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( l - r ) Unicorn, Ikaya

Deejay Macka Diamond plans to end her conflict with Unicorn at Magnum's Follow Di Arrow this Saturday, aiming to lyrically 'kill' her former friend.

The ongoing conflict between Macka Diamond and Unicorn, who collaborated on the track Think Bout...

A pharmacist and owner of the Darliston Pharmacy in Westmoreland, has found himself in trouble with the law after being accused of scamming the National Health Fund (NHF) of over $27m.

Ainsworth Reynolds, of a Llandilo, Phase 4 address, is charged with forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy. He appeared before Resident Magistrate Georgianna Fraser in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

The allegations, as outlined in court...

Reggae artiste Jah Cure (left) and Rickman Warren. - Contributed

Production house Jamplified Records has released its latest rhythm, Stonehenge, the first single of which features reggae artiste Jah Cure.

Jah Cure's track, titled Never Say Never, hit the airwaves earlier this month and is already resonating with fans everywhere.

"This song is another one for the ladies," Cure said of the new single. "It's the...

Howard Campbell, Star Writer

Sizzla

Sizzla is scheduled to perform in Ghana next month to mark the West African country's independence celebrations, the Ghana news agency has announced.

The singer is expected to perform on March 5-6 at the Accra Sports Stadium and the Kumasi Stadium, respectively. He will also launch his new album, Crucial Times, on March 6, the day Ghana celebrates its 53rd year of independence...

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Dancehall singjay Mr Vegas was denied a work permit yesterday to perform in Grenada, leaving the artiste and the promoter disgruntled.

"We were supposed to have a show there sometime next week, but the government placed a ban on me because I performed She's A Ho there, about two and a half years ago. It's just a sad situation," he explained...

Whatever the plans of three men who on Saturday attempted to check into a St Mary hotel with three underage girls were, they did not get very far with them as police acting swiftly on tips showed up at the establishment and arrested the trio.

Reports reaching THE STAR are that sometime after 4 p.m. the three men showed up at the hotel and were seen checking themselves in along with the three youngsters, two of them being 13 years old and the other a 14-year-old.

Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter

Natalie Storm - File

Female artiste Natalie Storm will be taking her music outside the Jamaican shores, as her video Look Pon Mi got set to premiere on MTV UK over the weekend.

She said the song was produced by Dre Skull's independent record label, Mixpak Records. And, it is on Sticky's Jumeirah Riddim album, which is popular in Britain.

Storm said her music videos have been shown in...

Harbour View's Jermaine Hue skips away from a challenge by August Town's Raymond Williamson in the Digicel Premier League at the UWI Bowl yesterday. August Town won the game 2-1. - Ian Allen

Harbour View surrendered the Digicel Premier League top spot following a 1-2 loss to surging August Town, which was good enough for defending champions Tivoli Gardens to move into the lead on goal difference with a 4-0 win over Sporting Central.

Striker Kavin...

❒ Cops examine motives in store owner's death

The Central Police say they are investigating the possibility that Thursday's murder of a businessman in downtown Kingston, was linked to the rampant extortion scheme being carried out in the business district.

Lavanish Anand, 35, of a Long Mountain Country Club, Kingston 6 address, was shot dead as he and some employees were in the process of closing down his store. The alleged shooter and three other persons were also...

Norman Grindley - Tommy Thompson, CEO of Brite Lite Funeral Home.
… says children were not arrested at venue

Roxroy McLean, Star Intern

Promoter Tommy Thompson says he plans to take legal action against the St Thomas Police Division, after reports yesterday revealed that several underage children were allegedly picked up from his stage show last weekend.

In a report published in this newspaper, the police said that during an operation...

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Jamaica were wrecked by a devastating six-wicket haul from rookie fast bowler Corey Edwards, as Barbados took a firm grip on day one of their top-of-the-table WICB regional first-class clash yesterday.

Edwards grabbed six for 41 in a telling burst to send the tournament leaders Jamaica tumbling to 226 all out at the Frank Worrell Oval at the University of the West Indies.

The 26-year-old...

A 'kind-hearted' 'flosser' from Montego Bay, St James, yesterday became the sixth man to be arrested in connection with the January 15 disappearance of $44,000,000 from an armoured truck in Kingston.

The man was said to have been arrested after his flashy and generous ways caused persons to alert the police.

Speaking with THE WEEKEND STAR Superintendent Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford, head of the Flying Squad, said the man was one of two persons picked up in western Jamaica...

Roxroy McLean, Star Intern

Lisa Hyper, Merciless - file photos

At least two of the reported losers who participated in lyrical showdown at the recently concluded Settlement stage show, have come out crying foul play.

The Settlement, held at Links in Yallahs, St Thomas, was advertised as the burial ground for several artistes who were billed...

Jermaine Lannaman, Star Writer



Members of Tarrant High celebrate the dismissal of a Meadowbrook batsman during their urban area ISSA/First Global 'A' League final at Melbourne Oval yesteday. - Ian Allen

Meadowbrook may hold a slight edge over Tarrant High heading into today's second and final day of the ISSA/First Global 'A' League final at Melbourne Oval.

Batting first Meadowbrook made a respectable 198 in their first innings, and Tarrant,...

Two men accused of being among seven persons who allegedly gang-raped a young woman who was seeking a job at a wholesale are now before the courts.

The men were arrested after the police were alerted about the incident by an unknown source. They appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of rape and robbery with aggravation.

They are Richard Allen, 22, and a 16-year-old, both of Kingston addresses.

Allegations are that...

Roxroy McLean, Star Intern

Christopher 'Johnny' Daley - Contributed

Christopher 'Johnny' Daley will yet again be hoping to entertain local audiences when he plays host to a 13-weeks live-comedy show, which is set to begin on Saturday, March 10.

The popular Jamaican actor joined forces with the owners of Village Blues Bars (formerly Village Café), located in Orchid Village, on Barbican...

Leighton Levy, Star Writer

Shelly-Ann Fraser


World and Olympic 100-metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser expects to start her Diamond League campaign on May 23 in Shanghai, China. Hopefully, she said, it will be the start of another successful season despite the fact that for weeks now she has been hobbled by an ankle injury.

"I am supposed to be in Shanghai and I think that is supposed to be my first but I am really not sure,"...

A man from a community known as 'Russia' in Old Harbour, St Catherine, who only three days ago sported a head full of locks, has become the joke of the town after he was held and trimmed for money he owed.

THE STAR heard the story from a corporal at the Old Harbour Police Station yesterday. "This is the joke everybody from the community talking about," the corporal said.

It is said that both men were chicken farmers and had been doing business...

Roxroy McLean, Star Intern


( L - R ) Mr G, Queen Paula - file

At the end of The Settlement, on Saturday night, Mr G buried L.A. Lewis under a barrage of new songs that he penned specifically for the famous graffiti artiste, while Queen Paula showed Lisa Hyper the value of experience in a mouth-watering clash.

The Settlement, which...

Ryon Jones, Star Writer


Boys' Town's Daemon Benjamin (left) attempts a header against Portmore United's Andrae Campbell during their Digicel Premier League encounter at Collie Smith Drive yesterday. Portmore won 2-1. - Ricardo Makyn

Harbour View put a major dent in the aspirations of title rivals Waterhouse inflicting a massive 3-1 defeat yesterday at the Waterhouse Mini-Stadium.

Rafique Thomas opened the scoring for the Stars of the...

There was drama close to Balmoral Avenue in the Half-Way Tree area of St Andrew yesterday after a policeman was reportedly chopped by a man said to be of unsound mind.

Both men had to be rushed to hospital after the cop's alleged attacker was subsequently shot by another policemen who was on the scene.

According to police reports, sometime after 2 p.m., the lawman, who is attached to the Protective Services and was in plain clothes, was walking along the roadway when...

Despite being the centre of rumours and allegations, controversial deejay Vybz Kartel is set to release his album Pon Di Gaza 2.0.

On February 26, his recording label Adidjahiem Records, alongside Tads Record will release Pon Di Gaza 2.0, a re-release of last year's digital Pon Di Gaza album, with a bonus disc of the deejay's latest hit singles. Pon Di Gaza 2.0 is Vybz Kartel's first physical album in nearly four years.

Ricardo Makyn - Reggae Boyz forwards, Devon Hodges (left) and Navion Boyd (right) talk with Richard Edwards on their way to the team bus. The team returned from Argentina yesterday, where they lost 2-1 to the South American giants.

Ryon Jones, Star Writer

Reggae Boyz coach, Theodore Whitmore has vowed to move forward with a nucleus of local-based players. Whitmore was speaking upon arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport from Argentina where...

DWAYNE McLEOD, Staff Reporter

A mother and her child should share an inseparable bond. But, residents of Ensom City are alleging that a mom from their community stabbed her son because he ate food without her permission.

While the residents have their theory, the official report from the Constabulary Communication Network is that yesterday 20-year-old Dwayne Hylton was stabbed during an alleged dispute with his mother. The incident took place at their home at Barford...

One of the strongest earthquakes hit the poor Caribbean nation of Haiti on Tuesday January 12, 2010, causing the injury and death of many, and also crushing thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters.
7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation.

Bashment Granny' movie hits Carib June 16 - Everaldo Creary role among 'surprises' not in first trailer


There should be a 'bashment' opening to the summer movie season in Jamaica this year with the premiere of the Bashment Granny movie on June 16.

There are plans for premieres across the Caribbean, the UK, USA and Canada. However, Paul O Beale, director and producer of the film which will be Stages Films' first release, said "since Kingston...

Julissa Reynoso speaks during a press briefing at the United States Embassy yesterday. - Ian Allen/Photographer

The United States (US) Government is stepping up its pressure on Jamaica to sign the extradition request for west Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.

A senior US State Department official yesterday made it clear that almost five months after an indictment was handed down 'Dudus' is still wanted to answer drug-trafficking charges...

The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said Wednesday it would provide nearly US$1 million in immediate relief to Haiti following the widespread devastation caused by the powerful earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday.

In a story by the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), the CDB, the region’s premier development financial institution, said that it would provide US$200,000 for portable water, food, medicines and temporary shelter while US$500,000 would go towards the restoration of critical facilities and services.

“In collaboration with our...

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Rasbert Turner, Star Writer

One of the hottest Jamaican pornographic material being circulated by DVD and on the Internet is a street dance held in a St Catherine community that has people having sex openly in front of other patrons.

The clip or DVD shows a couple having sex in the middle of the street. The dance, Go Go Jam, is held in Charlemont, St Catherine. The last dance is said to have been held in early December.

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Krista Henry, Staff Reporter

( l - r ) LA Lewis , Goofy - File photos

It appears that the casket that was ordered by deejay LA Lewis for a clash with Mr G will finally be used.

Brite Lite Funeral Services' owner Tommy Thompson is planning an event later this month where the two artistes will face off lyrically.

At Sting 2009 at Jamworld in Portmore, St Catherine, the $200,000 casket was on stage waiting and...

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Jermaine Lannaman, STAR Writer

Captain of the Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC), Barbadian Floyd Reifer. - Ian Allen

The captains of three of the teams participating in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day championship, have expressed disappointment with the recent move to reduce the competition from two rounds to one.

Speaking on arrival at the Norman Manley International...

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Homeless people in downtown Kingston and Montego Bay, St James, are being brutally attacked by kids.

Checks by THE WEEKEND STAR revealed that at least seven homeless persons, three in Kingston and four in Montego Bay, have been injured recently.

While some of the cases have been minor, there have been life-threatening instances. In one of the most recent, a 30-year-old man's head was bashed in with a...

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( l - r ) Deejay Spice, Lisa Hype - file

Just a few hours after hearing a song that Lisa Hype did insulting her, Spice has retaliated with a devastating recording of her own.

On Tuesday, there was much focus on a song Lisa Hype did called Sting Aftermath. In it, she insulted...

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Andre Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter


JFF general secretary Horace Reid. - File

It may cost the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) as much as $4 million to stage their 30-day training camp ahead of the January 31 friendly international against Canada inside the National Stadium. However, JFF general secretary Horace Reid has defended the need to stage the camp.

The match is deemed...

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The seemingly free reign of lottery scammers could soon end as Government expects to pass, by next month, legislation aimed at crippling cyber crime activities that threaten to shut down the country's information communication technology (ICT) industry.

"We have before the Senate, which will be going this week, a bill that should go into law within a month, that will see penalties imposed on persons engaged in cyber crimes. The penalties will range from two to 10 years and fines of two to five million dollars...

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Claro Jamaica has beaten Digicel as the first big telecom to roll out an Internet package using netbooks as hooks for business, though the Irish company has been positioning for a launch for about four years.

Claro now has on offer Dell mini 10 netbooks in a package the company's promotions say is worth $49,999.

But customers will be asked to pay only $6,000 at sign-up for the so-called '3,000 megabyte plan', and will qualify for a free netbook once proof of income and address and proper identification...

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Mel Cooke, Star Writer




The Living Fire (formerly Chuck Fenda) performing at Sting 2K9. - Colin Hamilton

There was Sting 2009 before Lisa Hype and Sting 2009 after Lisa Hype, who came onstage at Jam world, Portmore, St Catherine, at a few minutes to 6 a.m. yesterday.

The pre-Lisa Hype Sting 2009...

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A St Ann woman is now dead and a taxi operator battling for life after they were both attacked in what is believed to be related to a love affair gone wrong. The alleged attacker is on the run.

The dead woman has been identified as Retrina Smeikle and is believed to be about 25 years old from Devon district, Lime Tree Gardens, Brown's Town.

Reports reaching THE STAR are that sometime after 4 p.m....

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Andre Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter


Tivoli Gardens striker Navion Boyd and Harbour View defender Kimarlee Brissett chase the ball during their Digicel Premier League match at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex recently. Harbour View won the game 1-0. - Ian Allen

Harbour View extended their lead atop the Digicel Premier League to four points after outlasting host Tivoli Gardens 1-0 in their game at the Edward...

special update - brand new from Adidjahiem Records/NotNice Records label and available online @iTunes and @Amazon as of today, is Vybz Kartel’s latest album effort titled “Pon Di Gaza”.

Pon Di Gaza is described as a complete portrayal of the life and times of Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer. Tunes such as the Billboard-charting single “Ramping Shop” (featuring Spice), “Versitility” (featuring Indu), and “Like a Movie”, give audiences the flashy side of Vybz Kartel, while new singles such as “Teardrops,” “What You Won’t Do for Love,” “Can’t Frame Me,” and “Yeah Though I Walk” give personal...

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Dwayne McLeod and Rasbert Turner, STAR Writers





Accident survivors are rushed into the casualty department of the Kingston Public Hospital at midnight. - Ricardo Makyn

One hundred and forty-five persons almost lost their lives last night after American Airlines flight 331 overshot the runway at the Norman...

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Krista Henry, Staff Reporter



Left: Shaggy was on hand for the treat at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Right: Tessanne Chin is all smiles as she plays with this baby during her visit to the Bustamante Hospital for Children. - Krista Henry Photos

Christmas cheer was spread around the Bustamante...

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SYDNEY (CMC):

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has claimed his excessive celebration following Chris Gayle's dismissal in the second innings of the final Test was prompted by the taunts...

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MIAMI:

Grammy-nominated Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton will fight a drug charge against him in Tampa instead of Miami.

Banton waived his bail hearing Wednesday in Miami federal court. His case is being prosecuted in Tampa, where he will be transferred.

United States Magistrate Judge William...

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The police are investigating at least three incidents in which unidentified men have been driving through sections of east Kingston and 'taxing' persons for the use of water.

The men are said to be demanding money from people seen washing their cars, watering their lawns and bathing a dog, declaring that water was scarce and, as such, they should pay tax for it,...

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Ryon Jones, STAR Writer


Cavalier's Fabian Swaby (right) tussles with Greenwich Town's Ricardo Munroe for possession of the ball in their Jackie Bell Knockout Confederation football final at the Spring Complex. Cavalier won the match 1-0. - Ian Allen

Cavalier Soccer Club defeated Major League outfit Greenwich Town 1-0 in the Claro/ Kingston and St...

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Arthur Hall, Star Writer


Reggae star Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie has strongly denied any involvement in the illegal drugs trade.

Buju, who has been one of the standard bearers for reggae music for more than a decade, made the declaration through his legal representative yesterday as he prepared for his first day in court.

"My client...

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Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter


While she says she does not intend to prolong a lyrical war with Stacious, Lisa Hype has accused her new nemesis of being a hypocrite.

Over the last few weeks, Stacious and Lisa Hype have been trading lyrical insults, including making quite a few references to involvement in oral sex. In a recent interview with THE STAR,...

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Robert Bailey, STAR Writer


Jubilant Tivoli Gardens Wizards players celebrate as they lift the championship trophy while Jamaica Basketball Association president Ajani Williams (second left) and club president Edward Seaga (left) look on, following their 85-72 victory over Majesty Gardens Legends to seal the best-of-three series 2-0 in the JBA/Flow All-Island National Basketball League final on Saturday at the National...

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Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter




It seems another Gully-Gaza feud might be brewing. This time it is between Portmore Empire's Lisa Hype and Stacious, who is a new member of the Gully...