Edward Seaga spent yesterday afternoon in his West Kingston constituency reaffirming a message that he had already given to the people who have sent him to Parliament for over four decades: he is not yet ready to step down as their MP.

Finally bowing to the pressure of more than a dozen years of internal wrangling and fights, Edward Seaga last night announced that he will step down as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party in November, after three decades at the helm.

No clash, no problem. Bloodthirsty fans of Vybz Kartel and Assassin had to swallow their anticipation on Saturday night as both deejays steered clear of any on stage clash at the 'Camouflage' stage show held at Fort Charles, Port Royal.

In the heat of January in Jamaica 30,000 people came to the Rebel Salute concert in St. Elizabeth to hear some of the nation's most popular singers deliver a chilling call. With Capleton and Sizzla singing almost exclusively about gay men, the call went out from the stadium:

Lionel Richie, Ludacris and Kanye West top the list of international superstars that will grace the stage of this year's Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest, while Jamaica's own Beres Hammond, Beenie Man, TOK, Sizzla and the Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths have also been signed to appear at the four-day Reggae festival.

Although it did not have beginner's luck, Beenie Man's digital Pro-tools studio seems to be now ready for the big times.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - With his shaved head, pale skin and velvet-soft voice, Tilmann Otto looks anything but a reggae artist.

Five of reggae legend Bob Marley's sons are teaming up for a tour of North America.

An extradition warrant was yesterday executed on Montego Bay businessman Adrian 'Ruddy' Armstrong, who narcotics police allege is a major player in the drugs and money laundering trade between Jamaica and several other countries.

George Phang, whose attempted over-throw as the 'don' of Arnett Gardens is said to have been behind a month of sporadic violence in that community, was yesterday briefly detained and questioned by the police and his legal firearm seized for ballistic testing.