Month: April 2011

April 2, 2011

Jamaican PM denies recommending extradition

On Thursday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding told the Commission of Enquiry currently ongoing in Jamaica that he did not advise attorney general Dorothy Lightbourne to sign the authority to proceed with the extradition process against alleged drug…

April 2, 2011

Former Barbados deputy PM wants abuse scandal to be resolved swiftly

Former deputy prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has called for the issue regarding a Jamaican national, who claims that she was sexually and verbally abused by Barbadian customs and immigration officials, be taken out of the public……

April 2, 2011

Bahamas named in money laundering probe

The Bahamas has been named as the jurisdiction where $176 million was allegedly laundered in a scandal linked to a senior Panamanian government official. For The Bahamas, the fact that the laundering of the $176 million was alleged to have…

April 2, 2011

Former FBI agent retracts story

A former Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent, who told an undercover investigator that he routinely arrested Bahamian criminal defendants in South Florida and unlawfully sent them back to their homeland on commercial flights, now said he…

April 2, 2011

It wasn’t me! – Mavado denies recording with T&T artiste

Dancehall artiste Mavado is denying claims that he ever recorded a song with Trinidadian artiste…

April 2, 2011

Sean Paul to pen a “Tell All Book” about his relationship with Beyonce

According to Mediatakeout.com, Dancehall singer Sean Paul is about to write a "Tell All Book"…

April 2, 2011

Tanya Stephens gives confident lecture

A confident looking Tanya Stephens stood behind the podium at the University of the West Indies' Assembly Hall yesterday speaking in a lecture on the topic 'Music, the Power to Shape Societies'. Her delivery was just as confident as she clearly…

April 2, 2011

Legendary Rapper Kool Moe Dee Working On New Album

Legendary rapper Kool Moe is planning a full fledged return to the rap game, with a new album of studio material in the works. Kool Moe Dee is currently on tour with Salt-N-Pepa's Legends of Hip-Hop Tour, which also features legendary rappers…

April 2, 2011

Kirk Franklin’s New Album No. 1

It’s official.  Kirk Franklin’s 12th album, “Hello Fear,” debuted on Billboard’s gospel chart at no. 1 and no. 5 on the Billboard’s Top 200, clocking in as the fourth highest Gospel debut in SoundScan history. James “Jazzy” Jordan of EVP Verity…