Big things may be in the pipeline for reggae star Sizzla if the Def Jam Record Label has its way.

The popular Reggae festival Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest is scheduled for July, but there is no final word yet on the artiste line-up for the event.

Matthews Lane strongman, Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, was yesterday detained by police who have linked him to the deaths of two men in west Kingston over a month ago.

Dancehall artistes are now getting in high gear as they prepare to release albums in time for the summer amid high expectations from their fans. However, not all are convinced that all the summer albums will be blazing.

A group of Jamaican companies which has dubbed itself a Coalition of Corporate Sponsors has decided that they will not be sponsoring any entertainment events at which dancehall artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer are slated to perform until further notice.

An apologetic Fantan Mojah yesterday pleaded guilty in the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court for the expletives he used during his performance at the Western Consciousness 2005 show in Westmoreland early Sunday morning.

Three armed robbers who shot and injured a supermarket operator while committing a daring early morning robbery in Llandilo, Westmoreland, yesterday were killed when they crossed paths with irate residents and alert policemen.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Peter Cargill, a member of Jamaica's 1998 World Cup side, died in an automobile accident in St. Ann parish Saturday, police said.

In the midst of mourning the death of one of his brothers, Beenie Man has issued an apology for his performance at the Jamaica Carnival Finale at the National Stadium staged two weeks ago.

Residents of the tough Spanish Town community of Tawes Pen yesterday locked down sections of the old capital to protest against the detention of their area 'don', Andrew Hope, better known as "Bun man", the reputed leader of the One Order Gang, one of the two gangs said to be at the centre of the deadly intermittent violence plaguing that town.