Reggae: Vybz Kartel - Inside the artist

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 12:22 PM
Jamaica

Born Adidja Palmer, Vybz Kartel has been dominating the dancehall culture for just about two years now. Every song he has released has become a hit, no matter how slack or degrading these songs are - and make no mistake about it, his songs can be very degrading.

Football: FA launch racism probe into Yorke incident

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:22 PM
Other

The Football Association launched an investigation on Monday into the latest alleged racist incident to rock their game, involving Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke.

News: Strong Caribbean quake destroys several homes

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 04:16 AM
Dominica

Roseau - A strong, early morning earthquake shook the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Guadeloupe on Sunday, destroying at least a half dozen buildings and injuring several people.

News: Anti-gay lyrics draw protest as popular reggae fest comes to Miami

Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 05:21 PM
Other

Tickets to the seventh annual Caribbean Reggae Fest in Miami were selling well this week at Strictly the Best music shop in Miramar, one of nine outlets offering advanced sales for the event.

News: Lance Small loses extradition case - send for the US marshalls

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 01:00 PM
Trinidad and Tobago

Jamaat member Clive Lancelot Small will not be challenging the ruling of Justice Rajendra Narine that he be extradited to the United States to face gun-related charges.

Reggae: Unauthorised persons booking Stone Love overseas

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 12:56 PM
Jamaica

Chief Executive Officer of Stone Love Movement Winston "Wee Pow" Powell has moved to curb the actions of unscrupulous persons not attached to his award-winning sound system making bookings overseas.

Reggae: Kevin Lyttle, Spragga grab Vibe Boomshot Award

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 12:49 PM
Other

Spragga Benz and Kevin Lyttle snatched success again for their hit tune Turn Me On, when they grabbed the Vibe magazine 'Boomshot' Award on Monday night in the United States.

News: Jamaica government has no plan to repeal buggery law

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:44 AM
Jamaica

Government yesterday dismissed claims by the international body, Human Rights Watch, that the authorities have been soft on police abuses on homosexual males and persons affected by HIV/AIDS.

News: Gutierrez pays bail with $2m cheque

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:39 AM
Trinidad and Tobago

US citizen Raoul Gutierrez was released on $2 million cash bail yesterday, after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Lianne Lee Kim on fraud charges at the Port-of-Spain 4A Court.

News: US group says gays abused in Jamaica

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:25 AM
Jamaica

In an 81-page report published yesterday, the New York-based Human Rights Watch ripped into Jamaica for its treatment of its homosexuals and called for sweeping legal reform, and even constitutional changes, to address the problem.

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