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Does Prime Minister Holness Know What He Did?

Jamaica Observer

December 14, was 67 years since our first general election under Universal Adult Suffrage. De-

cember 15, marks 35 years since the general election of 1976 and 28 years since the general election of 1983.

Also, in 1978 in Jamaica, there was a by-election in Western St Andrew following the res-ignation of David Coore. Dudley Thompson was the PNP candidate. Officially, the JLP did not contest the by-election. On nomina-tion day, some seven men and women, all with the surname of Thompson showed up to be nominat-ed. Only one person (not Dudley Thompson) was nominated.

There was something of a riot, and then Prime Minister Michael Manley announced a postpone-ment of the nominations to a new date, with the by-election set for a new date. On the new by-election date, August 3, 1978, the independent candidates combined polled fewer than 200 votes while Dudley Thompson polled in excess of 7000.

The person who was nominated in the initial nomination argued in court that he should be declared the winner and the other by-election declared in-valid. He did not contest the newly set election. The court never ruled on this.

Did Michael Manley have the legal right to postpone the by-election? Early in 1980, the court ruled that he did not and that Dudley Thompson was there-fore not duly elected. Dudley Thompson appealed and kept his seat during the appeal. When the House was dissolved for the October 1980 elections, the mat-ter was closed as upon the dissolution

of Parliament all election petitions are brought to an end.

Andrew Holness has made peace with RJR. Does he know about RJR’s broad-based ownership? For example, the Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League has substantial shares in RJR. The credit union league is made up of

all the credit unions in Jamaica and the credit unions are owned by its mem-bers. As co-operatives, the highest au-thority in the credit unions are the an-nual general meetings.

There are some 970,000 Jamaicans who are members of credit unions. The Credit Union League is represented on the RJR board of directors. Apart from providing media information on credit unions, the profit from RJR benefits the credit union members. The league provides all sorts of services to credit unions.

One such service is the bailout of credit unions and the provision of loans to credit union members when their credit unions are unable to do so. And the league takes the money from its in-come which is partly dues from credit unions and partly from the profits from

the league’s shareholdings including RJR.

What would have happened if the nearly one million credit union mem-bers knew about the Credit Union League’s shares in RJR and the benefits that flow from those shares? Would there then be a hue and cry after the

statement by Holness? Would any politician ever dare appear to threaten the freedom of the press, especially so near to a general election?

Please remember that the voters’ list has 1.6 million voters. It could be argued that the one million credit union members make up roughly almost two-thirds of all the vot-ers on the list. Would Andrew Holness have made any statement about RJR in such cir-cumstances?

My own opinion is that credit union league representatives on the RJR board should pay attention to content, mainly factual accuracy and appropriate music, especially on Fame FM.

The league’s position appears to be that as long as the profits come in, then nothing else matters as long as every-thing said or sung is within the law. And it does appear that the majority of del-egates at the league level would agree with the league board’s position rather than with mine.

So Andrew Holness has apologized to RJR media personnel. But would he have made the mistake in the first place if he knew about the broad-based own-ership of RJR? Does Holness know what he did?

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My dear friends, today I wish to write about the ‘Gift Of Life’ and what a blessing it is to those who still have it.

This past week, the en-tertainment fraternity lost one of its notable produc-ers, Mr. Fattis Burrell.

Fattis was credited as one of those preservers of our music and during his heyday, funnelled a revival of roots and culture back into the mainstream. I also look back at our ‘Fallen Soldiers’ who lost their struggle this year.

Most recently Barry Heptones, Joel Chin and earlier in the year my broth-er and friend Sir Gregory Isaacs. I consider myself fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend time with Gregory exactly a week before he passed.

I will never forget him telling me “Priest, I jus

whaa touch di stage one last time”.

We were in the middle of planning such an event when I learned that his struggle had ended.

I respected him so very much for that as he would have preferred to have gone, doing what he loved the most. That is how much Gregory Isaacs loved Reggae Music.

There is a saying that ‘Where there is life, there is hope’; hope for a better to-morrow; hope for a better future.

But I always add ‘God’s willing’ for I believe that tomorrow is promised to no one. So while we have today, let us give thanks, always remembering that there are some who never made it. Rastafari guide, protect and bless you.

FREDDIE MGREGORThe Gift Of Life

Highland “Dobby” Dobson (Author)

Saucy’s Journey begins in Kingston, Jamaica and takes her to hustling, bus-tling Brooklyn, New York in the 1970’s. Share her expe-riences with her promiscu-ous, overbearing, distasteful mother, and her tentative, beautiful venture into a teenage love affair. See how faith and the power of love wins out over all as you ex-perience the rise and fall, laughter and tears, love and hate emotions as they come at you, page after page after heart stopping page.

Carmen, affectionately called Saucy, was born to Beatrice, a child herself, in a small village in Jamaica’s hinterland.

Beatrice, now called Mama by all, survives the taunts and jeers of family and friends, and migrates to the United States to find a better way for herself and her fatherless child who she has left in the care of her mother.

The story traces the mis-adventures of Mama and

Saucy, as they embark on their journey seeking the American Dream.

It allows the reader to experience the travails of a mother trying to make something of herself and her daughter, while some-times using quite unsavory methods.

The reader is allowed to experience Brooklyn, New York, in the decade of the seventies into the early eighties, the characters and their prejudices, their island habits, their hopes and their fears.

Saucy is the one bright spot in the otherwise murky world of drugs, obeah, and sexual aberrations. As we follow her story, we experi-

ence the unpleasantness of parental over-protection, the joys of young love, the pain of deception and yet we are able to rejoice in the beauty of self-worth, and the fact that good always wins over all else.

This is the story of the misadventures of Saucy and her Mama.

The Misadventures of Saucy and Her Mama

Incredibly Weird Facts About The

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Your tongue is the stron-gest muscle in your body: Compared to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle. But I doubt you’ll be lifting weights with it.

Pinkie toe: There is spec-ulation that since we no longer have to run for our dinner, and we wear sneakers, the pinkie toe‘s evolutionary purpose is disappearing — and maybe the pinkie itself will go the way of the do.

Wisdom teeth: This third set of molars is largely useless, doing little be-yond crowding the mouth and sometimes causing pain.



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Hello FriendsIt is your host from, “Voice in the Wind” Wednesday afternoons, 4 pm on Linkage Radio. I look forward to interacting with our audience in Radio land. Keep listening and call-ing in with those prayer request and testimonies.

At this time of year we notice homes lit with Christmas lights, malls and shops brightly decorated and end-less talk of Christmas preparations and gift shopping. The season tends to emit good cheer. Amid all this great fanfare let us remember the greatest gift ever given to man, Je-sus!

Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

This gift is all inclusive, see it says, which shall be to all people. Ev-ery human being ever born is in-cluded. Along with the gift of a Saviour came peace and good will toward men. Regardless of our failure,ungratefulness and disobe-dience, God saw fit to redeem us, the crown of His creation.

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the high-est, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

I would like to wish you a safe and wonderful Christmas but most of all a reflective one, keep in mind the ul-timate gift of all times, Jesus Christ our Saviour. He is the reason for the season after all!

All glory and honour to Jehovah who has brought us into another season of celebration. Let us take care to remember those who are in need, those who are ill, those who mourn and keep them in our prayers and bless those we can through words and deeds.

Merry Christmas!God bless You AllMissionary Monteque

Health At Sunrise Quick Tip by Dr. Rahsan Abdul Hakim

Black Castor Oil goes back to an-cient times. My Mother and Grand Mother, your Grand Mother… our ancient Fore-Fathers have always used this oil for some purpose. This multi-purpose oil should be in every household.

Black Black Castor Oil (Ricinus Communis)The Black Castor Oil Plant is native to Africa, India and Central America and grows wild into a 30-40 foot tree in most of the tropic and sub-tropic areas of the world. The rich oil is extracted from the seeds. It was cultivated some 6,000 years ago by the Egyptians, who used the oil as fuel to burn in their lamps.

Medicinal Uses:The oil is used as a purgative and laxative when taken in teaspoon dosed followed by a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice.

Black Castor Oil has a very radi-cal effect on the stomach and intes-tines and is not recommended for consistent intense use or internal consumption in large quantities, especially for children.

In fact, caution is recommend-ed when using Black Castor Oil, especially when the use of other herbal laxatives such as senna lpod are more favorably recommended.

External Therapeutic Uses:The Black Castor Oil has been used in ancient times in China as a rub for deformed faces and joints.

Warm Black Castor Oil is used for arthritis and rheumatism, and as a bath oil it brings relief to many skin problems (rashes, hives, ecze-ma, burns).

In Jamaica, West Indies, the plant is known as Agnus Catus and is used to cure constipation and bodily pains.

When the oil is applied to

wounds, bleeding stops. Hot Black Castor Oil massaged into the hair will strengthen it and eliminate dandruff, cradle cap crust, lice, fleas and other scalp problems.

Mixed with equal amounts of olive oil will blacken hair; mixed with cocoa butter, it will encourage hair growth.

The leaves from the plant, made as tea and bathed in will relieve all bodily pains and reduce swelling in the joints

Other Practical Uses:Black Castor Oil is a unique highly valued lubricant for heavy machin-ery, and for making greases, paints, lotions, massage oils, cosmetics like lipsticks, face foundation creams, soaps, and more.

From the Book: Basic Herbs For Health And Healing ©2009 Rahsan Abdul Hakim

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Entertainment

Philip ‘Fattis’ Burrell, CEO of Xterminator Records, has died.

Fattis, as he was called by most persons in the mu-sic business, made his tran-sition on Saturday evening, December 3, after slipping into a coma early that morn-ing.

The legendary pro-ducer and artiste manager had been a patient at the University Hospital of the West Indies, where he had been admitted two weeks ago after suffering a mild stroke.

Mr. Burrell took a turn for the worse last Tuesday when doctors discovered a blood clot near to his lungs.

The family of Philip ‘Fattis’ Burrell wishes to

t h a n k f r i e n d s , well-wish-ers and the staff at the UHWI for their care and support and ask for your prayers at this time.

At the time of his death, Fattis was the manager for reggae artiste, Sizzla. He has played a major role in estab-lishing the careers of Sizzla Kalonji, Luciano, Pinchers, Thriller U and Sanchez on an international level.

Fattis has also worked with several of reggae’s greatest artistes including Beres Hammond, Frankie Paul, Gregory Isaacs, Charlie Chaplin, Capelton, Cocoa Tea, Gentleman and IniKamoze.

Beenie Man Refuses To Perform At Sting Unless Laing Apologizes

New Date For Shaggy’s Annual Charity Concert

International dancehall star Beenie Man is ticked off at the organizers of the annual Sting concert and has an-nounced publicly via a state-ment to the press that he will not be doing the show this year unless he gets “an explanation” regarding dis-paraging remarks made by Isaiah Laing during a TV in-terview few weeks ago.

“How (Isaiah) Laing fi go pon TV and mek dem speech de say we ah old artistes and caan do nothing fi him show? Him no respect the dancehall veterans who help to build the industry in no way.“

“Every year, him attempt fi disrespect we in some way, and mi not doing Sting this year unless Laing come ex-plain to me what him mean by ‘old artiste’. If Bounty waan a clash, him haffi link me at some other show,”

Beenie Man said in a state-ment.

Laing is the CEO of Supreme Promotions, the company which hosts the Sting concert each year.

Beenie Man also revealed that in the wake of Laing’s in-terview, he was approached by both Elephant Man and Bounty Killer to do a show which they would organize.

“Killer and Ele come to me up at Suzie’s and say which part we ah go keep our show. Mi check it out and did a plan fi use Jamalco inna Clarendon and do the show on December 31st.

And now mi hear Killer ah say mi a run from clash bout mi fraid a Killer, mi nah run, and mi will clash him at another show apart from Sting.

Killer bow too much, look how easy him mek Laing

bring him in and ah use him fi bring mi

in,” Beenie Man said.Beenie Man explained

that he is not attempting to fight against the Sting con-cert.

“Sting is a good show and we need it fi continue fi help buss the next generation of artistes, but mi just no like how dem treat the artistes who inna the industry.

Look how me and Killer ah do clash song and ah build a vibes and him come pon TV and just kill the clash song dem right inna the middle of the promotion, and den him ah come draw back fi we af-ter him dun diss we. Mi caan deal wid it no more,” Beenie Man said.

Gaza Slim Charged in Vybz Kartel Murder Case

Gyptian Scheduled To Perform In Time Square on New Year’s Eve

Xterminator Producer, Philip ‘Fattis’ Burrell, has died

Portmore Empire singjay, Vanessa Saddler, more pop-ularly known as Gaza Slim, has become the third mem-ber of the “Gaza” group to face a charge in relation to a case involving the group’s leader, Vybz Kartel.

Gaza Slim, otherwise known as Vanessa Bling, was formally charged with con-spiracy to pervert the course of justice in relation to the Clive “Lizard” Williams mur-

der investigation. This took place four

days after the Empire sing-jay turned herself in to the Constant Spring Police after she was named a person of interest in the Kartel matter.

Gaza Slim’ predicament resulted from an alleged false police report that she filed on October 29; claiming that Williams, who Kartel and others stand accused of killing, robbed and gun-

butted her in Havendale, St. Andrew.

However, law enforce-ment officials recently in-sisted that they have a cel-lular phone containing a text message where Kartel or-dered Gaza Slim to concoct the robbery story in an at-tempt to aid his defense. As a result, Gaza Slim will at least

Internationally-acclaimed Reggae superstar, Gyptian will perform at the upcom-ing New Year’s Eve celebra-tions at Times Square in New York City.

The popular sing jay is one of the headliners slated to perform on MTV’s cover-

age of the New Year’s cel-ebrations on December 31.

Regarded as one of the largest New Year’s celebra-tions worldwide, over 2 mil-lion viewers on average view the Billboard screen in Manhattan for all the performances and happen-ing during the celebration preluding the traditional dropping of the ball at mid-night.

After he was informed of the news, Gyptian expressed

his gratitude for the honor during a radio interview; relaying the notion that a Reggae artiste’s ability to make it upon this kind of in-ternational stage shows how far Jamaica and the genre have come.

“For Reggae and for us as a little island to be far, it’s a good look. For one of your own to be doing it...how better can it get? It must be better and greater,” Gyptian said.

spend this weekend in jail.Gaza Slim joins fellow

Empire singjay, Shawn Storm and Kartel’s road manager, Calvin “Moonie” Haye and

Cayro Jones as associates of “Di Teacha” who are jointly charged in Williams’s mur-der. Kartel returns to court on December 19.

Shaggy and Friends, the an-nual charity concert held by Grammy-winning Dance-hall/Reggae artiste, Shaggy, will now take place in Janu-ary as a result of the upcom-ing general elections in Ja-maica.

On December 4, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that general elections will commence on December 29, the day before Shaggy and Friends was originally scheduled (December 30).

As a result, promoters of Shaggy and Friends moved the show’s date to January 7 on the lawns of Jamaica House in Kingston.

The change of date dras-tically affects the lineup card as internationally-renowned R&B singer, Ne-Yo leads the list of casualties who won’t be able to perform at the event.

G r a m m y - w i n n i n g Reggae artiste, Stephen

Marley, veteran songstress, Deniece Williams as well as prominent soca couple, Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons also won’t make the concert given the change of date.

However, former Fugees star and R&B legend, Lauryn Hill remains the headliner for Shaggy and Friends along with British Reggae singer, Maxi Priest.

Local acts scheduled to perform at the event in-clude Assassin, Romain Virgo, Tami Chynn, Wayne Marshall, Half Pint, Coco Tea and Chino.

This will hail as the first Shaggy and Friends concert to take place since January 2, 2010. The annual concert was initially staged in 2009; aiming to raise funds for the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston.

The previous two edi-tions of Shaggy and Friends raised over JA$57 million for

the hospital and proceeds for next year’s show will go

towards the construction of a 15-bed intensive care

cardiac unit at the hospital.



News

Posters on Facebook who identified themselves as cops called participants in the Brooklyn West Indian Day parade “animals” and “savages” in a series of of-fensive entries that trig-gered an NYPD probe last Monday.

“Let them kill each other,” wrote one Facebook member who posted com-ments under a cop’s name, according to The New York Times.

“I say have the parade one more year and when they all gather drop a bomb and wipe them all out,” wrote another, who said he was a police officer.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said he would re-fer the matter to the de-partment’s Internal Affairs Bureau.

Those who posted com-ments said they were an-gered at being assigned to

the parade. They apparently used real names, in keeping with Facebook policy, and some identified themselves as officers.

One of the writers identified himself as Nick Virgilio, a police officer.

Lawyers Benjamin Moore and Paul Lieberman used the Facebook diatribes in their defense of Tyrone Johnson, who was acquitted of gun possession charges last month.

The lawyers found that the Facebook profile of the arresting officer, Sgt. Dustin Edwards, showed he be-longed to a group formed for “N.Y.P.D. officers who are threatened by superi-ors and forced to be victims themselves.”

The NYPD bars officers from making “discourteous or disrespectful remarks” about race or ethnicity.

‘Animals’ and ‘Savages’ Thats What Some N.Y.C Police

Officers Call Participants In Brooklyn West Indian Day Parade

The sentencing of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the former Tivoli Gardens strongman, has been post-poned until January 17.

He faces more than 20 years in prison under the agreement, and while no reason has been given by the Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, which is handling the case, there is height-ened speculation within the Jamaican community that the postponement is linked

to the possibility of more in-dictments arising from the case for which Coke was con-victed.

Coke has been incarcer-ated for more than a year after waiving extradition rights on drugs and gunrun-ning charges. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges during an August 31 court appearance after prosecu-tors presented his legal team with compelling evidence in the case.

The evidence included

the planned testimony of several persons from Tivoli Gardens who are incarcerat-ed here on various charges.

Since reaching the plea agreement, Coke has written to Judge Robert P Patterson seeking leniency in his sen-tence.

‘Dudus’ sentencing now Jan 17

Bodies Of School Children Found In Pit

Woman Admits To

Killing Friend And Leaving Her Under

Christmas Gifts

34 Suspects Face Charges In Bronx Drug Bust

Venezuela Turns Over Alleged Drug Lord To USA

GUYANA - Police say they have found the decomposed bodies of three school chil-dren in a mining pit at Sand-hills, near the Aishalton Sec-ondary School.

They believe the chil-dren, whose names have not been disclosed, may have fallen into the pit.

Officials say the police are now investigating the cir-cumstances surrounding the deaths of the students who are aged 11 and 12 years.

The children were last seen on November 27 during

the school lunch break. A government official

says the bodies were buried immediately because of the state of decomposition but are expected to be exhumed for the pathologist to do ex-aminations.

A South Carolina wom-an confessed to killing a family friend and leaving her body underneath a pile of Christmas presents, and then tried to use her debit cards.

Police found Patty White, 40, while riding in a car with her mother, and arrested her after she con-fessed to killing Michele O’Dowd, 67, in the victim’s home.

O’Dowd’s twin brother discovered her body the under a pile of presents on the same day.

“There is nothing worse than when you walk inside and find your own sister brutally murdered over a stupid debit card,” the brother told WTEV.

White had also sto-len two of O’Dowd’s debit cards and attempted to take money out of her ac-count from at least two ATMs, Jacksonville police said. O’Dowd let White, a family friend, stay with her when she fell on hard times, police added.

No formal charges have been filed against White, they said.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has handed a top Colombian drug traffick-ing suspect to US authorities.

The United States had of-fered a five million reward for information leading to the arrest of Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, known as “Valenciano”. Bonilla was captured in Venezuela last month.

He was turned over to US authori-ties at Caracas’ in-ternational airport and led aboard a plane.

The US State Department had listed Bonilla among its eight m o s t - w a n t e d

Colombian drug traffickers after leftist rebels.

US officials say Bonilla sent tonnes of cocaine to the United States through Central America and Mexico, dealing extensively with Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel.

Bronx, NY - Thirty-four peo-ple are facing charges of con-spiring to sell crack cocaine in and around two housing developments in the Bronx.

The suspects allegedly operated out of the Allerton Avenue Co-ops and the Parkside Houses.

Nineteen were arrested, eight are already in custody on other charges, and seven are still on the loose.

Officials at the U.S. Attorney’s Office say since

2006, undercover officers have made more than 150 purchases. These numbers took the neighborhood by surprise.

“It was shocking because usually it’s a quiet neighbor-hood. We usually don’t see anything out here. It’s very quiet, nice neighborhood,” said one resident.

About 500 grams of the drug were seized during the operation.



RELATIONSHIP ADVICEwith Father Linkage

(HOW MUCH DO I TRUST MY MATE?)

Sanchez Wooed Crowd at Macedonia

Impeccably dressed in his trademark dangling chain, suit and bowl-

er hat, Kevin Jackson, aka Sanchez wooed his fans to

their feet at the Culture in the City Event, Sunday, De-cember 4, 2011, at the Mace-donia Community Center in Mount Vernon New York.

What a night it was despite the uninspiring and disappointing per-formance of the much touted Khago. It almost felt like something was amiss. Though Khago ‘Nah sell out mi fren dem’, he surely ‘sell’ short on his fans.

All was easily for-given from the fun-lov-

ing, cheering crowd as Chris Howell warmed the crowd.

The ‘Whistle Man’ out-fitted in clownish green suit and red tie relaxed the crowd and gave all a belly laugh with his antics.

As soon as Sanchez got on stage and opened his blessed mouth, he had the crowd screaming, (mostly the ladies), dancing and singing along to his hit songs and covers.

For a moment, Sanchez stirred the multitude into a revival frenzy as he belted

out spiritual choruses one after the other.

Oh my goodness, no it can’t be! Yes it was Flourgon who joined Sanchez onstage. It was a refreshing treat.

Though it is cliché to say, confession is good for the soul, I must shamelessly admit, even I could not re-sist cavorting and shaking my ‘bam-bam’ that the good Lord gave me.

Without missing a beat and seeming not to grow weary from all his Pocomania prancing, the singing night-

ingale eas-ily mesmer-ized the crowd with more love ballads and reggae hits.

If one should ask the question, can one get enough of Sanchez? The resounding answer from a blissful audi-ence would be NO!

On that note, it can be safely quoted from one of John Heywood’s poem-- ‘All is well that endes well’.More Pictures on page 13

by Michelle ‘MichyB’ [email protected]

It’s so easy to love some one, but when it comes to trust there’s always this big stumbling block.

As one of our popular reggae artist BUJU BAN-TON said “ITS NOT AN EASY ROAD.” To trust someone is not easy. There’s this myth that says, “Trust is based on love and affection,” but if that was so why are there so, many broken relationships. Probably it’s all based on cha-risma.

So let’s see how much you trust your mate?Answer (True) or (False)

1. (S)he always stick with emotional integ-rity. (T) (F)

2. Heaven knows who else (s)he’s sleeping with. (T) (F)

3. I’ve kept secret out of guilt or fear of losing you. (T) (F)

4. (S)he afraid of confronting (s)he about the past. (T) (F)

5. Whenever (s)he speaks I am finding it hard to believe. (T) (F)

6. (S)he is afraid to let others know about our relationship. (T) (F)

7. (S)he ignoring me means (s)he is seeing someone else. (T) (F)

8. (S)he is putting our relationship on break because of some minor issues. (T) (F)

9. (S)he is not comfortable with me around the opposite sex. (T)(F)

10. (S)he keeps check on my whereabouts, phone calls and emails constantly. (T) (F)

11. To avoid getting hurt (s)he have a lover or two on the side. (T) (F)

12. (S)he tells me he loves me but takes one month or two to see me. (T) (F)

13. I can feel the connection when we kiss, hug and make love. (T) (F)

14. When (S)he past all of a sudden becomes a treat. (T) (F)

15. (S)he fantasize about other partner during sex. (T) (F)

16. (S)he sometimes feels jealous when part-ner is too loving and friendly with the op-posite sex. (T) (F)

17. Your partner shares most personal infor-mation with you. (T) (F)

18. (S)he says (s)he has to work late every night. (T) (F)

19. Do you search each other phone and be-comes suspicious when he speaks softly. (T) (F)

20. (S)he accuses you of having an affair. (T) (F)

21. Is your mate always truthful or you doubt his/her response. (T) (F)

22. (S)he is always tired when it comes to mak-ing love. (T) (F)

0-10 points - Tentative TrustOne or both of you have likely had some form of emotional break down but a counselor can help determiner whether it’s wise to move for-ward or let go.

10-20 points - Total Trust It’s hard to place your complete trust in some-one, but having a soul mate and putting your all into him or her is healthy and that’s what makes us human.

Just remember if you can’t trust yourself there is no way you can trust others.Father Linkage seh:Live right, act right, stay right so your relation-ship will be all right.

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Inspirational Insight on Dreams DeferredHave you ever felt like the product of a dream deferred? Are you feeling empty and in-complete? Do you feel like your dreams left in the moment of here today and gone tomor-row? I wonder when is the ap-propriate time to face the mu-sic and surrender? Is it when you feel like a cage bird forgetting the taste of freedom?

Come to think of it, could the experience of failure trick our heart to accept defeat? I beg to differ, for “true” passion doesn’t settle for feeling incomplete. Instead it fights with death until it succeeds. For, when it seems like all hope is lost, the things we’re born to do elevate us until

we’re restored to that purpose. This is of course if we accept the challenge to believe and give our all to achieve.

If you have, soon you’ll real-ize our trials were preparation of determination to excel. Nothing more and nothing less; unless you love to complicate things. Go ahead, test my words, don’t pro-crastinate or complaints; stay focus and when your dreams get

launch don’t forget to give God the praise.

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Word of the day: Job 6:8 “Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!”

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Dear Friend/Colleague,Just want to let you that I will be embarking on a Mis-sion of Compassion Trip to Rural Ghana in early March 2012. This will be a huge under-taking. We will be feeding

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African VibzBy African Prince

KINSHASA, Congo — In 51 years history, Congo just held his second democratic election and the first to be organized entirely by the government instead of by the international commu-nity.

Congo’s President Joseph Kabila won another term in office, the election commission said Friday, defeating the main opposi-tion candidate whose sup-porters vowed to take to the streets. Plumes of smoke smudged the skyline as tires were burned outside tabu-lation centers.

Joseph Kabila won with 49 percent of the 18.14 million votes cast; while longtime opposition lead-er Etienne Tshisekedi had 32 percent, according to the final result released by election commission chief Daniel Ngoy Mulunda. The rest of votes were split among more than a half-dozen other candidates.

The temperature in the capital of Kinshasa is very high. The followers of the main opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi are still speculating on what to do, while the followers of Joseph Kabila are rejoic-ing on the streets under the surveillance of the army

International observ-ers said the vote was flawed but stopped short of calling it fraudulent. Most say ir-regularities across sub-Sa-haran Africa’s largest nation weren’t enough to change the outcome of Congo’s sec-ond democratic election. But many opposition sup-porters believe Tshisekedi won, setting the stage for a

confrontation.The opposi-

tion accuses inter-national observers and the interna-tional community of supporting the 40-year-old Joseph Kabila.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for “any differences regard-ing the provisional results of the polls to be resolved peacefully through avail-able legal and mediation mechanisms,” according to a statement Friday. The U.N. chief condemned any acts of violence, and reiterated his call for calm, urging “all can-didates and their support-ers to exercise restraint.”

The French Foreign Ministry released a state-ment Friday urging “the candidates who context the provisional results to do so through legal channels.”

“France calls on all Congolese political play-ers to show restraint and a spirit of responsibility,” it said. “France will condemn any incitement to violence.”

Britain’s Africa minis-ter Henry Bellingham said in a statement Friday that he welcomed the publica-tion of polling station data. “This is an important step towards ensuring the trans-parency of the process.”

Election violence killed at least 18 people and left more than 100 wounded. Most of the deaths were caused by troops loyal to president Kabila, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

Kabila’s father Laurent

Kabila had seized power of the nation, then known as Zaire, after overthrowing dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997. Laurent Kabila was assassinated in 2001 and his son Joseph took over this vast, mineral-rich country in the heart of Africa. Kabila was then elected president in 2006 in a vote overseen and organized by the U.N.

Congo’s enormous ge-ography has proved chal-lenging both for the elector-al commission organizing it as well as for the country’s government. Its rain for-ests in the east still har-bor vicious rebel armies, including remnants of the Interhamwe, the militia responsible for Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.

Congo has survived two civil wars, which together pulled in nine neighbor-ing countries more than a decade ago. Even though Congo is the size of Western Europe, it remains one of the globe’s most impov-erished nations and was recently listed last on the United Nations’ worldwide index of human develop-ment.

The election results must now be approved by the Supreme Court.

Democratic Republic Of Congo, 2nd Democratic Election In 51 Years

CARIBBEAN LIFESTYLE TV NO LONGER ON CIN TV

Station executives looking for new home to broadcast the program

NY based Caribbean Lifestyle Media (CLM TV) which made its debut on the Caribbean International Network (CIN), channel 73 (WNYC-TV) in Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens on Sunday, January 7, 2007, re-cently aired its last program on the network.

CLM TV co-producer Clement Hume said the ex-ecutive team was informed that its contract with

CIN TV was not being re-newed in an email from net-work head honcho Stephen Hill.

“It came as a total shock and surprise when we were informed that the plug was being pulled in two weeks” Hume indicated.

Truth be told, all locally produced programs here in NY were created by indi-viduals who have made sig-nificant sacrifices, whilst the owners of CIN reaped all the financial benefits.

Earlier this year CLM TV team became the first NY based Caribbean TV pro-ducers, to be awarded a USA Congressional Proclamation from Congressman Gregory Meeks (NY-6) for outstand-ing contribution to the Diaspora.



Linkage ChartsTW: This Week, LW: Last Week, WOC: Weeks on Chart

TOP TEN DANCEHALL SINGLESTW LW WOC 1 1 15 Blood A Boil – Khago – TJ Records2 4 12 Wife A Wife – Lady saw - TJ Records3 5 7 Mi Property – Lady G – G String Productions4 2 16 Delilah – Mavado – Mansion Records5 3 13 Wedding Crashers – Sean Paul &Future Fambo – Western Ent6 6 3 BBM Broadcast – Tony Matterhorn - Darkside7 8 3 Good Good – D’Angel – Good Good Production8 7 9 Talk – Kiprich – DJ Frass Production9 10 3 Iyahana – Hot Slims Bounce10 1 1 Woman – Iyahblazze – House of Leeds Records

TOP TEN REGGAE SINGLESTW LW WOC 1 1 13 A House Is Not A Home – Freddie McGregor – Steely & Clevie Pro

2 2 16 When I’m With You – Da’Ville – Tads Records3 4 9 Seal The Link – Chino – Di Genius4 3 14 One By One – Laza Morgan feat. Mavado – Electra Records5 6 3 He stopped Loving Her Toady –Beres Hammond-VP Records6 5 8 I Love Ya – Ed Robinson – E2 Recording Inc7 7 3 California – Romain Virgo – VP Records8 8 2 Collide – Singing Melody9 10 2 Chalice – Guinney Pepper – Love Injection Production10 9 15 Distant Love – Crisopolis – RPR Music ProductionsNew Corner Stone – Jermaine Michael – Stashment RecordsNew Nah Complain – Kyenie–Born Free label

December 13th 2011 – January 2nd 2012

New York Vibes By Howard Renrut

NYC Crooner Singer Elvis D On A Musical Mission For 2012

New York based reggae singer Elvis D is hoping to take on the world in 2012 and stamp his authority as a singer of class.

Last year, the singer garnered the spotlight for pooling resources with DJ Lushy Banton and Sheila Hylton on a tribute song titled “Black, Gold & Green” that celebrated the aston-ishing prowess and the accomplish-ments of Jamaican athletes world-wide.

Earlier this year, Elvis went back in studios and recorded some hot new songs that are enjoying rotation on radio stations in the tri-state area. “I am extremely happy with the posi-tive feedback I have been getting for the new tracks that I have recorded.

I am hoping for a much bigger year in 2012 and beyond” he said. “A few of the songs are making strides here in NY and on the Richie B chart in Jamaica.”

Among his most recent record-ings are “She Is My Girl,” “She Want It,” “Love How You Touch Me” and a hot ballad titled “Name & Number” featuring female singer Levantay.

Elvis’ biggest career hit, a lov-ers rock ballad titled “Party Time” enjoyed heavy rotation in the tri-state area. The song was the lead single from his’ debut album “Perfect Vibes.” A energetic performer, he has graced the stage at a number of festi-val and special events in the USA.

He recently appeared as a de-tective in the Jamaican movie “Total Corruption.” “This is my first movie and I am looking forward to doing many more in the future” he said.

New Dancehall Reggae Compilation Featuring Vybz Kartel, Popcaan, Buju, Mavado, Sean Paul & Fambo

21st Hapilos Distribution has just released the debut single from the highly a n t i c i p a t e d new compila-tion album, C E R T I F I E D BOOMSHOTS Vol. 1. This is the first of a series of compilations officially endorsed by Boomshots Magazine.

From multi platinum hit-mak-ers to the freshest new sounds of the Kingston streets and clas-sic roots rock reggae, CERTIFIED BOOMSHOTS hits you with the raw uncut. The album’s classic throw-back is “Penitentiary” by the late, great Gregory Isaacs. Buju Banton, Popcaan, Vybz Kartel, Mavado, Tarrus Riley, Sean Paul, Supa Hype, I-Octane, Wayne Marshall and Shaggy are among the other acts on the compilation.

“Our aim is to continue to help our genre get the maximum visibil-ity it needs in or-der to reach con-sumers across the world,” says Johnny Wonder, executive vice-president of 21st Hapilos.

The reggae in-dustry veteran founded the compa-ny to continue his lifelong mission of carrying the music of Jamaica to the four corners of the earth. “Our Certified Boomshots compilation is what the game’s been missing. We’re going to shake things up all around the world.”

Boomshots is the first publication to recognize the profound impact of dancehall sound system culture as the DNA of worldwide youth cul-ture. “Our mis-sion is simple, really,” says B o o m s h o t s founder and Editor In Chief Rob Kenner. “We just want to break down the walls of musical apartheid, and place dancehall culture where it belongs—at the center of ev-erything.”

“The time is long over-due for this music and this culture to get the respect it deserves,” says Kenner, who’s written about reggae and dancehall music for publica-tions like Complex, Billboard, The New York Times, InStyle, VIBE, Spin, and Ego Trip.

The prototype issue of Boomshots magazine is being published by RJK Media LLC, and will available in print and digital formats by the end of 2011. “Our boomshots bust musically,” says Kenner.

“Artistically, Photographicall, Journalistically. Boomshots is about to change the game.”

Boom Tony On Tour With Khago. Making Strides With Yellowman Collab

Reggae singer Boom Tony is liv-ing large and loving it! Tony was in NY last weekend with dancehall artiste Khago for a special perfor-mance in Mt. Vernon.

Tony is also enjoying an up surge in his career with two new singles - Woman Deserve The Best and Stop The War featuring Yellowman.

“I feel honored to have had the opportunity to record a song with King Yellowman. Yellowman is a musical icon and someone that I have admired for a very long time,” said the ar-tiste on his Yellowman col-lab.

The tracks have been getting rotation in Jamaica. Micheal Jones from Wagon Works Music which is handling distribution said the songs have also been making inroads on stations in Florida, Connecticut and even in Canada.

“We kicked off the promotions in Jamaica and here in the north east and music lovers are warming up to them,” Jones said. Boom Tony, who now calls California home, is no stranger to the industry having first recorded for his uncle “Mikey Zapow” of the renowned Zapow

Band. After migrating to

the US in 1994, Boom Tony snagged spots, performing on some of the major concerts in California. Presently he is in studio work-ing on his debut album Top Klass which will include the two new singles.



The agricultural sector plays a criti-cal role in feeding our society, but we do not produce sufficient quantities to satisfy our demand. As a consequence, our food import bill averages between US $700 - 800 million dollars.

This Nine (9) Point Plan is a first step in addressing some of the prob-lems in the sector in the short to me-dium term (over the next 12 months).

Below are 2 more points, check the next issue of Linkage Linkz for more points.

1. Adding value to primary production and canning the excess/Tourism/School Feeding ProgrammeTo promote the value-added agenda, RADA will work in tandem with the So-cial Development Commission, (SDC), and the Parish Councils in each parish to select one unique product to that parish to commercialize. As part of this initiative, RADA will also enlist support from the Jamaica Business Develop-ment Center, public health authorities, the Scientific Research Council, PMO’s, and the Private Sector.• establish a Clearing House for

tourism - to solve payment and quality issues between farmers and hoteliers

• the Ministry will also facilitate in-ter-agency dialogue to incorporate locally grown produce in the Gov-ernment operated School Feeding Programme

2.Yam/Banana/Traditional crops/Spice Industry Development Programme• resuscitate and place greater em-

phasis on producing traditional crop.

• pest and diseases research and control;

• prolonging the shelf life • market development

We are forming a community and we are looking for Jamaican’s abroad to invest back a yard,

through Agriculture. For more information call – 914 434 4205

Incentives for Investing:SUBSIDIZED LAND PREPARATION - In an effort to reduce the capital costs incurred by agro-investors/agro-businesses, the government has acquired agricultural machines and equipment. The services of these machines and equipment are made available to agro-investors/agro-businesses at a subsidized rate.

SUBSIDIZED IRRIGATION - In an effort to mitigate against the adverse effects of drought and the high cost of irrigation on the development of the sector, the Ministry has sought to provide further support through the subsidization of irrigation.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT - The research and devel-opment arm of the ministry is equipped with the resources and techni-cal competence and provides oversight and support to new agricultural initiatives.

INCOME TAX RELIEF FOR APPROVED FARMERS - Section 36(d) of the Income Tax Act 21 of 1982 was enacted for the purpose of encourag-ing agricultural production by granting income tax relief to any person engaging or proposing to engage in a prescribed agricultural activity. A “prescribed” agricultural activity is any activity which the Minister of Finance prescribes by Order in the Jamaica Gazette.

THE EXCHANGE CONTROL ACT - The Government of Jamaica has no restrictions on the movement of foreign currencies flowing either in or out of Jamaica. This Act facilitates the free movement of capital to other countries, whether for investment or repatriation purposes.

Invest in Jamaica Bro Gary SehAll de woman dem who believe inna dem self, dem new name a Puttis.

Venroy Nairne, President of COTTON TREE TOYS FOR KIDS organization.

A native of Union, Balaclava, in the Parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies.In retrospect of my childhood days growing up in St. Elizabeth I realized that there was no system in place for our youth who were not privileged to get toys and gifts to brighten their smiles at Christmas time.

In 1996, I launched my first Christmas treat for the children. The organiza-tion provides an estimated four hundred (400) gifts to children every year.

We salute Mr. Nairne for giving back to his community in Jamaica and put-ting a smile on hundred of children’s faces.

Visit their website at www.cottontreestoysforkids.com

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The Financial Corner

Greetings my sisters and brothers and wel-come to another fi-

nancial corner. Christmas is fast approaching and you the consumers are on a spend-ing high. In today’s edition of the financial corner I am go-ing to reveal a strategy you can use to stop yourself from overspending this Christ-mas.

Gone are the days of using cash to purchase goods and services. Almost ev-

erybody is using credit cards and debit or bank cards these days. This Christmas I encourage you to welcome the old days of Christmas shopping. I suggest that you leave your credit cards and debit cards at home and use cash. Most experts warn against this because it’s not suggested for you to walk around with cash. However, being an adult, you will just need to be extremely careful. Besides, this is not some-

thing you are going to be do-ing all the time.

Here is the 3 step process: Step 1. Get a box of enve-lopes from the 99c store and on each envelope write down the names of every-body you are buying gift for this Christmas and the amount of money you intend to spend on the gift for each person. Get a separate enve-lope and on that envelope write “extra”.Step 2. Go to the bank and withdraw the total amount of money you intend to spend on gifts, and then place the money in each envelope by amount for each person you intend to buy the gift.Step 3. Remove all your debit cards and credit cards from your wallet or purse. Leave them at home, and then go shopping with your envelopes. Whatever change you get while shopping put

in the envelop that says “ex-tra”.

Recent statistics have shown that 96% of the pop-ulation plan to buy gift this Christmas up from 90% last year. This of course will help to boost the economy. However the sad thing is that most of these individuals will not be using a budget. My sisters and brothers if you follow these steps you will be surprised to see how stress free you will be come January 2012.

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3 Step Process To Stop You From Overspending This Christmas.

ImmigrationDear D J Linkage:First, I would just like to say keep up the great job on your newspaper Linkage Linkz.

I will be a green card holder for four years coming March. I am currently engaged and will be getting married next June. My fiancé has a US visa and is able to travel back and forth from Jamaica to the United States.

I would like to know, should I start filing for him right after the marriage or should I wait until I have my citizenship? When is the right time to file for him? In the event that I file for him right after wedding, would that terminate his visa?

Best Regards,M. Bailey

Dear Ms. Bailey,Thanks for your kind words and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.

Getting married will not au-tomatically cancel your fian-cé’s visa. Having a visa gives a person the permission to legally travel to the US bor-der and ask for permission to enter.

This means that anyone with a visa can be denied entry at any time. Once you are married and your hus-band travels to the US, he should be prepared to an-swer all questions asked by the Customs officer truth-fully. He should also be pre-pared to prove to the officer that he has no intention of

overstaying his visit in the US, that is, that he will visit and return to Jamaica.

If your husband is em-ployed in Jamaica, he should travel with proof of his Jamaican employment and other documents that will show that he has ties to Jamaica that he cannot just abandon. If asked who he is visiting in the US, he should truthfully tell them his wife.

Sometimes people be-lieve that they should give answers that will help their situations but are not truth-ful. In the immigration con-text, that is considered im-migration fraud and will prevent you from obtaining permanent residency unless you can obtain a hardship waiver.

As a permanent resi-dent for four years, you are at least one year away from qualifying to file for citizen-ship. After filing for citizen-ship it can take up to two more years for you to be interviewed and maybe an-other few months until you are sworn in as a citizen.

Although on average it takes about six months from filing to the naturalization interview, it can take up to two years.

With that in mind, you should immediately go ahead and file for your husband once you have your marriage certificate in hand. Currently, it is taking about three years for a visa to become available for the spouse of a green card hold-er.

Tyrone Senior

Digicel Partners With Ben Stiller Foundation For Charity

Ben stiller’s philanthropic or-ganization, the Stiller Founda-tion, has announced a part-

nership with the Digicel Foundation to build schools in Haiti to help sup-port the country’s education system.

The Stiller Foundation has been working to rebuild schools after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The Stiller Foundation’s primary mission is to promote the education and well-being of children through initiatives that develop and support

high-quality schools. Inspired by his first visit to Haiti

in 2009, Stiller began a unique fund-raising campaign, ‘Stillerstrong’, which raised more than US$300,000 for school construction. Stiller ex-panded his commitment to Haiti in 2010 and has been supporting the reconstruction of schools after the earthquake. Two of these schools will be completed and serving more than 600 primary and secondary students by the end of this calendar

year.The Digicel Foundation, founded

by Denis O’Brien, chairman of cell-phone operator Digicel Group, has supported education projects in Haiti since 2007. The Digicel Foundation has built 70 schools across the coun-try and plans to build another 80, mostly in rural areas. The founda-tion has also focused on improving education quality in the past through teacher-training initiatives.

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Vitamin D deficiency may be causing Black People in the Diaspora to die more from Cancers, Diabetes, and Heart Diseases.Written By: NuSpecies Corporation

Hundreds of epidemiological, clinical studies and scientific re-search (Studies) by reputable,

global medical organizations theorize that Black People in North America, Eu-rope and the Caribbean (Diaspora) are plagued by and die more from certain Cancers, Diabetes, High Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure than Whites. NuSpecies recognizes that while clini-cal studies are well-intended, they are not without flaws. NuSpecies has been helping thousands of NuSpecies cli-ents (NuSpeciesians) and we have had considerable anecdotal proof that Vita-min D is a major factor in Diasporans’ health.

Probably 60-80 percent of Diasporans, children, young men and women included, are believed to suffer Vitamin D deficiency and related low blood count (in many cases the defi-ciency is chronic). About 80 percent of Black Women are believe to have or will have fibroids or uterine disorders, among other Breast and reproductive organ problems much too early in life. Likewise, most Black Men are believed to prematurely suffer from some forms of Prostate disorders (urine frequency, urine burning, enlarged Prostate and Prostate cancer) … much too early in their lives. Prostate cancer is perhaps the number one killer of Black Men outside of Africa. It is believed to be the number one killer of Jamaican men. Prostate cancer is contracted from ages 30-60 but the typical age at which this disease should strike is 80-90. This means that the glands and organs of Diasporans are aging too prematurely.

Some of these theories definitely support NuSpecies anecdotal evi-dence but NuSpecies’ own discover-ies are not absolute proofs. After consulting with and subsequently pro-viding frequent guidance to thousands of NuSpeciesians who are Black, and consistently observing vast health im-provements, we conclude that Vitamin D deficiency seems to play a major role in Black Diasporans’ degraded health and premature death.

The health conditions range from the common cold to Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Cancers, and Arthritis among numerous other health disorders. NuSpeciesians come to NuSpecies for assistance in cleans-

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Check your Vitamin D and blood count levels with your doctors. A high quality Vitamin D should have both Vitamin A & D and be in Cod Liver Oil. Vitamin D products can be toxic and unsafe; many are synthetic or obtained from pond-raised fish fed with synthet-ic pellets. The wrong supplement can cause more harm than good.

Humans require Vitamin D for all glandular and body functions. Diasporans’ diets are often rich in ani-mal flesh, dairy products, processed or fast foods (diets of proteins, fats and cholesterol). Vitamin D deficiency is unfortunately far more pernicious with any of these diets. Human glands are very fatty tissues, especially the Prostate and Breast glands. Unused and higher level of cholesterol is a ma-jor promoter of Prostate cancer devel-opment and aggressive progression or metastasis. Cholesterol promotes tu-mor cell growth! While NuSpecies does not necessarily, entirely endorse the Studies, NuSpecies anecdotal observa-tions do support them.

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Sports

World number one Luke Donald has been named the PGA Tour Player of the Year for 2011 after a season which saw the Briton achieve his-toric success in the U.S. and Europe.

The 34-year-old became the first player to finish top of both the European and PGA Tour money lists by coming third at the season-ending Dubai World Championship last weekend.

The recipient of the award is decided by a play-er’s vote, with Donald given the honor after registering 14 top-10 finishes in 19 PGA Tour events including two tournament victories.

Another player reward-ed for a fine season was American Keegan Bradley, who was named Rookie of the Year after a break-through campaign which saw him clinch August’s

PGA Championship in ad-dition to the Byron Nelson Championship in May.

Donald is the first British player to claim the honor in its 21-year history and the first European since Irishman Padraig Harrington in 2008.

In addition to U.S. suc-cess, Donald also dominated in Europe with three tour-nament wins and 10 top-10 finishes.

As pinpointed in this space a few weeks ago, the 4x400 final is near the end of a five-day sequence of non-stop sprinting facing the tall man in London.

While the 100 is con-tested on day two and three of the Games, he runs the 200 heats, semis and finals on days five, six and seven, and with the 4x400 final and the 4x100 final following on days eight and nine.

He wouldn’t have to wor-ry about being too tired for the 4x100, where Jamaica are the defending champions and world record holders.

With the schedule as it is, he may have to choose be-tween the relays. As things stand, Jamaica can probably win the 4x100 without him. The team won without Asafa Powell in Daegu at the 2011 World championships and Powell is a super anchor-man.

With a fit Powell, World champion Yohan Blake, speedy Nesta Carter and reli-able Michael Frater, Jamaica has the speed and baton-passing skill to beat the world.

The 4x400 is a differ-ent matter. Only Jermaine Gonzales met the World Championships 400-me-tre ‘A’ qualifying stan-

dard of 45.25 seconds in 2011. Hopefully, Ricardo Chambers will be back to his 44.50 form in 2010, but that wouldn’t scare the USA. The Americans dominate the event and hold all important 4x400 titles, indoors and outdoors, junior and senior.

Eye-opening relaysIf Jamaica wants to chal-

lenge the Americans in the 4x400, Bolt will have to run. He ran 44.4 at the 2004 Penn Relays not long after his world 200-metre junior re-cord of 19.93 seconds at the Carifta Games, and 44-flat at the 2010 Gibson Relays in two eye-opening 4x400 re-lay carries.

Many suspect that the IAAF, the governing body for world athletics, moved the 4x100 to last because of Bolt. Apparently, the decision makers wanted him to open the show, in the 100, and close it, in the 4x100. Now that it is publicly known that he wants to chase four gold medals in London, it’s time to change the schedule back.

World No.1 Donald Handed PGA award

Now that Usain Bolt has read the London Olympic schedule, he doesn’t sound too keen on running the

4x400 next year

Jamaica Heading to 2014 Ice Hockey Olympics

S p r i n t e r Sunday Bada Dies At Forty Two

Barbados Football

Association Head To

Enter CFU Race

Jamaica is well set to field an ice hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Moscow, Russia.

Through the efforts of the Jamaica Olympic Ice Hockey Team, a non-prof-it organization based in Colorado, which received the endorsement of the Jamaica Olympic Association, this Caribbean island will assem-ble a squad of highly skilled players of Jamaican heritage who currently play all over the world.

Inspired in part by the Jamaica bobsled team, the JOIHT is planning what they have described as an un-precedented undertaking to bring much-needed diver-sity to a sport dominated by other cultures.

The JOIHT will not re-quire financial support from Jamaica’s already cash-strapped coffers, but have budgeted that to achieve their goals it will cost about

US$1.7 million, money that they claim they are well on the way to acquiring.

“We have some funding sources in place. Members of our team are on the boards of major banks in the United States. We have celebrities, we have sports figures.

We just spoke with a prominent Jamaican hockey player in Canada who has pledged his support. We have so many people who are willing to come on board financially, and we are also going to make Jamaicans all over the world be part of it, if they want to contribute.”

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

Ronald Jones has emerged as another candi-date for the vacant position of president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

A local newspaper reported yesterday that Jones, the president of the Barbados Football Association (BFA) and the Barbados minister of educa-tion, is soon expected to an-nounce his candidacy for the vacant CFU position.

The newspaper said David Hinds, general sec-retary of the BFA, will also challenge for the same po-sition at the CFU after in-cumbent Angenie Kanhai of Trinidad & Tobago resigned earlier this month.

The positions on the CFU executive have become vacant, following the cash-for-votes scandal in which several key figures were im-plicated.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP):The Athletics Federation of Nigeria says retired sprinter Sunday Bada, a former Olym-pic medallist and indoor world champion, has died

Federation President Solomon Ogba told The Associated Press that Bada died on Monday December 12, 2011, in Lagos. He said the circumstances of his death were still unclear.

Ogba said Bada, who was working as the technical direc-tor of the federation, was “very healthy” as far as he knew and had recently attended a Nigeria Olympians Association meeting.

Bada was a member of the Nigerian team that won sil-ver in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also took gold in the 400 at the 1997 World Indoor Championships in Paris.

Incredibly Weird Fact About The Human BodyYou are taller in the morning: Throughout the day, the cartilage between your bones is compressed, making you about 1 cm shorter by day’s end.



Fun and FactsDID YOU KNOW?• Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday

the 13th.”• No word in the English language rhymes with month, or-

ange, silver, and purple.• “I am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English

language.

TranslationUSA: It’s time for a perm. TnT: Gyul, you head need straightening bad. You don’t see all de gren-gren showin.

USA: I have a stomach ache. TnT: Oh my belly gripein me.

USA: He has no manners. TnT: He don’t have no broughtupcy.

USA: WOW! He has such a bad body odor TnT: You doesn’t bade? You smelling stink!

A St Lucian FiremanA St Lucian fireman came home from work one day and said to his wifey, know something, we have a wonderful new sys-tem at de fire station…Bell 1 rings - we put on our jacketsBell 2 rings - we slide down the poleBell 3 rings - we jump on the engine and were ready to go

From now on when I says “Bell One” me want you to strip naked. When I says “Bell two” you jump on the bed. When I says “Bell three” were going to make love all through the night.The next night he came home and shouted Bell one and she

stripped naked Bell two and she jumped on the bed Bell three and they started to make love.After a few minutes the wifey yelled out Bell four!What de hell is bell four? The fireman yelled. She replied “Roll out more hose man, roll out more hose, you ain’t nowhere near de fire!”

Things A Jamaica Would Never Do• You ever see a Jamaican acting on big screen going into a haunted house and asking...

”Trevor you in deh?” If him foolish enough fi go into the haunted house him and the dup-pies can fight it out in the house.

• You ever hear a Jamaican man say “no honey...no need to cook rice and peas with oxtail and a little chicken pon a Sunday...... mek we order in a pizza nuh?” Try you best.....not pon yu life.

• You ever see a Jamaican come to work and tell everybody there business, how they never bathe this morning, just brush their teeth and wash face....

Border Crossing A California Highway Patrolman pulled a car over and told the Guyanese driver that, because he was wearing his seat belt, he had just won US$5,000 in the State safety competition.

“So, what are you going to do with the money?” asked the policeman. “Well, I gwan get a driver license,” he answered with pride and jubilation.

“Oh, don’t listen to he.” yelled the Trinidadian woman in the passenger’s seat. “He always a smart ass when he drunk.”

This commotion woke up the Barbadian guy in the back seat. He took one look at the cop and moaned, “Oh shit-rass, we go a foreign and get catch in a car we thief.”

At that moment, there was a knock from the trunk and a Jamaican voice yelled out, “Hey! I man mek it krass de barda yet?!”

One Sunday MorningSunday morning in Bedford Stuyvesant, New York. The church is packed and the devil decides to pay a visit.

The doors burst open; a black cloud rolls in with the devil in its midst. People jump out of the pews and run outdoors, screaming - all except for two people. One is the Pastor, the other is a West Indian.

Satan is a bit perplexed. He points to the Pastor and says, “You! I can understand why you didn’t run away, you are in your Lord’s house, you preach against me everyday and you aren’t afraid of me.

But YOU (points to the West In-dian), why didn’t you run out scared like everyone else?”

The West Indian crosses one leg over the other and replies, “See one, see de other! I been married to you sister for 36 years!”



Bob Marley’s widow, Rita Marley is upset with Bob’s brother for using the family name to sell everything from concerts to fish, poultry, energy drinks and booze, and she’s suing to stop him.

Rita Marley and nine of Bob’s kids filed a feder-al lawsuit against Richard Booker, Bob’s brother from another father for trademark infringement and unauthorized use of Marley’s likeness.

According to the suit, Booker’s been real busy, registering the trade-mark “Mama Marley” to sell among other things fish, fish and chips, fish cakes, fish croquettes, fish fillets, fish mousse,

and fish sausages. In addition, the suit

claims Booker is using Marley’s name and im-age to market an annual concert in Miami, known as the Nine Mile Music Festival. Nine Mile is the Jamaican village where Bob was born and is now buried.

Bob’s family says they have the rights to all things Marley and want all of Booker’s profits. They also want a judge to order Booker to stop all future use of the name.

Interestingly, next year’s headliners at that Nine Mile Music Festival include Stephen, Damian and Julian Marley all plaintiffs in the suit.

Bob Marley’s Family Sues Bob’s Brother Over Use of the Marley Name





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