shuler & Shaggy

Speaking to journalists at the Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange at the newspaper's Beechwood Avenue headquarters, Shaggy, who is known for international hits like ‘Boombastic’ and ‘It Wasn't Me’, said Schuler has a "very bright future". Schuler was among guests at the forum, which included recording artistes Wayne Marshall and Assassin aka Agent Sasco.

"He (Schuler) was the very first person that came up to me and said hi when I went to The Voice to support Tessanne... in fact, it was when it was his very good time and her very bad time (on The Voice)," Shaggy told journalists. " I looked at iTunes and she was nowhere on it and he was at number one."

Shaggy said at that point, Matthew was "so polite". "The thing with this guy is you never see him and he does not have a smile (on his face)," Shaggy shared. "He is probably one of the nicest persons I have ever met. Read more:

U.S. Population Grows At Slowest Rate Since The Great Depression

America's population is growing at its slowest rate in decades, and the sluggish economy is mostly to blame, according to one expert.

The U.S. population grew by just 0.72 percent in the year ended July 1, 2013, the Census Bureau reported Monday. That’s the slowest growth rate since 1937. Population growth has hovered at super-low levels for the past few years, according to William Frey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan research organization. The trend is "troubling," Frey said, and is due largely to the weak economy.

“This real sharp decline has to do with recession-related issues,” Frey said. “Fewer people come into the country because there aren’t as many jobs, and people are postponing child-bearing.” read more

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Man kills wife, five kids, himself after being fired.

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A man apparently despondent about losing his job killed his wife and five children before turning the gun on himself, officials said Tuesday. The bodies of five children and two adults -- the children's mother and father -- were found Tuesday in a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington. Among the dead, authorities said, were an 8-year-old girl and two sets of twins -- 5-year-old girls and 2-year-old boys.

Ervin Lupoe apparently called 911 and contacted a television station by fax before committing [rip], authorities said. "No words can describe this tragedy," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "There's no way to comprehend this unspeakable act."

Police were alerted by KABC-TV, who said the station had received a faxed letter and a call from an individual who was threatening [rip]. Responding officers found all seven bodies inside the home, said Capt. William Hayes. Watch emergency crews arrive at the home Video. Nearly simultaneously with the KABC call, a man called 911 and reported coming home and finding his family dead, Hayes said. But, Deputy Police Chief Kenneth Garner said, the man told KABC he had killed them. read more

 

Meet baby Bolt - Usain Bolt stars as a whole family in new Virgin Media ad (VIDEO)

Usain Bolt is playing a whole family of characters in Virgin Media's latest multi-million pound advertising campaign.

Created by BBH, the new ad shows the whole Bolt clan simultaneously using Virgin Media's superfast broadband service to perform their favourite tasks. The Jamaican sprinter takes on a range of roles including a cheeky baby Bolt and a mischievous Mrs Bolt whose favourite athlete is Mo Farah.

Richard Larcombe, brand and marketing director at Virgin Media, said: “The growth of in-home devices is increasing exponentially, as such, customers rely on their network more and more to deliver a seamless experience.

"Usain brings the ads to life with his brilliant portrayal of an unforgettable Virgin Media family.” read more

Bad News for Justin Bieber's 'Believe' Flopped At The Box Office

Maybe Justin Bieber should have retired after all. Bieber's new documentary, "Justin Bieber's Believe," was a complete flop at the box office over the Christmas holiday,earning just $4.2 million total during its first five days of release. From Friday to Sunday, "Believe" grossed just $2.01 million, putting the doc in 14th place behind even the ignominious debuts of "Grudge Match," "Walking with Dinosaurs" and "47 Ronin."

How bad is that number for the 19-year-old singer? Consider that 2011's "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" opened with $29.5 million in first weekend ticket sales, and finished its run with $73 million in North American grosses. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Believe" might not even reach $10 million total during its theatrical lifespan. read more

BEST POETRY PERFORMANCE EEEEVER. R.I.P SIR MANDELA

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Damian Marley's 'Jamrock Reggae Cruise' Sold Out ... A Month After Line-Up Was Announced

Shaggy

Less than a month after its line-up of top-tier Jamaican acts was announced on his Facebook page, Damian Marley's inaugural 'Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise' has sold out all of the 2,300 available cabins aboard the Norwegian Pearl cruise liner, Damian told Billboard.biz in an exclusive interview.

Damian Marley

So named for Damian's 2006 Best Reggae Album Grammy Award-winning Welcome to Jamrock (Universal Motown/Tuff Gong), which peaked at No. 7 on the Top 200, and its blockbuster title track which reached No. 55 on the Hot 100, the Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise will sail from Miami to Jamaica, October 20-25, 2014, docking for daytime excursions and beach parties in the island's resort towns, Montego Bayand Ocho Rios.

The enthusiastic, globe-spanning response to the cruise (cabins were purchased by reggae fans from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Caribbean and the Americas), signifies reggae's broad-based, continual appeal, despite the genre's persistently modest sales. read more

IN JAMAICA: Turning food into fuel Farmers plan to produce ethanol from sweet potatoes

AMIDST the current Government campaign encouraging Jamaicans to eat what they grow, farmers who make up the Christiana Potato Growers Co-operative Association are planning to do much more than that. They intend, they said, to make ethanol from the hybrid sweet potatoes they plan to grow.

President of the group, Soyanni Holness, said the plan to produce ethanol from sweet potatoes is currently in its early phase, but already they have secured the expertise of Canadian scientist Dr Emmanuel Moya, whose team also have similar projects in China and The Philippines that are doing very well.

The group also has as one of its investors, Earl Chapman, chief executive officer of Green Club Inc — a company based in Toronto, Canada that provides eco-friendly solutions for farmers. Read more: 

Bolt, Serena Journalists’ choice for top athletes of 2013

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (CMC) — Jamaican Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt and American tennis star Serena Williams have been voted International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Athletes for the second year in a row.

A panel of 470 sports journalists from 96 countries voted in this year’s poll overwhelming 1,282 votes, followed by Formula One Sebastien Vettel on 499 and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo on 437.

 On August 11, 2013, Bolt regained the title as world’s fastest man by winning the World Championships 100m in Moscow, with a time of 9.77s, ahead of Justin Gatlin in second with a time of 9.85, Six days later, the Jamaican won the 200 metres for his second gold medal of the World Championships with a time of 19.66. Read more: 

Pope Francis 'Shocked' By Gay Adoption Bill: Report

Pope Francis prays in front of the statue of the Immaculate Conception at Spanish Steps on 

December 8, 2013 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Francis reportedly was "shocked" by a bill that would allow gay couples to adopt children in Malta.

Maltese Bishop Charles Scicluna told the Times Of Malta that he spoke with Pope Francis about the bill and the pope encouraged him to speak out against it.

The Holy See's reaction may come as a surprise to those who have viewed him as progressive on gay rights. LGBT magazine "The Advocate" even named him their person of the year, citing his comments about homosexuals. "Who am I to judge a gay person of goodwill who seeks the Lord?" he told reporters in Italian in July. read more

Robin Roberts Comes Out, Thanks 'Long Time Girlfriend'

"Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts came out Sunday in a touching post thanking her "long time girlfriend."

Roberts disclosed the relationship in a Facebook post in which she reflected on the past year. On Dec. 29, 2012, the news anchor celebrated 100 days post bone marrow transplant during her battle with myelodysplastic syndrome.

"At this moment I am at peace and filled with joy and gratitude," Roberts wrote. "I am grateful to God, my doctors and nurses for my restored good health. I am grateful for my sister, Sally-Ann, for being my donor and giving me the gift of life. I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together." read more

Split Over Newsmaker Of The Year - Phillips, Azan, Holness, Tessanne, Bolt Among 2013 Choices By Journalists

From Vybz Kartel to Tessanne Chin, from Dr Peter Phillips to Andrew Holness, from Usain Bolt to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 2013 was not short of colourful personalities to put on the front pages and steal the media headlines.

Overseas, the prestigious TIME magazine named the Brazilian, Pope Francis, as its person of the year for 2013, while many argued that Edward Snowden, the man who leaked United States spying information, should have been the winner.

Tessanne, The Voice

In Jamaica, there is no shortage of views and leading media personalities have found little common ground on the chief newsmaker this year.

Publisher and editor of the Western Mirror, Member of Parliament Lloyd B. Smith, selected his parliamentary and party colleague Dr Peter Phillips.. read more

UPDATE: IN JAMAICA, Police probing whether obsession led to Brooklyn nursing student, friend's death Abusive man didn’t want girlfriend talking to anyone

A relationship with an obsessed and abusive man is being blamed for the murder of two female cousins, one of whom had only returned from New York on a visit a day before the brutal killings.

Johnson kisses Ricardo Grey,
 who is being sought by the
 police for questioning

 Relatives of victim Franciena Johnson — a 19-year-old nursing student of addresses in Jacob's Hut, in May Pen, Clarendon and Brooklyn, New York — told the Jamaica Observer on Friday that her relations with her boyfriend, whom the police have named as a person of interest in the murders, had been rife with abuse.
According to relatives, the boyfriend had in the past threatened to take Johnson's life if she ended the relationship. On Friday, December 20 — on what was supposed to be the three-year anniversary of their relationship — Johnson's body was fished from the Salt Marsh River in Clarendon after residents phoned the police about explosions in the area.

Arlene Robinson, mother of
Nordia Fearon, holds a picture of
her slain daughter, amid the grief.

 

The body, which had multiple gunshot wounds, was discovered hours after a missing person report was filed with the May Pen police regarding Johnson and her cousin Nordia Fearon, 19, who is of a Foga Road address in Salt River. Fearon's body was recovered from the river three days later. The Clarendon police on Friday named Johnson's boyfriend, Ricardo Grey, as a person of interest in the murders.

Grey is also known as Baugh, Liston Dixon and Liston Grey. He is said to frequent Greater Portmore and Spanish Town in St Catherine; Western Park, Farm/Effortville, Buck's Avenue, Bucknor, Buck's Common, Longville Park/Salt River in Clarendon; Little London in Westmoreland; and Spaldings and Christiana in Manchester. On Friday, the Sunday Observer visited relatives of the murdered teens in Clarendon. At Fearon's father's yard, a black banner, bearing pictures of the teen, hung above the gateway. Similar pictures were mounted around the community. Read more: 

Ninja Man talks about Super Cat and Shabba Ranks and more (Dec 14 on StageTV)

TESSANNE CHIN INTERVIEW - Hideaway Onstage December

NASSAU, BAHAMAS: Gunmen kill four in Bahamas drive-by shooting.

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – Bahamas police were searching for gunmen who shot and killed four people during a drive-by shooting on Friday night.

Police said that eight people were shot during the incident and that one died on the scene and the three others at hospital. Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade told reporters that the occupants of a “Honda-type” vehicle fired on the people “with a variety of weapons".

“We are satisfied that this is in fact the case based on the evidence and spent cases. Unfortunately as a result of that gunfire barrage eight persons from our preliminary information were shot and seriously injured, one person, an adult male, unfortunately succumbed here on the scene, three others died at the hospital,” Greenslade said. Greenslade described the shootings as “very, very tragic for this community and indeed very tragic for this country". Read more:

ST JAMES, JAMAICA: 20-y-o mother & 4 month old infant son murdered in St James......How can we ease the pain?

BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter

Saturday, December 28, 2013 | 11:02 PM

ST JAMES, Jamaica -- The bodies of a 20-year-old mother and her four- month-old son, who both went missing on Thursday, were found at a National Water Commission (NWC) pumping station in the community of Sign in St James Saturday afternoon.

The deceased have been identified as Melissa Evans, also called Shanice and her son, Jilani Green of Dumphies, also in the parish. Reports are that Evans and her son were last seen alive when they left home Thursday evening to purchase ice cream.

On Friday, a missing person report was made to the police. A search for the two ended when the grim discovery was made about 1:30 Saturday afternoon after the police were summoned to the area by an unknown person who called to inform them of the corpses.

Upon arrival the cops found Evans' body, with her throat cut, behind the utility company plant, while the toddler was found a short distance away wedged down a manhole. Members of the St James division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade worked feverishly to remove the baby's body from the manhole. Senior detectives from the Montego Bay CIB have launched a high level probe into the gruesome discovery. Read more:

15 year-old, Jaylen Bledsoe builds $3.5 million tech startup in Missouri with 150 contract employees around the world.

Jaylen Bledsoe

His interest in Information Technology (IT) began with a video editing course taken in third grade.

Five years later, our Hazelwood, Missouri talent in 2010 founded his own business while then just an 8th grader.

This venture, now three years later in 2013, has grown into a global enterprise worth around $3.5 million with 150 contract employees around the world.

He is young, gifted and Black. Jaylen Bledsoe is founder and chief executive officer of the start-up Bledsoe Technologies, LLC, an information technology consulting company.

According to Hazelwood Patch editor Candace Jarrett in her March 12, 2012 posting, Jaylen’s IT company specializes in web design, computer repair, search engine optimization, voice recordings and consulting..

Notes Cicely Haire in her September 5, 2013 Uptown account, Jaylen’s focus on start-up businesses, entrepreneurship, Venture Capital Funding and directed marketed platforms are targeted towards small and mid-size businesses. See more at:

The Voice's Matthew Schuler to perform in Jamaica on SHAGGY & FRIENDS benefit concert

KINGSTON, Jamaica — In a Facebook post on Christmas Day, Matthew Schuler, one of the contestants on the fifth season of NBC’s The Voice, announced that his first show will be international.

And by international he means in Jamaica. "I'll be performing in the Children’s Charity of Jamaica Benefit Concert with Shaggy, my big sister Tessanne and many more," Schuler's post said. "This is the best Christmas present ever!

Matthew Shuler, Facebook Pic

"If (you're) on the island come see me!!!! #TeamMattJamaica", Schuler, who was on Christina Aguilera's team, was eliminated on the December 3 show of The Voice. He had fallen in the bottom two with James Wolpert of Team Adam Levine, who was "saved" by Twitter fans.

Tessanne Chin eventually won the competition, bringing home The Voice trophy to Jamaica. Michael Cuffe, Tessanne's husband, also tweeted that Schuler will be on the line-up. Read more: 

Mixed reactions for vintage SuperCat at Sting......."A lot of persons here don’t even know those songs…I am not impressed,"

Super Cat at Sting 2013

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — When the ‘Don Dadda’ Supercat made his entrance on the Magnum Sting stage at approximately 1:20 am Friday the whistles and firecrackers were almost deafening.

Everyone seemed to be anticipating a mind-blowing performance but that wasn’t necessarily the case. There were mixed reactions to Cat’s performance as some patrons vented that his set was somewhat boring.Among the vintage hits he performed were ‘Nuff Man a Dead’, ‘See Boops De’, ‘Unda Pressure’ and ‘Don Dadda’.

“Cat is a good artiste but his best moments were the early 1990s, a lot has changed since he last performed for the Sting crowd. A lot of persons here don’t even know those songs…I am not impressed,” said 37-year-old Vinton Thomas. Others however, identifying with Cat’s old school-delivery, warmed to the artiste’s performance on the night. Read more:

The 52 Most Breathtaking Photos From Around The World This Year

Welcome to our special edition of "Moving Image," a roundup of the best photos from around the world this year.

The following images tell the story of the past 365 days' most compelling events, capturing happenstance moments and monumental occurrences all over the globe.

Our picks for 2013 are: See more

Supercat Performing live At Sting 2013 ( Pt.1 & Pt 2 )

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Tessanne Chin has 2 songs on Billboard Top 100 chart...."I Have Nothing" and "Let It Be".....‘I Have Nothing’ is also # 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Songs chart

Jamaica Observer report

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Tessanne Chin, recently crowned winner of NBC’s The Voice, has two more songs on the Billboard Top 100, just a week after making her first appearance on the revered music chart.

Her stirring rendition of Whitney Houston’s classic ‘I Have Nothing’ sits just outside the top half of the chart at number 51 while another song, her duet of The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’, with coach Adam Levine, is at number 76.

‘I Have Nothing’ is also number one on Billboard’s Heatseekers Songs chart where ‘Let It Be’ sits at number seven.Tessanne’s performance of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’ entered the main chart at 64 last week, but has since fallen off.

All three singles also made it to the top 10 of the iTunes singles chart. Chin’s coronation song, ‘Tumbling Down’, which was written by Ryan Tedder of One Republic, is being heavily promoted and may enter the chart as soon as next week. Work will begin on her album early next year, the artiste told reporters at the Jamaica Observer Beechwood Avenue headquarters where she was a guest at the newspaper’s ‘Monday Exchange’ this week.

 

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Brooklyn teenager, cousin, murdered in Jamaica (NEWS VIDEO)

NEW YORK -- A teenager from Brooklyn was killed on vacation in Jamaica, and now her mother is talking about what happened and how she learned the news.

While visiting relatives in Jamaica, 19-year-old Franciena Johnson and her cousin were shot and killed just one day after she arrived.

Her heartbroken mother never imagined it might be the last time she would see her child when she sent her off for winter break to stay with her grandmother. But now Suzette Clarke-Grose, of Canarsie, is dealing with unimaginable pain.

After Franciena and 18-year-old cousin Nadia Fearon vanished, police found their bodies far from the resort areas, floating in a salt marsh near May Pen on the country's south coast.

Then Franciena's grandmother made the terrible phone call.

India Gang Rape Of Young Woman Leads To Arrest Of 10, Police Report

Indians hold candles as they commemorate last year's gang rape and murder of a young woman in New 

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say they have arrested 10 people and charged six of them with allegedly gang-raping a 21-year-old woman on Christmas Eve in southern India, in another case of sexual assault of women in the country.

Officer Monika Bharadwaj says the arrests were made Thursday after the woman complained that she was abducted and raped while visiting a friend in Karaikal, a port city in Pondicherry state.

Bhardwaj said Friday that the woman has been hospitalized, but that she did not suffer serious injuries. read more

FBI Allowed Informants To Commit More Crimes In 2012 Than Year Before

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The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, D.C. (Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON -- The FBI allowed its informants to break the law at least 5,939 times last year, a 5 percent jump from 2011, according to a newly disclosed document.

In a Jan. 14, 2013, letter to Justice Department officials, obtained by The Huffington Post through a Freedom of Information Act request, FBI officials disclosed that its 56 field offices authorized informants to break the law at least 5,939 times during the 2012 calendar year. USA Today reported earlier this year that 

the bureau allowed its informants to break the law 5,658 times in 2011. read more

10 Healthy Snacks for People with Diabetes

Snacks serve an important role in a diabetic’s diet. They help keep your 

blood sugar steady between meals and before exercising. And they help

treat episodes of hypoglycemia—when your blood sugar drops dangerously low. But skip the vending machine and try these healthy snacks instead.

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