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Kenya declared a national holiday after Barack Obamas election as the first black U.S. president, to commemorate the fact his father was born in the African country, Agence France-Presse reported. ``This is a momentous day not only in the history of the United States of America, but also for us in Kenya,'' President Mwai Kibaki said in a statement, according to AFP. ``The victory of Senator Obama is our own victory because of his roots here in Kenya. As a country, we are full of pride for his success.'' Obama's father, Barack Obama Sr., was born in Kenya and left the president-elect's mother two years after his son was born. Obama met him once after that and his father died in a car accident in 1982. Obama's first book was titled ``Dreams From My Father.'' Source: Bloomberg News

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I was heart broken yesterday when I was talking with someone close to me who can vote, and told me he is not sure if he was going to vote today.
I was speechless. Today out of all the days, is what matters, history will be made, and our lives will be changed. How could he not vote?

I wanted to scream and cry, but calmly I explained to him that if he doesn't make his vote count, he could never "bitch" about the war, economics, politics, etc..

I hope that that he understood the importance of this election and voted. PLEASE GO OUT AND VOTE!!!

Lewis Hamilton seen here with girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger "Pussy Cat Dolls", is the first black man and the youngest to win Formula 1 Championship.

According to AP:

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Lewis Hamilton of McLaren became Formula One's youngest champion on Sunday, making a pass on the final turn of the last lap to finish fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix and win the title by one point over Felipe Massa.

Ferrari's Massa won the race in front of his home crowd, but it wasn't enough to erase the seven-point lead Hamilton held entering the season-ending race.

Just one year after Hamilton lost the title by one point after starting the final race with a seven-point lead over eventual champion Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, the 23-year-old Briton passed Toyota's Timo Glock on the last lap to win the championship. Fernando Alonso was 24 when he won the title in 2005 for Renault.

6 DAYS to go until Election day in the U.S.A, until that day I will remind everyone that it's their duty to go and vote, if you can vote and don't, then you can't say s#&! about anything going on in this world, that goes for everyone who has a voice. This election in the States will have a global effect. I am NOT telling anyone who to vote for, but watch this clip, listen to the words and then think...

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CHICAGO - Police searching for Jennifer Hudson's missing 7-year-old nephew found the body of a young boy Monday in the same SUV that was the part of the massive manhunt.

Authorities didn't identify the body of a young black boy found in the SUV Monday. But police Cmdr. Wayne Gulliford said the license plate on the SUV found Monday matched the one sought in an Amber Alert issued after the singer's mother and brother were found shot to death at home Friday.

Julian King, 7, hasn't been seen since the killings. He lives in the home where the shootings took place.

WorldFlavas.com would like to offer their condolences to the family of those who were killed in the senseless shooting early yesterday morning at the Double Diamond Club.

I was on the air at 101.5FM in NY when we started receiving phone calls from concerned citizens reporting on the shooting, 'Yasmin Brown" The girlfriend of one of the victims "William Wilberforce" reported that the gunman reloaded his gun 3 times, and that she has now lost the father of her son.

The victims were William Wilberforce, Davian Kerr, Lynchmore Forbes,and E'jon Peart (studio engineer for Queen Ifrica and Tony rebel), injured was the alleged shooter Leslie 'Steve' Moodie, a corporal of the Jamaica Deference Force (JDF) Coastguard.

According to witnesses, Steve Moodie was upset because the object of his desire was not returning his advances, and when her male friends intervened, he alledgetly started to shoot.

The Major Investigation Task Force is investigating the incident.

On October 7, 2008 the second debate between the presidential candidates senator Barack Obama and senator John Mccain was held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Watch the debate in it's entirety.

People around the world must understand that IF Mc Cain wins this election, it will affect the entire world, from Jamaica to Japan. If you can vote, it is your duty to vote, and yes, one vote can make a difference.

The 2008 Vice Presidential Debate was held Thursday, September 2nd between senator Joe Biden of Delaware and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. Watch the full debate if you missed it.

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If you wanted to try out for the Guiness Book or World Records, what would you go for?

In case you missed the first of several debates between the 2008 presidential candidates, here's your chance to watch both men in action.  No Matter where in the world you live, the outcome of the election will affect you one way or another.

I had to post this, I know it is not about music, but politics has an affect on everything and everyone, you can be in Jamaica or Japan, who the next president of U.S.A is will affect you or your family or friends. She is so *%%$^ clueless

An all white funeral service for Carlton Grant will be taking place today at the Our Lady of the Angels church in St-Andrew's.

The funeral is open to the public as long as they are dressed in full white. Spragga's says "We requesting persons to wear white, cause we not into di mourning thing"

WorldFlavas.com and WorldFlavas Radio would like to extend their condolences to Spragga, Sharon and their family.

In Senegal, Hip-Hop Artists Have Gained Exceptional Political Influence.

In a country where journalists are banned from saying or writing what they want, hip-hop artists have stepped up to speak for those who can't.

Moussa Lo, a.k.a. Waterflow, is one of Senegal's most famous hip-hop artists.

He said he became a hip-hop singer not for success or his own glory, but to be "the voice of the voiceless."

"Hip-hop in Africa needs to grow," Waterflow told ABC News, "because we are the journalists for the people."

While Senegal's daily papers praise the government's action - new roads being built for a recent summit, urban renovations -- Waterflow denounces the corruption and the poverty that plague his country.

"Most people," he said, "the masses, don't have everything they [need] to live a normal life. They don't have running water, often they don't have electricity."

With more than 2,500 groups that enjoy increasing popularity, the hip-hop scene has gained exceptional political influence.

This still pains my heart and I knew that more would come from it. According to the news from Jamaica, Spragga Benz in now requesting an independant inquest in the death of his son.

"I want to bring in three or four independent coroners to oversee the post mortem. We need to recreate what happened through eyewitness reports and whatever clues may be out there, but I have not hired a private investigator" he told X News from Jamaica.

Seems as the community and Spragga will not let this killing be unresolved like so many others. The mother of Carlton Jr says "My son is not a bad man, evreybody around here know him. The police just saw a yute on a bicycle, and dem kill him and when dem find out who he is, dem ah try cover dem tracks,mi nah done wd dem".

 

All in all, a son was lost, he had a promising future ahead of him, he will be missed by all. Spragga says that his son was about to have a part in a movie directed by Cess Silvera (director of Shottas) with Queen Latifah, and that when Cess called him to offer his condolences he cried so much that Spragga had to comfot him.

R.I.P

(Kingston, Jamaica)

Meet 23 year old Sheena Hemans a proud Jamaican who this year became the number 1 Nail Technician in the Caribbean after winning the Caribbean Skills Membership Competition in May 2008 over in Trinidad.

A Former Student of Vauxhall High and Heart Trust NTA School Of Cosmetology Sheena who resides in the sometimes troubled Community of Mountain View outdid a number of senior students back home in Jamaica at the Parish Finals of National Skills Competition where she represented Kingston/ St. Andrew and placed 1st before heading to the island- wide competition were she place second. A hard worker and dedicated young woman Sheena has hurdled many obstacles. "I remember when I left school I was at home for a year not working and It was ruff but my mom was adamant that I couldn't just sit at home and she encouraged me to go to Heart Training Institution and do a course. Looking back I've been blessed to have so much exposure, i''ve been on TVJ's Prime Time News and the Smile Jamaica Morning Time Program so I'm grateful for all those opportunities".

Obama for President! History was made when Barack Obama accepted the democratic nomination as the first African American (black) Presidential nominee. His speech brought many to tears, and I for one am so happy that I witnessed history. I still get chills watching his acceptance.

This is so sad, yesterday I report on Spragga Benz, today Dr.Dre, I am at a loss for words.

The Los Angeles County Coroner reported today that the son of hip hop record producer and rapper Dr. Dre has died. Andre Young Jr. was found dead at his home in Woodland Hills on Saturday morning.

Young was out the previous night and returned home around 5:30 A.M., according to Assistant Chief Ed Winter. His mother went to check on him in his bedroom around 10 A.M., found him unresponsive, and called 911. He was 20 years of age. The cause of death is pending completion of a toxicology report.

Seventeen (17) year old Carlton Grant Jr. more popularly known as 'Carlie', son of veteran dancehall artiste Spragga Benz (Carlton Grant Sr.) was killed by the Police in Downtown Kingston this morning.

 We understands that he was he was last seen alive riding a bicycle, wearing a mesh marino and shorts heading to a party with a some friends in the downtown area where his mother resides. In the earlier hours of Sunday morning a few persons said they heard several shots being fired intermittently followed by a break then one single shot.

 Eyewitness accounts said when the young man was accosted by the Police he placed his hands in the air before being shot the first time. One ardent resident of downtown said after that occurred there was a break while a Police officer stood over him and proceeded to shoot him a second time, clearly with the intent to kill.

The residents said they then threw his body in the back of a police vehicle and drove him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. When asked by the residents, who were adamant that the teen was unharmed. The Police claimed he was killed because he was found with an illegal firearm. However when they asked to see the weapon no evidence was forthcoming. Spragga Benz was reportedly in New York at the time of his son's death but his mother was present at the Hospital. The teen before meeting his demise, had a bright future ahead of him being the recipient of five (5) subject passes in the recent CXC examinations.

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. The reggae singer known as Eek-A-Mouse was charged Sunday with rape and kidnapping after a 23-year-old woman reported she was held against her will at an Outer Banks motel, police say. The musician, whose real name is Ripton Joseph Hylton, had performed at the Port O' Call Restaurant & Gaslight Saloon on Saturday before leaving some time after the show ended Sunday about 1:30 a.m., said Kill Devil Hills police Lt. Gene Johnson.? According to Johnson, Hylton, 50, from Los Angeles ,
then went to the Colony IV Motel in Kill Devil Hills, where the woman said the rape took place. Hylton was charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree rape and possession of cocaine, all felonies, Johnson said. He also was charged with possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana, a misdemeanor. He was released on $52,000 secured bond , Johnson said. Before his gigs in Kill Devil Hills on Friday and Saturday, "Mouse" had appeared at the Jewish Mother on Aug. 14 in Virginia Beach. Source; The Virginian-Pilot

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt is to receive a brand new BMW M3 from his main sponsor, Puma, the company's CEO, Jochen Zeitz, announced at a news conference in Beijing, China yesterday.

Zeitz made the announcement two days after Bolt celebrated his 22nd birthday and a day after he ran the third leg of the 4x100m to help Jamaica win the gold medal and smash the world record by posting 37.10secs.

BEIJING (AP) -- Cuba's Angel Matos deliberately kicked a referee square in the face after he was disqualified in a bronze-medal match, prompting the World Taekwondo Federation to recommend he be banned for life. "We didn't expect anything like what you have witnessed to occur," said WTF secretary general Yang Jin-suk. "I am at a loss for words." Yang also recommended Matos' coach be banned. Matos was winning 3-2, with 1:02 left in the second round, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov. Matos was sitting there, awaiting medical attention, when he was disqualified for taking too much injury time.

 

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has been ordered to steer clear of an Atlanta-area woman who took out a restraining order Thursday.
 Fulton County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks granted Alexis Miller's request Thursday after reviewing her allegations that the basketball player stalked her, threatened her with bodily harm and made harassing phone calls in which he breathed heavily into the phone before hanging up.

Miller, a 23-year-old hip-hop artist known professionally as Maryjane, claimed she ended an intimate relationship with O'Neal last month. She alleged he then threatened to pay performers $50,000 each not to work with her.

"It's been very difficult for her," said L. David Wolfe, Miller's Atlanta-based attorney. "Her fears are not only for herself but also the people around her." He said Miller, who has a young son, is "pretty traumatized."

A worldwide television audience of more than a billion were transfixed yesterday by a sprinter from a tiny Caribbean island with a population of just 2.6 million. As the green-and-black vest of Usain Bolt flashed across the line in a world record 9.69 seconds, it will have triggered wild parties in Kingston and all across Jamaica. Premier League football and NBA basketball may be the sports that the locals watch most on television, but they know that when it comes to making their own mark on international sport it is sprinting that is number one. Jamaica's tradition of world-class sprinting began in 1948, the last occasion London staged the Olympics, when Arthur Wint won the country's first Olympic gold medal, in the 400metres, and that evening the Duke of Edinburgh visited him in his dormitory and invited him to join him in a tumbler of whisky, by way of celebration.

(CNN) -- Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday. Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department.

 Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff's department said. No foul play is suspected, the agency said in a written statement. Hayes was a longtime songwriter and arranger for Stax Records in Memphis, playing in the studio's backup band and crafting tunes for artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave in the 1960s.

BEIJING (AFP) - An American relative of a US Olympic coach was killed and another injured in a stabbing attack in Beijing on Saturday, officials said, raising security fears as the Games got into full swing.

A Chinese man stabbed the pair and their Chinese tourist guide as they were visiting the historic Drum Tower monument, a popular tourist site in the centre of the city, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) and Beijing police said.

Caribana just ended and I am heart broken that I didn't get to go BUT I sure will be there next year, all my friends that attended all said the same, it was HANDS DOWN the best one so far, the parades, the parties, the food, the whole damn thing. For those of you who don't know, Here is how wikipedia describes it, lol. Shout out to Lori, DJ Diamond, Chad, Isabelle, Jah Vybz, Michelle in T.O

So today is the big day, the offical opening ceremony will take place at 8:08PM on 08-08-08, that number is said to bring luck in the chinese culture. I love to watch the opening when all the countries enter the stadium, some countries have a delegation of 3, and some 50 or even more. So here is the list of the Flagbearers 2008.

Spectators flock the Passa Passa float as it makes its way along Half-Way- Tree Road during the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival Parade yesterday. The parade formed a part of Jamaica's 46th Independence Day celebrations.(Photo: Michael Gordon)

A buzz of excitement and a kaleidoscope of colours lit up the Corporate Area yesterday as thousands of Jamaicans lined the streets to get a view of the Independence Day Festival Float Parade.

Who knew that LV would get so mad over this, I see many artists using LV in their videos, I mean it's good free promotion for their products, no?

M.L

 

Attention, blinged-out, brand-obsessed pop stars: Read the law before going gaudy.

Louis Vuitton won an undisclosed out-of-court settlement Thursday after a five-year Paris court battle against three of MTV's familiar faces - Britney Spears, Da Brat and "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A track and field athlete tested positive for a banned substance following Jamaica's June 27-29 national trials.

The Jamaica Olympic Association declined to name the athlete. Association president Mike Fennell said he would not provide details until receiving a final report later Monday from the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Under IAAF rules, athletes testing positive for banned substances have two weeks to submit their "B" sample for tests. If the "B" sample is also tainted, the athlete faces a two-year ban.

Source: Associated Press

I have to admit, I often make fun of some people name, I mean if you call your daughter Tequilla what do you expect? ( sorry to any Tequilla's out there), all I can think about is Patron!  So I came upon this story that made me laugh. A judge agreed to change a young lady's name so that she wouldn't suffer from teasing. I wonder what the judge's name is and if he had personnaly encountered teasing in school.

(CNN) -- A New Zealand judge has made a 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name can be changed from Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, the country's national news agency reported Thursday.

Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt listed a series of unusual names that New Zealand parents had given their children, and said he was concerned that such strange monikers would create hurdles for them as they grew up.

 A Los Angeles doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient and an undercover police officer faces 19 more sex-related charges.

Prosecutors say Dr. Kevin Antario Brown, who is the son of Bermuda's Premier Ewart Brown, was arrested Monday and is being held on $4 million bail.

Brown, who works at the Crenshaw Expo Medical Center, was first arrested July 8 for allegedly molesting an 18-year-old and an officer posing as a patient.

Deputy District Attorney Ann Marie Wise says six more people have accused Brown of sexually abusing them. Wise says the new charges include rape and committing a lewd act on a 15-year-old.

The 37-year-old doctor faces up to 25 years in state prison if convicted.

Source :AP

Baltimore, Maryland DJ, K-Swift, has died in what is being called a "swimming accident" at this time. K-Swift, real name Khia Edgerton, was only 28-years-old. She was also a member of the Violator-All Star DJ Coalition, as well as a member of the all female squad the Murda Mami's.

"I'm at a loss for words right now," Murda Mami founder 1st Lady El told sources. "K-Swift was not only one of my Murda Mami sisters, she was a great friend. She knocked down doors for women in this industry, so humble and hard working. Legendary in the club music scene and the number one DJ in Baltimore. She will be missed."

 source: DefSounds

LONDON: The British Army says it is considering a recruitment drive in Jamaica as it struggles to find enough soldiers to meet its international commitments.

The military says it is weighing whether to send an Army "overseas selection team" to Jamaica. The Caribbean country is a former British colony and remains a part of the Commonwealth.

The military has had difficulty recruiting and retaining soldiers as it maintains its deployment in Iraq and engages a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan.

The Army said in a statement Sunday that it is proud to recruit soldiers from countries with close historical ties to Britain.

The British military already employs some 600 Jamaican soldiers. They are among about 12,000 foreign and Commonwealth personnel who serve in its armed forces.

Source: Associated Press AP

Does that mean that it will be easier for Jamaicans to get a visa for England?