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Two gunmen are now holed up inside a fast-food restaurant at the intersection of West and Beckford streets in Downtown Kingston. reporter on the scene said the incident started about 6:00 pm. Police say that two armed robbers ˜ barged though a side door of the restaurant moments before closing time and robbed three female staff members in the restaurant, the robbers then proceeded to asked for the supervisor. The three staff members ran to a bathroom in the restaurant where they locked themselves in. The three female hostages then somehow managed to escape from the building. One member of staff is currently being held hostage by the gunmen. Police and soldiers have swopped down on the area and have surrounded the...

I want to apologize to everyone ReggaeMe was attacked on Sunday as to where some of our Files where damage. To repair the damage we had to reset the site back to Saturday. All information added after Saturday was lost. I want to apologize for the inconvenience.

Andrew "Flippa Maffia" Davis, was arrested earlier this year after he was allegedly caught trying to enter the United States illegally from the Bahamas in March. The deejay was arrested on March 16, 2010 at the time knew he had no current legal immigration status in the U.S. After being arrested, Flippa was being held as a prosecution witness against Julio Santiesteban and Armando Amat, who were charged with encouraging and inducing an alien to enter or reside in the United States. Since then, Flippa has been held in Federal custody, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and more recently was reportedly being held in state custody. Rumor has it that he is out on bail and is currently in Philadelphia, where he resided when...

The six-time Grammy winner Toni Braxton and her husband, Keirston“Keri” Lewis bought their Henderson, Las Vegas Nevada home in 2007,and now it is listed in foreclosure. The home is currently listed on REALTOR.com® for $1.15 million, a significant loss compared to the $2.6 million the couple paid for the property three years ago. See Braxton’s Henderson home listed for $1,150,000 This two-story home built in 2002 features four fireplaces, a pool, spa and a three-car garage. The 5,337-square foot home also has built-in bookcases, a wine refrigerator, a swimming pool, and a balcony overlooking the hill and mountain views.

Steel Pulse has released a new song, "Hold On (4 Haiti)", recorded specifically to raise funds for adding solar power to health clinics of Partners in Health in Haiti. The clinics, operated by Zanmi Lasante, are in the remote mountain villages of Haiti and can't easily get power. After the recent earthquakes that devestated the country, the clinics have experienced and explosion in the number of clients coming in, but their fuel supplies run dangerously low too often. Steel Pulse has launched a new website, http://www.holdon4haiti.org , in conjunction with Partners in Health and the Solar Electric Light Fund, where the song is available for download on a donation basis. One hundred percent of donations received will benefit Haiti...

1) Tenza is a unique name; does it have any special meaning? Yes, very unique yet not much mean other than I am my mother Tenth child 2) Past and present, which artist(s) have played a prominent role in influencing your career and why? Pass: Yellow Man, Lt. Stichie and Ninja Man. Yellow man for is unique flows, Lt. Stichie for is lyrical pattern and flow, ninja man always made a good stage appearance weather funny or crazy always good. Present: Bounty Killa, Beenie Man, Lady Saw and Tanya Stephen Bounty because of his great vocals, clarity, and he always look out for the youths. Lady saw shows power and strength for women in dancehall Beenie man a great entertainer. Tanya Stephen Great lyrical content, very positive...

Born and raised in the streets of Kingston, Jamaican rapper/singjay/songwriter and composer Kamar "Chan Dizzy" Ho-shing is destined to bring his musical ingenuity to the world. Armed with solid and distinct vocal tone Chan has captured the hearts and ears of music enthusiasts both locally and internationally. Growing up in a household dominated by the arts (theatre,music)he developed a love for music at a very young age. It was undoubtedly his passion for RnB, Dancehall and Hip Hop music that motivated him to pursue a career in music. As his career grows, his talent has already taken him into the council of music legends. His incredible song writing ability and versatility has been recognized by many popular artists and producers...

Marshall and Vybz Kartel have not been on good terms since Vybz Kartel left the Bounty Killer-led Alliance. After the split, Marshall was insulted in Vybz Kartel songs like A Wah Do Dem and Seh Weh Yuh Feel Fi Seh in 2008 and When Since in 2009. Wayne Marshall told the Star Marshall is urging others to follow the example of peace that was set by Bounty Killer and Beenie Man recently after years of rivalry. Source: Jamaica Star

The highly anticipated concert collaboration between Usher and Chris Brown is not happening. Brown has bluntly declared that as of now he is just trying to focus on his career, which was recently jeopardized by his guilty plea for felony assault of former girlfriend Rihanna. Though earlier tweets from the artists had suggested that they are up for a joint performance, it has now been confirmed that Chris and Usher are not going to share the stage anytime soon.

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to use their talents and resources to help in the development of the country. she said The Ambassador was addressing a service to celebrate Jamaica's 48th year of Independence, organised by the Jamaica Association of Maryland (JAM), at the Baltimore Central New Testament Church of God on August 29. she said She argued that Jamaica is determined to become the model for economic revitalisation in the hemisphere.

Inspired by the great reggae drummers of the mid-seventies, Swedish music production company OddGrooves releases Reggae Drumming - a MIDI drum loop pack arranged for several popular drum samplers. According to OddGrooves' chief drummer Magnus Brandell the goal with the Reggae Pack was to "get into the soul" of the reggae drummers of the 70's. Burning Spear, Peter Tosh and The Wailers served as major sources of inspiration when recording the loops. OddGrooves CEO/producer Per Ulfhielm says: Reggae Drumming features: - 247 reggae drum loops, predominantly roots reggae, but also reggae pop such as The Police and loops inspired by Frank Zappa's classic reggae variations. - Recorded in a total of 10 tempos - All drum loops are...

Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps made it as a first runner-up for the 2010 Miss Universe pageant that happened on the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Veas Nevada. Yendi Phillips, was born in 1985 and is of black and partial Indo-American descent. By reaching the 2nd place in the prestigious beauty pageant, Yendi Phillips has taken Jamaica to the highest placement they’ve ever had in a Miss Universe contest. She was the winner of the Miss Jamaica World beauty pageant contest held in China on December 1, 2007. Yendi Phillips attributes her success to her late mother; her mother died when she was younger. She holds a bachelor’s degree of fine arts with a concentration in dance from the State University of New York at Brockport and a Master’s...

(AP) Jamaica's opposition called Sunday for an independent investigation into who hired lobbyists to try to persuade the U.S. government to drop its extradition request for alleged drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke. The People's National Party said in a statement that a commission of inquiry should be formed because the government has failed to provide a "full and truthful" account of precisely who contracted U.S. firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips last year. Prime Minister Bruce Golding initially denied any role in the lobbying contract. But he later acknowledged personally approving the decision to hire the firm while his government resisted the request to extradite Coke, the alleged boss of the notorious Shower Posse gang. Golding...

Nadja Benaissa, a very popular German pop star has admitted that she kept it a secret to her lovers that she carried HIV. The 28-year-old pop star testified on Monday at the District Court of Darmstadt in Germany, apologizing for her carelessness. She admitted that when she was with sexual partners, she would keep it a secret that she was HIV positive. She has been charged with infecting 3 men with HIV, with the official charge being attempted aggravated assault for unprotected sex. She is best known as the singer with the popular band No Angels. The German pop star admitted that she became aware that she was HIV positive when she went for a pregnancy test back in the year 2000.

Deborrah Cooper, an advice columnist on dating-related issues, came up with the interesting premise that the black church is a large part of the reason that some black women are single and lonely. Deborrah Cooper citing a PEW study which found that 80 percent of black Americans report that religion is "very important" in their lives, compared with 57 percent of the general population. She also said that 57 percent of black Americans "interpret scripture literally," compared with just 32 percent of the general population. She goes on to say that men are significantly less likely to consider religion to be important in their lives, meaning that they aren't going to be in the churches that black women are attending every Sunday. Do...

Wyclef Jean, the hip-hop singer who stirred the pot by saying he’d run for the Haiti’s presidency after a devastating earthquake, is not qualified to run. Wyclef Jean The decision, confirmed by a Haitian government official, brings an end to the Wyclef Jean bid to campaign for the country’s top post which is up for election in November. The commission rejected Jean’s application, saying that he had not met residency requirements to run.

Just days after being recognized as the most popular dancehall artist in North America, based on on-line searches according to data from search engine Google, GYPTIAN has been added to the Damian “Jr Gong” Marley and NAS Distant Relatives 2010 Tour beginning August 24 in Charlotte, NC. Gyptian has been enjoying chart success with his new album, HOLD YOU, which continues to hold the #2 spot on Billboard’s Reggae Albums Chart. The title track, “Hold You,” has become a multi-chart hit worldwide and deemed a “2010 Summer Anthem.” According to Billboard Magazine “not since Wayne Wonder's "No Letting Go," has an underground reggae artist garnered as much attention in the United States as Jamaica's own Gyptian.” In addition to the Distant...

Chris Brown reportedly will follow up his on-stage duet with Usher at the recent Jamaica's Reggae SumFest with a series of concerts. According to Bryan-Michael Cox, the two R&B performers are going to embark on a tour together. Beside rumored to do a tour together, Chris Brown and Usher are also reported to have recorded a duet track. They allegedly laid the song at a studio in Montego Bay, Jamaica while staying in the country last month for the summer festival.

A growing number of Chinese women mostly in their 20s and about to get married, are opting for a surgical procedure called "hymen restoration," which returns the hymen to its condition before it was ruptured, which typically occurs during first sexual contact but can also happen while playing sports or doing other strenuous activities. The surgery, known as hymenoplasty, has been around for years, although it is considered rare and is illegal in some countries. It is performed primarily in Muslim countries, where the traditionalists place a high value on a woman's virginity. For women who do not want to have surgery, a cheaper, faster path to "revirgination" is available in most sex novelty shops: a Chinese-made artificial hymen...

Gunmen in Jamaica killed eight people early on Friday Morning. Police later shot dead two of the suspected killers following the early morning murders in St. Catherine County, west of the capital Kingston. A church was set ablaze in the violence on the island, which has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world. In the first attack, the gunmen killed a mother and her daughters aged 24 and 11 and a son aged 16 after kicking down the door of their home. They then attacked another house where they killed a grandfather, his son, his grandson and a nephew. Police said the two suspected gunmen killed by police were known members of the Clansman Gang, which operated near the old capital Spanish Town in an ongoing bitter...