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Coming off the heels of his latest release the 'Work Out riddim', presently enjoying favourable exposure on the local airwaves. The young veteran has once again stepped up to the challenge with the release of his latest project dubbed the "Day Rave Riddim".
The project which exudes a very 'high energy' vibe, bears all the attributes one would expect from the young genius base on his previous undertakings.
As expected the compilation features the usual suspects with the only surprises being the inclusion of dancehall veteran Mr. Easy and Javinchi the latest addition to the Portmore Empire family who ironically has an uncannily sound similar to Black Ryno. Some of the other artistes on the project include Empire's front man Vybz Kartel, the gully god Mavado, Elephant Man, Aidonia, Laden, Chino, Black Ryno, Voicemail, Tony Matterhorn and the man with the sinister voice, Bramma.
Even though the compilation has not been officially released to the public, you know we at 876radio.com always have the goods for you and so we've embedded a snippet below for your listening pleasure featuring Mr. Easy, Mavado, Vybz Kartel and Javinchi
40-year-old suspect held in gruesome Manitoba bus killing (Decapitation)
40-year-old suspect held in gruesome Manitoba bus killing
Passenger decapitated, witnesses say; story contains graphic details
A 40-year-old man is in custody in Manitoba after a young man was stabbed and, witnesses said, decapitated aboard a Greyhound bus travelling through the province overnight.
Police officers spent the night examining a Greyhound bus where a passenger was reportedly stabbed and decapitated late Wednesday. (John Woods/Canadian Press)The RCMP would not confirm the reports of beheading, saying only that a stabbing took place around 8:30 p.m. CT on an eastbound Greyhound bus on the Trans-Canada Highway about 20 kilometres west of Portage la Prairie.
The suspect, believed to be from outside Manitoba, was arrested early Thursday morning after a standoff lasting several hours and remains in RCMP custody .
Charges have not yet been laid, and the suspect has not yet been interviewed, said RCMP spokesman Staff Sgt. Steve Colwell, adding that he could release no further information on the investigation.
The RCMP declined to identify either the suspect or the victim.
Thirty-seven passengers and a driver were aboard the bus en route to Winnipeg from Edmonton.
Passenger Cody Olmstead, 21, told CBC News he had smoked a cigarette earlier in the trip with the victim, whom he described as a man in his late teens or early 20s. The victim got on the bus in Edmonton, he said.
"I never took the time to know him, but he seemed to be OK, right, just a kid," said Olmstead, a Nova Scotia man who had been taking the bus from Alberta to Montreal.
"He just said he was going to Winnipeg going home, that's where he was from."
'*lo**-curdling scream'
Garnet Caton, who was sitting in the seat in front of the victim, said he saw the attacker stab his seatmate, a young man sleeping with his headphones on.
Caton said he heard a "*lo**-curdling scream" and turned around to see the attacker holding a large "Rambo" hunting knife above the victim, "continually stabbing him in the chest area."
"He must have stabbed him 50 times or 60 times," said Caton.
"Like, just everywhere, arms, legs, neck, chest, guts, wherever he could swing it, he got it," said Olmstead.
"It looked kind of like a scuffle or an argument, you know, and then somebody's, like, 'Knife! Knife! Run!' so I was running up the alleyway, slapping people telling them to get going, move, get off the bus. I got pushed over, some lady got pushed over, I was just making sure everybody was OK, and we all got off the bus," said Olmstead
As panicked passengers fled the bus, "the attacker was over top of the victim continually cutting him. I think the victim was gone at that point," Caton said.
Trio tried to check on victim
Caton, the driver and a trucker who had stopped at the scene later boarded the vehicle to see if the victim was still alive.
Garnet Caton said he heard a '*lo**-curdling scream' and turned around to see a man repeatedly stabbing the passenger sitting next to him. (CBC)"When we came back on the bus, it was visible at the end of the bus he was cutting the guy's head off and pretty much gutting him up," said Caton.
The attacker ran at them, Caton said, and they ran out of the bus, holding the door shut as he tried to slash at the trio.
When the attacker tried to drive the bus away, the driver disabled the vehicle, Caton said.
"While we were watching the door, he calmly walks up to the front with the head in his hand and the knife and just calmly stares at us and drops the head right in front of us," said Caton.
"They did an awesome thing, holding him in there, because if not, what would have happened?" said Olmstead.
RCMP crisis teams, including negotiators, communicated with the suspect for several hours while he was on the bus. Around 1:30 a.m., he attempted to jump from a bus window and was subdued and arrested, RCMP said.
Acted 'like he was a robot'
Caton described the attacker as surprisingly calm. "It was like he was at the beach or something. There was no rage in him. He wasn't swearing or cursing or anything. It was just like he was a robot or something."
Police cruisers arrived about 10 minutes after the attack began, he estimates, and officers began directing passengers to school buses to take them to a hotel in Brandon.
"While we were waiting on the side of the road, [the attacker] was taunting the police with the head in his hand," said Caton.
Caton described the attacker as appearing "totally normal" earlier in the journey, even chatting with a young woman as he smoked a cigarette during a break.
But when he got back on the bus, he moved his belongings from the front to a seat beside the victim in the back and about 20 minutes later began attacking the man, said Caton. "He didn't say anything to the victim at all," said Caton.
Police Say They've Seized Millions In Drugs, Arrested 31 Suspects In Alleged Trafficking Ring
Police Say They've Seized Millions In Drugs, Arrested 31 Suspects In Alleged Trafficking Ring
A series of sunrise police raids netted million of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and other narcotics and resulted in the arrests of 31 suspected drug dealers, ranging from street-level pushers to high-level players, authorities said Thursday.
Officers from Toronto, York and Peel Region executed 50 search warrants at homes, storage units and in vehicles across the GTA, including at three high-end condominiums at 88 Palace Pier Ct., 2121 Lake Shore Blvd. W., and a building on Harrison Gardens Boulevard in North York.
Aside from rounding up more than two dozen suspects allegedly involved in a massive drug-trafficking ring, cops say they seized a large quantity of illegal powder, pills and plants they claim were destined for Toronto streets, specifically in the Entertainment District, as part of their six-month operation dubbed "Project Cabra".
Here's what police claim they found during the early-morning raids:
- 31 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of almost $3.1 million;
- Six kilograms of heroin worth an estimated $1.8 million;
- Four kilograms of ecstasy worth an estimated $400,000;
- Two kilograms of crystal meth worth an estimated $200,000, and;
- Five kilograms of marijuana worth an estimated $20,000
Authorities also said they seized Viagra, GHB, steroids and $400,000 in cash.
When it came to demand for cocaine on Toronto streets, supply wasn't meeting demand and detectives allege that prompted some suspects to head to Quebec and the West Coast in search of coke.
"What we found during the course of our investigation is that the Toronto streets were drying up with respect to the cocaine that was available. We had some of our persons of interest travelling to Montreal . and out to Vancouver," Toronto Police Det. Sgt. John Decourcy explained.
On Sunday officers allegedly intercepted a tractor-trailer hauling 20 kilograms of cocaine to Toronto from Vancouver.
Decourcy said this was a "sophisticated" group with an established hierarchy ranging from street to high-level dealers.
Last month authorities arrested several suspects during early morning raids in Project Blackhawk - another drugs-and-guns-focused operation. Decourcy said the two cases aren't linked and that the latest seizure and series of arrests have dealt a serious blow to the drug trade in Toronto.
"We've had big busts. I think Blackhawk, with the lab that was found there, was a significant blow to that organization," he said. "I think anytime you have projects like this where you can remove this much drugs from the street is going to be a significant impact on the organizations."Plzz add one of these pictures.
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P. Diddy has reportedly proposed to his girlfriend, singer Cassandra 'Cassie' Ventura.
The rapper is said to be engaged to 21-year-old Cassie, who he met when he signed her up to his music label Bad Boy Records in 2006, but is attempting to keep the news quiet.
A source close to the father-of-six told America's Star magazine: "He told everyone to keep it extremely quiet because he didn't want it to get out, but you could tell he was excited.
"P. Diddy said they hadn't set a date yet, but he wanted his family to hear the news first."
P. Diddy has 19-month-old twin daughters D'Lila and Jessie and 10-year-old son Christian with ex-girlfriend Kim Porter.
He also has a son from a previous relationship, a daughter with ex-girlfriend Sarah Chapman and a child he unofficially adopted after ex-girlfriend Kim Porter had a son with her former boyfriend Al B Sure.
The 38-year-old star - who has dated Jennifer Lopez and was recently romantically linked to Cameron Diaz - recently revealed he is desperate to work with British singer Leona Lewis.
He said: "I want that girl on my next album. I'm a huge fan. Not only is she so, so beautiful, she has a great voice. She is extremely talented. She has one of the best voices I've heard. I'm thinking about my next album and definitely want to make it work, so she's on it. It's all about Leona Lewis."
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According to the reports the case has been pushed back to September 29th and 30th, because two the three critical witnesses involved fell ill and were unable to make a appearance in court, as a result of these unforeseen circumstances the Crown was unable to continue the proceedings. The tax evasion charges were brought late last year against the artiste, whose real name is Moses Davis. Revenue officials said Beenie Man owes in excess of J$40 million in outstanding taxes. It was previously reported that the artiste wanted to engage in negotiations with the tax department with a view to settling his debt, but his attorney Roderick Gordon later disclosed that Beenie Man had a change of heart and would challenge the tax assessment. The entertainer was arrested on a warrant last October, after he failed to appear before the Tax Court.. |
Weddy Weddy celebrated its 4th anniversary at Stone Love's HQ, on Burlington Avenue, Wednesday night. Magnum was the title sponsor for this event. All roads leading to Stone Love's HQ were jam packed. There was hardly any space for patrons to move in the venue and all were dressed to impress.
Guest selectors, from various sound systems, came out to show solidarity for the Stone Love movement. Artistes present were: Beenie Man, D'Angel, Bounty Killer, Seranie, Bugle, Bling Dawg, Junior Reid, Mr. G and Daville who invited the 'Queen of Reggae' Sister Marcia Griffiths, to share in the celebration. Sister Marcia's cameo performance was extremely well received by the patrons.
Big up Stone Love for the fourth year of production! Continue playing good music!
High School Principals Condemn Prime Minister Labelling Them "Extortionists"
On Tuesday, July 22, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who stated in Parliament that the collection of auxiliary fees by some high schools for this academic year was a form of "extortion", has come under harsh criticism and condemnation from the Jamaica Teachers' Association,(JTA) and The Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools, (JAPPS), who are both demanding an apology and a retraction of the statement.
Both bodies described the PM's statement as an attack on the work of administrations in the schools. The JTA, in a release, said that administrators who are dealing with the "...woefully inadequate funding provided by the government - have by creative means kept these institutions open and functioning."
President of JAPPS, Nadine Molly, said that for the PM to use the words "extortion" and "principal" in the same sentence suggests that the principals are collecting the money for themselves.
Molly explained that the auxiliary fees go towards lab work and other student activities, as well as overall maintenance of school property. "It is ridiculous to think that schools can survive on the meager assistance that the government provides," she further added. She also emphasized that "these fees are crucial. They go toward providing a rounded education for the students."
Education Minister, Andrew Holness, encouraged school administrators not to depend wholly on auxiliary fees but to implement fund raising projects.
Muslim Terrorist Group Threaten Safety of 29th Olympic Games
In a video statement, a Muslim separatist group, claiming to represent the Turkestan Islamic Party, confessed to being responsible for a series of fatal explosions in several Chinese cities and have threatened the Olympic Games, due to begin August 8.
So far the groups boast of previous terrorist activities have proved to be unfounded, as the incidents mentioned had nothing to do with terrorism, stated head of Wenzhou municipal public security bureau.
However, Chinese authorities have alleged that extremists from the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang - known as East Turkestan were targeting the Olympics. They claim that they have unearthed a plot to attack a football venue in Shanghai and have broken up 12 terrorist groups in Xinjiang. Since then they have boosted security by stationing a 100,000 anti-terrorist force in Beijing and have installed explosive detectors at airports in Xinjiang.
On the video, the groups leader, Commander Seyfullah, stated that "Despite...repeated warnings...to (stop) the 29th Olympics in Beijing...the Turkestan Islamic Party volunteers who have gone through special preparations have started urgent actions...Our aim is to target the most critical points related to the Olympics." He also urged Muslim spectators not to attend the games, "Please do not stand together with the faithless people."
The Minister of Public Security said that already they have thwarted two plots to kidnap athletes, journalists and visitors to the Olympics Games and to blow up hotels, government offices and military targets in Shanghai, Beijing and other cities.
The proceedings which kicked off with performances from the young and upcoming acts was relatively tame throughout until deejay Rseenal took the stage and injected some well needed energy this was further heighten by the ever lyrical Wasp whose performance stood out more than some of the established acts that performed later in the so called "Big Artiste" segment. Following this the stage was now set for a musical showdown between the sound systems and overseas contender,Vertex was taking no prisoners as they challenged and almost demolished everyone in their path. Barrier Free from out of Japan, Area Code 876 and Alliance selector Boom Boom out of Jamaica also played an excellent set. However the same cannot be said for popular selector Ghetto B**** and Code Red who tried relentlessly to gain a forward but were eventually clapped off stage by the very unforgiving crowd. Chromatic and *lo**line had a lyrical war of words, but neither were any match for the big guns, even though Bonco from *lo**line did issued a challenge to Matterhorn and Vertex that went unanswered. Unfortunately for the Man from Mars he never got much of an opportunity to display his skill set and was only allowed five songs due to the crunch on time. "Mi not even get fi play fi mi gyal dem, cho anyways mi hear oonu a play tings mek mi tell oonu sumting, mi ah di only selecta weh Sharon Burke cyaah owe.. oonu know why.." - He asked, before ordering his sidekick of play a customized Mavado Fullyloaded dubplate "Sharon cyah pay me.... cause mi a money changer" which earned him much laughter and approval from the crowd. Honourable mention must be given to veteran selector Jazzy T who gave a good account of himself. Now it was on to the "Big Artiste" segment and Lutan Fyah showed why he was here to stay as he, Macka Diamond, Etana, Pamputae, Assassin, Shane-O, Nesbeth and Leftside all delivered excellent sets. Arguably the biggest forward of the night belonged to Mavado, even with a concise set had the large crowd in a state of pandemonium as they filled the morning sky with fireworks. Mavado closed the show with fellow entertainers Assassin, Firelinks and Matterhorn. However special mention must be given to Chino and Laden from the Big Ship camp for their efforts. The police invaded the beach at 3:30am and by 3:45pm the proceedings were brought to a close. Alliance members Bounty Killer, Busy Signal, Wayne Marshall, Einstein, Flexxx and Elephant among others did not perform. In retrospect the event could be deemed a success. |
Coming off the heels of his latest release the 'Work Out riddim', presently enjoying favourable exposure on the local airwaves. The young veteran has once again stepped up to the challenge with the release of his latest project dubbed the "Day Rave Riddim".
The project which exudes a very 'high energy' vibe, bears all the attributes one would expect from the young genius base on his previous undertakings.
As expected the compilation features the usual suspects with the only surprises being the inclusion of dancehall veteran Mr. Easy and Javinchi the latest addition to the Portmore Empire family who ironically has an uncannily sound similar to Black Ryno. Some of the other artistes on the project include Empire's front man Vybz Kartel, the gully god Mavado, Elephant Man, Aidonia, Laden, Chino, Black Ryno, Voicemail, Tony Matterhorn and the man with the sinister voice, Bramma.
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HEARTLESS!!! KANYE WEST'S DECEASED MOTHER'S HOUSE GETS FORECLOSED!!!
***Harry Toddler shoots video for 'Don't Run In'***
He is moving to put the unsavoury incident into the dustbin of his memory.
Ah just peace and love we ah say fi the new year, ah straight promotion mi de pon, the streets dem ah feel the tune, even when mi go somewhere and people say dem say Alliance, dem still ah feel mi tune, so mi know it connect like a bottle of brandy, he said, laughing.Down Sound Records shot a video for the single last week which will be released soon. The single is already leapfrogging up the chart, largely buoyed by the recent controversy with the Warlord. Consider the mantra he put down: friends screw you. In a strange art-imitates-life twist, that mantra played itself out in his private life with his mentor and friend Bounty Killer involved in a physical attack on him.
Asked how the streets had been responding to him since the incident, he responded:
People talk about it, mi go some place and dem say ah Alliance dem a say, some people pass remarks, some people are supportive, ah just music we say.
One thing is sure though, Harry Toddler is on the verge of muscling his way back into the industry with his big, winning personality. Dont Run In is on the easygoing, laid-back Gearbox riddim by upstarts Truckback Records, and is easily one of the most popular singles in the first quarter of the year, playing right behind Erups Click My Finger at most street dances.
Toddlers peers in the industry have been very supportive of his resurgence. The entire Scare Dem Crew, Nitty Kutchie, *la*hm Dandimite, and Elephant Man, turned out for scenes in his new video shoot. Sizzla Kalonji, Macka Diamond, Nuffy and Ghandi showed up as well while Vybz Kartel sent several bottles of his new rum to add colour to the bar scene.
50 Cent Buys Rights To His Baby Mamas Life Story...BADANG!!!
How Come We've Never Really Noticed BET's ALEESHA RENEE Before ... The Girl Is A BANGER!!!
Dumbass World: People Magazine Wins Bid For First Pictures Of The Angelina Twins $15 million*-*
People magazine won the exclusivity for the first pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolies twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, born on July 12. The winning/highest bid is to be between $10 million and $15 million and the couple said that theyll donate the money to charity. People was also the first to publish the pictures of the couples daughter, Shiloh, and got them for $4.1 million.
If ur girl offered u!!! need to knw wat u ppl think
wat wud yall do in dat situation tek it?lol
Eradication efforts elsewhere have pushed coca cultivation into rural El Rosario, where workers processed coca leaves recently.
PASTO, Col****ia Along with Col****ias successes in fighting leftist rebels this year, cities like Medellín have staged remarkable recoveries. And in the upscale districts of Bogotá, the capital, it is almost possible to forget that the country remains mired in a devilishly complex four-decade-old war.
But it is a different story in the mountains of the Nariño department. Here, and elsewhere in large parts of the countryside, the violence and fear remain unrelenting, underscoring the difficulty of ending a war fueled by a drug trade that is proving immune to American-financed efforts to stop it.
Soaring coca cultivation, forced disappearances, assassinations, the displacement of families and the planting of land mines stubbornly persist, the hallmarks of a backlands conflict that threatens to drag on for years, even without the once spectacular actions of guerrillas in Col****ias large cities.
For those caught in the cross-fire, talk of a possible endgame for the war seems decidedly premature, even given the deaths this year of several top guerrilla leaders, the desertion of hundreds of rebels each month and the rescue of prized hostages like the former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
The armed groups are like malaria, evolving to resist eradication and killing with efficiency, Antonio Navarro Wolff, governor of Nariño and a former guerrilla from the defunct M-19 group, said in an interview. If anything, Nariño shows the guerrillas may have lost their chance for victory but not their ability to cause suffering.
Today, a dizzying array of armed groups lord over the farmlands of Nariño. These include not only leftist guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Col****ia, or FARC, but also right-wing militias operating under names like the Black Eagles or the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Nariño.
Their presence reflects the symbiotic nature of the armed groups and the drug trade, each drawing strength from the other.
In Nariño, flanked by the Pacific Ocean on the west and Ecuador on the south, coca growers have nimbly sidestepped almost a decade of fumigation efforts by reorganizing industrial-size farms into smaller plots that are much harder to find and spray from the air. They are taxed and protected by forces on the various sides of the conflict.
The United Nations reported in June that coca cultivation in Col****ia surged 27 percent in 2007 to 244,634 acres, the first significant increase in four years. Nariño had the largest increase of any Col****ian department, an administrative district, up 30 percent to 50,061 acres.
The expansion has allowed Col****ia to remain by far the worlds largest coca producer and the supplier of 90 percent of the cocaine consumed in the United States.
It has also made the drug-fueled conflict a resilient virus in large pockets of the country, with double-digit increases in coca cultivation in at least three other departments, Putumayo, Meta and Antioquia. In Nariño, almost every week, government officials, Roman Catholic leaders or aid workers report actions by the rebels or paramilitary groups.
In the last week of June, four schoolteachers in remote areas of the province were killed by a FARC column called Mariscal Sucre, one of three units of the FARC that are active in the area. The rebels claimed that the schoolteachers, all of them recently posted to remote schoolhouses by Roman Catholic officials, were army informants.
The guerrillas left the bodies of two of the teachers in front of their schoolhouses, preventing their families from giving them a Christian burial because the families were too afraid to collect the bodies, said Eduardo Muñoz, human rights director at Simana, the Nariño teachers union.
Just weeks before, in April, the FARC knocked out power for 300,000 residents along the Pacific coast with an attack on an electrical station. Col****ian soldiers also found eight fuel-processing depots holding 77,000 barrels of oil used by the guerrillas for fuel and to process coca into cocaine in makeshift labs.
Nationwide, the FARC still collects $200 million to $300 million a year by taxing coca farmers and coordinating cocaine smuggling networks, according to Bruce Bagley, a specialist on the Andean drug war who teaches at the University of Miami.
That is down from $500 million earlier this decade, Mr. Bagley said, but it is still enough to finance the FARC after recent desertions and killings that have thinned its ranks to about 9,000 from 17,000.
Similarly, while the FARCs share of the cocaine trade has declined, Col****ias share of the world cocaine production has remained stable at about 60 percent. That means opportunities for new players like Col****ias resurgent right-wing militias and small-scale armed gangs taking the place of disassembled cartels.
A few battles won is not a war won, Mr. Bagley said. The FARC and other groups will survive as long as there are safe havens, the flow of drug money and large, remote regions unconnected to the broader economy.
One such area is El Rosario, a municipality three hours from Pasto, the capital of Nariño, by four-wheel drive on winding switchbacks along the spine of the Andes.
A decade ago, coca was a rare crop in the area, farmers in El Rosario said. Then, eradication efforts under Plan Col****ia, the $5 billion counterinsurgency and antinarcotics effort financed by the United States, forced the migration of coca cultivation here from other parts of the country.
To them, the eradication effort has simply pushed the coca and the groups that feed off it into ever-more isolated parts of the country. Now that coca has become their livelihood, too, the farmers are determined to hold on to it.
At one remote spot, a 45-minute hike from a section of the dirt road, Liborio Rodríguez maintains a small coca field on a slope that has been subjected to aerial spraying and direct eradication efforts in recent years.
I know nothing is eternal, but I am not leaving this land, said Mr. Rodríguez, 41, while he and half a dozen laborers harvested leaves off coca bushes under the hot sun, pausing to sip chicha, an alcoholic drink made from corn. After everything we have been subjected to, I feel that I can survive here.
He and the other farmers say they have developed strategies to protect their coca bushes, planting smaller plots under canopies of trees and coating their leaves with sugar cane juice, thought to prevent phosphate-based herbicides from sticking.
In an example of unintended consequences, the phosphates repelled from coca bushes may soak into the ground and serve as a fertilizer, some botanists say, helping increase coca yields.
Other coca farmers have developed hybrid varieties of coca that grow lower to the ground and can be harvested four to six times a year, almost double previous levels.
Faced with the unexpected surge in coca cultivation in Nariño and other areas, Col****ian officials take comfort in findings by the United Nations that cocaine production in the country is believed to have remained stable in 2007, at about 660 tons.
And they say cultivation could have been much larger than the 543,630 acres measured last year were it not for the aerial spraying and manual eradication efforts, c****ined with strides in intercepting cocaine shipments and military victories against the FARC in numerous rural redoubts.
Yet while interdiction levels are promising, the growth of coca cultivation also promises the FARC and rival groups new opportunities to profit from the cocaine trade.
One paramilitary group, the Black Eagles, has so terrified residents of El Rosario that they will hardly utter the militias name when discussing how it extorts payments from them each month.
Elsewhere in Nariño, residents similarly report that paramilitary groups are thriving, despite government efforts to demobilize more than 30,000 paramilitary c****atants in recent years.
These militias, sometimes in camouflaged uniforms bearing the letters A.C.N., the initials in Spanish for Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Nariño, or O.N.G., for New Generation Organization have uprooted villagers near the Pacific coast, according to testimony collected by aid workers, as paramilitary groups, guerrillas and small-scale drug gangs struggled for control of cocaine smuggling routes.
Government figures suggest that displacements are declining in Nariño, with about 7,500 people forced from their homes so far this year in comparison with almost 30,000 in all of 2007. But other agencies paint a more distressing picture.
Codhes, a leading human rights group, said overall displacements in Col****ia climbed 38 percent last year to more than 300,000, with Nariño emerging as the center of Col****ias humanitarian crisis, said Jorge Rojas, the groups director.
Seemingly marginal organizations persist in pockets of rural distress. Another leftist rebel group, the National Liberation Army, or E.L.N., has at least 100 c****atants in the area, local officials and aid workers said.
A FARC rival that has been vastly diminished in recent years, the E.L.N. normally avoids involvement in the cocaine trade. But its riches are so tempting, community leaders say, that a rogue column of the group in Nariño, Comuneros del Sur, has secured a new lease on life by financing itself through drug deals.
In June, three boys from the Awá indigenous group walked into a rural area planted with land mines by the E.L.N., community leaders said. The boys, ages 8, 12 and 15, were instantly killed, placing them among 31 victims of land mines in Nariño this year, a grim figure that includes 19 civilians, according to Col****ias government.
Our view is that all sides are not weakening but getting stronger, said an Awá leader, asking not to be identified out of fear of retribution from the rebels. Where else in the world can the authorities claim to be winning when their opponents continue planting both coca and mines?
Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use
(CNN) -- The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance.
Rep. Barney Frank's bill would radically curb federal penalties for personal marijuana use.
Current laws targeting marijuana users place undue burdens on law enforcement resources, punish ill Americans whose doctors have prescribed the substance and unfairly affect African-Americans, said Frank, flanked by legislators and representatives from advocacy groups.
"The vast amount of human activity ought to be none of the government's business," Frank said during a Capitol Hill news conference. "I don't think it is the government's business to tell you how to spend your leisure time."
The Massachusetts Democrat and his supporters emphasized that only the use -- and not the abuse -- of marijuana would be decriminalized if the resolution passes.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration says people charged with simple possession are rarely incarcerated. The agency and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy have long opposed marijuana legalization, for medical purposes or otherwise.
Marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance, meaning it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, according to the ONDCP.
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"Smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science -- it is not medicine and it is not safe," the DEA states on its Web site. "Legalization of marijuana, no matter how it begins, will come at the expense of our children and public safety. It will create dependency and treatment issues, and open the door to use of other drugs, impaired health, delinquent behavior, and drugged drivers."
Allen St. Pierre, spokesman for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), likened Frank's proposal -- co-sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas -- to current laws dealing with alcohol consumption. Alcohol use is permitted, and the government focuses its law enforcement efforts on those who abuse alcohol or drive under its influence, he said.
"We do not arrest and jail responsible alcohol drinkers," he said.
St. Pierre said there are tens of millions of marijuana smokers in the United States, including himself, and hundreds of thousands are arrested each year for medical or personal use. iReport.com: Is it time to legalize pot?
There have been 20 million marijuana-related arrests since 1965, he said, and 11 million since 1990, and "every 38 seconds, a marijuana smoker is arrested."
Rob Kampia, director of the Marijuana Policy Project, said marijuana arrests outnumber arrests for "all violent crimes c****ined," meaning that police are spending inordinate amounts of time chasing nonviolent criminals.
"Ending arrests is the key to marijuana policy reform," he said.
Reps. William Lacy Clay, D-Missouri, and Barbara Lee, D-California, said that in addition to targeting nonviolent offenders, U.S. marijuana laws also unfairly target African-Americans.
Clay said he did not condone drug use, but he opposes using tax dollars to pursue what he feels is an arcane holdover from "a phony war on drugs that is filling up our prisons, especially with people of color."
Too many drug enforcement resources are being dedicated to incarcerating nonviolent drugs users, and not enough is being done to stop the trafficking of narcotics into the United States, he said.
Being arrested is not the American marijuana smoker's only concern, said Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance Network. Those found guilty of marijuana use can lose their jobs, financial aid for college, their food stamp and welfare benefits, or their low-cost housing.
The U.S. stance on marijuana, Piper said, "is one of the most destructive criminal justice policies in America today."
Calling the U.S. policy "inhumane" and "immoral," Lee said she has many constituents who are hara**ed or arrested for using or cultivating marijuana for medical purposes. California allowsmedical marijuana use, but the federal government does not, she explained.
House Resolution 5843, titled the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008, would allow "a very small number of individuals" suffering from chronic pain or illness to smoke marijuana with impunity.
According to NORML, marijuana can be used to treat a range of illnesses, including glaucoma, asthma, multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS and seizures.
Frank, who is chairman of the Financial Services Committee, said about a dozen states already have approved some degree of medical marijuana use, and the federal government should stop devoting resources to arresting people who are complying with their states' laws.
In a shot at Republicans, Frank said it was strange that those who support limited government want to criminalize marijuana.
Asked if the resolution's passage would change his personal behavior, Frank quipped, "I do obey every law I vote for," but quickly said he did not use marijuana, nor does he encourage it.
"I smoke cigars. I don't think other people should do that. If young people ask me, I would advise them not to do it," he said.
If HR 5843 were passed by the House, marijuana smokers could possess up to 100 grams -- about 3½ ounces -- of cannabis without being arrested. It would also permit the "nonprofit transfer" of up to an ounce of marijuana.
The resolution would not affect laws forbidding growing, importing or exporting marijuana, or selling it for profit. The resolution also would not affect any state laws regarding marijuana use.
ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Clay County deputies are searching for a robber who attacked a shopper leaving the Target Superstore on Wells Road on Sunday, threw her to the ground and ran away with her purse.
"I was leaving work. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and you don't expect anything like that to happen," the victim said.
Deputies said the man got out of the passenger side of a black Toyota Camry about 1:20 p.m., approached the woman from behind and grabbed for her purse. When the victim struggled, the man threw her to the ground and punched her before ripping the purse from her hands, deputies said .
The victim described the attacker as a white man between 5 feet 9 and 5 feet 11 inches tall weighing about 170 pounds. He was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and white shoes.
After the robbery, the man got back in the Camry driven by another man and drove away, deputies said.
The victim told Channel 4 that although she was shaken up by the incident, fear was the last thing on her mind.
"I guess I was just outraged that somebody was doing this to me," she said.
Some bystanders in the parking lot were also upset by what they witnessed. Surveillance video shows that several people tried to help the victim and two vehicles even tried to block the path of the thief's getaway car.
"They all tried very hard to stop the man," the victim said.
"Three different people came to her aid, which was good. They're good witnesses and were able to give us good descriptions," said Sheriff Rick Beseler.
The sheriff's office has released a sketch of the robber based on the witnesses' description.
The car, with a Florida license tag BF55I, turned out to be stolen from Jacksonville last Thursday.
"It could have been worse. We're thankful that it wasnt, but we really need the public's assistance to look at this video and try to determine who this person is and how we can get our hands on him," Beseler said.
The International Olympic Committee ruled Tuesday that Iraq could participate in the Beijing games, reversing itself after Baghdad pledged to ensure the independence of its national Olympics panel.
The decision followed last-minute talks between Iraqi officials and the IOC ahead of Wednesdays deadline to submit competitors names for track and field events. The Olympics begin Aug. 8.
Iraqs National Olympic Committee was dissolved by the Baghdad government in May, prompting the IOC to suspend the Mideast country from the Olympics for political interference.
The IOC had insisted the old committee be reinstated even though four members were kidnapped two years ago. Their fates remain unknown.
A compromise was worked out after mediators from Germany and China became involved in talks, and Iraq pledged to hold free elections for its national Olympic committee under international observation.
Iraq is expected to send two athletes to Beijing to compete in track and field events. The decision came too late for five other hopefuls in archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting. The deadline to submit names for those sports expired last week.
The National Olympic Committee will have fair elections before the end of November, said Pere Miro, head of the IOCs department for relations with national Olympic committees.
In the meantime Iraqs Olympic organization will be run by an interim committee proposed by its national sports federations and approved by the IOC, he said.
We want to forget all the past, Iraqs government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told The Associated Press after signing the agreement at a news conference. We want to have real representation for the Iraqi teams and the Iraqi supporters.
The breakthrough came after eight hours of talks Tuesday at the IOCs headquarters in Lausanne involving Miro and Husain al-Musallam, director-general of the Olympic Council of Asia.
Hours before the talks, a delegation of Iraqi groups in Switzerland came to IOC headquarters to deliver a letter to Olympic officials expressing dismay at their countrys suspension and requesting the decision be overturned.
The IOC last suspended Iraq in May 2003weeks after U.S.-led troops toppled Saddam Husseins regime. That ban occurred after the IOC learned of the abuse of athletes by Saddams son Uday, the countrys former Olympic chief.
The suspension was lifted a year later, allowing Iraq to take part in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens where it fielded 25 athletes.
Iraqs soccer team made it to the semifinals, prompting celebrations throughout a country where sports fans have had little to cheer about in recent years as the war claimed the lives of athletes, coaches and staff.
The Olympic cycling coach, national wrestling coach, a soccer federation member and a prominent volleyball player have been killed, most in 2006 during the height of sectarian slayings.
The two athletes who will represent Iraq at Beijing have benefited from an IOC solidarity program that allowed them to train at sports facilities abroad, IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said.
Although the duo failed to meet the qualifications to go to Beijing, they were allowed to take part under the IOCs wild card scheme designed to ensure every country is represented at the games.
The fact that they are unlikely to add to Iraqs overall tally of one bronze medal since its first appearance at the Summer Olympics in 1948 is of no great concern, said al-Dabbagh.
Sport is really important for us in Iraq right now, he said. It brings the people together.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/article/10582/olympic-panel-ends-ban...
LifeStyles Condoms Offers MILEY CYRUS $1 Million to be Spokesgirl*-*
The company says it has offered the 15-year-old Disney star who has said she won't have sex until she's married $1 million to represent the brand.
"Pop culture proves that teens are more ready than ever to discuss the subject of sex," says the company's VP of marketing, Carol Carrozza. "We believe that Miley is both influential and relatable to this afflicted set and is the obvious choice to get the message of safe sex out to teens across America."
But Cyrus' rep says they never got an offer.
"We never received an offer, nor would she consider the offer," her rep tells E! News.
Meanwhile, Cyrus says she's almost done with "Hannah Montana."
"Were thinking this is our last season," the star tells E!'s Marc Malkin.
The single Cyrus also told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show that she would ideally date a "16-year-old [Coldplay lead singer] Chris Martin."
Rick Ross warned Trick Daddy: Dawg dont want no problem.
But Trick didnt take the bait, and instead the Miami rap veteran is defending Ross actions. Not, however, the fact that the Def Jam star mislead folks.
I know where it comes from, you heard something about Ross years ago Trick said about the Ross correction officer rumors. But remember, and I told Ross this, years ago, they would have did worse that what they did now. They would have played what he said without letting me hear the first part and guess what I would have did? I would have responded just like Ross. So hes not wrong, we talked abut this. But what we learned about this, now hes famous and successful. Had he been [accused] when he first came up, this would have been done and over with 2 and a half years go. Now hes famous, and now hes somebody, its gonna continue to be in the news.
TDD said he and Ross have history together, from early tour dates to collaborating on Tricks earlier albums. He called whoever put the video out and the pictures of Ross out is a slime ball, because thats some close to home shit, in my opinion.
In the meantime, Trick has no problem with Ross. He said he even wants the Boss to be on his next album.
Rick Ross is gonna be on the album, Trick said of his next solo project. As of today, we havent recorded the song yet, but he is gonna be on the album. Notice I said, is, because thats what I represent. Real street shit.Anthony Thomas, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez
http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=23404
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Delta Air Lines flight attendants found the body of a woman in the restroom of a plane that landed in Atlanta, Georgia, early Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman for the company said.
The crew noticed the restroom was occupied on final approach, spokeswoman Keyra Johnson said. Flight 950 from Los Angeles landed at 5:51 a.m.
Delta officials have not said how long the 61-year-old woman may have been in the restroom.
Atlanta police were notified and met the plane at the gate, Johnson said.
The body was to be taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner's office for an autopsy later Wednesday, said GBI spokesman John Bankhead.
Authorities were awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of death, Bankhead said.
The woman's name and hometown have not been released.
Atlanta police stationed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport respond to calls about dead bodies on airplanes a couple of times a year, police spokesman Officer Eric Schwartz said.
Rolling stone magazine featured-Movado (just a reminder so haters don't 4get to hate)
Rolling Stone Magazine Named Mavado Best Reggae Artiste Since Bob Marley
It is evident that Jamaica's dancehall artiste Mavado's career has been facing a chain of mix-reactions ("good & bad"). But this time around it's 100% good news as the Gangsta was listed as "Best New Reggae Artiste" on Rolling Stone Magazine list of The 125 Plus People, Places and Things Ruling The Rock and Roll Universe. According to EVAN SERPICK (Associate Editor), "If you think reggae died with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, think again. Jamaica's latest star, Mavado, c****ines hip-hop-influenced beats with ominous minor-key vocals about street life and salvation. "I started singing when I was four or five years old, and people always wanted me to sing more," says Mavado, who grew up in Cassava Piece, a rough dirt-road section of Kingston.Over the past few years, the 27-year-old singer - who has a heavily scarred face and dark, *lo**shot eyes - has catapulted to the top of Jamaica's MC circuit on the strength of songs such as the taunting "Real McKoy." Last year, he released his debut album, Gangsta for Life; his thuggish style has won him fans in the U.S., where hip-hop stations have started playing tracks like "Weh Dem a Do" and "Last Night." Jay-Z was so impressed that he cut a remixed version of Mavado's "On the Rock," stepping out of his comfort zone to rhyme in a hyperspeed flow. Mavado recently played a number of U.S. shows and was surprised to discover how many fans he has here. "The fans in the U.S. are more hyperactive," he says, "because they don't see Mavado that much."
WATCH SEEZINZ FROM FLAVOR OF LOVE 3 SHOW HER AZZ ... AND WE MEAN THAT LITERALLY!!!
Cheech And Chong To Reunite, Man Cheech And Chong To Reunite, Man
Cheech And Chong To Reunite, Man
Now that their feud is up in smoke, Cheech and Chong are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than 25 years.
Cheech Marin told AP radio that he and Tommy Chong "looked at each other going, 'If we're ever going to do something it has to be now because you're not getting any younger and neither am I."'
They tossed around some ideas and figured a comedy tour would be "the most fun" and "the least hassle," the 62-year-old Marin said.
Marin and Chong, who broke up amid creative differences, have tried to reunite before, but have always fought too much. Marin laughed and said: "It takes about three minutes for that to happen. There's this veiled hatred." But he added: "We've kind of resolved that."
"We've gotten to the age where we don't feel like fighting anymore because the end is a lot closer than the beginning," he said.
Marin said he thinks dope humour can be as funny today as it was back in the '70s.
"I think it's time for a revival of dope jokes. It's a much bigger audience now, it's much more widespread and institutionalized," he said in an interview earlier this month.
Details of the "Hey, What's That Smell?" tour were announced Wednesday at a news conference in West Hollywood, Ca.
During their original run, Marin and Chong released nine comedy albums between 1972 and 1985, were nominated for four Grammy Awards and won one. They also starred in eight feature films, almost always portraying a pair of comical stoners stumbling through life.
While Chong has continued to do standup, Marin has concentrated on films and TV appearances.
"I guess Cheech forgot how tough standup is," Chong joked last month after Marin said they were considering reuniting.
"But he's got the incentive and the enthusiasm and he's ready," he said of his former partner. "My boy is back."
Photo credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Donnie McClurkin, the African American gospel singer and so-called ex-gay is apparently not as ex-gay as he would have everyone believe. Blogger Clay Cane has an interview with a former bed buddy of McClurkins who says clearly that he had sex with McClurkin after McClurkin claimed to have prayed away the gay.
McClurkin has made remarks claiming that he is in a war with homosexuality and that homosexuality is not Gods intention. He is scheduled to perform at an event for the Barack Obama campaign in South Carolina. Barack is not scheduled to attend the event and has added an openly gay minister to deliver the opening prayer.
How long were you guys being sexual?
Off and on for three years, 2001 to 2004.During this time to 2001 to 2004 is really the height of his anti-gay rants. The book came out, he made comments, he told the New York Times in 2002 hes counseling adolescent boys to convert them from homosexuality. Would you hear about these rants?
Every time Id read an article in Ebony or Jet, or whatever, Id just hear itId get upset and wed always have an argument about it. He said, I told you. I said, Its crazy. What youre doing is crazy. Youre writing this stuff, but yet youre still doing it. I said, I have a problem with that. Whats wrong with you? He said, I have a problem.What do you think he meant by I have a problem?
Its something he just cant control. He feels that he has to say that to please people. He said, I dont want people to believe that Im still doing it.
Do you think being violently homophobic was the key to his success? There are so many gay people in the gospel music industry. Why did he have to be soSo like he was?Yeahso like he is! Even right now
It seems like every time he was attacked in the media, or word was getting around, it just seemed like it made him even madder. He had attacked gays, the lifestyle, when something was written about himone lady wrote an article, The Sins of Donnie McClurkin, I mean, it was scathing. Its since gone now, I tried to find it today and Keith Boykin, hes written some things. Every time somebody would do that he would counterattack. The articles, the hearsay would make him just go crazy and he was not fun to be around. One time we met and it was him sitting in a bed Indian style and me sitting in the hotel chair looking at TV. No sex, no nothing
The more information that comes out, the clearer it becomes that he is an angry and bitter man whose psyche has been twisted a childhood rape by a male relative and homophobia in the Black community and the gospel industry in particular. He is an emotionally damaged person with serious internalized homophobia.
He is a perfect example of why Black people need to confront head on issues of homophobia and the use of religion to attack LGBT people immediately.
Delano's Birthday Bash Tempted Hawaii - RTI weekend...BADANG!!!
R KELLY STOLE HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND FROM THE REV RUN'S SON JOJO (PICS INSIDE)!!!!!!
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| Spice and Friends set to party on yacht this Sunday
The creative deejay has decided that the best way to avoid being forced to lock off her party at 2:00 am, as dictated by the Night Noise Abatement Act, is to take to the high seas, and this she intends to do in fine style.
For her birthday party, Spice will be hosting "Spice Birthnite Boat Ride Ball: Cinderella Style, Paparazzi Affair",on the luxurious Caribbean Queen.
Spice promises that it will be a bashment, with lots of class and style. She highlighted that all her guests will be special but the extra special guests will be the 'Mumma' of the dancehall, the one and only Marion 'Lady Saw' Hall and one of her favorite deejays, Cham.
Music will be provided by the in-demand Stone Love aggregation along with Richie Feelings, the man who has popularized Feelings Fridays in Arnett Gardens.
This paparazzi affair takes place on Monday, August 4 and the ship sets sail from the harbor at 11:00pm, but boarding starts at 9:00pm from the pier at 3B Port Royal Street, beside the craft market.
Sponsors include Hype TV, Miami Heat Fashion Store, Keeva's Closet, Bling Bling and Uzuri, Tasha may Fashions and Khool International Booking Agency.
Joanne Springberg and her family have put an advertisement on eBay to sell her life in beautiful Jacksonville, Fla.
She told Channel 4 that she decided to take the plunge when her husband had problems with his job and the housing market became a second problem.
"(I'm) trying to sell the house fast I'm going to sell everything with it. The car, dishes, whatever they want. It's all there," Springberg said.
She said she and her two teenagers and her husband plan to move to an apartment so they can move wherever he's called to work.
To make that happen, practically everything Springberg owns must go. In her eBay ad, she got very specific about what's incorporated in buying her life, including her board games like Balderdash and Scrabble and her kitchen items like a Crock-Pot, deep fryer and blender.
"Everything in the house except the personal computer, clothing and my pets," Springberg said.
The asking price for Springberg's life is $263,440. However, Springberg said that cost is negotiable.
She said her eBay ad has only been up for one day and has not received any bids. However, the ad has had a lot of lookers.
Springberg said it won't be easy to give up all her things, and her family feels the same way.
"I just tell it like it is and they have to go along with it whether they like it or not, and they don't like it," Springberg said.
She said if someone takes her family up on the offer, she and her family would just start over with a whole new life.
"Right now we can't move because we have the house. If we sell it, we can go anywhere we want to," Springberg said.
To see Springberg's ad on eBay, visit Buy my life.
Tony Matterhorn - Visa again, Tony Matterhorn - Visa again
Almost 2 weeks ago, sound system selector/ dj Tony Matterhorn, who was barred for almost three years from traveling to the USA, secured his travel documents and work permit to enter the USA. Matterhorn garnered worldwide notoriety last year when his controversial hit song "Dutty Wine" shot to the top of the charts and became number around the world. The song was the rave in dancehalls across Europe, Jamaica, the Caribbean, the USA and Canada. Ms. J. Lexy Brooks, CEO of VIP Connected Entertainment - the agency that handles management, bookings and promotions for the DJ was very instrumental in helping the DJ regain his travel/working privileges to the USA. In a recent interview, done at her office in NY, Brooks candidly answered questions about the DJ's future and outlined plans which her company has to celebrate his long awaited return to USA.
Q1: Now that Tony has his travel documents, what does this means for him?
A1: First let me say how really excited I am that Tony now can travel and work in the USA again. I know it was a very, very long wait but fans stateside will soon be graced with his presence and the opportunity to see their favorite selector turn DJ perform live. I know the United States; specifically New York is one of Tony's favorite places. I am certain that its somewhere he is anxiously looking forward to returning to.
Q2: How difficult was it to secure his visa?
A2: It was quite a long and at times tedious task to secure his visa. At times it seemed almost impossible but we kept the faith. My company, VIP Connected Entertainment first started working with his immigration case a little over 3 years ago. Although the hopes of him getting his Visa looked bleak, we really believe that there was no legal reason to keep him from coming and working in the U.S.A. So we kept working on it, believing that one day he would once again return to the U.S.A. After all, there are thousands of adoring fans who are anxiously waiting to see and enjoy his live performances. We brought the Attorney's Office of Spar and Bernstein on board to assist us. They worked hard and for this we would like to thank them for their kind assistance. We would also like to thank the Office of Congressman Gary L. Ackerman and the Jamaican Consulate for the role they played as well. But just to be clear --- at the end of the day the reality of what Tony has been preaching all this time came to pass and that is he has done nothing wrong and he stuck to his argument.
Q3: What plans do you have in place to celebrate his return to the USA?
A3: We are currently working with MARS 2112, a trendy hot spot in Times Square, NY to host a welcome back party for him. They are excited and we are as well to host this historic event there. It is ironic that we choose this venue to host the party given that one of Tony's biggest songs is called "Man from Mars" and the name of the venue is Mars 2112. We plan to really go all out to make this a special event. A lot of his friends in the dancehall fraternity, also many in the R&B and Hip Hop community have already indicated they plan to attend the event. We are also planning a private VIP/Press Reception for him. For this event we have started to reach out to media entities across the US, Europe and from Jamaica.
Q4: What plans do you have for him regarding a US tour?
A4: In terms of touring, his return has been quite anticipated by fans all across the U.S. Remember that even before he became a mega superstar with hits like "Dutty Whine," "Goodas Fi Dem" and "Man from Mars," he made a name for himself as one of the top selectors in the business. Now that he has established himself as a talented DJ, he is the most demanded artist out of Jamaica today. And he will definitely be on the road touring those states where fans have long awaited his return.
Q5: When was the last time he performed in the USA?
A5: Tony's last performance in the U.S. was October 2003. It is hard to imagine that almost three years have gone by but what is important is that Tony is back and ready to make a lasting impression on fans.
Q6: What parting words do you have?
A6: I am certain that there are a few persons that Tony would like to thank for continuing to believe in him and for their words of encouragement over the years. But I will leave that for him to do himself. My company VIP Connected Entertainment would however like to thank those government agencies and persons who were instrumental in helping to make his return a reality even when some thought that it would not happen. I would also like to thank the fans and friends who continue to believe in him and never gave up hope that he would one day return to the USA. Thanks again.
See it de, the Empire is just growing stronger by the minute, my first Sumfest alongside The Teacha was a great experience, the media attention, the crowd, and we plan to lock the rest of the Summer straight, he told one876entertainment.comHe has already scored two hits with Evil People which made the top 20 of the RE TV dancehall charts and his first hit, Mek Di Paper which peaked at #11 on the Jamaica Music Countdown charts. The deejay is set to appear on a number of shows for the rest of the Summer season including Beenie Man Sizzle on August 6, Champions in Action of August 17th and Summer Hype.
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