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Jamaican reggae has sprung a nasty little offshoot called, by its detractors, "murder music". It has been allowed to flourish in a blind spot of white middle-class liberalism. And it has taken gays, who are the prime targets of this new breed of Jamaican dancehall music (reggae with a rock bass beat), to blow the whistle.

A concert by a controversial reggae star has been cancelled at a Birmingham nightclub following claims that he incites violence against homosexuals.

Protesting August Town residents yesterday gave dancehall artiste 'Sizzla' 24 hours to leave the community, and at the same time asked the police to release people who were being held since Tuesday without bail.

MIAMI : Hurricane Frances lashed the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas and barreled toward Florida, where authorities declared a state of emergency, ordered evacuations and closed schools.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning has said crime was one of T&T?s major causes of concern. In his Independence Day address to the nation yesterday, Manning said of all the changes which the country had undergone over the last 42 years, the recent upsurge in violent criminal activity was the most unwelcome.

Three men were shot dead and an eight year-old girl shot in the lungs Monday night by gunmen who went on a shooting spree in Eight Miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew.

He went for Gold at the Athens Olympics and got Bronze but today, swimmer George Bovell III, will receive his second national gold medal.

Soca music has finally been given its own category in the Grammy Awards. This was announced on Friday at a gala cocktail reception for the International Soca Awards at the Trinidad and Tobago Consulate in New York.

MIAMI - Grammy-winning dancehall reggae star Beenie Man won't perform at a concert associated with the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend after gay groups planned a protest over his lyrics, the network said Wednesday.

Tensions soared at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, as a mother was forced to defend her dead daughter?s name after reports surfaced that the girl was involved in a taboo relationship with a 24-year-old man.