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Stunner\'s Afflictions: Wanted!!! [Movies]

So on Saturday night the opportunity presented itself for e to go see if it was all hype or something that I really 'wanted' to see. - Mon, 30th Jun at 10:13 am

Chairman of JUTC shot and killed [Crime]

After exiting a meeting just a few hours ago at the Spanish Town Depot, Chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company was gunned down. - Fri, 27th Jun at 9:11 pm

D'Angel Denies Indecent Exposure Video Claim [Entertainment]

In the video D’Angel was out partying like a rock star not knowing that a videographer was determined to ‘get underneath her skirt’ with his camera. Word on the street is that D’Angel willfully exposed herself. - Fri, 27th Jun at 9:08 pm

Dancehall Queen Carlene and Miss Jamaica Universe 2nd Runner Up at Odds [Entertainment]

Tension is brewing between former dancehall queen Charlene and 21 year-old Rebecca Silvera, 2nd runner up in the Miss Jamaica Universe 2008 pageant. - Fri, 27th Jun at 9:04 pm

News in patois? [Entertainment]

CVM Television has announced that, as of next Monday, they will broadcast a part of its nightly newscast in patois - the Jamaican dialect. - Fri, 27th Jun at 12:32 pm

Jamaica (Reggae Boyz) defeat The Bahamas [Photography]

Jamaica’s National Football team (Reggae Boyz) defeated Bahamas 6-0 at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium on Wednesday, 18th June. It was a real one-sided affair where the Bahamas did not have one shot on target. It was the first football game held at the complex which was originally built for the Cricket World Cup 2007 - Thu, 26th Jun at 6:45 pm

Sex Tapes-Fame-FM’s Uncensored takes two [Opinion]

Tonight I caught Fame FM’s uncensored half way through the show; as usual the panel was bright and full of vibes. The conversation was lively and engaging. They were talking about the Jamaican sex tapes. - Tue, 24th Jun at 7:53 am

Doggone it! Respect due to turn cornmeal [Lifestyle]

Doggone it! Respect due to turn cornmeal

Jamaica’s ‘shameful’ culinary secret comes to light in delicious new ways - Tue, 24th Jun at 7:50 am

CARIMAC Encourages use of Open Source programs [Technology]

David Bain, multimedia lecturer at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), advocates the use of open source applications. “Many of the traditional proprietary tools that you add to your computer such as Word and PowerPoint now have very compelling open source alternatives such as those offered by OpenOffice.org,” he said. - Tue, 24th Jun at 7:47 am

The Browning complex [Opinion]

Tami confronts the jamaican browning /white girl conundrum. - Fri, 20th Jun at 10:10 am

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Caribbean

Dancehall Worse than Gay Kissing [Opinion]

Some time back, say about a month to a month and a half ago, someone posted a video on Youtube. The video was shot at a dance held in downtown George Town and it had a rather vulgar display of “dancing” in it. The video was captioned “Cayman Dancehall April 2008″. - 2 days ago

Dear Cousin Babs - a Letter from 'Farin' [Humor and Funny]

Dearest Cousin Babs:Hope all is well under the circumstances, with the high crime rate and folks criticizing cassava as replacement for rice. - Tue, 24th Jun at 7:54 am

Some of Guyana\'s problems [Crime]

Ok Guyana, we all know that not all crimes committed in Guyana is done by Guyanese. Now we have truck loads of soldiers all in one place at a time harrassing and abusing their power. There purpose it to protect the citizens form other foreign countries, so why aren't they doing their jobs. They needs to be deployed around the boarders of our country for a few months at a time preventing illegal entry (that may be the reason for all thoes weapon entering the country, unless they are doing it in front of their faces). - Mon, 16th Jun at 5:56 pm

anchor [Sports]

After bowling out the Australians for a mere 251, the Windies failed to capitalise on the advantage they had as they managed a mere 216 in reply on the second day of the Third Test at Bridgetown. Once again, Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the anchor of the innings. Chanderpaul was left undefeated on 79 as the last 6 wickets fell for 48 runs. It was the kind of pathetic batting display that Windies fans have long hoped to see the end of. - Sat, 14th Jun at 8:32 am

Here’s Simba! [Photography]

Okay, so I promised to post up pictures on my puppy Simba some time ago. I just found the box in which I had packed one of my cameras, so here come some pics. - Wed, 11th Jun at 3:23 pm

Ego vs. Dignity [Opinion]

Do not say that you are owed by any people. Do not say that they do not play fair. Learn the rules. Then beat them. There is no other way." - Tue, 03rd Jun at 2:19 pm

Things Caymanian [Crime]

Selita Ebanks, murders, rumours and iguana killings - Sun, 25th May at 6:27 pm

A Preview Chapter of \"The Climax\" by Allison Hobbs [NC-17: Graphic Situations, [Arts]

Kai regained consciousness inside the prison infirmary. She was handcuffed, which wasn’t surprising, but to her astonishment, she lay atop an examining table, naked beneath a coarse white sheet. The handcuffs were painfully tight and she had no idea why she needed to be naked in order to have her jaw examined. - Wed, 21st May at 9:59 pm

Barbadian music website launches online contest in St Lawrence this week [Internet and Web Culture]

At The Tree-Top, Café Jungles, St. Lawrence Gap, on Thursday 22nd May 2008 at 7:00 p.m Got Rhythm Inc will create history by producing the Caribbean’s first ever Online eSOCA Competition. - Wed, 21st May at 9:49 pm

AutoMods Jamaica [Internet and Web Culture]

Automotive information at your finger tips. - Tue, 20th May at 10:28 pm

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World

YouTube - Woman Dies Hospital Floor in Kings County [Health]

June 30, 2008: A 49 year-old woman died on the psychiatric emergency room floor at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. The woman was on the floor for almost an hour before hospital staff tended to her. The cause of her death is unknown.

- yesterday at 8:22 pm

The Yellow Stereo > RocknRolla Trailer [Movies]

It’s been quite some time since i’ve actually given any kind of shit about a Guy Ritchie film. It’s a shame really, as I consider Lock Stock… and Snatch as some of my favourite crime films. But it seems the director had completely lost his way since he married the material girl. Seriously, what happened? - 2 days ago

DJ surkin [Music]

techno pop mashup - 3 days ago

Today Now!: How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election [Humor and Funny]

hmmmm - Thu, 26th Jun at 8:52 pm

Pirelli’s greatest hits [Photography]

How great is the world’s most exclusive girly calendar? Pretty great if you can get goddesses like Adriana Lima to show off their good parts. - Thu, 26th Jun at 5:46 pm

Comic for June 26, 2008 [Cartoons]

victims of ignorance - Thu, 26th Jun at 2:07 pm

Tiny Cars [Photography]

Mini cars are not new ideas, but are very actual these days with the current price of oil. Erion has sent this collection of super mini cars, some of them are quite funny. Also watch this mini car review by Top Gear. - Tue, 24th Jun at 10:09 am

Kim Kardashian in a bikini [Photography]

Sweet Christ she's not hiding her butt for once! - Sat, 21st Jun at 9:08 pm

High school pregnancy pact 1:41 [Lifestyle]

Alina Cho reports on an apparent pact by students to get pregnant. - Fri, 20th Jun at 5:39 pm

myspace redesigns? WTF [Internet and Web Culture]

nobody neva tell mi! - Thu, 19th Jun at 8:03 pm

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