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RULA BROWN & Sir KEITHANTHONY on RulaBrownNetwork : Bereavement and Trauma Rescue Outreach has been created to bring support and help to people suffering or preparing for bereavement. All the members of our team have suffered bereavement and are passionate about helping others experiencing bereavement. Having been through bereavement ourselves, we empathise with the pain and issues that people go through. We offer a new paradigm in bereavement treatment. We don't just offer conventional counselling, but instead base our approach on the evidence available for life after death. 

By presenting this evidence, from sound medical and scientific sources, we help people find confidence in life after death. Most people whom we have helped in this way find that the pain of bereavement is reduced from unbearable dispair to a more handleable level of pain comparable to that experienced when a loved one emigrates. Whilst our core team are priests, our help is available and relevant to Christians of all denominations and non-Christians alike. Rt Revd Rod Walton Rod has been studying Near Death Experience research for over 30 years. It wasn't until he lost his Mother 12 years ago that he fully appreciated the effect that a knowledge of the scientific and medical evidence for life after death can have on a person in bereavement. Whilst there are certain elements of grief that only time and counselling can help, a reasoned confidence that we will be reunited with our loves ones one day makes a massive difference to the grief process and removes the helplessness and dispair so often otherwise experienced. This discovery led Rod to start offering a very special form of bereavement support within the local community and this is a ministry which has expanded and has now help many people.

Jamaican heart patient Karessa Marshall blames health ministry for her plight in Baltimore.... Patient says she doesn't know how to find US$56,000....According to the 34-year-old, the ministry had said that if she could pay for her visa, air fare, and accommodation, the Government would assist her with the surgery

BY ALPHEA SAUNDERS Senior staff reporter saundersa@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, March 22, 2015    
Jamaican heart patient Karessa Marshall says she is now stranded in Baltimore, USA and is blaming the Ministry of Health for reneging on an agreement to pay for a surgery, which she needs to stay alive.

MARSHALL ... they said they would have looked after
the medical part of it
Marshall is appealing for help, after she said the ministry told her on Wednesday, just days before her surgery, which was scheduled for Friday, that there were no funds.
"The ministry told me that they don't have any money right now. I'm stranded, and don't know what to do," she told the Jamaica Observer.
According to the 34-year-old, the ministry had said that if she could pay for her visa, air fare, and accommodation, the Government would assist her with the surgery, if the preparatory tests determined that she needed the operation.
Marshall said that she is in limbo, as she does not know how she will pay for the US$56,000 surgery.
Marshall, who had to postpone a previous appointment with the Johns Hopkins Hospital medical team, due to lack of funds, said she could not have missed this second appointment, or her case would have been dismissed. She said it was why she took the risk of going to Baltimore, even without the money for the tests and surgery in hand, banking on the ministry's help.
"I couldn't make this appointment miss me... I wouldn't have spent US$1,500 if they had not said they would help... they said they would look about the medical part of it," she stated.
But the Ministry of Health said that Marshall's account is not accurate, as there was no agreement to pay for the surgery. A ministry representative close to the case, but who did not want to give her name, explained that Marshall, in an interview with the health ministry and the Ministry of Finance, had been told that she would need to provide an invoice for the surgery, after her tests were done.
"We did not know the cost, because she did not even know if she would need surgery; she was asked to send back to us the cost for the test," the representative said, adding that the ministry is still awaiting that information. more

EXAM TIME IN JAMAICA ; 38,000-plus for Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) this Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27, 2015 in 1,112 centres across the island....PALAS will accept GSAT applicants in May's application process.

Sunday, March 22, 2015  
THE Ministry of Education has announced that 38,470 students are confirmed to sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) this Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27, 2015 in 1,112 centres across the island.
38,000 to take GSAT...This is one of the 1,112 exam centres
There are 18,492 female and 16,804 male candidates. A total of 3,174 registered and eligible students have deferred sitting the examination this year.
Chief Education Officer Dr Grace McLean has indicated that the only schools that will be closed during the sitting of the examinations are those that will require additional space to accommodate all students at the same time.
She stated that all schools with adequate capacity will remain open and supervised by class teachers. Schools also have been advised to use the two days for field trips and other educational opportunities for those students not sitting the exams.
GSAT candidates will be tested in the critical areas of the primary school curriculum; namely mathematics, social studies, language arts, science, and communication tasks. Mathematics and social studies are scheduled for Thursday; and language arts, communication tasks, and science are set for Friday.
"Special arrangements have been made to facilitate special needs students sitting the examination," the ministry said in a release.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education encourages students to:

ST. ANN, JAMAICA: Mother needs help with disabled son...RICHARD Christie is 11 years old but does not go to school and has to be carried around in a stroller...."Sometimes mi feel like fi cry because mi have him normal," the mother said.

BY RENAE DIXON Sunday Observer staff reporter dixonr@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, March 22, 2015    
RICHARD Christie is 11 years old but does not go to school and has to be carried around in a stroller.
It is his mother's dream for him to get an education. However, Juelitte Brady is not able to make this a reality because her son has not been accepted into the education system due to his disability.
JUELITTE Brady and son Richard Christie.
 (PHOTO: RENAE DIXON)
"Sometimes mi feel like fi cry because mi have him normal," the mother said.
Brady, from Orange Hill, Brown's Town, said that her son was born at the Alexandria Hospital in 2004.
"Before I took him home, the nurse told me she is going to visit me, but I didn't take it for anything," the mother recalled.
About five days after leaving the hospital, her son's feet, face and abdomen became swollen and he was crying constantly.
The concerned mother took her child to the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital. That was when she received the disturbing diagnosis.
"They told me he has a heart problem. They had him on treatment but the swelling was not going down", she stated.
Analyses later revealed that young Richard had a hole in the heart.
"Tests showed that apart from the hole in the heart, the valve was twisted," she revealed.
When he was about three weeks old, heart surgery was done on Richard at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. However, it was not 100 per cent successful, Brady said. more

GEORGIA, USA : Bobbi Kristina Brown moved to rehab centre says NBC

Friday, March 20, 2015 | 9:23 PM    
GEORGIA, USA – NBC is reporting that Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late pop singer Whitney Houston, has been moved to a rehabilitation facility from a Georgia hospital almost two months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub.
Bobbi Kristina Brown
The network cited unnamed source close to the family, NBC reported that Brown's condition had not changed. The source according to NBC did not say when she had been moved or where she would be, the network reported.
Brown, 21, the only child of singers Bobby Brown and Houston, has been treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She was discovered on Jan. 31 face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban home.
Family members have said little about the aspiring singer's treatment or medical prognosis. Bobby Brown has asked for privacy.

Shaggy is one, two on iTunes.... THE growing popularity Shaggy's latest single, I Need Your Love, is having a ripple effect on some of his previous tracks.

BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com  Saturday, March 21, 2015    
THE growing popularity Shaggy's latest single, I Need Your Love, is having a ripple effect on some of his previous tracks.
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Shaggy
According to iTunes Reggae chart, It Wasn't Me and Angel, currently hold the top two positions, respectively. Both are from his 2000 album Hot Shot.
Hot Shot was the highest-charting studio album of 2001 on the Billboard Year-End Album Charts, and dethroned The Beatles on Billboard's 200 album chart in February 2001.
Bob Marley & the Wailers (Three Little Birds), Matisyahu (One Day) and UB40 (Red Red Wine) complete iTunes top five.
Speaking to the Jamaica Observer from New York yesterday, Shaggy said his latest track is bringing 'Brand Shaggy' back to the minds of listeners.
"Some research was done and it was revealed that persons are reconnecting with the Shaggy brand having listened to the new track. This connection is all to the older music. Therefore, it is not surprising that the songs are back on the charts... that's just how it works and the new song has made it easier," he said. He said there was no marketing push on his part.
"It shows that people are still listening to these songs. Both these songs are classics anyway. When we make them, we make them good, so they can be timeless," he said.
I Need Your Love is currently holding the number 39 spot on the Billboard charts. The track features Australian singer/songwriter Faydee, Romanian singer/songwriter/producer Costi Ioni and Swedish-Congolese artiste Mohombi. more

IN JAMAICA (GREAT WORKS) : Busy Signal’s charity to aid St Ann hospital....It is in need of vital X-ray/CAT scan equipment for detecting cancer. It costs roughly $12 million," ...Jamaica's health sector has been hemorrhaging for years from a shortage of vital equipment, beds, gloves, gauzes and manpower.

BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor — Auto and Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com  Saturday, March 21, 2015   
NEXT month, dancehall deejay Busy Signal will be embarking on his latest project -- the Busy 20/20 Helping Hands Foundation Limited.
According to the dancehall artiste, the venture is for a much-needed cause.
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Busy Signal
"My priority is the St Ann's Bay Hospital. It is in need of vital X-ray/CAT scan equipment for detecting cancer. It costs roughly $12 million," Busy Signal told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.
The foundation — which was registered last year — will be officially launched at the Jewel Dunn's River Resort & Spa in Ocho Rios on April 2.
Busy Signal, whose given name is Reanno Gordon, explained his reason for taking on this project.
"This is the hospital I was born in. The majority of people from St Ann are farmers and they don't have the money fi go private hospital. So mi haffi help inna my way and give back. Dem need the help," he said.
Front cover of today's paperThe artiste said he is aware that he alone cannot do it, and therefore welcomes assistance from corporate Jamaica. Jamaica's health sector has been hemorrhaging for years from a shortage of vital equipment, beds, gloves, gauzes and manpower.
Several charities including We Care Foundation and Shaggy and Friends Foundation have rallied to the hospital's aid. However, the sector remains in dire straits.
"Government a government. We haffi help inna our way. Nobody is excluded from sickness," he said.
With regard to his career, Busy Signal said he has a double album pending.more

First multi-racial Miss Universe (Miss Nagasaki, Ariana Miyamoto) Japan crowned : Born in Japan to a Japanese mother and African American father, Miyamoto is a Japanese citizen, grew up in Japan, and identifies as Japanese. Described in local media as a "saishoku kenbi," a woman blessed with both intelligence and beauty, she holds a 5th degree mastery of Japanese calligraphy.

Saturday, March 21, 2015 | 12:18 AM 
TOKYO, Japan – NBC is reporting that the stunning Miss Nagasaki, Ariana Miyamoto, is the first multiracial contestant ever to be crowned Miss Universe Japan and will represent Japan in the 2015 Miss Universe pageant.
Miss Nagasaki, Ariana Miyamoto
Born in Japan to a Japanese mother and African American father, Miyamoto is a Japanese citizen, grew up in Japan, and identifies as Japanese. Described in local media as a "saishoku kenbi," a woman blessed with both intelligence and beauty, she holds a 5th degree mastery of Japanese calligraphy.
But reaction to her win has been both positive and negative, with some people questioning whether a multiracial person can truly represent Japan. According to local media, even she was initially a little wary about entering the pageant because she was "hafu," the Japanese word used to refer to multiracial or multi-ethnic half-Japanese people.
"The selection of Ariana Miyamoto as this year's Miss Universe Japan is a huge step forward in expanding the definition of what it means to be Japanese," filmmaker and co-director of the film "Hafu," Megumi Nishikura told NBC News, "The controversy that has erupted over her selection is a great opportunity for us Japanese to examine how far we have come from our self-perpetuated myth of homogeneity while at the same time it shows us how much further we have to go."
According to the film, "Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan," 20,000 half-Japanese people are born in Japan each year, including both multi-ethnic and multiracial people.
"In a country where the majority of fashion beauty magazines and TV shows are reigned by 'hafu' models and actors," filmmaker and co-director of the film "Hafu," Lara Perez Takagi told NBC News, "It was actually about time that a mixed-race Japanese girl won the Miss Universe pageant."

Producer aids homeless man : MEMBERS of the entertainment fraternity are being urged to join in helping 81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson, who has been living in a crumbling chicken coop in Jericho, St Catherine, for the past five years....Meanwhile, veteran musician Toots Hibbert, "very concerned about how our seniors are being treated in this society," said Hibberts.

BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com  Saturday, March 21, 2015 
MEMBERS of the entertainment fraternity are being urged to join in helping 81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson, who has been living in a crumbling chicken coop in Jericho, St Catherine, for the past five years.
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music producer Wayne 'Lonesome' Brown 
Yesterday's call was made by music producer Wayne 'Lonesome' Brown who donated $10,000 towards the ailing Patterson's medical bills.
Patterson's plight was highlighted by the Jamaica Observer on Thursday.
"When I read the story, I was moved and just wanted to use this occasion to donate the first of several planned donations," Brown told the Observer at his Red Hills Road studio in St Andrew yesterday.
"I am using this opportunity to call on other entertainers, Jamaicans, to come together to help in whatever way they can because, as a team, we can do more," he continued.
The $10,000 was remitted to a neighbour, who had been assisting the elderly man with food.
81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson,
"This donation will go towards his medical bill as he is set to visit the doctor to do a blood test on Monday," said the woman, who asked to remain unidentified.
Meanwhile, veteran musician Toots Hibbert, who was also present at the studio, said he was moved by Patterson's situation and was particularly hurt by the treatment being meted out to the country's seniors.
"I think the situation is very sad. Outrageous to see one of our own living that way. I am very concerned about how our seniors are being treated in this society," said Hibberts.
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President Barack Obama's visit to JAMAICA is a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity — Service sector is the way forward & President Obama doing the BOINK Reggae dance in preparation for his Trip to Jamaica in April

AS excitement builds about the impending brief visit of US President Barack Obama, the American Chamber of Commerse thinks that it represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to expand trade via the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI).
Pres. Barack Obama
The American Chambers of Commerce Jamaica (AMCHAM) and Trinidad and Tobago are currently piloting an initiative aimed at expanding trade and investment in services between Caricom and the United States.
The group hopes to establish a new regime dubbed Services to the Caribbean (SOCA), to advance executive, legislative, and business-to-business (B2B) initiatives between Caricom businesses and the US. Ultimately, AMCHAM believes that the services sector is the way to expand economic growth and jobs for Jamaica and its Caricom neighbours.
"CBI expires in 2020 and we have no doubt that it will be renewed, but the problem persists with how relevant it is when it was launched in 1983 and was focused on goods, free trade zones and manufacturing for exports", vice-president of Manchester Trade and advisor to SOCA, David Lewis, stated via Skype at the AMCHAM public forum on SOCA initiative on Wednesday.
Manchester Trade, based in Washington DC, has been in business for two decades providing strategic trade and business advisory services to American and international clients in areas such as trade negotiations, export development, investment promotion, and legislative advocacy. It works with its clients to advance domestic and global business and policy interests in the US market and abroad.
"The US president is coming to Jamaica to meet with the prime minister on April 9 and there is a wonderful opportunity to bring the issue up, and it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I think if we then patch that in with the business initiative we are working on, you end up having a good coalition effort," Lewis said.
"We need to do it this year, because when we get to fall at the end of the year we begin the season of pre-election, and by then it's going to be very difficult to get their attention on an issue which is foreign and not critical to them," he added.
The AMCHAM initiative, which was launched in Washington DC two years ago, seeks to refocus the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), under which Caribbean countries and Central America receive several tariff and trade benefits to the US, to include services as the dominant sector of Caricom economies and of US-Caricom trade and investment. more

Netanyahu Backs Away From Rejection Of Palestinian State; White House Unmoved .....Bibi Tries To Walk Back Denial Of 2-State Solution... Damage Done... U.S.-Israel Relationship At New Low...

Reuters |  By Matt Spetalnick & Doina Chiacu Posted: 03/19/2015 6:39 pm EDT 
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Thursday abandoning his commitment to the eventual creation of a Palestinian state, backing away from pre-election comments that deepened a rift with Israel's chief ally the United States.
NETANYAHU OBAMA
Netanyahu & Obama (AP Photo)
But the White House, unmoved by Netanyahu's post-election effort to backtrack, delivered a fresh rebuke against the Israeli leader and signaled that Washington may reconsider its decades-old policy of shielding Israel from international pressure at the United Nations.
The White House warned there would be "consequences" for Israel as the Obama administration "re-evaluates" its Middle East diplomatic strategy and monitors the formation of Netanyahu's new ruling coalition. "He walked back from commitments that Israel had previously made to a two-state solution," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. "It is ... cause for the United States to evaluate what our path is forward."
President Barack Obama called Netanyahu to congratulate him on his re-election victory on Tuesday and used the opportunity to reaffirm "the United States' longstanding commitment to a two-state solution" to the Middle East conflict, the White House said. more

Penis donors wanted as first ever transplant proves successful....Doctors in South Africa are appealing for donors to enable more men to undergo corrective surgery following the success of the world’s first penis transplant by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Thursday March 19, 2015 – Doctors in South Africa are appealing for donors to enable more men to undergo corrective surgery following the success of the world’s first penis transplant by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town.
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The 21-year-old transplant recipient, who has not been named, lost all but a non-functioning 1cm stump of his penis three years ago following a bungled circumcision by an inept “traditional surgeon.”
After seeking medical help, he went on to receive the donated organ which had been harvested from a man who was declared brain dead. Just five weeks after the transplant, the young man was able to resume a sexual relationship with his girlfriend.
According to Professor Frank Graewe, who took part in the nine-hour surgery: “He gets good quality erections, ejaculates and has frequent sex with his partner.” The professor said the recipient had accepted the new organ as “his own,” adding that the skin tone of the donor penis was similar to that of the patient.
The operation, which took place in December last year, was led by Professor André van der Merwe and marked the culmination of his years of experimenting on cadavers to see which nerves, blood vessels and other elements had to be joined to guarantee full function.
The procedure was performed as part of a pilot study that had been in the making since 2010 to develop a penile transplant procedure that could be performed in a typical South African hospital.
The young man has made a rapid and full recovery, surprising surgeons who did not expect him to regain full functionality until about December 2016.  more

ST. JAMES, JAMAICA (HORRIFIC & GRUESOME KILLINGS) : Girl, 8, among four shot dead in Richmond Hill...The deceased have been identified as Shaya Prince, 8; her mother, 28-year-old Loy Loraine Watson, also called Latti; Junior Peter Scott, 26, of Waterhouse in Kingston; and 22-year-old Kimali Walker of Denham Town, also in Kingston.... WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END?

BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com  Friday, March 20, 2015    
RICHMOND HILL, St James — The St James police say they are following several leads in their investigation of yesterday's fatal shooting of four people, including an eight-year-old girl.
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People gather near the house where four persons were shot
and killed in Richmond Hill, St James, yesterday morning.
(PHOTO: PHILLIP LEMONTE)
The deceased have been identified as Shaya Prince, 8; her mother, 28-year-old Loy Loraine Watson, also called Latti; Junior Peter Scott, 26, of Waterhouse in Kingston; and 22-year-old Kimali Walker of Denham Town, also in Kingston.
Police said yesterday that they were seeking Watson's ex-boyfriend, who allegedly trailed the eight-year-old girl from her Montego Bay school earlier this week to her family home in Richmond Hill. The estranged lovers reportedly had a verbal confrontation in the community that day.
Police reported that between 2:00 am and 2:30 am yesterday residents heard a barrage of gunshots coming from the direction of the house occupied by the four.
Patricia Coley, Scott's mother, who has made Richmond Hill her home since 2007, said she was shocked when she went to visit her son about 6:30 yesterday morning.
"When I went down there I pushed the door and saw him lying down between the stove and the doorway and when I look over I saw the other three lying near the back door. I shake him and nothing, so I came out back and sit down on the step," said the distraught woman.
Police theorise that the attackers removed two panes of glass from a window, through which they fired inside the room occupied by the four. Scott, who was reportedly found clutching an ice-pick, is believed to have attempted to defend himself upon realising that the home was being invaded.
Scott's mother explained that her son, who lived between Waterhouse and Richmond, had rented a section of the home only two months ago.
She revealed that her son recently entered into a common-law relationship with Watson, who moved in to live with him. The eight-year-old girl also lived with them. more

IN JAMAICA; Member of Parliament for Central St Catherine Olivia 'Babsy' Grange agrees with incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel being a nominee in this year's STAR Awards....What Do You Think?

Vybz Kartel
Member of Parliament for Central St Catherine Olivia 'Babsy' Grange agrees with incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel being a nominee in this year's STAR Awards.
The Opposition Spokesperson on Information said, "I think Vybz Kartel as an artiste is talented. I don't feel like he should be excluded. Whatever may be the personal issue that he is involved in, he is serving his time. He is a talented artiste, and the talent should be recognised." Vybz Kartel began gaining immense popularity in the early 2000s, which developed into a cult-like following by the time he left the Bounty Killer-led Alliance later in the decade, increasing even more subsequently.

KARTEL STILL NUMBER ONE

Even though he is serving a life sentence for murder, Kartel has maintained his dominance in dancehall with producers constantly releasing new tracks that they say were recorded before his incarceration. However, there are persons who are upset about Kartel's continued impact.
This includes a number of nominations in various awards. In the recently held Youth View Awards, which requires young persons to nominate different personalities, Kartel had at least five to his credit. Still, Grange believes that having Kartel nominated in The STAR Awards could have some negative influence on young people. However, she also believes that as an artiste he also has a positive impact. "It could have some negative impact. I think that there are aspects of his creative expressions that have negative impact, but there are also aspects of his creative expressions that have a positive impact. I would hope that after this period of time in his life has passed that whatever creative expression comes from him would be positive, rather than a mixture of positive and negative," she said. more

Tessanne Chin's Husband, Michael Anthony Cuffe Jr Moves Out Of Marital Home

Tessanne Chin and her husband Michael
 Anthony Cuffe Jr in happier times
After four years of marriage, sources close to the couple have confirmed that artiste Tessanne Chin and her broadcaster husband, Michael Anthony Cuffe Jr, are having marital problems.
Cuffe has reportedly moved out of the marital home and is staying with friends.
The couple shot to popularity in 2013 when Chin won the American singing competition The Voice....Developing Story

IN JAMAICA: St James police seek 19 wanted for murders, shooting and wounding

Friday, March 20, 2015    
THE St James Police Division is seeking 19 men who are wanted for murders, shooting and wounding in the division.
They are:
* Kegan Beckford, otherwise called 'Beckham' and 'Shane', 25, of Greenpond, Mount Salem. He is wanted for murder and shooting with intent, and is said to be affiliated with the 'One Umbrella Gang'.
* Ishamar Campbell, otherwise called 'Isha', 22, of Jarrett Terrace, Mount Salem. He is wanted for a shooting, and is affiliated with the 'Junglist Gang'.
* David Thomas, otherwise called 'Radigon', 24, of Tucker, Granville. He is wanted for murder, and is affiliated with the 'Mexican Gang'....
* Nerral Barrett, otherwise called 'Bona', 31, of Terrado Heights, Coral Gardens. He is said to frequent the Ironshore and Flower Hill areas of St James, and is wanted for wounding with intent.
* Ron Samuels, 21, of Bottom Road, Salt Spring, Montego Bay. He is wanted for murder, and frequents the areas of Rae Pasture, Angie lane, Mount Salem and Mount Carey in the parish. He is affiliated with the 'Wrong Turn', 'Unknown' and 'Supermarket' gangs.
* Andre Hall, otherwise called 'Beenie', 31, of Central Avenue, Flankers. He is wanted for shooting with intent and frequents Somerton, Adelphi, Peace View and Albion in St. James, as well as Bridgeport, St. Catherine. He is affiliated with the 'Sparta Gang'.
* Junior Lawrence of Granville, St James is wanted for murder. He is affiliated with the 'Joe Gang'.
* Cordel Reid, otherwise called 'Ramus', 25, of Gutters, Granville is wanted for shooting. He is affiliated with the 'Joe Gang'. more

KINGSTON, Jamaica : Females To Dominate UWI Guild Executive Following Elections

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The top-tier of the Guild of Students of the University of the West Indies, Mona will be dominated by females for the next administrative year.
 Daviannae Tucker takes up office at UWI
In the results of today's leadership elections announced this evening, females were elected to the posts of president, vice presidents and treasurer.
Twenty-two-year-old Westwood High School old girl, Davianne Tucker, prevailed as president over 24-year-old Franz George, from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The undergraduate student polled 1,964 votes to George’s 1,716.
Meanwhile, Lavern King and Shanice Allen were elected vice presidents and Shanique Austin, treasurer. The election of a female-dominated executive coincides with calls for the University to address the issue of gender-based violence on the campus.
According to the records of the Guild of Students of the UWI, Mona since 1951, the body has had 64 presidents,  57 of whom were males and seven females. There are no records to indicate the secretaries for the first two years of the Guild.
However, beside the 62 names of the presidents for the ensuing years, were the names of 49 females who were elected secretary. Tucker told The Gleaner Online that her priority will be on making the Guild more "visible" and accountable to students. "(I'm) Looking forward to working with the team for the upcoming year. From the looks of it, it's going to be an awesome tenure," she later tweeted.

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DUANVALE, Trelawny (CONGRATULATIONS & HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 115th) : Jamaica boasts world's sixth oldest person. Viola Moss Brown, whose life spans three centuries, was on Sunday hailed by Queen Elizabeth II for reaching the age of 115.... Son said to be oldest child with a parent alive

 BY HORACE HINES Observer West reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com  Thursday, March 19, 2015 
DUANVALE, Trelawny -- Viola Moss Brown, whose life spans three centuries, was on Sunday hailed by Queen Elizabeth II for reaching the age of 115, making her Jamaica's confirmed oldest person and the island the smallest nation to produce a person of her age.
Viola Moss Brown raises her hands in the air as she
acknowledges the accolades heaped on her at her birthday party
"Mrs Violet Moss Brown, my congratulations to you on achieving the remarkable milestone of 115 birthday and I send you my best wishes," Custos Rotulorum of Trelawny Paul Muschett read from a letter signed by Queen Elizabeth II.
The letter was read during a glitzy bash at the Glistening Waters Restaurant in Falmouth, on Sunday, to mark her birthday.
The milestone makes Brown, who is affectionately called Aunt V, the world's sixth oldest person, a mere two years behind the world's oldest person, Osaka, Japan's Misao Okawa whose birth date is listed at March 5, 1898.
But she may possibly boast a record that those older than her cannot speak of: having the world's oldest living child.
Robert Young (right), senior database administrator for the
 Gerontology Research Group (GRG) presents a plaque
 to 115-year-old
 Viola Moss Brown for being the oldest person in
Jamaica. (PHOTO: PHILLIP LEMONTE)
Brown's firstborn Harold Fairweather, who turns 95 in April, is said to be the world's "oldest living child" with a parent alive.
Brown, who live in the house in Duanvale where she was born on March 10, 1900 has been recognised by the US-based Gerontology Research Group (GRG) as Jamaica's oldest person.
Robert Young, the senior data base administrator and the director of the Super Centenarian Department of the GRG, said that the organisation has, since year 2000, been consultants for the Guinness World Records to adjudicate the World's oldest person title and identify other candidates for the title. more

ST. THOMAS, JAMAICA (SAD, SHOCKING & UNEXPECTED): 'She gave up' : Shock grips St Thomas communities as mother of 14-yr-old tumour child dies...following the unexpected death of Andrea Williams — the mother of 14-year-old Leslie-Ann Goulbourne who was diagnosed with brain tumour.

BY DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com  Thursday, March 19, 2015 
SHOCK and disbelief rocked the communities of Port Morant and Airy Castle in St Thomas Sunday, following the unexpected death of Andrea Williams — the mother of 14-year-old Leslie-Ann Goulbourne who was diagnosed with brain tumour.
Fourteen-year-old Leslie-Ann Goulbourne consoles her mother,
Andrea Williams, in mid-February during an interview with the
 Jamaica Observer. ((PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
Williams, who sought financial help for radiation treatment for her daughter through a Sunday Observer story published on February 15, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital where she was admitted for a week and three days from what her mother said was a collapsed lung resulting from stress.
Williams had spent close to $5 million for treatment and daily care of her daughter, who had to undergo four brain surgeries and radiation treatment for the tumour in her head before it was discovered that the non-malignant tumour — known as germinoma — had spread to the child's spine.
"She gave up," Syble Williams, the deceased woman's mother told the Observer at their Airy Castle home on Monday. "The doctor said she was stressed from head to toe and that she was drained out to nothing because she was fretting on the little girl. She was there for her from the beginning to the last breath."
Andrea Williams cries as she relates her daughter’s situation
 in mid- February. Williams died on Sunday after her lungs collapsed
 as a result of severe stress. (PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
"The relationship that they have is very unique," the elder Williams added. "She had a little cough and shortness of breath and because she had to go up and down with Leslie-Ann, she didn't have the time to eat much or take care of herself. She visited the doctor twice three weeks ago and was nebulised, but they did not understand why she was still breathing short."
A follow up X-ray revealed that the lungs of the 40-year-old mother of four were collapsing. As a result, she was sent off to the hospital where she was immediately admitted.
Days before her admission to hospital two Thursdays ago, Andrea told the Observer that things had taken a toll on her physically and that she was not feeling well, while also explaining that her next move was a visit to the hospital for a check-up.
During her time in the hospital, her sick daughter -- who was advanced into her radiation treatment -- was prevented from visiting her for her own safety. However, on Sunday, after numerous requests from the ailing mom, the staff agreed for the child to visit. more