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KIZZY’S POCKET-BWAAY MI CYAA HELP IT


A KNOW UNNO GWINE SEH WI TEK SET PAN KIZZY BUT SMADDY SEN DIS PICTURE AND ALL SNEEZE MI START SNEEZE…HUSH KIZZY WI SOON GI U A BREAK BUT NEXT WEEK …BAILEYS IRISH CREAM TUDDY FLIPPIN WORLD…N POCKET

WHA A GWAAN A AFRICA??

2011 MISSING FASHION ICON INJECKSHAN

Now i’ve heard it all, I always thought it was a joke when women of dancehall state they are the original and rae rae. I buck up pon this video and couldn’t help but laugh.I never knew there was a battle of who is the original trendsetter.She stating that she left dancehall because ppl were fighting for her spot? LOL

Now who really is the original in dancehall, i always felt that Angela Striker was the origianl along with The Ouch Crew and African Crew. When was the preps crew original in the dancehall, I can say for sure they copied the The Ouch Crew and African Crew style and put a twist, put original, i would not say it’s safe to claim. The preps crew just came on the scene in 1999 copying the style of the founding crews such as, The Ouch Crew, Angela Sriker, and African Crew did a lead.

Can someone please clarify who was the original, I’ll give sabrina preps the props for being the first to put her picture on dancehall flyers, but not for being the first to wear blonde hair.

Please add on. I’m not trying to bring this lady down, because I am a woman too.

MISSION SAVE MERCILESS!

Misson SAVE Merciless

If people watch STING good dem will a wonder is which Merciless dat up pan stage because him look like him nuh fi deh deh or him jus nuh know whey him deh … Before him come out Kiprich call him out long long and all him tek him likkle time shuffle out…When Mericless come out only fi si him lean up pan a walking stick looking roun like him still ina di womb and neva si natural day light yet..Di people dem seh backstage dem ask Mericless manager whey him deh and di smaddy seh Merciless mussy pop chree ball.. Now people dese are allegations but it mek some sense because Merciless was disoriented and not himself…like di chree ball dem lick out him senses and dis man is not forty yet..Di manager fi Merciless nuh ramp fi talk di tings people seh but mi a wonder why dem cyaa get him some help because it doe look good…is wha dem blend up gi him so much dat HIM NEVA KNOW WHEY HIM DEH and him fi start wreeel out choon? No mon sumting wrong and it fi fix fi STING 2012 or before di REST a teet dem si teet fairy SEMITRY

UNNO LOOK!
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CHINA IN ZIMBABWE, NOT SURPRISING


In the evening gloom the vast complex emerges into view. Beyond a high security wall, insects dance in the beam of a giant floodlight. Men are still hard at work in the skeletons of concrete tower blocks, and standing at the centre of it all is the arch of a Chinese pagoda.

Zimbabwe’s national defence college is under construction within a sprawling, heavily-guarded compound whose brooding presence sends a clear message to any would-be revolutionary. Some have dubbed it the “Robert Mugabe national school of intelligence”.

The construction site north of Harare has also become the lightning rod for another source of simmering resentment – Chinese labour practices.

Surrounded by a perimeter wall that runs for a kilometre through what was once farmland, the shadowy military academy is being built by a Chinese contractor whose managers are accused of meting out physical punishments, miserable conditions and meagre pay.

“The beatings happen very often,” said a 28-year-old carpenter, wearing blue overalls as he made the long walk home after a 14-hour shift. “They ill-treat you and, if you make a mistake, they beat you up.

“I saw some men beaten up yesterday. A guy complained: ‘You’re not treating us like human beings,’ and the Chinese replied: ‘You should appreciate we’ve come to assist you.’ They beat him up and he was fired.” He estimated that there were about 600 Zimbabwean and 300 Chinese workers on the site. Around 50 of the Chinese were managers. Some of the Chinese have “nice homes inside” while others live in wooden shacks just outside the complex. The Zimbabweans and Chinese rarely mix, he added. “They don’t speak English so we use sign language. The Chinese eat off plates, then give us the leftovers.”

The carpenter said he typically gets up at 4am and works from 7am to 9pm every day. For this he is paid $4 (£2.50) a day, but at least it is work so he can feed his wife and three children. “We don’t have a choice because we need to survive. But if it was possible to chase all the Chinese away, I would.”

Reports of abuse by managers at the Chinese contractor, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Company (AFECC), are widespread, as are complaints that the government is turning a blind eye because it cannot afford to lose such a valuable partner.

A 26-year-old builder, on his way to a nightshift, said: “We tried to go on strike but the leader of it was beaten up and sacked. The government doesn’t say anything, even though it knows people are beaten up. I saw them undress some workers and beat them with helmets. Some of them were crying with the pain.

“We feel angry but we need money, so there is no choice. If you don’t work 10 hours, there is no money.”

Attempts to contact AFECC by telephone and email were unsuccessful. The company’s website refers to projects in Ivory Coast, Mozambique and Zambia, and describes how the project team of the Zimbabwe national defence college raised $4,570 for a carpenter, Chen Zongde, whose son needed treatment for leukaemia.

Zimbabwe received a Chinese loan of $98m to build the college. It will be repaid over 20 years through earnings from the Marange diamond fields, which are being mined by another Chinese firm amid widespread claims of human rights violations under military control.

Okay Machisa, director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association, said: “Parliament approving such a debt without consulting Zimbabeweans is very serious. Why are we prioritising an army intelligence college instead of universities and hospitals?

“Harare has no electricity most of the time and the water is not good for human consumption. It shows we are trying to keep Zimbabwe under the control of state security.”

China’s commercial empire has expanded enormously in Africa over the past decade and Zimbabwe is trying to catch up. Trade between the two countries stood at $550m last year, according to the Chinese embassy.

The government in Harare has announced that China plans up to $10bn in investments over the next five years, more than in any other country.

Diamonds and other mineral resources are the main attraction, but Chinese entrepreneurs have also seized opportunities in construction, manufacturing and retail. Chinese restaurants are booming, attracting top politicians and businessmen. Shops are flooded with cheap Chinese imports, or “zhing-zhong”, of dubious quality. Zimbabwean vendors claim they are being undercut and put out of work.

Just as a recent Human Rights Watch report alleged poor conditions at Chinese-run copper mines in neighbouring Zambia, so there is growing antipathy and mistrust in Zimbabwe. Trade unions have called for action and even members of Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party have expressed disquiet.

Machisa said: “We’ve got alarming, shocking human rights abuses in firms operated by the Chinese. We’ve got empirical evidence that is going to shock the people of Zimbabwe. They are physically abusing the workers. They are psychologically terrorising the workers.

“But they are not being prosecuted. There is a culture of impunity.”

Others believe the problem is a cultural misunderstanding.

A Chinese immigrant, 29-year-old Li Chen, said: “If Chinese people work from 8am till 8pm they have no problem. Sometimes they ask their employees to do the same and it makes them unhappy. It will not happen.

“It’s a different culture. If people sit down and talk and understand each other, it should change.”

GWAAN CHOO SHAGGY


Persons wishing to donate to The Shaggy Make A Difference Foundation can now do so via text message, thanks to telecommunications firms Digicel and LIME. By sending a text message to Digicel 488-4175, anyone can donate $20 to the charity and for LIME text the number 444-4248 for a donation of $50 per sms. Both will benefit the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

The Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation is the producer of the annual Shaggy and Friends benefit concert, which also raises well-needed money for the Bustamante hospital – the only children’s hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Reggae superstar Shaggy, who is also the executive director of the foundation, said the donation lines help people to be heroes in their own way.

“Not every superhero wears a cape you know. People can donate to a fantastic cause and help save the lives of the countless children who need services at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital,” he said.

The diamond-selling artiste is reminding the public that all the proceeds from the donation line and the Shaggy & Friends Benefit Concert go directly to address the glaring needs of the hospital.

“Anyone with a phone on any network can just simply send a text to 488-4175 for Digicel donations of $20 and 444-4248 for LIME donations of $50 and help us continue the work that we have started. This year, our focus is on the cardiac unit of the hospital which is where needs the most help,” Shaggy said.

Now in its third year, the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert will see the likes of Shaggy, Lauryn Hill, Eve, Half-Pint, Coco Tea, Maxi Priest, I-Octane, Gyptian, Mr Vegas, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Deniece Williams, Assassin and Romain Virgo. Set for Saturday, the concert will be held on the grounds of Jamaica House.

CHEERS AGAIN , BUT WHEN ARE YOU DUE?

Kamila McDonald and Jahcure are expecting as is proven here..but when is the baby due?

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