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Tinga Stewart

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Tinga StewartTinga Stewart (born Neville Stew-

art, c.1955, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae singer. Stewart won the

Festival Song Contest three times, twice as a singer and once as a songwriter.

Stewart’s career began in the late 1960s, his first single being 1969’s “She’s Gone”, with Ernest Wilson of The Clarendonians. He worked with

producer Derrick Harriott in the early 1970s, with releases such as “Hear That Train”, and performed on the PNP band-wagon in 1971, in support of Michael Manley’s election campaign.

He sang with The Wildcats, Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, and The Boris Gardiner Happenning, then went solo and had a local hit in 1973 with “Funny Feeling”, and won the 1974 Festival Song Contest with Ernie Smith’s “Play de Music”, which went on to be-come a hit in both the Jamaican chart and the United Kingdom reggae chart.

The following year, Tinga wrote “Hooray Festival” with Willie Lindo, the entry sung by his brother Roman Stewart, which also won. This success led to releases in the UK on the Opal label, but the brothers’ festival success hampered their early ca-reers, with them being regarded as ‘festival singers’.

Tinga was involved in the mid to late 1970s with the Wildflower project, with Lloyd Charmers and Ernie Smith, and worked extensively on the Jamaican

hotel circuit, but his career began to take off again in the late 1970s, with singles recorded at Channel One Studios, including “Dry Up Your Tears” and “Rainy Night In Georgia”, and winning the Festival Song Contest again in 1981 with “Nuh Wey Nuh Better Dan Yard”, and the same year being voted the most popular reggae artist in Jamaica.

Two albums followed on John Carroll’s Calabash label. Singles such as “Gypsy Rasta”, “Key To Your Heart”, and a version of “Red Red Wine”, were followed by what is often considered the first gen-uine combination single, “Take Time To Know” recorded with

the deejay Ninjaman. The combina-tion singles continued with “Knock Out Batty” (with Tinga Love) and “I Wanna Take You Home” (with Little Twitch), with the album Tinga Stewart with the Dancehall DJs following.

Stewart took part in the Reggae Sunsplash world tour in 1989, touring Japan. He continued to record in the 1990s and 2000s, having now released over 200 singles, and has toured the United States, Canada, Japan, England, and Africa, as well as working as a pro-ducer.



RELATIONSHIP ADVICE with Father Linkage

It is said that love sometimes goes, sometimes flies, runs with one, walks gravely with anoth-er, turns into ice or turns into flames.

To have a healthy relationship, it takes time to grow and learn about each other, meeting new challenges with confidence and enthusiasm, otherwise it will be like lightening it begins and ends at the same moment.

Are these signs that I should walk away from a re-lationship?

Answer TRUE or FALSE1. (S)he shows and tells me he does not love me any more. (T) (F)

2. (S)he abuses me both physically and emotion-ally. (T) (F)

3. When (S)he feels inferior because one is more educated or earns more than the other. (T) (F)

4. No communication between each other. (T) (F)

5. (S)he won’t compromise. (T) (F)

6. When you feel that you are being used or taken for granted. (T) (F)

7. (S)he starts having secret/private telephone

conversations. (T) (F)

8. (S)he is having an affair and ignores your feel-ings towards it. (T) (F)

9. (S)he stays in an abusive relationship because children are involved. (T) (F)

10. (S)he starts to ignore the sweetness between the sheets. (T) (F)

11. (S)he should stay in an unhappy relationship if you’re the bread winner. (T) (F)

12. No matter what you do, it is not appreciated. (T) (F)

13. When making introductions, you acknowl-edge each other as a friend/ your name/cannot remember who you are. (T) (F)

14. (S)he is causing one to be mentally, emotion-ally and physically stressed out. (T) (F)

15. (S)he looks at each other with resentment and scorn. (T) (F)

16. (S)he don’t trust each other. (T) (F)

17. (S)he saying “I LOVE YOU” without any mean-ing. (T) (F)

18. When the relationship seems stagnant. (T) (F)

19. (S)he have an excuse for each action. (T) (F)

20. One or both of us feels emo-tionally distant. (T) (F)

How sturdy is your relationship?If you answer more than ten (10) true in this questionnaire a therapist or counselor can help you work through your problems, remember LOVE sometimes turns into wounds which may leave some big scars that cannot be erased.

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Until next time, Father Linkage says: Live Life Passionately, Laugh out Loud and Love Unconditionally.

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At Eatery, Find Out On Evening News

(AP) — THE parents of a three-year-old girl forgot their daughter at a Chuck E Cheese fast food restaurant and did not realize it until they saw her picture on the evening news.The girl, named Harmony, was left behind at the theme restaurant after she attended a large party with her par-ents.

According to a report from the Harford County Sheriff ’s Office, both of Harmony’s parents, who share custody, as-sumed the girl had gone home with other relatives.

A restaurant manager alerted sheriff ’s deputies around 8 pm that the girl had been left alone after Harmony ap-proached a staff member to say she was thirsty.

Unable to locate the 3-year-old girl’s parents, the depu-ties asked local news media to put Harmony’s picture on the evening news.

Shortly after Harmony’s picture showed up on the 11 pm newscast, multiple phone calls came into the Sheriff ’s Of-fice, including calls from the girl’s parents.

After police determined that Harmony’s abandonment was not deliberate, Child Protective Services released her to her mother, and no charges are expected to be filed.



Health At Sunrise Quick Tip by Dr. Rahsan Abdul Hakim

Early in the morning, all throughout the house and garden, you can smell the aromat-ic scent of fresh roasted kaffa. Sometimes a pinch of cinnamon and clove is added. So very soothing to the nerves. What a wonder-ful way to start the day!

All Coffee is native to Ethiopia, East Africa where it has its origins and roots. Coffee is called “Kaffa” or “Bunna” (boo-na) in Ethiopia. The three main areas where kaffe grows are Harrar, Ghimbi, and Sidamo (Yirgacheffe). It was first “discovered” by outside cultures (Europeans) in the early 9th century.

The name “coffee” was given its name because it first came from the wild mountain fields of Kaffa, an East Ethiopian providence. It was later introduced into the area called Arabia, which was a province of Ethiopia at that time, and later in the 16th century it spread from there into Europe and other parts of the world. The first coffee shop was opened in England in about 1652(AD).

Traditional Nutritional and Medicinal Uses: In Ethiopia coffee is used as a brain stimulant and also to fight any type of nar-cotic or drug poison. They also use it for snake bites, to draw and neutralize poisons, and to ward off a coma.

Coffee stimulates the pineal and pitu-itary glands, balancing male and female hormones, and greatly improves circula-tion of energy and nutrients to the brain for proper brain function for mental alertness, and eliminating melancholia and vertigo. It aids in removing head congestion, stress and muscle spasms that cause headaches.

It also has a very soothing effect on the vascular system of the body, and at the same time it stimulates and regulates the action of the heart and improves the circulation of the blood and helps with congestive heart fail-ure. It improves the activity of the kidneys, bladder and urinary tract to bring on the flow of urine, and at the same time breaks up gravel, gall stones, and uric acids.

Other traditional and medicinal uses

of coffee are: it helps with muscle spasms, asthma; it cleans the stomach and colon of phlegm, fermented waste, and relieves pockets of gas. Coffee aids with menstrual cramps, low blood pressure, improves circu-lation of the blood.

From ancient times the Ethiopians have chewed the coffee berry when it is ripe red, extracting the juices to give them energy for long hikes over the mountains, or when they needed strength to carry heavy loads, or when they had a lot of hard work to do. Other traditional uses of coffee are for hair mud pack and hair coloring.

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Linkage Awards NominationsSpecial Honorees• Marcia Griffiths• Beres Hammond• Sanchez• Ken Boothe• Wayne Wonder• Barry G• Brigadier Jerry• Lady G

ArtisteMale DJ of the year:• Mavado• Kiprich• Tony Matterhorn

Female Dancehall DJ of the Year:• Tifa• Lady Saw• Lady G

Male Culture Singer of the Year:• Iyahblaze• Chuck Fenda• Prophecy

Female Culture Singer of the Year:• Ifrica• Etana• Junie Ranks Most Outstanding Stage Performance:• Bounty Killa• Kiprich• Tony Matterhorn

Recording Artist of the Year:I-OctaneKhagoRomain Virgo

Radio Personality of the Year (Jamaica):• GT Taylor• Richie B• Barry G• Ron Muchette

Best Female New Artist:• Stacious• Khalilah Rose• Baby Tash

Best Male Vocalist:• Noddy Virtue• Singing Melody• Romain Virgo

Gospel Artist of the Year:• Jabez• Brother George• Sister Ivy

Journalist/TV Personality of the Year:• Anthony Turner• Winford Williams• Denise Hunt

Most Consistent Artist:• Romain Virgo• Khago• I-Octane• Mavado Entertainer of the Year:• Beenie Man• Kiprich• Shaggy• Mavado

Song of the Year:• Live Your Life by Richie Stephens• She Stop Loving Me by Beres Hammond• Rich in Love by Romain Virgo

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Linkage Awards Nominations. Cont.

EntertainmentElephant Man Takes His Plight To New Single Vybz Kartel Writes Letter From PrisonWith mounting legal issues, dancehall artiste Elephant Man has taken his plight to song in a new track, entitled

‘Badmind’.Earlier this year, Elephant Man was of-

fered bail in the amount of $400,000 with surety in The Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.

This was after being charged with griev-ous sexual assault and rape of a 31-year-old female at his Hillcrest Avenue, St Andrew, home last week.

He was also brought before the court last year after it was alleged that an illegal elec-tricity connection was detected at his home.

Also in last year, some of his assets, in-cluding his Mercedes-Benz convertible, were seized. It was said he allegedly owed millions in unpaid taxes.

After being released on bail for the rape case, Elephant Man voiced a song about the issue.

“Dem waan wi mash up and don’t have a

dime/ False witness rise against mine/ Dem waan see wi mash, waan see wi fail/ Waan see wi dead, waan see we drop a jail/ Waan wi get jail without no bail bond,” he said in the song was produced by Stephen McGregor.

In an interview, Elephant Man explained that the song is based on recent occurrences.

He said he was watching the recent Grammy Awards when he was called by McGregor who asked to see him. He said the melody came to him as he remembered his grandmother telling him to read Psalm 27 when the rape case came to the fore.

False witness“The song based on what really hap-

pened. Not just what happen to me, but peo-ple who go through stuff like this so they can relate. False witness gonna rise against you. The song is like Psalm 27,” he said.

“I am talking about stuff pertaining to that (rape case), but I did the chorus on a universal scale so that people on a daily basis can relate to it. I am covering every ground in it.”

Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Palmer) wrote a letter to University of the West Indies (UWI) Profes-sor of Literary and Cultural Sudies Carolyn Cooper ad-dressing his incarceration and current legal situation. This is the first public state-ment from Kartel since his September 2011 arrest.

Dear Ms. Cooper, Good day to you and I

hope you are in the best of health and the highest of

spirits, but I am not.“Ms Cooper as you know

i am in jail on numerous charges and I’d like to tell you that i am an innocent man who needs your help because I’m being painted as this evil ‘D.J. by day, don by night’ murderer who is so-ciety’s number one cause of crime and violence.

The police is using the media to slaughter me and as such i don’t think i will get a fair trial. They are using the media to form public opin-ion of me that is so contra-dictory to the person that I really am. They (police) have tried my case in the public & found me guilty.

“Every single piece of alleged evidence, every new development in the case is thrown on t.v. as if this is a soap opera, but I can assure you that this is no movie to me. This is about my life and my freedom and I take them very seriously.

“My charges are merely allegations, but they are giv-ing the public the impression that i am guilty and that is not fair to me or my family.

“I have been to court on numerous occasions and saw hundreds of accused men who are charged with heinous crimes like murder-ing children, killing police officers, burning & shooting whole families and I have never once saw police on TV discussing the development of those cases, much less ev-ery week, as in my case.”

To be continued………



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The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) — the body responsible for probing police shootings — was kept busy in the aftermath of 10 police killings in the parishes of St Catherine, Claren-don and St James between Thursday night and yesterday morning.

“We cannot make any judgement as to justification of the shootings until the investigations are com-pleted, but the fact that there are so many lives that have been lost is cer-tainly something of grave concern,” head of INDECOM Terrence Williams said.

In the first operation in Eltham Park, St Catherine, two men, be-lieved to be members of the notori-ous Klansman gang, were fatally shot by a police team from the Mobile Reserve and the St Catherine North Police Division. One of the dead men was identified only as ‘J Klans’.

The police reported that about

9:00 pm Thursday members of the constabulary came under gunfire from a group of men when they en-tered the community. The fire was returned and two of the men were hit. Detectives believe members of the group were responsible for the double murder of 22-year-old Leroy Campbell of 204 Brunswick Avenue, Spanish Town and 24-year-old Stephen Dorrant from Angels, also in Spanish Town, on February 7.

In the Clarendon operation, four men were killed during an alleged shoot-out on the border of Portland Cottage and Rocky Point.

The police said about 11:00 pm Thursday officers signaled a vehicle which had four men aboard to stop but instead they came under gunfire from the men and during a gunfight the four were shot dead.

In St James, three men were taken out by the police during an al-leged gunfight on Hart Street. Police

said members of a team were on op-eration in the area when they came under fire from armed men. The fire was returned and the three were later found suffering from gunshot wounds. They were taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where they were pronounced dead. A fire-arm was allegedly recovered during the incident.

In another incident in St James, a police team went to Barracks Road where a man allegedly pulled a gun and fired at the police team. The fire was returned and the man was killed.

The St James shooting victims were identified as 21-year-old Kemar Morris, alias ‘Bush’, of Barracks Road, Montego Bay; Gregory Cole, 25; Andre Cousins; and Michael Green, a 23-year-old student, all of Hart Street in Montego Bay, St James.

Morris’s mother, Gwendolyn Grey, alleged that her son was killed

in cold-blood. “... It was no shoot-out. He was no wrong doer. He usually goes to his bed early every night. The police murdered my son,” Grey told reporters.

According to Grey, she was at home at Barracks Road when she heard a knocking at the door, fol-lowed by voices which identified themselves as police and ordered that she open the door. She said af-ter she opened the door, five cops walked pass her and headed into a room occupied by Morris. She re-counted that shuffling sounds came from inside the room, followed by a gunshot. Her son was later found dead.

The INDECOM boss said the number of police shootings has once again highlighted the need for more resources for the investigating body to effectively carry out its work.

Cops Kill 10 In Three Parishes

West Kingston Explodes Beenie Man Among Supporters for Bounty Killer’s Mother TributeDirector of communications for

the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Karl Angell said the six per-sons were killed during a “running and intense gun battle involving the police and criminals”.

In a statement issued, Angell said when the shooting ended four weapons - an AK-47 assault rifle, a .357 revolver, a 9mm pistol and a .22 pistol were recovered.

“The police believe that three of the five males who were killed are wanted for various crimes in the Kingston Western and Kingston Central divisions, includ-ing murder and shooting with in-tent,” he said.

“The other three persons, in-cluding the lone female, are be-lieved to have been killed during the course of the gun battle.”

This account was, however, contradicted by angry residents who accused the police of murder.

“Murderer, murderer ... Oonu a gwaan like seh oonu a no human being to,” one woman shouted as residents vented their anger at

police personnel who were secur-ing the crime scene.

Another woman, who claimed to have witnessed the shooting, said she saw two unmarked po-lice cars approach a house along Chestnut Lane.

“The police dem come outta di car, kick off di gate and just open fire,” she stated.

As news of the killings spread, a small crowd converged at the Kingston Public Hospital and the adjoining Madden’s Funeral Home as anguished relatives and friends sought to verify the identities of those killed.

One woman broke down in tears outside Madden’s Funeral Home after learning that the fa-ther of her infant child was among those killed.

“Wha me a go tell me daughter when she ask fi har father?” she wailed.

The police later imposed a curfew in the Denham Town com-munity.

An array of Dancehall and Reggae su-perstars turned out to support industry giant, Bounty Killer at a tribute event dedicated to his late mother.

Bounty Killer held a nine night on Monday March 5, in honor of his mother, Ivy Williams aka Miss Ivy, who passed away at the age of 71 follow-ing an illness. The wake, which took place in Bounty’s home community of Seaview Gardens in Kingston featured appearances from several prominent Jamaican artistes such as Busy Signal, Elephant Man, Bridgez, Richie Stephens and Elephant Man, amongst several others.

Perhaps the biggest name, however, on the list of stars that appeared at the nine night was Bounty Killer’s long-time rival, Beenie Man who offered con-dolences and words of encouragement for his on and off friend as they remem-bered Miss Ivy.

Bounty Killer offered his grati-tude to Beenie Man and addressed the support he’s received in this time of mourning, via Twitter, following the conclusion of the wake.

“Me and my family just wanna ex-tend our gratitude and appreciation 4 the turn out and support last nite 4 Mama. It was overwhelming to num-bers of persons that came thru from as far as St. Bess and Clarendon, music in-dustry players, media houses, and the

general public, all my close friends fans and mostly to Moses Davis. The last man some ppl ‘d be looking to see came and paid his respek. Bless up the Doc as Bounty and Beenie is like PNP and JLP, we don’t need one without the other. I love Jamaican ppl yow. We The Best!!” he tweeted.

It remains unknown if or when fu-neral arrangements will be made for Miss Ivy. She was survived by her eight children, with Bounty Killer being the youngest son, as well as several grand-children and great grandchildren.



Greetings Friends,“Voice in the Wind” is aired on Wednesday afternoons, 4 pm on Linkage Radio. It is with great anticipation that I look forward to sharing the word of God with our audience. Friends in Radio land, keep listening, view-ing live on Ustream and calling in with those prayer requests and testimonies.

As we near the end of another month, I reflect on The Rock of my Salvation who has been faithful to preserve me. A rock is a great representation of God - Solid, immov-able, strong! Oh, when I go to the Rock I feel secure, protected and confident!

Psalm 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

Be confident that God can hear you wherever you are! He created all that you can see and all you can’t see. He is capable of answering prayer wherever you might be.

Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is over-whelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.In the book of Luke Jesus told a story; He made a comparison about people who hears His words.

Luke 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like.

Luke 6:48 He is like a man which built an

house, and digged deep, and laid the founda-tion on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

49-But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

If you ever want to build anything that will be of lasting value, build it on the foundation of God’s Word (JESUS). He is the Rock on which we can depend. Lay your foundation on Him and you will outlast the storms of life!

I will admonish you today....... Go to the ROCK!God bless You AllMissionary Monteque

Black History Month Represents Excellence For

Jamaica And All Jamaicans Everywhere (Part 2)

R U N N I N G S Denise (Lady D) Gomez Email: [email protected]

Previously I portrayed some of Jamaica’s scientific luminaries

who achieved remarkable academic standings in recognition of Black History Month. The gradual pro-gression of my writings is expected to go beyond the month of February culminating on August 6 in celebra-tion of Jamaica’s 50th year of inde-pendence.

Our sense of pride, excellence and morale has played pivotal roles in the Jamaican society for decades. The nucleus of the society is not only academically potent; but tenacious in athletics, theatre, dance and mu-sic. The four combined have wooed the world and stumped many in their places and I intend to highlight them all. Within the columns of this article you will find men and women who have been/are relentless in their ac-complishments.

My feature begins with one of the highest-flying standings–Athletics. At the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games, when Jamaica en-tered it’s first-ever athletics team into an international competition, Joseph Mackenzie won a silver medal in the

high jump with a jump of 1.75m. In 1948 Arthur Wint and Herbert Mckenley started a great sprinting tradition when Jamaica made their first ever Olympic appearance at the London Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals.

These athletic greats pioneered the way for Donald Quarrie in 1970 when he won two gold medals by winning the sprint double and led a one-two with Lennox Miller in the 100m. Herb McKinley, Arthur Wint and Donald Quarrie have set the pace for Jamaica’s dominant male athletes over the years such as Albert Lawrence, Raymond Stewart, Michael Frater, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and others. The athlete who stand out most however, is Ambassador the Hon. Usain Bolt, whose mastery on the track contin-ues to elude his contenders. He has smashed world records set by his predecessors and honed an iconic status for himself.

Revered as a male-dominated sport, a beautiful ‘diamond in the rough’ by the name of Merlene Ottey (affectionately called the Bronze

Q u e e n ) , surged on the scene in 1980 and two years later in 1982 capturing the hearts of many Jamaicans as she spurred her way along the track to win the bronze medal and first gold in the 200m by setting a new common-wealth record of 22.19 seconds. Merlene’s 20-year athletic prowess saw her winning numerous med-als and awards. On January 21, 2011, Merlene was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the RJR Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Likened to her male counter-parts, Merlene Ottey also paved the way for a number of Jamaica’s top fe-male athletes who have also excelled in the world in athletics. Grace Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Melaine Walker, Deon Hemmings, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell-Brown, to name a few. What would Jamaica’s sporting portfolio be without these young achievers whose exemplary

performances continue to elevate our nation with pride?

Not to be outdone is the na-tion’s great achievements in Dance. Countless award winning pieces have emerged through artistic per-formances choreographed by some of the best choreographers in the world. The late Prof. Rex Nettleford who co-founded the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC), an ensemble which fo-cuses on fusing together traditional Jamaican music, dance and rituals within the European balletic frame-work is the epitome of progression. Eddy Thomas, Olive Lewin, Clive Thompson, the late Shelia Barnett, Jackie Guy, Tony-Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan, of The Lion King on Broadway, are re-nowned for their artistry.

Among our most prominent dance ensembles to have graced our stages with sterling performances: Stella Maris dancers, L’Acadco, Tivoli dancers, The Edna Manley School of Dance and high school dance troupes across the island. Cont. on page 10



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Last month we celebrated Reggae month and I was so pleased with all the events that took place all over the world in cel-

ebration of Our Music. When I think of how far and wide our music has travelled and of all our Greats who devoted their time, effort and love for our country, I cannot help but beam with pride.

In my opinion, Reggae Music is one of Jamaica’s greatest resources but I am saddened because our Island is not doing all it can to ex-tract, produce and export the Music. We have proven that our Music has the capability to cross over and achieve great success in the in-ternational market place but why is that notori-ety on the decline? We have so much talent but like our natural resources, it has to be searched for and harnessed; refined and packaged.

There is a famous Jamaican saying “One hand cyaan clap”! No one person can do it alone. All the facets associated with our indus-try need to pull together, building the support structures, revolutionizing our processes and finally, standing together in proud appreciation of what is uniquely ours: Our Music.

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Baby Chris Making Big StridesReggae Sensation “Baby Chris” whose real

name is Christopher Lloyd is heating things up in New York and across the globe. The

5 Stars Recording artist turned things up a notch Thursday night at Negril Village in New York City.

Best known for his mega hit Ring Ding Ding, the Jamaica based artist is charming young and old alike with his new sound and cwagg. With hits such as “What Did I Do”, “Why” and “Best Woman”, he is winning fans on all levels.

Thursday night Baby Chris and 5 Stars Recording Inc pulled off a success-ful media meet & greet for both Caribbean and Mainstream me-dia and industry personals. What seems to take everyone by sur-prise was the way the artist media kit was presented.

Wrapped in a “Baby Chris has arrived” diaper were the artist Bio, Photo, CD and a “It’s A Boy” cigar. Not only was it unusual, but fun and creative. Everyone who came out received a package and was actually excited about its content.

Baby Chris has been quietly making his mark in the industry recently and is now on the verge of hitting the crossover market. Everyone is now taking notice of his talent and is excited about his fresh sound and charming person-ality.

In Jamaica there’s no getting around Baby Chris and Team 5 Stars. Posters can be found all over the island, from country to town. The Jamaica leg of the team, Earth Life Music headed by Ms. Tyehimba Kafele has left no stone unturned when it comes to promoting this popular artist. His music, video and posters can be found at all corners of the island.

Mr. Born Cwagg as he’s called will be per-forming on the upcoming Linkage Award Show on March 11th at the Macedonia Center in Mt. Vernon, New York.

Baby Chris and his label 5 Stars Recording Inc is set to hit hard with his upcoming Born Cwagg Japan Tour starting March 23rd in Okinawa. He will be doing shows in Kyouto, Fukuoka, Osaka, Okinawa and more, so check your local city for tour dates.

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Jamaica And All Jamaicans Everywhere (Part 2)

R U N N I N G S Continued from page 9

In addition, 4-H Clubs also played an important role in showcasing young talents many of whom went on to pursue studies in the performing arts throughout the world.

The notion that our nation is subdued under a myriad of miti-gating conditions has caused many Jamaicans to negate all positive achievements leaving little room in which our future generation can aspire. The pur-

pose of this column aims to re-invent our approach to forward-thinking.

My title: Black History Month represents Excellence for Jamaica and all Jamaicans everywhere, is not intended to purport an aura of superiority but rather for us to instill in the minds of our young that educa-tion is fundamental. The late Malcolm X in one of his profound quotes - “There is no better than

adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your perfor-mance the next time.”



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African Dictator Pays $3 Million To Rename Un Prize

The president of Equatorial Guinea Theodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is trying to

buy the world while his people are leaving in poverty and lack of basic necessity.

The board of the U.N. agency for education, science and culture meets Monday and is expected to discuss the $3 million UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences, which it accepted in 2008.

A chorus of outrage from around the world so far has delayed a deci-sion on the prize that activists say should be quashed definitively.

Railing against Obiang’s effort “to abuse the reputation and stand-ing” of UNESCO, the New York-based Open Society Justice Initiative ac-cused him of using the prize “to laun-der the image of his regime.”

Obiang has the support of African countries that form the biggest bloc in the agency’s 58-member execu-tive board, with 14 seats compared to nine held by Western nations.

At last year’s board meeting, Obiang supporters seized the issue as imperiling the honor of Africa and turned the debate into one pit-ting developed countries against the G-77, according to a U.S. Embassy cable published by WikiLeaks.

It quoted UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova of Bulgaria as telling the U.S. ambassador to France that she had maneuvered a delay by arguing that UNESCO had not received enough applicants for the prize to award a winner.

She said there were only 14 ap-plications — with only five from Africa, and contrasted that to most

UNESCO prizes receiving more than 60 applicants for purses much small-er than the $300,000 offered by the Obiang prize.

The cable quoted Bokova as warning: “I cannot ignore a board decision forever. I have given time for you to act.”

Ranged on the side of human rights activists are various govern-ments and legislators, a coalition of human rights, press freedom, anti-corruption and public health orga-nizations as well as several UNESCO prize winners and Nobel laureates.

South Africa’s retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu last year was among signatories to a letter saying they were “deeply troubled by the well-documented record of human rights abuse, repression of press freedom and official corruption that have marked his (Obiang’s) rule.”

Open Society Justice Initiative noted that Equatorial Guinea boasts Africa’s highest per capita gross na-tional income of $17,608 a year, one of its smallest populations of about 700,000 and the most glaring dis-parity in the world.

“Yet under President Obiang’s

rule, Equatorial Guinea has some of the lowest health and education lev-els in the world. Most of the popula-tion is mired in desperate poverty, with more than 60 percent living on less than $1 per day according to the U.N. Development Assistance Framework,” it said.

Equatorial Guinea was the worst governed country of all surveyed for UNDP’s 2011 Human Development Report, as measured by the discon-nect between available wealth and development.

Monday’s meeting in Paris comes two weeks after Obiang’s son Teodorin used his new position as Equatorial Guinea’s deputy ambas-sador to UNESCO to try to prevent French police investigators from searching his luxury Paris home.

Instead, police seized tens of millions of dollars worth of antiques, art works and other luxury goods in-cluding a $2 million Louis XIV desk, Open Society said. The Avenue Foch mansion itself is reportedly worth more than $670 million, it said.

Obiang gave his heir-apparent the diplomatic post after French ju-dicial officials in September seized

16 luxury “supercars,” including a Bugatti Veyron, as part of a money-laundering and corruption investi-gation.

A statement from Open Society said “the fact that he’s transparently using UNESCO to try to assert legal protection from a criminal investiga-tion just reinforces the sense that the Obiang family has no regard for the organization’s mission — only how they can benefit from associating themselves with it.”

Obiang is trying to salvage the prize with an offer to rename it.

But Human Rights Watch said that does not address “the serious concerns” about the source of its funding.

For years, Obiang has been ac-cused of siphoning off his country’s bountiful oil revenue. Hundreds of millions of dollars from Equatorial Guinea improperly banked in the United States helped bring down the once-venerable Riggs Bank of Washington D.C. in 2005.

More recently, human rights groups in France and Spain have brought lawsuits demanding the sei-zures of luxury properties allegedly bought by Obiang family members with ill-gotten gains.

In October, U.S. authorities gave notice they intend to seize property in California bought with $70 million allegedly looted by Teodorin Obiang, who is also a Cabinet minister in his father’s government. The property includes a luxury Malibu mansion, an executive jet, sports cars and Michael Jackson’s crystal-covered glove from the “Bad” tour.

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Richie Stephens Creating A Stir With Hot New Gospel Song2012 is shaping up to be the year of reggae crooner Richie Stephens! The singer who has touched the lives of secu-lar music lovers with songs like “Winner,” “Fight Back” (with Garnet Silk), “Trying To Get Next To You” and “She Is A Maniac” is reaping success in gospel circles with his new release titled “The Gospel Medley.”

The song has gained traction on a number of gospel/reggae stations and has caught the atten-tion of gospel show promoters in the USA who have booked him to perform on gigs in Connecticut, Boston and New York.

Popular radio host Brother Gary, whose morn-ing show airs on WVIP, 93.5FM in the tri-state area said he played the track for an entire hour when he premiered it on his gospel program.

Aside from ‘The Gospel Medley,’ Stephen’s tribute single ‘Live Your Life’ has topped charts in Florida, Atlanta, Canada and Jamaica and was voted ‘Song of the Year’ in New York last year.

His follow up single ‘Warrior’ is also enjoying rotation on stations in Jamaica and the video has racked up an impressive 100,000 views on www.wickedhype.com. Stephens is being honored at

the 3rd Annual Linkage Awards with a Life time Achievement Award for his 27 year service to the music industry.

German Artist Gentleman Looking To Conquer North AmericaGentleman, the German multi-platinum and award-winning reggae artist who with Richie Stephens is tearing up the charts with singles “Life To Live” and “Warrior” will embark on a North and South America tour starting this month.

The first leg of the “Gentleman & The Evolution Diversity Tour includes a west coast run supporting SOJA. Tour dates include stops in San Francisco; Santa Cruz; The House of Blues in Hollywood and San Diego, California; the State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia and New York City. Gentleman’s debut NYC appearance is highly anticipated and will include a private meet and greet at Universal Music and a live showcase at Le Poisson Rounge in Manhattan.

Gentleman will continue to tour South America until April 1st. With six albums under his belt and over one million collectively sold in Europe, Gentleman is long overdue for his U.S. de-but of Diversity.

The international version of the album al-ready charted at #1 in Germany as well as #2

in Switzerland and Austria and is the follow-up to his Europe platinum-selling record Confidence. On Diversity, Gentleman teams with Tanya Stephens, the late dancehall pioneer Sugar Minott, Christopher Martin and producers Don Corelone, Red Roze, Shane Brown, Xterminator and Firehouse Crew.

Gentleman is a crucial component in the move-

ment of international artists beyond Jamaica who are expanding the footprint of reggae music. NPR’s Saturday Weekend Edition did an in-depth special segment about non-Jamaican reggae mu-sic and recently called Gentleman the “Eminem of Reggae.”

Documentary - Be In-spired: The Life Of Heavy D

Jamaican born actor and rapper Heavy D’s life story was chronicled in a documentary that aired on Sunday Feb.26 on Centric TV.

The documentary titled Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D featured interviews with his family and artists like Will Smith, Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah.

The documentary included footage from his last televised performance, at the BET Hip-Hop Awards last October. Heavy D was considered one of the most influential rap artists of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He died last November at age 44.

David Rodigan, Fire Links, Bass Odys-sey, Black Kat & Tony Matterhorn To Clash. Who Will Win? David Ram Jam Rodi-gan, who was recent-ly honored with the

United Kingdom’s 5th Highest Award, will make his first visit to North America for 2012 when he appears as a selector at World Clash New York (R.E.S.E.T.) on Saturday, April 7, 2012 alongside Fire Links, Bass Odyssey, Black Kat, Tony Matter-horn, Earth Ruler and Poison Dart.

Clash fans are anxious to see how this top se-lector will face up against his contenders? Some say Rodigan’s able on the mike and his knowledge of music makes him a prime candidate to be the World Clash New York winner.

Busty Brown(Fourth person to the right)1937 - 2012 Busty Brown born Clive Smith; per-formed with a number of local bands around his home town of Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1968 he began a fruit-ful working relationship with Lee Perry, resulting in a series of excellent singles. He later produced a number of his own on Tramps Label.

He later replaced David “Scotty” Scott in The Chosen Few and contin-ued to work with the group through-out the seventies and eighties while also recording solo material and having

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Antigua-Born Judge Approved For Brooklyn Federal BenchNEW YORK, (Reuters) – Margo Kitsy Brodie was confirmed as a Brooklyn Federal Court judge, be-coming the first Afro-Caribbean-born jurist to sit in US district court.

The US Senate voted 86 to 2 to approve Brodie, who was nominat-ed by the White House in June.

Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted before the vote that Brodie had “successfully prosecuted nu-merous cases” over a legal career spanning more than 20 years.

Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, spon-sored Brodie’s nomination.

Born in Antigua, Brodie re-ceived her undergraduate de-gree from Brooklyn’s St Francis College and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

After graduation, Brodie worked as assistant corporation counsel in the New York City Law Department’s real estate litigation department, according to a press release from Schumer’s office.

Following a three-year stint with the Law Department, Brodie joined Carter Ledyard & Milburn

where she handled commercial cases for five years.

Brodie then re-entered public service as an assistant US attorney in the Eastern District of New York where she worked on cases involv-ing public corruption, money laun-dering, narcotics and gun traffick-ing.

At the time of her nomination, she was deputy chief of Brooklyn’s criminal division.

Brodie was rated qualified by a majority of members of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.

With Great Respect And Love… Ask Mother...And with all my heart, I welcome you to another beautiful day. We are more than conquerors! We are Vic-torious and Redeemed!

Ask Mother… The question lots of women ask is: “What can I do to feel like myself during that time of month?” From past experience, es-pecially during my teen years and early twenties every month I used to say: “Lord! Lord! Lord! Do I have to live with this soreness, heaviness, headaches, cramps, low energy, drag-ging my body around feeling until I reach menopause?” Jeremiah 8:22 (KJ21) Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

As women we have always had to juggle multiple roles as caretakers, workers, teachers and inspirers, just to name a few. The physical and emo-tional stress and pressures we have experienced prior to our cycle, along with hormonal fluctuations and im-balances due to incorrect/unhealthy eating and living, all these resurface during our cycle in various forms

which we call PMS/Premenstrual Symptoms. It affects women of men-struating age in different ways; how-ever, not all women have to experi-ence these discomforts. Two times when women should especially be aware of their health is prior to men-struation and the week immediately after (for restoring the nutrients).

Some Common PMS Symptoms: facial blemishes (severe to mild), being extra sensitive and moody, de-pression, anxiety, irritability, moodi-ness, anger, low energy and excessive tiredness, muscle and joint soreness, headaches (mild to migraine), con-stipation or diarrhea, abdominal bloating, swollen and tender breast, food cravings (especially salt, starch, chocolate).

Remedies: Eat less at least 7 to 5 days prior to your cycle. Make your food more nourishing, less bulky (eliminate the heavy starches like bread, pasta, dumplings, cakes, snacks, meat). Drink any of the be-low mentioned teas 5 to 7 days prior to your cycle. Keep the feet warm and dry; also do foot soaks 1-2x a week.

(This may sound “old fashioned”, but it works; all the nerve endings to the body’s organs are in the feet. Massaging the feet means massaging the organs. The ankles are the area of the womb.) Eliminate chicken, all dairy (especially cheese, yogurt, ice cream); lower your “sodium” in-take. Find time for self-reflection, read a book, sauna, massage, Reiki/Therapeutic Touch.

B-Complex, Evening Primrose. Herbs: Chasteberry, Jasmine Flowers, Red Raspberry, Black Cohosh, Sage, Hops, or Mother’s Woman Harmony Blend. Foods: Black Strap Molasses, Royal Jelly, Maca Root, Yellow Yam, Dasheen, Sorrel, Black Mission Figs, Cocoa-Tea, Garden Green Salads. Aromas: Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Honeysuckle. Mild Exercises: Tai Chi Chuan (especially Sun-Style), Hatha Yoga, Walking, Calisthenics. 3-minute morning/afternoon/eve-ning Meditation Break. Colors: Aquamarine, Green, Cream. (Avoid Black) Crystal Energy: Rose Quartz, Bonswana Agate, Pearl.

“We are only as strong as our

w e a k e s t link.” May the Most High contin-ue to reveal your weak-nesses and strengthen your faith. Blessings & Love, Rev. Dr.

M o t h e r KhoshhaliBlessings & Love,Rev. Dr. Mother Khoshhali

Future topics covered will include: infertility, cysts, fibroids, yeast infec-tions, and other women maladies.

What ever your question (physically, emotionally, spiritually), “Ask Moth-er” by email and receive an answer: call (914) 699-1752 or email [email protected].



The Financial Corner

The answer to that question is Yes. To understand how and why the credit bureaus profit from bad credit, we need to explain some things. First off, it is important to understand that the credit bureaus are in the DATA BUSINESS. They collect and sell data. “Data” is their product. (For those who don’t know what “Data” is it is yours and my personal information.) Now if data is their product, who are their customers? The bureaus are for-profit companies, so they have to be selling their product to someone to stay in business.

Who do they sell it to?They sell it to banks and lenders. Banks, then, are the customers of the credit bureaus. In particular, banks who offer credit cards, car loans, mortgages, and more, buy data from the credit bureaus in order to market their own products to consumers. So credit bureaus collect data and sell it to banks.

Like any business, they want to focus on the products that are in the greatest demand in their market. In other words, their focus needs to be on the data that their customers want most. This leads us to the next question.

What kind of data are the banks after?Put yourself in the shoes of a bank that offers high interest loans loans for a moment and think about this scenario. You want to sell a loan to someone.

Two potential customers walk into your bank. One is a consumer with good credit, who has access to a lot of credit cards and can pretty much get a loan for anything he wants, anytime he wants. The other is a consumer with bad credit. His credit took a dive when he lost his job a while back. He’s been strug-gling to pay this bill and that, and to put food on the table for his family.

It’s more difficult for him to get loans because his credit is shot, and since his credit cards are all charged off, he doesn’t have any available credit to speak of. Which of these consumers do you think is more like-ly to want or need a loan from the bank?

The second, of course. The first consumer isn’t in need like the sec-ond consumer is. The first consumer can get a loan anywhere; why would they want to get one here? But the second consumer is in desperate need of anyone who will loan them the money they need to get by and

(hopefully) get back on their feet. Since they are likely struggling, and likely don’t have a lot of loan options available to them, they are more likely to be in a position to need the loan from the bank. In other words, they’re an easy sell.

And what makes it even better for the bank is that a loan for con-sumer number 2 is a lot more profit-able than a loan for consumer num-ber 1, because the consumer with bad credit will have a much higher interest rate.

It is for this reason that certain banks, credit card companies, and “sub-prime” lenders want to offer their “sub-prime” products to con-sumers with bad credit. It is why they go to the credit bureaus to pur-chase “bad credit” (or sub-prime) data in order to market their prod-ucts to consumers who desperately need or want them.

It is this fact that makes “bad credit” very profitable for the credit bureaus. Since sub-prime data is in high demand, they can charge pre-mium prices for it.

This also means that once your credit is less than perfect, the credit bureau has very little monetary mo-tivation to do anything about cor-recting problems that would result in an increase in your credit score.

This is p ro b a b ly why it can be so diffi-cult to get the bureaus to respond to disputes in the appropriate manner. It’s also probably why they have designed their whole system as a “guilty until proven innocent” system in which even if you CAN prove that you are innocent, it can be very difficult to get the bureaus to comply with the law and to get incorrect negative in-formation corrected or removed.

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Dawn Penn Hits Bulls Eye Twice With Reggae Hit “No, No, No”

Veteran female singer Dawn Penn is a musical prodigy who placed first in Jamaica’s Inde-

pendence Celebration Musical Com-petition playing a classical duet with Hazel Stewart and second in the Pop Category singing her composition “Make up your Mind.”

She scored her first hit single in 1967 with the Coxsone Dodd Studio One release “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No).” The song - which was re-corded while she was a youngster in high school, was backed by Tommy McCook and the Skatalites.

It proved a popular hit in Jamaica and launched her solo career. In 1993 Penn got a US album deal with the fast rising Big-Beat Atlantic Records and in 1994 she was back on the charts with her re-recorded dancehall version of “You don’t love me, No, No, No. The song was a staple on Urban radio stations in the USA and became an anthem in dancehall circles.

Dawn was hot once again and was a frequent performer at concerts in the USA and was included on many reggae compilations and topped nu-merous charts worldwide including the UK and Japan. The international success of the single earned “No, No, No, the album a Grammy Award

nomination that year.Early in her career, Prince

Buster’s label released her singles, “Long day short Night,” “Are you there with another Girl” and origi-nals “Blue yes Blue” and “Here’s the Key”.

Dawn also made reggae versions of “To Sir with Love” and “Don’t sleep in the subway” as Suzette for WIRL, in addition to “The first cut is the Deepest”, “I’ll let you go” and “That’s not the answer” for Bunny Lee. Dawn did backing vocals for Johnny Nash on tracks “Cupid”, “I can see clearly Now”, “Stir it Up”. “There are more questions than Answers”, “Guava Jelly”, “Milk shake and potato Chips”. She also did backing vocals on Eddie Lovett’s “Too Experience” album with her sister Pat and Winsome Dixon. She is also included in the Bob Marley “Rebel Box Set on page 23.

Penn, over the course of her career was more than just a reg-

gae singer as she also sang in the “Y Choral Group- Mezzo-soprano and displayed her versatility as an actress in two LTM Pantomimes “Anancy and Pandora” and “Anancy and “Doumbey” with Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, Ranny Williams, Lois Kelly-Miller, Tony Patel, Pauline Stone, Audley Coulton and Marjorie Whylie.



ImmigrationTraveling to and from the U.S. is an experience and a privilege. The ex-perience of traveling to America, to visit a famous tourist destination, to attend a business function or event or to start or complete your educa-tion, is coupled with a privilege-the opportunity to remain here based upon the terms of the visa under which you are granted entry.

At the airport or other ports of entry, the immigration inspection officer will stamp your passport, and provide you with an entry card, giving you the freedom to enter the U.S. Before you put your documents away for safekeeping, however, you should take a look at the entry card the officer has given to you and make a mental note of the “admit-ted until” date stamp. Your authori-zation to remain in the U.S. ends on that date.

A few weeks ago I consulted with a client that first came to see me in the summer of 2000. He had entered the U.S. about three months before we met, with a visitor’s visa. He had taken trips to many relatives and had visited a few states before going to Florida, where he intended to spend a few weeks before return-ing to his birth country. While in Florida, he met many cousins in his

age group who were attending uni-versity and who convinced him to remain in the U.S. and attend school as well. He consulted with me to discuss his options for doing so.

Ten years later, my client seeks to become an American citizen. He can exercise this option because he meets the requirements for filing the application for naturalization.

These requirements were met be-cause he received proper counseling about his options and opportunities before the time he was authorized to remain here expired. I counseled him about 1) abiding by the terms of his visitor’s visa and 2) his options

to remain in the U.S. including how to obtain a student visa to pursue his studies.

Your entry card states how long you are authorized to remain in the U.S. If you stay beyond this time and then leave the country, you may loose the privilege of being readmit-ted into the U.S. unless you can dem-onstrate that there are extenuating

circumstances that caused you to remain beyond the time you were given.

You can exercise your right to change your mind. If you decide that you want to remain in America be-yond the time you are given, explore

your options as soon as you make that decision. You may be able to re-main in America after a review and analysis of your situation including factors such as your interests, work and educational background, fam-ily members who reside in the U.S, financial ability or your life experi-ences in your home country before arriving here. A thorough review of your situation will allow you make the right decision about your next step.

In the case of my client, he at-tended vocational school and at the end of the program, he obtained work authorization which allowed him to obtain practical hands-on work experience. During this time, he met and married a U.S. citizen through which he obtained his green card. Today, my client is on his way to becoming a U.S. citizen. Other clients have received the benefit of similar sound legal counseling over the past 16 years of my practice as an immigration attorney and so can you.

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SportsStar Athlete Braces For World Indoor Champs

Former West Indian Cricketer Dies

Despite limited preparations Jamai-ca’s IAAF World Indoors 60m cham-pion Veronica Campbell Brown says she is ready to do her best at this weekend’s World Indoors in Istan-bul, Turkey.

Campbell Brown, who added the World Indoors gold to her glittering list of achievements when she won in a personal best 7.00 seconds two years ago in Doha, Qatar, has com-peted over the distance just once this season, placing second behind American Tiana Madison at a USA Indoors meeting in her college cam-pus in Arkansas in February where she ran 7.08 seconds.

Campbell Brown, who won a 50m race in New York earlier, said: “I have committed myself to compete at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey and I am looking forward to going there and doing my best for my country.”

The two-time defending Olympic champion in the 200m had stayed away from the cozy confines of the indoor circuit for a number of years, but says she is excited by the opportunity, “despite this being my second visit to a World Indoor Championships, having competed in Doha, Qatar, I am still excited about competing at an indoor champion-ships as I like the closeness to the fans and that creates an atmosphere so intimate it reminds me of outdoor venues like Zurich and Ostrava”.

Despite her preparation for the Indoors in Turkey, she had time to watch “bits of the Gibson Relays” via the Internet she said, and gushed about the fervour of the Jamaican track and field fans. “There is no oth-er crowd that appreciates our sport like the Jamaican fans, absolutely none!” she wrote.

Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle says he will remember late teammate Runako Morton as having “a heart of a lion” and said he always wanted the Nevisian in any team he led.

Morton died tragically in a ve-hicular accident on the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Chase Village, central Trinidad, hours after repre-senting his local club Queen’s Park in a match here.

“We lost a true warrior. WI Cricketer Runako Morton - May his soul rest in peace! Our memories to-gether live on! My condolences to his family,” Gayle tweeted on the online social networking service, Twitter.

“Really gonna miss the

Champion! Heart of a Lion. I know he will smile when I smile! Luv al-ways Morton!

“Morton is [one] Cricketer I fought hard to keep in the WI team. As captain at the time, I wish I had

10 Mortons to lead on a cricket field!! KING!”

“Never a dull moment around Morton. I would just look at Morton and burst out laughing! He would pressure me about kids and every-one,” Gayle tweeted.

“Morton has been through a lot in his life. We all make mistakes! But he was making changes to be a bet-ter man. We are like father and son ... that’s trust.”

Morton, a gritty right-hander, played 15 Test matches, 56 one-day internationals and seven Twenty20s for the West Indies after making his international debut in 2002.

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Fun and FactsPeople will

know you are Jamaican if...

People Will Know You’re Guyanese When....

Two Guyanese Neighbors Were Living In Florida, One Called The FBI

Teacher/Student

Incredibly Weird Facts About The Human Body

Teacher: What are some products of the West Indies?

Student: I don’t know.

Teacher: Of course, you do. Where do you get sugar from?

Student: We borrow it from our neighbor.

A Beer is a Carib

RIDDLES

After the Great British Beer Festival, in London, all the brew-ery presidents decided to go out for a beer. The guy from Co-rona sits down and says “Hey Senor, I would like the world’s best beer, a Corona.”

The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him. The guy from Budweiser says “I’d like the best beer in the world, give me ‘The King Of Beers’, a Budweiser.”

The bartender gives him one. The guy from Coors says “I’d like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors.” He gets it.

The guy from Carib sits down and says “Give me a Coke.” The bartender is a little taken aback, but gives him what he or-dered...

The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask “Why aren’t you drinking a Carib?” and the Carib president replies “Well, if you guys aren’t drinking beer, neither will I.”

Word Search

You say “bwoy” at the begin-ning of a sentence and “man”

at the end of it.

...............................

You always hang something on your rear view mirror.

...............................

You put pepper sauce on ev-erything for the taste.

...............................

You think eating ackee and saltfish, plantain and fried

dumplings are a great morning breakfast.

1. Di longer it tan (stay) di shorter it get.2. If tree seven is twentyone, how much is seven trees?3. Why is every river rich?4. Mi doan weigh anything but mi can sink di biggest ship.5. Sweet water tan up.

RIDDLES Answers

1. Candle2. A small woodland3. Because every river has two banks4. Complain (complaint)5. Sugar cane

FBI Agent: “Hello”Guyanese: “Hello, is dis de FBI”FBI Agent: “Yes, what do you want?”Guyanese: ”Mi calling to report mi neighba dey? Dey name Seymour, Sah. Dey a hide mari-juana in dey firewood.FBI Agent: “This will be noted, Sir”

Next day, the FBI goons went over to Seymour’s house, they search the shed where the fire wood is kept, broke every piece of wood, finding no marijuana, swear at Seymour and leave.

The phone rings over at Seymour’s house

“Hey, Seymour! Di FBI dey Come?”“Yeh man”“Dey chop yuh firewood?”“Yeh man, Dey chop up de whole ah it – mi have nuff firewood now. Mi can even sell some”“Okay, a fi mi turn now. Yuh hafi call dem. A need mi garden plow up.

When you know it’s time to get up because you hear the first fowl cock in the morning...

When you turn up at a wedding, uninvited, eat up dem food, and drink up dem rum.

When you go to International Pancake House and ask fuh Dhal & Roti.

Pinkie Toe: There is speculation 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 pin-kie itself will go the way of the do.

Wisdom Teeth: This third set of molars is largely useless, do-ing little beyond crowding the mouth and sometimes causing pain.

Solution on page 22



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IM PROUD By Coralee Pringle

(Elementry School Student)

I’m Proud of being blackBut why can’t I show it?

Is it because deep down I’m ashamed Am I ashamed of the way we act?

Am I ashamed of the things we say…..Tagging on the bus

Dropping out ProfanityVulgarity

What we put on TVNonchalantness

Materialism

That is all the negativities I could come up withPlease do not label us by the color of our skin

but by the content of our achievementsI am proud of being Black and not scared to say it

I’m not saying we are all negativeStrategiceness

CreativityArtisticness

Ability to overcome hostile oppressionOur vibrant beauty Our improvementsOur Black Principal

Our strong black backs able to be whipped and still manage to work

There is a reason why our ancestors were tak-en from their birthplace and forced to adapt

Our history was written on our back with blood and a chisel in with a bullwhip

In the past, we were bond, but now we are on top From bathing apes to congress

From congress men to presidentNotice the good outweighs the bad

And I’m proud to be blackI’m proud to say I’m black.

It feels good to be called a young black woman.

In celebration of Black History Month, The People of the Sun Middle Passage Collec-tive presented the African Spirit Award

to Dr. Michael Wiltshire, Principal of Medgar Evers College Preparatory School.

When accepting the award, Dr. Michael Wiltshire expressed the need for the com-munity and parents to be involved in their children’s education. He also emphasized that all of our children can learn with the proper and persistent guidance. He further stated that we must invest in our children’s education.

Also during the evening the alumni from the Medgar Evers College Preparatory School paid special tribute to him.

Please see photos: Photo 1: Dr. Michael Wiltshire receiving the African Spirit Award.

Photo 2: Mr. Delroy Davis. MEC Preparatory School, PTA First Vice President

Man Sues For Ownership Of Most Of Solar System

MONTREAL — A judge has barred a Quebec man from filing lawsuits without authoriza-tion after he demanded sole ownership of the Earth, the other planets and several moons.

Judge Alain Michaud declared Sylvio Langevin to be a quarrelsome litigant, mean-ing he can’t file any more lawsuits without written permission from a judge.

Langevin, of Ste-Euphemie, Que., lo-cated near Quebec City, has peppered the courts with 45 lawsuits since 2001. They in-clude four motions to the Supreme Court of Canada.

His latest lawsuit in January laid claim over the nine planets, four of Jupiter’s moons as well as the space between the heavenly bodies.

Langevin explained that he wanted to collect planets “like others collect hockey

cards.”His earlier claims included a $1-billion

lawsuit against the federal government, lead-ing a judge in 2009 to restrict his right to sue.

Michaud noted that Langevin’s claim over the solar system was a calculated re-sponse to the ban.

“Mr. Langevin seems to have under-stood...that the absence of respondents to his motions reduced his risk of being once again declared a quarrelsome litigant.”

Langevin admitted no one on Earth could grant his claim over the cosmos.

“If there was a respondent, it would be God,” his suit says.

Michaud noted that Langevin’s 11-year barrage of frivolous lawsuits, filed under various aliases, came at significant cost to taxpayers.

Fear is not a contagious disease of its own right but a seed of wild berries. Poisonous and deadly with an enticing after taste of lies, rumors and other aspects of life that clutter our interest in seeking God. It’s the birth place of misery Loves Company and a spiri-tual oversight of what to believe in. Don’t fall for it My Dear, for fear doesn’t even care for itself.

It pampers us with bittersweet oil, filled with luring aroma like pleasure between a man and woman. It offers us knowledge and understanding, while teaching us how to resist God. It’s our unwillingness to let go

and let God com-plete us. My Dear, have an appetite to know God, for he’s worthy of all your praise.

With Love.VisionsOf.Us

Inspirational Choice of the Week: “Behind These Prison Walls,” by Jah Cure.



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