** Vybz Kartel Says Police ‘Slaughtering’ Him **

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Source: Go-Jamaica | LJU™
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Jailed dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel is worried that he will not get a fair trial for the range of offences including murder with which he has been charged.

Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, said this is because of how the police have been treating the matters relating to him.

In a letter to his friend, university professor Dr. Carolyn Cooper, Kartel said he is being painted as an evil DJ by day, don by night and a murderer, who is society’s number one cause for crime and violence.

McGregor Brothers; Chino and Di Genius in concert in Cayo
And while Belize is abuzz of the English Royalty, the sons of a regional music royalty, legendary Freddie McGregor, are in Belize. If you are a dancehall fanatic, then the names Chino and Di Genius are familiar to you. With hit tunes like ‘Bounce a gal’, ‘Never Change’ and so many more, the McGregor brothers are in Belize to party this weekend. Chino is set to hit the hot spots in the city tonight, including the Pickwick Club. The brothers will be in concert on Saturday night in Cayo.

Chino, Dancehall Artist

“Yuh done know big ship sailing ‘Chino’ alongside the De Genius McGregor. We will be in Club Capello, San Ignacio, Cayo. It will be off the chain, definitely yuh done know, party vibe and wi just gwein spit out the hits, yuh done know, myself and Di Genius.”

Andrea Polanco

CHINO

“Why should the people come out and see you guys?”

Chino

“Why should the people come out, because Chino will be there and Di Genius will be there, yuh understand? Ah mean if you were there at my last performance, you would know what to expect, yuh understand. We ventured on the streets earlier and yuh know what ah mean, the ladies especially are excited and amp. We are anticipating a great concert; a wonderful concert; as mi say hits pon top ah hits, yuh know how the thing guh. We just got some food, food was off the chain ah must say. We’ll be in Belize City tonight, partying and promoting, the event some more. Suh yuh done know, just look out for us on the street and in the street. Bounce a gyal and all dem thing.”

Also travelling with the brothers is 2010 Miss Universe first runner up, Yendi Phillips from Jamaica. Phillips is the McGregor Brothers’ manager.

Act Your Age

by Steven Clark Goad

In one area I am delighted our practice has not caught up with what we preach. It has to do with how we treat others in light of some of the things we have said the Bible teaches.

I am eager to search for truth in the Bible, but I am not all that eager to believe what every Tom, Dick, and Harry says the Bible teaches. For I have heard a lot of harebrained ideas come from the mouths of few Tom’s and Harry’s. Would a false teaching Harry be a Harrytic?

Back to my point. The Bible is a lot like those Rorschach ink blot tests. You show one ink blot to someone and he says it reminds him of a giant panda bear. You show the same ink blot to another person and she says it looks just like the shadow of cloud over a wheat field. One lad went to a shrink who showed him ink blot after ink blot. The kid kept saying they reminded him of pizza. Finally his psychiatrist showed him one more ink blot in desperation. Again the young man said, “It looks like a pepperoni pizza with green olives and mushrooms.” The doctor sighed and said out loud, “You must have a one track mind, son.” To this the lad replied, “Hey, I’m not the one with all the pictures of pizza!” Good point.

Where was I? Oh, yes. Practice. We didn’t practice what we preached all those years of discontent. We circled the ecclesiastical wagons and excluded not only the Indians, but one another as well. Some fellowships claiming to have a genuine interest in unity kept drawing lines of demarcation that excluded so many others that the denominations grew smaller and smaller with more and more litmus tests of fidelity to God. Let me give you a few examples to make myself clear. Some of us claimed to have the exact and proper name for the body of Christ on earth. All others had the wrong names. We asserted that our number and choice of how worship may be rightfully offered to God were straight from the Scriptures, while all the other fellowships were polluted in the proper rituals to include. Oh, yes. We interpreted Scripture correctly. Others did not. We sort of had a monopoly on truth.

How pathetically arrogant! And I guess here is where I sit down on my major point in this little rambling essay. I thank almighty God we behaved better than we wrote in our brotherhood journals and church bulletins. I am glad we acted properly toward our neighbors rather than ranting some of the diatribes fired in staccato fashion from the pulpits of our churches. That we did generally treat people better than we preached is telling. Very telling.

Our behavior, being better than our theology, meant we knew better than to take some of the outrageous stands some of us took. Stands like “you can’t fellowship someone who thinks differently than you on a doctrinal matter.” Or how about “fellowship means endorsement”? Then there is the, often spoken in hushed tones, “We are the only ones going to heaven. All others are either lost or on the verge.”

Be not many of you teachers. Judge not that you not be judged. Stop it. “God forgive us for not practicing what we preached. And thank you for giving us the wisdom to do so. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

“Let us stop passing judgment on one another” (Romans 14:13).

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