OCHO RIOS, St Ann — UPDATE: Suspect leads police to shallow grave with body of missing woman 18-year-old Jessica McLarty of Buckfield in the parish.

Tuesday, October 07, 2014 | 6:35 PM

Police are now awaiting forensic evidence to confirm whether the body they retrieved from a shallow grave in Great Pond, Ocho Rios is that of 18-year-old Jessica McLarty of Buckfield in the parish.
McLarty was reported missing by her boyfriend on May 3, the Ocho Rios police have reported. “We launched a missing person investigation which continued up to October 2,” head of the Ocho Rios police Assistant Superintendent Throyville Haughton revealed.
A suspect was taken in for questioning. Haughton said the man was extensively interviewed. The police were led to a farm in the neighbouring Great Pond community where remains believed to be that of McLarty were found. The remains have since been taken to the morgue where a post mortem is expected to be done to determine the cause of death as well as to confirm that the body is of the woman.
“In short order we are expecting to lay charges on suspect,” Haughton said.
He added: “We are pleased that there is closure even though we regret the death and the hurt that will be caused to family and community members.”
While not confirming that the woman had an intimate relationship with the accused man, Haughton said “they had some relations”. more
Renae Dixon‏

IN JAMAICA: Chikungunya virus, ‘Chik-V’ results in 30 per cent absenteeism in schools....A survey by the ministry revealed that 3,911 students and 591 teachers were absent from schools. The most affected parishes, with 2,487 suspected cases, were Kingston and St Andrew,

Tuesday, October 07, 2014 | 6:55 PM  
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Suspected cases of the Chikungunya virus has resulted in up to 30 per cent absenteeism of staff and students in schools across the six regions as at Tuesday, the Ministry of Education has said.
A survey by the ministry revealed that 3,911 students and 591 teachers were absent from schools.
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites
The most affected parishes, with 2,487 suspected cases, were Kingston and St Andrew, which comprise region one. This is followed by 945 suspected cases in region two, which includes St Thomas, Portland and St Mary.
The least affected parishes, with 23 suspected cases, were Manchester and St Elizabeth which are located in region five.
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has commended the management and staff of the affected schools for their efforts in keeping the institutions open as well as for providing as much health care as possible to students.
Thwaites has appealed to parents to be on the alert for symptoms of Chik-V and other illnesses and to get medical attention for their children immediately.‏

Man Who Had Sex With Chicken Allegedly Has Sex With Guinea Fowl....In 1992 42 y-o Michael Bessigano, was convicted of having sex with and killing a Rottweiler. He served two years.

The Huffington Post | By Sebastian Murdock Email Posted: 10/07/2014 12:29 pm EDT 
An Indiana man previously convicted of having sex with a chicken is now accused of having sex with another bird.
Michael Bessigano, 42, was arrested last Friday at his home on felony charges of bestiality and killing a domestic animal, the Times of Munster reported.
The suspect allegedly went to a local park and entered a building where guinea fowls were being housed. Witnesses who identified Bessigano to police said the man sexually assaulted one of the birds, killed it, and attempted to hide the carcass in a trash barrel.
guinea fowl
Michael Bessigano is accused of having sex with a guinea fowl (pictured in a stock photo). The birds weigh between two and four pounds.
Authorities executed a search warrant and said they found bird feathers at the residence. More from Times of Munster:
DNA testing showed the feathers at Bessigano's home matched the bird found dead in the Buckley Homestead trash barrel, according to police.
Police said Bessigano was wearing blue jeans covered in blood when they searched his home. An analysis by the Indiana State Police Laboratory found the blood on the jeans belonged to an undetermined species of animal.
The animal abuser allegedly had a rubber wolf mask and an altar of candles set up at his residence.
Bessigano, whose mother says suffers from schizophrenia, has a long history involving animal cruelty and bestiality. In 1992 he was convicted of having sex with and killing a Rottweiler. He served two years.
In 2002, Bessigano was sentenced to four years in prison after having sex with and killing a chicken. In that incident, police said he took the chicken to a hotel room, plucked its feathers, then sexually abused the animal before killing it.
While in jail, Bessigano would reportedly paint stripes on himself and refer to himself as the "master of cats," according to the Chicagoist. After the 2002 incident, a law was passed making sexual relations with animals a crime.

27 y-o Woman Shot, Killed After Saying No To A Man's Advances to get her telephone number at an event, Detroit Police Say

The Huffington Post | By Kate Abbey-Lambertz
Police say a man shot and killed a woman after she rejected his advances at an event in Detroit over the weekend. Five people were also injured during the incident.
Mary Spears, 27, was at the American Legion Joe Louis Post No. 375 on the east side of Detroit when the 38-year-old suspect allegedly approached her and began talking to her, according to WDIV.
Mary Spears, 27, was shot and killed early Sunday morning in Detroit. The suspect allegedly shot Spears after she rejected his advances at a social gathering. (Photo via GoFundMe)
Mary Spears, 27, 
When the suspect asked for her number, Spears, whose fiancé was also at the event,told him she was already involved with someone, WJBK reports. The suspect, however, continued harassing her, family members told the station.
Police said security took the man out of the club through the back door and escorted to him to the front. After a fight broke out, the suspect allegedly took out a handgun and began shooting, killing Spears around 2 a.m. Sunday.
Some on social media were horrified by the news. more

4 y-o with 250 packets of heroin: A Delaware mom arrested after her four-year-old daughter unknowingly brought roughly 250 packets of heroin to her daycare, and passed them out to classmates thinking they were candy. 30 y-o mom, Ashley Tull arrested and charged

(Reuters 10/7/14) - A Delaware mother was arrested on Monday after her four-year-old daughter unknowingly brought roughly 250 packets of heroin to her daycare, and passed them out to classmates thinking they were candy, police said.
Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville was charged
with drug possession
Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville was charged with drug possession and endangering the welfare of a child after her daughter brought the drugs to the Hickory Tree Child Care Center on Monday morning, Delaware State Police said in a statement.
Several of the children who received the small, unopened bags were taken to area hospitals as a precaution, and were later released, police said.
Police said the child unknowingly brought the heroin to the care center in a replacement backpack, after hers was ruined by a family pet the night before.Tull was released from jail after posting $6,000 bond, police said. She has been barred from coming into contact with her 4-year-old, or her two other children, aged 9 and 11.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing, police said.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Crispian Balmer)

Jamaicans Say No To Abortion. Gleaner Poll Shows 69% In Favour Of Retaining Law.... Father Richard Ho Lung, is "extremely heartened" that at least seven in 10 Jamaicans are against changing the country's abortion laws.

Anastasia Cunningham, News Coordinator Published: Tuesday | October 7, 2014
Father Richard Ho Lung, founder of the Roman Catholic charity organisation Missionaries of the Poor, is "extremely heartened" that at least seven in 10 Jamaicans are against changing the country's abortion laws.
Father Richard Ho Lung
Father Richard Ho Lung
In the September 2014 Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll, 69 per cent of 1,208 Jamaicans surveyed said the law should not be changed, 22 per cent said make the law easier, while nine per cent did not have an opinion.
They were responding to the question: 'At the present time, it is against the law in Jamaica in most cases for a woman to have an abortion, do you think the law should be changed to make it easier for a woman to have an abortion, or should the law not be changed a this time?'
"I am very, very heartened by the response," Ho Lung told The Gleaner yesterday.
"I am totally and completely against abortion. I think it will lead to a death culture, which is beginning to erode places like Europe. More and more rampant we are seeing the killing of children from in the womb, the killing of older persons by euthanasia, and more and more suicides. On top of that, we are seeing endless messages that there is no God. It is a definite push on the part of the Evil One."
He added, "Jamaica cannot lose its morality, which comes from the hands of God. And if we legally sanction the killing of innocent babies from in the womb, then we are heading down an evil path."
Ho Lung has been championing the fight against legalising abortion for several years, which began in earnest in 2006 after two missionary brothers found aborted babies thrown in a garbage dump in Jamaica.
In 2011, the charity group opened the Holy Innocents Women in Crisis Centre in Kingston as an alternative to abortion for pregnant women in trouble.
Ho Lung, along with the Drs Doreen and Wayne West-led Coalition for the Defence of Life, also took the debate to the streets, hosting a number of public forums on the issue. more

JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW: Who is Joe Biden? This is speechless....Some Americans were asked on the street, who is Joe Biden? 1 person answered a terrorist. Only 1 person came close....Wow! This is funny but weird and telling.

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The Vice President’s recent LA visit had Jimmy wondering how many people even know who he is. So as an experiment we sent a camera crew out onto Hollywood Blvd. to ask Americans a very simple question: “Who is Joe Biden?”

JLP to start Chik-V clean-up campaign : According to party leader Andrew Holness, he has directed all members of parliament, councillors, and the wider party machinery to use whatever resources available to start an Anti-chik-V cleanup campaign.

Tuesday, October 07, 2014    
LEADER of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party Andrew Holness said his party has been mobilised to assist in cleaning up communities in response to the current chik-V epidemic.
According to Holness, he has directed all members of parliament, councillors, and the wider party machinery to use whatever resources available to start an Anti-chik-V cleanup campaign.
"Communities are being impacted so we are doing what we can as a team interested in the welfare of Jamaica and Jamaicans," Holness said in release issued to the media yesterday.
He added further: "We have been sensitising Jamaicans over the past couple weeks on the spread of the epidemic, and we believe our education campaign has helped Jamaicans to protect themselves. This is another step."
Holness said he is of the view that all Jamaicans must come together to protect themselves.
"This virus is having a devastating impact on businesses, schools, and the wider society. We are Jamaicans and we must protect Jamaica. Our machinery can and will assist in any campaign to deal with the virus."
General secretary of the JLP Dr Horace Chang said the party machinery is ready.
"Our four area councils are ready, and we have been in the planning stages of moving from a public education to a public sanitation campaign," he said. more

Police kill robber in St. Andrew who allegedly held up and robbed a bearer of over $2 million in Half-Way-Tree yesterday morning was shot dead on Cargill Avenue

— Kimmo Matthews Tuesday, October 07, 2014  
ONE of two men who allegedly held up and robbed a bearer of over $2 million in Half-Way-Tree yesterday morning was shot dead on Cargill Avenue after taking police on a car chase through the streets of the St Andrew capital.
Police said a firearm was also seized during the incident.
Police at the scene on Cargill Avenue, near Half-Way-Tree,
 where an alleged robber was shot and killed, yesterday.
(PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD)
Reports are that at about 9:00 am a bearer for a corporate company went to a financial institution to conduct business when he was attacked and robbed, then shot and injured.
The men tried to escape on a motorcycle but were confronted by members of a police team that was in the area. The police report that the men opened fire at them but were chased and cornered on Cargill Avenue.
"During the gun battle one of the attackers was shot and killed while the other managed to escape," said one policeman on the scene.
The incident left a number of persons in the area in shock.
"We only hope that the police will not ease up their investigation on this matter and will also continue to maintain a strong presence in the area to send a message to criminals," said a member of a small group that gathered behind yellow tapes used to cordon off the scene of the shooting.
Police have since launched a manhunt for the other alleged robber.

34-year-old Jason Forbes family desperately wants to know circumstances behind loved one’s death on the floor of the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine who waited, cried for stomach pain for 14 hours before he was called to received medical attention, but it was too late. .....Apologies not enough, laments mom

BY ANIKA RICHARDS Observer staff reporter richardsai@jamaicaobserver.com  Monday, October 06, 2014    
ALMOST a week after 76-year-old Unalee Edwards watched her son writhe on the floor of the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine for several hours before being pronounced dead, she still has several lingering questions.
Among them: Why did her son have to die? Edwards had taken her son, 34-year-old Jason Forbes, to the hospital some time after 7:00 pm last Tuesday because he was complaining of a pain in his stomach.
His sister, Carmen Gunn, recounted to the Jamaica Observer last Wednesday that it was not until some 14 hours later, on Wednesday morning, that her brother’s name was eventually called to received medical attention, but it was too late.
Gunn said her brother died while lying on the hospital’s floor. Edwards told the Observer that she does not want an apology, but instead wants answers.
“I was there the whole night, Jason bawling, ‘Lord Jesus help me; doctor, nurse, help me, mi a guh dead, mi a guh dead, unnu help me’,” the grieving mother recalled.
“When Jason bawl out at the outdoor patient (section)… him say, “Mama help me” and mi say, “Mi cyaan help yuh, memba seh mi and yuh did in deh and dem seh wi fi come out’.” Edwards said she told her son to return to the emergency area so that medical staff could see how much pain he was in.
“And he was there rolling, bawling, you could stay out by Spanish Town Hospital gate and hear him round the back,” the distraught mother shared, adding that nobody looked at him.
She said she watched her son toss and turn, restless on the floor, to the point where he urinated on himself because he was unable to make it to the restroom. more

MANDEVILLE, Manchester : Nineteen-year-old student of the Holmwood Technical High School, Jevaughn Daley, died in the Mandeville Regional Hospital on Saturday....Holmwood in mourning again as footballer dies

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Published October 6, 2014 Jamaica Observer

Nineteen-year-old student of the Holmwood Technical High School, Jevaughn Daley, died in the Mandeville Regional Hospital on Saturday.
01A footballer at the institution, he is reported to have fallen ill after a tackle during a practice match between Holmwood and Munro College in late July at the Kirkvine Sports Club in Manchester.
"Jevaughn got a tackle and fell to the ground. He (then) left the field and started to vomit. He was feeling weak and a few players helped him to my vehicle," Holmwood football coach Dave Anderson told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.
Anderson said that in the first instance Daley was taken to the Percy Junor Hospital in Spalding, on the border of Clarendon and Manchester, before being transferred to the Mandeville Regional Hospital.
Anderson said that it was found that during the fall, a cyst that the young footballer had on one of his intestines since birth had ruptured resulting in internal bleeding.
Daley, called "Tuffy," has reportedly been unwell since the July incident and was also at the University Hospital of the West Indies for a short period during his illness.
Following his second surgery at Mandeville Hospital last Sunday, however, Anderson said that there was hope that he would gradually recover although he was unable to eat and had deteriorated significantly. more

Dr. Ev Richardson of CRS and Rula Brown with Wayne J- "One Panadol" Chikungunya (Chik-V) song.



Dr. Ev Richardson and Rula Brown with Wayne J- "One Panadol" Chikungunya (Chik-V) song. The popular song in Jamaica which addresses the deadly virus in Jamaica....Mosquito one, mosquito two....one panadol.

The whole story.... FOR almost 30 years, Gary "Dr. Dread" Himelfarb negotiated countless deals with Jamaican artistes as principal of RAS Records, one of the largest distributors of reggae music during the 1980s and 1990s....with a catalogue containing albums by major acts such as Black Uhuru, Bunny Wailer, Culture, Israel Vibration, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs and Freddie McGregor.

HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer  Sunday, October 05, 2014    
FFOR almost 30 years, Gary Himelfarb negotiated countless deals with Jamaican artistes as principal of RAS Records, one of the largest distributors of reggae music during the 1980s and 1990s.
Popularly known as Dr Dread, Himelfarb revisits his ties with Jamaica, its culture and some of reggae's most successful artistes in The Half That's Never Been Told, a book scheduled for release on March 3, 2015 by Akashic Books.
Dr. Dread and late Gregory Issacs
The 59-year-old Himelfarb made RAS one of the top independent companies in the world, with a catalogue containing albums by major acts such as Black Uhuru, Bunny Wailer, Culture, Israel Vibration, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs and Freddie McGregor.
Some of the chapters in The Half That's Never Been Told are dedicated to Himelfarb's relationship with these artistes. Speaking to the Jamaica Observer recently, he described the book as a "page-turner", adding: "No one will be bored."
Himelfarb said over the years he has been encouraged to write a book on his time in the music business. But it was not until he read the biography of an industry giant that he took the plunge.
"I read a biography about Norman Granz who started Verve Records. It was sub-titled 'The Man Who Used Jazz For Justice' and spoke volumes of how he used music to bring a halt to segregation in America," Himelfarb explained. "I saw many parallels (with RAS) as to how he ran his label and his relationships with his jazz artistes."
Verve exposed a number of black jazz performers who were not attractive to major record companies. RAS did the same for reggae, helping to revive the careers of groups like Culture, Israel Vibration and Inner Circle in the 1990s. more

Wisynco, FOOD for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica donate furniture to Rousseau Primary....450 desks and chairs to Rousseau Primary School. The furniture was officially handed over to principal Owen Speid on October 1 on the compound of the Kingston school..

Sunday, October 05, 2014 Jamaica Observer   
FOOD for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica has collaborated with Wisynco Group Limited to donate 450 desks and chairs to Rousseau Primary School. The furniture was officially handed over to principal Owen Speid on October 1 on the compound of the Kingston school.
The initiative is part of FFP Jamaica's school furniture campaign which was launched last October.
Owen Speid (left), principal of Rousseau Primary School,
along with David Mair (centre), executive director, Food for
the Poor, and Richard Garel, food service supervisor, Wisynco,
 look through the books of grade four students Aaliyah
Campbell (left) and Shakara Lindsay.
"From the day I started my tenure as principal at this school, I wished for someone to help us to deal with this matter," Speid said.
"We thank Food for the Poor and Wisynco Group very much for their generous donation. Before, we had to separate the children when we were about to administer a test or a mock exam, because we did not have enough desks and chairs. During exams we had to put some of the students outside to wait until the first half of the class completed their exam. That was time-consuming for our teachers. With the new furniture, the teachers can now better plan and make better use of the time with our students."
He also said the old desks and chairs had rough and uneven surfaces.
David Mair, executive director, FFP, said Rousseau was chosen because of their great need.
"We at Food for the Poor want to help our schools in whatever way we possibly can, and they requested our assistance for desks and chairs. Now we have officially handed over 450 sets to them which has been made possible with the assistance of Wisynco Group Limited." more

IN JAMAICA (GREAT FOLLOW UP STORY): Georgia Lindsay is off to China Medical School! Overwhelming support from Observer readers sends grateful Hampton girl to medical school....Received donation from the mother of a Jamaican businessman who paid the $1 million. Additionally, I got half-a-million from the Office of the Prime Minister, and NCB gave us $400,000.

BY DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Sunday Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, October 05, 2014 
GEORGE Lindsay, the Manchester father who was last week set on selling his house in order to help fund his daughter's dream of studying medicine in China, yesterday saw her off at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, thanks to Jamaica Observer readers, here and abroad, who were touched by his story.
Georgia Lindsay and her dad at airport in Jamaica
Easily, the largest donation he received was from the mother of a prominent Jamaican businessman who paid the $1 million required for the first year.
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, met the family in Mandeville last Wednesday and paid the sum over to the university through their account.
"Oh, my God!" Lindsay said as he tried to find words to express his feelings. "It is tremendous! It is just tremendous! Her money has been paid to the bank and a lot of persons have been giving; the help is more than what I did even expect! One person went and paid a million dollars for her. I got half-a-million from the Office of the Prime Minister, and NCB gave us $400,000. People called me from America and sent what they could and Jamaicans have been contributing. So it is adding up to covering more than her first year, because we are well on our way to covering her third year."
In fact, the Observer readers have been so generous that Lindsay said he has postponed his plan to sell his family house.
"Right now I have put that plan on hold, because persons have been encouraging me not to sell, and even that businessman whose mother gave the million said I should not sell," Lindsay told the Sunday Observer.
His daughter, Georgia, who graduated from Hampton School this year with 12 CSEC subjects (10 at grade one and two at grade two), and eight CAPE units (four grades one, three twos and one three), had always wanted to become a medical doctor.
She was accepted to start a six-year course at Anhui Medical School in China, which begins in five days, but her parents were unable to come up with the $1 million.
Two Fridays ago, Lindsay told the Sunday Observer that he had already given his daughter "about $300,000", while her mother, who is living abroad, had contributed additional funds.
He explained that he initially started operating a grocery shop, but it was not profitable enough to fund his daughter's education, so he leased it and went into farming after being loaned two acres of land by a childhood friend living in New York.
Lindsay also tried his hand at butchering, and during the recent drought he planted melons, which thrive in dry conditions. He also planted tomatoes in-between seasons to make up the funds. After the melons were depleted Lindsay turned his hand at rearing 50 chickens, which he sold and handed that money over to his daughter. more

IN JAMAICA (CRAZY STORY): Man's body still lying in funeral parlour for 7 years amid money row.....Man said to have died leaving over JA$55 million. the body of a Jamaican who is believed to have served as a pilot in the British Navy has been locked away in storage at a funeral parlour in downtown Kingston.

BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Sunday Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, October 05, 2014    
FOR approximately seven years the body of a Jamaican who is believed to have served as a pilot in the British Navy has been locked away in storage at a funeral parlour in downtown Kingston.
Doubt still surrounds when the man will finally be laid to rest, and speculation is that a legal procedure will have to be used to settle the issue.
The director of the funeral parlour holding the body, Michael Jones, claimed that he is planning to take legal action against the dead man's family to recover millions of dollars he said are owed to him for storage of the body.
Jones claimed that for the past seven years he has been left waiting on family members to bring the necessary documents and payments to allow him to proceed with the burial, but they have failed to complete the transaction.
"The man died in 2007 and we made contact with family members," Jones told the Jamaica Observer, adding that after a series of discussions, burial preparations began.
"The preparations were placed on hold as we had to wait on the burial order and other documents to allow for us to proceed," Jones told the Sunday Observer.
He said that, despite the discussions, the family members failed to complete their end of the procedure.
Jones claimed that, at the time, family members requested that the man be buried and promised that payments would be made at a later date. But he said he refused to do that.
Jones said that, in the past, he had encountered cases where people were unable to pay for funeral expenses and he offered to cover the costs.
He said if that was the case in this instance he would have had no problem taking that route.
However, he said he was told that the man died leaving millions of dollars in both cash and assets to family members, to which they have access.
"Information we received is that the man passed away leaving more than $40 million and at least two properties valued at close to $15 million, and left instructions that funds should be used from his assets to cover his funeral expenses," the funeral director said. more

Thomas Eric Duncan, Dallas Ebola Patient, Now In Critical Condition.....Currently, there are about 50 people being monitored for Ebola in Texas

The Huffington Post | By Amanda L. Chan Email Posted: 10/04/2014 2:36 pm EDT 
Dallas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan is now in critical condition, according to information released Saturday afternoon by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, the hospital where he is staying.
America’s first Ebola patient has been identified by Liberian officials as Thomas Eric Duncan, a resident of Monrovia.
America’s first Ebola patient has
been identified by Liberian officials as
Thomas Eric Duncan
Duncan had previously been listed as being in serious condition. He was admitted to the hospital Sept. 28. His diagnosis with Ebola was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control on Sept. 30.
Currently, there are about 50 people being monitored for Ebola after having known or possible contact with Duncan. Nine of these people had direct contact with Duncan, including his four relatives, with whom he was staying before he was sent to the hospital. The other 40 are being monitored for Ebola symptoms, but their contact with Duncan is less certain, health officials said today.
So far, none of the individuals being monitored by health officials are showing any signs of Ebola. more

IN JAMAICA: 9-Y-O Natahlia Miller Crowned Trelawny Spelling Bee Champion

Kerry-Ann Hepburn, Children's Own Coordinator Published: Saturday | October 4, 2014
Falmouth, Trelawny:
WHILE TOURISTS explored the 187-year-old William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church in Falmouth, Trelawny, 23 of the parish's top spellers lined up for spellmistress Marlene Stephenson Dalley at the church hall just a stone's throw away. With no defending champion, the race for the title of parish champion was wide open with a fresh cohort.
Spelling Bee champion for Trelawny, Natahlia Miller of Hague Primary School.-Ian Allen/photographer
Spelling Bee champion for Trelawny, Natahlia Miller
of Hague Primary School.-Ian Allen/photographer
After a few rounds, the numbers had dwindled, leaving the final 10 to battle. With each round, the competition got harder to predict as it seemed that everyone was in it for the long haul.
The top five were decided after Theondra Hamilton of Clark's Town Primary dropped out. That's when the real battle started. Four rounds down and then there were three, and the champion boy, Jordan Nugent of Granville Primary, was announced, but sadly, left the competition soon after.
Toni-Ann Watson of Granville Primary and Natahlia Miller of Hague Primary were the Bees remaining. In the end, Natahlia, with quiet confidence, came through, when she spelt the word N-A-U-T-I-C-A-L.
In a true show of sportsmanship, the first thing Natahlia did was hug Toni-Ann, who was disappointed at not winning the title.
When asked about her win, nine-year-old Natahlia paused, then replied: "Words can't describe how I feel."
The precocious speller says she wasn't worried about winning going into the competition.
"I did my part and trusted that the Lord would do the rest," she told The Gleaner.
First-time coach Latoya Basco was pleased with the results.
"We started at the beginning of September, and I've asked for all their spare time, and Natahlia gave me that. She is always ready and willing to work," said Coach Basco. more

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Black Genocide - Maafa 21 (Full Length Documentary)



Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America is a 2009 pro-life documentary film which draws a connection between the targeting of African Americans by the eugenics movement in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the modern-day prevalence of abortion among African Americans. The film argues that abortion is an attempted genocide or maafa of black people, and has been so since the 19th 

SPANISH TOWN, JAMAICA: A 14-year-old St Jago High School student, Azee Baker dies at Spanish Town Hospital after chikungunya virus (chik-v) symptoms, heart complications....Azee's last words "Him say to mi, 'Daddy, mi cyaan breathe', and mi bring him back to the hospital," Baker said. "The last thing he said to me was 'Daddy, mi waah vomit', and him vomit and then he said 'Daddy, mi a run outa breath'."

BY KIMBERLY WILSON Observer writer  Friday, October 03, 2014 
A 14-year-old St Jago High School student died at the Spanish Town Hospital on Wednesday from what his father said were complications triggered by the chikungunya virus.
The death of Azee Baker plunged the school community into gloom yesterday and raised more concern about the wait period at the hospital, as the Jamaica Observer was told that pleas for help by the boy's father, Abraham Baker, were ignored for some time until the boy collapsed.
"His father was calling out for help but nobody came to help," a hospital employee told the Observer last night. "Is after the boy collapsed that they came to help him. By then it was too late."
Abraham Baker said his son started exhibiting signs of illness on Wednesday, September 24, but managed to go to school up to Friday, September 26.
On Monday, September 29, he took Azee, his only child, to the hospital where he was seen and released with a prescription for Panadol. However, on Wednesday, October 1, the father had to take his son back to the hospital.
"Him say to mi, 'Daddy, mi cyaan breathe', and mi bring him back to the hospital," Baker said. "The last thing he said to me was 'Daddy, mi waah vomit', and him vomit and then he said 'Daddy, mi a run outa breath'."
"Mi deh right behind the screen a hol' him foot and dem pump breath inna him and him nuh come back," the grieving father said, breaking down into tears. more

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IN JAMAICA: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce urges scholarship recipients to dream big....awards 8 academic scholarships through her Pocket Rocket Foundation

BY SHERDON COWAN  Friday, October 03, 2014  
JAMAICA'S queen of sprint Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce urged this year's recipients of academic scholarships through her Pocket Rocket Foundation to rise above difficult circumstances in order to excel and fulfil their dreams.
Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (centre) shares a moment
with recipients of academic scholarships from her Pocket Rocket
 Foundation (from left) Zinedine Russell (Convent of Mercy);
Okhalia Buchanan (Wolmer's); Nicholas Haughton (Campion
College); Janeek Brown (Wolmer's); Pierce-Matthew McKenzie
 (Campion College); Romae Quarrie (Campion College);
 Shadae Grant (St Jago) and Patrick Morgan (Jonathan Grant)
at a meet and greet at Sagicor's head office yesterday.
"Be persistent... persevere even when others think you are not going to make it, or when the challenge seems so overwhelming for most of you and you sit and wonder how are you going to get to the next level... just know it is possible. I am your testimony, standing right here, that it is possible and that is the reality that I want to give you," she said while addressing the meet-and-greet session at Sagicor's head office yesterday.
Fraser-Pryce declared to the recipients that she has travelled the same path in her life before she ascended to prominence, and encouraged them not to be "ashamed of their circumstances" but instead think about how to deal with [these circumstances], because that will lead ultimately to fulfilment.
"I want to give you the opportunity to not worry about the book, not to worry about uniform, not to worry about not having the basic things to survive. But what I want you to worry about is what you are going to do when you sit around that desk with that paper in front of you... I want you to think about your dreams; I want you to think about when you are going to do CXC or CAPE.
"I want you to think about athletics; I want you to think about the time that you are going on the track... whatever you do as a sport ,that is what I want you to think about. So you are building your dream and your life through education and your sport and you are combining both of them and giving yourself a chance to excel", added the double sprint champion. more

Ebola Help for JAMAICA: PAHO, CARICOM Pledge Assistance To Help Jamaica With Preparedness and readiness to deal with an Ebola outbreak, should the deadly virus pose a threat to the country.....World Health Organization revealing that, so far, more than 6,574 persons have been affected, and more than 3,091 have died from it. The worst affected countries are Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Anastasia Cunningham, Health Coordinator Published: Friday | October 3, 2014 
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and some CARICOM countries have committed to assist Jamaica in its preparedness and readiness to deal with an Ebola outbreak, should the deadly virus pose a threat to the country. This comes in light of the fact that the United States is now on high alert with its first confirmed Ebola case earlier this week and the tracing and isolation of persons the patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, is suspected to have come in contact with.
A pedestrian wears a surgical mask as he crosses the street in front of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital yesterday morning, in Dallas, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas last week, is being treated. AP
A pedestrian wears a surgical mask as he crosses the street
in front of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital yesterday
 morning, in Dallas, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the
 Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to
Dallas last week, is being treated. AP
Among the commitments is to provide personal protection equipment (PPE) and gear for health-care workers. Special gear include gloves, masks, gowns or full-body suits, high boots and eye or face shields.
"PAHO has confirmed support for the provision of PPEs from its warehouse in Panama. If the need arises in Jamaica, items can be made available within 24 hours of notification of a case," acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr Kevin Harvey, said in a statement yesterday.
TALKS WITH UNITED STATES
He said the Government was also in dialogue with the United States to provide additional PPEs.
Harvey said although Jamaica had available supplies, the ministry has fast-tracked the procurement of additional gear.
Yesterday, health officials expressed concern that Jamaica did not have adequate supply of PPEs and other gear to deal with an Ebola outbreak.
The deadly disease, which kills up to 90 per cent of its victims, is transmitted through direct contact with blood and body fluids of infected persons. During an outbreak, the disease can spread quickly in health-care facilities, hence the importance of quarantine areas and protective gear for health-care workers and those who have to care for infected persons. more

33-year-old NBC News Freelancer In Africa Diagnosed With Ebola....Four Americans have now contracted Ebola in Liberia, NBC notes.

The Huffington Post | By Andrew Hart Email 10/2/14
NBC News reported that one of its American freelancers working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola, the network reported Thursday night.
EBOLAThe 33-year-old man was a freelance cameraman on NBC News' reporting team covering the Ebola epidemic in Monrovia, Liberia. The freelancer started showing symptoms on Wednesday, and was then found to have a fever. He immediately quarantined himself. On Thursday morning, he was tested by Medicins Sans Frontieres for the virus. A positive result came back hours later.
The network has not released the name of the cameraman. He is to be flown back to the U.S. for treatment, according to NBC News President Deborah Turness. The rest of the NBC News crew that the diagnosed man was working with is being monitored, but were not showing signs of infection at the time. They are to be flown back to the U.S. as well, and will be placed under quarantine. Below is the full statement from Turness that was released Thursday evening. more