What a way to recover from a car crash. Fifth Element recording artiste, Chuck Fender, showed how one rises from the ashes with a rousing birthday bash in Burnt Savannah, St Elizabeth, on Saturday night.

The British queer rights group OutRage! has called on the London Metropolitan Police to investigate and if necessary take action to prevent Jamaican dancehall deejay Beenie Man from performing in London next week.

Brazen gunmen yesterday invaded a yard in Craig Town and shot dead two men who were in the premises, despite a heavy police presence in Arnett Gardens and adjoining communities in South St Andrew.

Father Fowl's troubles may be far from over, as British law enforcement seems to be far from finished with him.

Fiery speeches, feel-good laughter and a cornucopia of colourful Jamaican colloquialisms dominated the opening day of the National Diaspora Conference in Kingston, yesterday.

Hip-hop giant Ludacris will be a featured act on Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest scheduled for next month.

Rhythm and Blues balladeer Lionel Richie, who through the late 1970s and early 1980s delivered more than 22 top 10 hits and sold close to 100 million albums, will perform in Montego Bay next month (July 18 - 24) at Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest.

A drugs baron known as "Father Fowl" who has earned hundreds of millions of pounds smuggling crack cocaine into Britain.

A major legal nightmare is brewing over copyright infringements involving Sean Paul/Sasha's cover of Alton Ellis' I'm Still In Love With You Girl, resulting in the payments of royalties for the platinum-selling record being frozen.

Jamaican security forces are nervously bracing for a mass deportation of Jamaicans from Britain and the United States, including some members of the feared 'Yardie' and 'Posse' gangs who were convicted for crimes such as murder, shooting, rape, illegal drug and firearm offences and larceny.