Luciano, the self-proclaimed Messenjah, and his team consisting of Dean Fraser, Mikey General and his Jah Messenjah Band departed the island on Wednesday, bound for Scotland to start his most extensive musical campaign to date.

Wayne Wonder, THE STAR's featured artiste for June, and Lovers Rock King Beres Hammond are going to the Olympics in Athens, Greece this August.

The mutilated body of Jamaica's best known gay rights activist was found at his home in Kingston yesterday. The island's sole gay advocacy group called it a possible hate crime.

Rastafarian entertainer Buju Banton will be banned from entering Britain following his conviction last month for possession and cultivation of marijuana.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP)? Jamaican forward Onandi Lowe won't be considered for the national team's 2006 World Cup qualifying matches until drug possession charges against him are resolved, officials said.

Kevin Lisbie has agreed a new three-year deal with Charlton.

A woman and her 11 year-old son were shot execution-style in Rose Heights, St James late Monday night, pushing the number of deaths in the parish to seven since last Friday in a deadly game of tit-for-tat.

Dancehall artiste Chuck Fender was yesterday released from hospital and is now recuperating from what sources close to the artiste claim were minor injuries, following a car accident on Monday night. Fenda was involved in a four-vehicle crash while on his way to Kingston from the town of Mandeville.

Jamaica's World Junior Record (WJR) holder in the 200m, Usain Bolt, had his European debut put on hold indefinitely after he was pulled from the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic yesterday on advice from a London-based physiotherapist, Cameron Johnson.

Leebert Ramcharan and Donovan Williams - the two alleged Montego Bay drug kingpins who were held by narcotics agents in March - were yesterday ordered extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.