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HAITI EARTHQUAKE FUNDS  U.S. President Barack Obama is joined by former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush
(L) and Bill Clinton (R) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington while speaking about disaster aid to Haiti January
16, 2010. Obama, flanked by his predecessors Bush and Clinton, on Saturday said the two former presidents would lead a national
drive to raise money to help the survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake.
Friday, January 15, 2010
President Barack Obama  “You will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten,”
Obama has promised Haiti. ” In this, your hour of greatest need, America stands with you.” Can we believe America this time? Where was America for the last 20 years? 
Where was the U.S. when Haiti’s poor were forced to cut down
their forests to sell charcoal to barbecue joints in the Bahamas? Where was the U.S. when the infertile land and dire
poverty pushed thousands into the nation’s capital, where they built ramshackle houses and found only more poverty?
When Gonaives was destroyed in 2004, and then again in 2008, did we help rebuild it? Hardly. When a popular albeit corrupt president was elected overwhelming by Haitians in 2000, did we try
to purge the corruption? No, we cut off 500 billion in international aid instead. Then we supported a coup leading to
years of instability and violence. With all it’s tragedies,
it is hard to see Haiti as anything but cursed. Yet if it is cursed, it is a human curse, not a divine curse. After decades
of erratic American policy, Haiti’s suffering has become institutionalized. A
mother Theresa nun from India working in an Haitian orphanage first explained this to me. “Haiti is a factory of suffering,”
she said, “and our product is misery.” After
every tragedy, America makes it’s promises. It pledges that Haiti will not be forgotten, that the future will be different.
And yet it never changes. It’s hard to listen to the vetran CNN reporter talking over the same archival footage of people
fighting for food handouts. “Look!” the reporter will say. “They are so poor! I’ve been in Afghanistan
and Iraq and seen everything, but nothing like this. These people are poor!” Will
the incomprehensibly tragedy of this earthquake be different? Can we imagine a Haiti that is not a place of misery, but of
opportunity? Today it may be impossible, as we try to digest the images of suffering flooding the Internet. But, maybe, just
maybe, this horrible tragedy can finally lead America to wake up and really work for change in Haiti. If we can work to rebuild
Afghanistan on the other side of the world, then surely we can work to rebuild Haiti right here in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti deserves this opportunity, and it’s up to us to demand it. We may not have created this earthquake, but there is much blood and dust
on all of our hands.  The devastating earthquake in Haiti
is the biggest natural disaster so far in the Twitter era, and response on the micro-blogging site has been accordingly momentous. According to Twitter.com, four of the 10 most popular topics posted on the
site were related to Haiti, where the death toll from a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck on Tuesday could run into the
tens of thousands. Among them were the terms "Port-au-Prince,"
"Help Haiti," and "Yele," a charity organization founded by Haitian-born musician and record producer
Wyclef Jean.  Although doctors, rescue teams and supplies had been flying into the capital, Port au Prince,
a series of bottlenecks meant aid was not getting to those who needed it most. The sound
of gunfire echoed around Port au Prince as looters fought over scarce food supplies, hijacked vehicles and raided a UN warehouse
where 15,000 tons of food had been stockpiled.  NORTH Sydney Rotary Club is urging people to donate money for ShelterBoxes to be
send to Haiti after capital Port-au-Prince was struck with the biggest earthquake in more than 200 years on Wednesday morning
(AUST). The club held a meeting this afternoon and decided to raise funds for international disaster
relief charity ShelterBox to help deliver the life-saving boxes stored in the United States in coming days, club president
Jenny Thomas told the Daily.  The 2010 Haiti Earthquake, measured at a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter Scale, has wreaked social havoc, devastated property
and shelter, destroyed lines of communication and transport, disrupted food supply, and has caused an inestimable loss
of life. Hospitals within Port-au-Prince have been destroyed or rendered structurally unstable. Hospitals in neighboring
regions have dwindling or no supplies for medical personel to work with. While relief efforts have been mounted from
nations around the world, loss of life is destined to continue. Although accurate
death estimates are lacking, it may be that no earthquake has created such a vast and pervasive humanitarian disaster since
the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake which triggered a massive Tsunami, associated with 10 meter waves in Indonesia, and more
than 225,000 people died in affected areas around the Indian Ocean. The North Pakistan Earthquake of 2005 caused more
than 75,000 deaths.  US
soldiers unload gear as they arrive at Port-au-Prince's airport on January 13, 2009, one
day after an eartquake measuring 7.0 hit the Haitian capital. 
haitian donation WASHINGTON – Haiti has received billions of dollars in taxpayer and private aid from the United States
and others, yet is so poor that few homes had safe drinking water, sewage disposal or electricity even before the earthquake.
With sympathetic donors around the world sending money, making sure that aid is spent properly will be a challenge. Corruption, theft and other
crime and Haiti's sheer shortage of fundamentals — reliable roads, telephone and power lines and a sound financial system
— add to the difficulty as foreign governments and charities try not only to help Haiti recover from the disaster but
pull itself out of abject poverty. It is one of the poorest places on Earth. Most basic public services are lacking, people typically
live on less than $2 a day, nearly half the population is illiterate and the government has a history of instability. The
public has little opportunity to be sure that aid to the government is used honestly and well. Nor is following the money
easy for donors, including the United States, 700 miles away and one of the country's biggest helpers. "It has been a challenge
and I think it really is one of the things we have to look at when the country has had such long-standing problems that it
seems as though we have made little dent there," said Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo.,
chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's subcommittee on international
organizations, human rights and oversight. The immediate focus is search and rescue and
addressing immediate public health needs. But after that, "I think there's going to be a number of questions that arise,"
Carnahan said. Just last month, a private group, the Heritage Foundation for Haiti,
urged Haiti's government to complete an audit of a $197 million emergency disaster program to respond to corruption allegations
over how the money was handled. Haiti's senate cited the allegations when it removed Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis in
November and replaced her with Jean-Max Bellerive. President Barack Obama promised at
least $100 million in earthquake aid. That comes on top of substantial spending by the United States in Haiti in recent years
for economic development, such as the country's textile industry, humanitarian assistance, environmental programs, and law
enforcement, including trying to stop the use of Haiti as a pass-through point for
narcotics en route to the United States. Apart from earthquake relief, senators working on the next annual foreign assistance
budget have proposed at least $282 million for Haiti; the House proposal would provide at least $165 million. Much of the U.S. government's
aid to Haiti comes through the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has provided at least $800 million from budget
years 2004 through 2008, agency figures show. At least $700 million more was pledged for Haiti by governments, international givers
and charities at an April 2009 donors conference. Former President Bill Clinton, a United Nations special
envoy to the country, told theU.N. Security Council in September that he was "100
percent committed to delivering tangible results to the U.N. and most importantly the people of Haiti." The Haitian government relies
on foreign aid to keep itself and its economy operating. In a December 2008 Gallup survey,
60 percent of Haitians interviewed said there had been times that year when they didn't have enough money to buy food, and
51 percent said there were times they couldn't afford shelter. Statistics about Haiti, as gathered by the U.S. government, chronicle
a grim standard of living. According to the CIA and State Department, 1 in 8 children in Haiti dies before age 5. The life
expectancy is 59 to 62 years.Malaria, typhoid and dengue fevers and other life-threatening
illnesses long ago wiped out in the industrialized world still plague Haiti. For government and private relief organizations,
simply communicating and moving money and supplies around in the country were difficult absent a natural
disaster like this one. As of 2008, Haiti had 108,000 main telephone lines in use, putting it 142nd among countries
in land-line phone use, but ranked better on cellular access. There were 3.2 million cellular phones in use in 2008, making
it 105th worldwide by that measure, the U.S. government said.
Haiti Earthquake 7.0 Magnitude January 12 2010  WASHINGTON – Hundreds of U.S. troops and an aircraft carrier have arrived at the
Haiti relief effort, and the commander on the ground said Friday that food, water, medicine and other emergency relief supplies
will be rushed to victims. Thousands more troops and sailors were en route. "We have much more support on the way,"
Army Lt. Gen. Ken Keen said. "Our priority is getting relief out to the needy people, to mitigate the suffering that
the Haitian people are experiencing right now." Delayed for hours along with other flights circling over the severely congested
Port au Prince airport, a second plane carrying soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division finally
landed at the airport in the middle of the night — bringing the infantry unit's total there to 115, Maj. Kristian Sorensen,
a spokesman at Fort Bragg, said Friday. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson also arrived
off Haiti's shores overnight carrying 19 helicopters, and it started flights off its deck in the morning, officials said. The carrier
also has water-purifying equipment and three surgical operating rooms and can do medical evacuations as well as ferry supplies
and people to and from land. Meanwhile, the White House said Friday that the United States
has coordinated with the Cuban government to speed up the evacuation of injured people. Spokesman Tommy Vietor said Havana authorized the U.S. to fly medical evacuation flights from Guantanamo Bay to Miamithrough Cuban air space, cutting 90 minutes
off the flight time. Friday's arrivals added to more than 300 military personnel who had
gotten there as of Thursday and amounted to the first major influx of military from the United States, which has taken the
lead in world efforts to assist the devastated country.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Haiti Earthquake 7.0 Magnitude January 12 2010PORT-AU-PRINCE: Rescuers, doctors and soldiers rushed to Haiti by air and sea in a sweeping global
response to the devastating earthquake feared to have killed more than 100,000 people. With much of the
capital, Port-au-Prince, reduced to rubble, teams of civilian and military experts began landing at the still-operational
airport while more headed to the impoverished nation by sea. Governments and aid organisations
around the world unlocked relief funds, dispatched experts to claw through the debris for survivors and promised help to reconstruct
shattered homes, schools and hospitals. The US mobilised 5000 troops and an
array of specialists, ships, aircraft and helicopters. The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and its accompanying fleet was set
to arrive yesterday. The Red Cross launched an $11 million appeal for donations, the World Food Program
offered 15,000 tonnes of food and the World Bank said it would provide an extra $US100 million ($108 million) in aid. ''We are entering a critical period. There must be massive humanitarian aid arriving this evening,'' said
Olivier Bernard, president of the medical relief agency organisation Medecins du Monde. ''To save lives surgery must be available,
ideally within the first 48 hours.'' Australia has pledged an initial $10 million for the relief campaign. The World Health Organisation is deploying specialists to help handle mass casualties and corpses, warning
of the danger of communicable diseases such as diarrhoea. The International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies said it was preparing to help up to 3 million people. Injured and shocked
survivors steeled themselves for another night sleeping outdoors among the dead. Schools, hospitals,
hotels and government ministries lay in ruins. People caked in blood and dust pleaded for help as they or their loved ones
lay beneath mountains of concrete. ''The priority is to find survivors,'' said Elisabeth Byrs, of
the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs. ''We are working against the clock.'' The President, Rene Preval, whose home and the presidential palace were destroyed, painted a scene of devastation. ''Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed,''
he told the Miami Herald. More than 30 aftershocks had rocked the city. Dust filled the air, scattered fires broke out and the injured slumped on the blood-soaked floor of a clinic, waiting
for treatment. Outside a field hospital, mothers huddled with shell-shocked children. Injured survivors
were carried on makeshift stretchers past piles of smashed concrete from which crushed bodies protruded. Fanning safety fears, the United Nations said the main prison had collapsed, allowing some inmates to flee into the city.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti was crippled by the earthquake. The head of the mission, Hedi Annabi of Tunisia,
and his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa of Brazil, are among 150 UN civilian and military members of the mission who are unaccounted
for and feared dead. The UN confirmed the deaths of 16 peacekeepers, including 11 Brazilian soldiers and five police from
Argentina, Chad and Jordan.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE Since the election of President Obama, Haitians in the U.S. have been anxiously awaiting a change in immigration policy which would grant undocumented Haitian immigrants temporary protected status (TPS). TPS
is a temporary immigration status that is available to individuals from a small number of federally-designated countries suffering
armed conflicts, natural disasters, or other extraordinary circumstances. Haitian immigrants in the U.S. probably should’ve
been granted TPS long before yesterday’s earthquake. Yet now, as Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) points out, it would be
“not only immoral, but irresponsible” not to.
Haiti’s recent woes come after enduring four consecutive tropical cyclones in 2008 that left 800 people dead and from which the country has yet to recover. The Miami Herald has reported that the Haitian city of Gonaives, is still
“uninhabitable.” That same year, Port-Au-Prince was “shattered” as even 9,000 United Nation peacekeepers were unable to
halt the looting and violence that ravaged Haiti’s capital. In March, USAID estimated that 2.3 million Haitians were facing “food insecurity” as a result of high food prices. Political instability continues to devastate
the country. Haitian immigrants had high hopes with the election of President Obama. Yet, many have since become frustrated
with the administration’s “failure to deliver one of their top goals.” In March 2009, the Obama administration
indicated that it would continue deporting undocumented Haitians, “despite appeals by the Haitian government, which says deportations could destabilize a
country where food, water and housing have been in extremely short supply since major storms last summer.” One month
later, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton indicated that the Obama administration hadn’t granted Haitians TPS because “we don’t want to encourage other Haitians to make the dangerous journey across the water.” In July,
five U.S. senators, including the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), personally wrote to President Obama, urging him to grant Haitian immigrants TPS. The senators countered criticisms that such a move would
spark an unmanageable influx of Haitian immigrants by pointing out that TPS is only available to those already living in the
U.S. This morning, Obama affirmed that Haiti “will have a friend and partner in the people of the United States today, and going forward.”
Continuing to deport thousands of Haitian immigrants back to their ravaged home country rather than letting them stay in the
U.S. to help their families in Haiti get back on their feet is inconsistent with the promises the Obama administration has
already made to the people of Haiti. The U.S. generously granted and extended TPS for 82,000 Hondurans and 5,000 Nicaraguans after Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and to 260,000 Salvadorans after an earthquake
in 2001. There’s no reason why Haitians should be treated any different.
Friday, January 1, 2010
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Jamaica - Crime and Tourism  (May 24/2009)
- A line that seems to have been particularly offensive to female readers of this page has been removed (it had to do with
the body-type, race, and age of women hiring rent-a-dreads, which, although accurate, was overly sarcastic). One can only
take so much scolding.
With regard to internet activity, the page is currently getting about 100-120 views per
day - somewhat under 10% of our total traffic. It also generates regular emails to the author, most of it positive, some very
much not. The majority are politely answered, even those from naive souls who object, and take pride in their thorough knowledge
of the part of Jamaica located within a kilometre of their favourite resort. When requested (surprisingly often), advice on
"island romances" is supplied, with complete confidentiality maintained - even though it would have been great to
post the email exchanges with the tourist who visited Negril several times and caused his Jamaican girlfriend's family's house
to be burnt down by a jealous lover (it sounded dicey from the start - I did warn him ;-).
A recent news item
that demonstrates what can happen if one goes astray can be found here.
(Sep 3/2007) - The author of this page, RS Stewart, would like to again make it clear that the following advisory
is based on personal opinion, rooted in the context of our occasional tourism activity, and does not represent the official
position of the JCO caving membership. All who read it, and object to it, should direct their anger toward Mr Stewart (info@jamaicancaves.org)
and not the JCO generally.
(Jul 23/2006) - This page is addressed to visitors to Jamaica. Residents will already
be very familiar with much of what is discussed (and do not need to be told again), but for the sake of those who are less
familiar, we're going to be appropriately honest. If any Jamaican nationals take offence, so it goes.
We have
kept the internal links to this page limited on the website since it was first posted in November of 2005, and as of July
23, 2006, there are no internal links to it whatsoever (just from the footnotes, which are only linked-to from this page).
That is, you cannot get here from the home page of this site. If you have found it, it's by way of a search engine, and it's
because you're concerned about Jamaican crime. Accordingly, we do not consider ourselves responsible for helping to promote
a negative image of the country - people will not be reading this unless there is some degree of worry in the first place.
The reason why we have posted this advisory is that we believe that visitors to Jamaica (including those who might
hire JCO guides) have the right to know what they're getting into. It's entirely possible for tourists to have a splendid
time in Jamaica without being a prisoner of an all-inclusive resort, but this will only happen if there's a heads-up on what
can be expected. The following advisory is the heads-up.
Crime and Tourism - The Statistics:
It is often said by Jamaican government sources that Jamaica has one of the lowest crime rates for tourists in the
Caribbean. This is arguable, but not entirely wrong. It is true that there are few reported crimes committed against tourists
in Jamaica. However, the reasons for this are often obscured. The factors follow below.
Most visitors to Jamaica seldom leave the resorts, and when
they do, it is in buses supplied by the resorts, with guides supplied by the resorts, with visits restricted to one of the
few Jamaican "tourist attractions". These are usually Dunn's River Falls, Martha Brae River Rafting, Fern Gully,
Green Grotto Caves, etc. Otherwise, few tourists take it upon themselves to hire a car and explore on their own (this kind
of activity is discouraged by the resorts, with warnings of various possible dangers).
Many of the visitors to
Jamaica who are included in the statistics are arriving on cruise ships (an ever increasing percentage of recorded tourist
arrivals). They visit Jamaica for a few hours, and then return to the boat. The only parts of Montego Bay, Runaway Bay, etc,
that they visit are tightly controlled by the police.
The few tourists who venture into the hills and valleys
of the island are very experienced, and know what to be on guard against.
The reality is that there are few crimes
committed against tourists in Jamaica because most of them never venture beyond the tourist compound, or Dunn's River Falls,
or the craft-markets located close to where the boat is docked. Those few, thick-skinned, brave souls who do are very careful.
There is an exception to this scenario - Negril.
Negril acquired a reputation several decades ago of being a
very laid-back, peaceful part of the island. This was before the coast road was put in from Lucea, when it was relatively
isolated. It has changed greatly since then. Nevertheless, for those who are after cocaine, ganja, or rent-a-dreads, this
is the place to be. There are few actual "compounds" - the beach is public and most of the hotels front directly
on it. Meeting or buying your entertainment of choice involves an easy walk of 50 metres from the buffet to a patio chair.
Lots of tourists like it, and if that's your idea of a vacation, go for it. But don't expect it to be problem free - Negril
has one of the highest rates of crimes against tourists in Jamaica, some of them violent [1], [2], [3]. Of course, there are many old-hands who have been visiting Negril for years and managed to survive, so if you keep your
wits about you, it's entirely possible to have a good time.
At any rate, the crimes that most tourists are likely
to be victims of are not violent in nature (although this does happen), but thefts. Of course, if you report this, it won't make it into the statistics anyway, so it won't alter what is claimed
by the Ja government about crime against tourists.
Crime and Tourism - The Reality:
The threats to tourists in Jamaica follow in ascending order of importance:
Harassment: Outside of the resorts, regular harassment can be expected to varying degrees.
If you are white, and driving around, expect to hear regular yells of "White man!", "White bwoy!", "Joe!",
"Jakes!", etc, in most districts, whether urban or rural (this does not apply to Kingston and the corporate area,
where the population is more mixed - it primarily applies to the western half of the island). Ignore all of this and keep
on driving - you'll get used to hearing it eventually, and it will then be less irritating. When walking or bicycling (and
we do not recommend this), things can be more intense. You will be approached by people who are very insistent that you stop
and talk with them. If you do not, you will be accused of disrespecting them, and berated in an intimidating way. If you do
stop, tremendous pressure will be put on you to give them something (money). You cannot win either way. Keep in mind that
they are unlikely to chop you, so don't fear for your life, but it's not particularly
enjoyable having to put up with that crap. Bottom-line: don't walk - drive.
Theft: In Jamaica, if it is not
locked-up, or nailed-down, it is liable to be stolen. This does not just apply to tourists and their touristy things, but
to farmers, shop-keepers, and environmental NGO's. It is a rare person, whether tourist or resident, who has not had something
stolen in Jamaica (having your car broken into is a given, unless you, or an employee, keep a close eye on it). You must always
be on guard for this. Even if you are very careful, the thieves will get to you eventually. When it does happen, don't blame
yourself for having slipped-up - consider it as inevitable.
Road-blockages: Obstructing
roads with debris, burning tyres, etc, has become a popular pastime in Jamaica over the last few years. This can happen for
almost any reason, from an increase in electricity rates to a local case offood poisoning. It is unpredictable and liable to happen on any main road at any time. This would only be a matter of inconvenience if it
were not for the riff-raff who take the opportunity to rob those whose cars have been brought to a halt by it. Although the
resort bus drivers are careful to bypass the disturbances (they're keeping tabs on things with cellphones), it makes travel
on the highways dicey for tourists and residents alike.
Stray bullets: Jamaica
has many people running around with guns who have no problem using them. The murder rate in Jamaica is currently jockeying for top position with Colombia and South
Africa, with Jamaica pulling ahead. In past years, the gunfire primarily occurred in Kingston and Spanish Town, but it's now
spreading out. St James (Montego Bay parish) has seen increasing levels of violent crime (murder), as well as all other parishes.
At this time, the chance that you will catch a stray bullet (meant for someone else) while standing on a main street in many
of the tourist centres of Jamaica is not zero. Fortunately, there are fewer gunmen in the bush than in urban areas, so the
further you get from town in Jamaica, the better.
Homophobia: If
you are gay, don't even consider stepping foot on the island. Not only is it illegal to be homosexual in Jamaica, some Jamaicans
believe that gays should be killed. The primary musical genre, Dancehall, is replete with songs that encourage this [4], [5], [6]. This belief is often acted upon, such as with the recent murder of Steve Harvey.
Rape: There are many single female visitors
who come to Jamaica for sex, using the hired services of the manyrent-a-dreads who
congregate around the resort areas. Unfortunately, because of this, most single white women who come to the island are now
regarded as being there only for that reason, and will be harassed accordingly. In Jamaica, "No means no" is not
recognized amongst some segments of the male population and harassment can lead to worse things. If you are a single female,
be very careful about whom you let become your friend, no matter how good the patter. [For those women who are hiring the
male prostitutes, it must be noted that the island has a very high incidence of HIV, and as you already know, condoms are
not popular in Jamaica.]
Murder: As noted above,
Jamaica is one of the most murderous countries on the planet. Tourists are not generally exposed to this risk (much of it
is tribal politics in Kingston), but it cannot be disregarded. To be clear on this: Your chance of being intentionally murdered
while being a tourist in Jamaica is relatively low, but not as low as visiting Cuba, or Costa Rica, or a hundred other countries.
If personal safety is the main concern with regard to your vacation, go somewhere else.
Crime and Tourism - What to do:
It's possible to visit Jamaica successfully, without being cooped-up in a resort, if you're
an experienced traveller, have your wits about you, are cognizant of the risks, and can tolerate the harassment. However,
if you're a generally naive sort of person, and head out into the hills alone expecting to travel through paradise, harsh
cold reality may soon intervene. If you can handle it, no problem. If you're not sure, forget about it.
Those
who don't entirely trust their own abilities to deal with the real Jamaica can still get off the beaten track by linking with
the right people, such as Accompong Town, Miss Lilly in Coxheath, et al. We'll try to get more info and links up on that as
soon as possible
STING 2009 — ALL ABOUT NOTHING  Sting 2009 will go down as perhaps the worst Sting ever in the history of the event. It was all about nothing. Save
for the highly entertaining performance of Twins of Twins, the unbalanced clash between Kip Rich and General B, the arrival
of Lisa Hype to centrestage and a few performances scattered throughout the night, there was no real entertainment value.
For the hordes of Sting faithfuls eagerly anticipating the one thing for which Sting
is renowned -- The Clash -- there was none really worth talking about. Not even the two gunshots that rang out at 7:40 Sunday
morning could compensate; not even the presence of Mrs Lorna Golding, the wife of the Prime Minister, could compensate. And,
although hardly anyone seemed to care, the farce between Goofy and dancehall jester, LA Lewis -- which the promoters were
trying to pas off as a clash -- didn't even play out. Goofy, to his credit, was present in the venue, but LA Lewis obviously
did a Houdini, because, word is that he pulled a disappearing act. Could his
sound booing off the stage at Ragashanti's show on Christmas Day have had anything to do with LA's absence from Sting?
It looked as if things were going to get steamy when Gaza princess Lisa Hype, still
basking in unadulterated attention from her X-rated Internet debut, took to the stage to thunderous applause, followed by
boos, but proceeded to make her mark, dissing all and sundry. Everyone was sure that Stacious, Lisa's nemesis, would be next
up, but it was not to be. We later learnt that Stacious, who has performed on Sting every year for at least five years, was
not booked for the event. Then, to add to the production flaws, there was
a never ending line of upcoming artistes of all ages -- most of whom possess questionable talent -- whose presence dominated
the Sting stage, so much so that patrons were left to wonder if they were at Sting or at auditions for Tastee Talent Contest.
Even at 4:00 am, when Sting is usually in high gear, the monotony of no name talents on stage dragged on. As for the "foreign invasion" segment, that was past ridiculous, it was downright ludicrous.
The emcee paraded a long list of wannabes from all corners of the globe, at a point when patrons had no patience for that
level of nonsense. Unfortunately, many of those acts didn't last even 30 seconds as they were greeted with decisive boos from
the crowd. Fortunately, the 'no bottles' policy was rigidly enforced. It was announced
during the night that the organisers of Sting were carrying out a survey and were asking patrons to co-operate with answering
questions. Hopefully, the feedback generated will provide useful data in the planning of Sting 2010.
NINJAMAN IN JAIL FOR MURDER
Desmond "Ninjaman" Ballentine has been arrested and charged with murder, conspiracy
to murder, shooting with intent, and illegal possession of a firearm, it’s being reported. According to the Jamaica Star, the well-known dancehall DJ has been linked to the murder of 20-year-old Robert Johnson. Johnson, according to the paper,
was outside of his Kingston, Jamaica home with a friend on Tuesday when a gray car containing three men showed up. An argument
broke out between Johnson’s friend and the vehicle’s occupants. The car drove away, but later returned, at which
time the occupants opened fire and hit Johnson, who later died in the hospital. Assistant Police Commissioner Les Green told the Jamaica Observer, "[Ballantine] was questioned [Tuesday] afternoon and, as a result of that interview, the chargers were laid."
He added that the police “had a good case” against Ballantine. The arrest isn't the first run-in Ninjaman has encountered with the law. In the late-'90s, he was accused of raping
a woman at knife point and murdering a taxi driver, in addition to being sentenced to a year in jail after being convicted
of unlawful possession of a firearm. He is currently being held in
custody.
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BUJU BANTON FACING DRUG CHARGES:  BUJU BANTON FACING DRUG CHARGES: Reggae star in Florida jail for conspiracy to possess with intent
to distribute more than five kilos of coke. Jamaican reggae star
Buju Banton is facing a drug charge in Florida. Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, has
been in U.S. federal custody in Miami since Thursday. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman
David Melenkevitz said Sunday that Banton was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more
than five kilograms of cocaine. The charge stems from a DEA case in Tampa. An e-mail to Banton’s
independent record label was not immediately returned Sunday. Banton’s ninth album, “Rasta
Got Soul,” is nominated for a Grammy. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation launched an online petition
protesting the nomination, saying some of Banton’s earlier lyrics have advocated violence against gay people.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
LISA HYPE CAUGHT ON CAMERA Lisa Hype Got Caught - I did it, so what?
 The latest drama to hit the dancehall circuit
is a photo ofPortmore
Empirefirst lady Lisa Hypegiving a "blowjob" to a male who
many are speculating that it's someone from the Gaza. However,
up to late this morning whenOutAroad.com got the photo it took us quite awhile to
believe that it was actually Lisa
Hype giving sexual
favors to the upset sex, until we received a statement from Lisa Hype. You Can Read Her Statement Below First, I would like to say that there is no excuse for a picture of that nature to be a part of the public domain.
I admit that the picture is real, but it captures a personal act done in the privacy of my bedroom. I don't know how that
got leaked to the media and condemn anyone who would stoop to such a low. However, I understand that I am a public person, and when I say or do something, either articulated
and thought out, it carries weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my actions.
I would like to apologise specifically to all my female fans who might be disappointed to see me in this light. However, I
don't apologise for the act itself because it was done with a man that I truly and deeply love and respect, and it was done
in the privacy of my bedroom. I did it, so what? I would also like to apologise to my family
who are truly and deeply hurt by the dissemination of the photo all over the Internet and the media. This is not cool. And
this is not funny. This is my life that some unscrupulous person is attempting to destroy, but I am a strong young woman and
I will survive. Many young women, like myself, have been exploited and hurt in this way and there comes a point in everyone's
life when they have to stop allowing people to hurt them. I am begging young girls across Jamaica to use my life as an example:
we live in a male-dominated society but don't allow men to use and abuse you. I have learned my lesson the hard way. The world
is a tough classroom, sometimes.
In closing, I want to say thank you to all my young fans who have supported me in this, my darkest hour.
Lisa Hype caught on Camera sucking cockyLisa Hype sex tape available upon request!!!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
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with conventional training... Tapa De Line Empire is a Non Profit Organization and we can't fund
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
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