2012 --WISHES TO ALL

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Bullock returns to Extremely Loud

NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Bullock wasn’t looking to return to acting when Stephen Daldry called about Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.Bullock’s last film, 2009’s The Blind Side, was the kind of career apogee of which most actresses dream, winning her a best actress Academy Award in what essentially amounted to a coronation of Bullock as...

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Rapper against the ropes

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Rapper Young Buck could lose his name and other assets in a bankruptcy case that the rapper says is frustrating his attempts to sign with a new record label.Davidson County Bankruptcy Judge George Paine converted the artiste's bankruptcy from Chapter 11 reorganisation to Chapter 7 liquidation this week.YOUNG BUCK......

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Popcaan, Tony Matterhorn, Kiprich shine at Sting

GAZA-based Deejay Popcaan emerged as the the top artiste at last night's Sting dancehall stage show at the Jamworld Entertainment Centre in Portmore, St Catherine.Blazing through his hits Only Man She Want, Party Shot and Ravin to deafening screams the deejay was in fine fettle as thousands of patrons ignited aerosol spray torches.Tony Matterhorn...

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Buggery law backlash - Blair: The church has been sleeping

BISHOP Herro Blair has warned that Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller's pledge to review the buggery law if her party is elected to office on Thursday could lead to the legalisation of same-sex marriages in Jamaica.At the same time, Blair, the political ombudsman and founder of the Deliverance Evangelistic Association Inc, advised his...

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Man in Santa suit kills 6 relatives

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Investigators in suburban Fort Worth are trying to piece together the history of a family targeted in a Christmas Day shooting that police believe was carried out by a relative dressed in a Santa Claus suit.The names of the seven people found dead inside the Grapevine apartment, including the alleged gunman, were expected to be released today, police said.Grapevine police spokesman Sergeant Robert Eberling,...

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Bob's grandchild fined for weed

DONISHA Prendergast, the granddaughter of reggae legend Bob Marley, was on Thursday fined $100 after pleading guilty in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court to possession of a small quantity of marijuana.The 26-year-old Prendergast paid the fine and avoided being sent to jail for 10 days.PRENDERGAST... cops found three bags containing...

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Muslim sect claims Nigeria church attacks; 25 dead

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital today, killing at least 25 people, officials said. A radical Muslim sect waging an increasingly sophisticated sectarian fight claimed the attack and another bombing in the restive city of Jos, as explosions also struck the nation's north-east.The Christmas Day attacks show the growing national ambition of the sect known...

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Mahe River

Mahe River Mahe River which is also called by the name Mayyazhipuzha is in Mahe. Mahe was a former French settlement which lies in Kannur district but is officially part of Pondicherry.  During the rule of the British, Mahe River was popularly called as the English Channel. It was named so as this river separated British ruled Thalassery and French ruled Mahe. The river originates from the forests of Wayanad and has a...

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Vybz Kartel, cronies to be tried in Supreme Court

NEWSVybz Kartel, cronies to be tried in Supreme CourtTHE murder trial involving caged deejay Vybz Kartel and three of his alleged cronies has been transferred to the Home Circuit Court.A voluntary bill of indictment was served for the case against the four to be transferred to the higher court today. The case, which involves the murder of Clive 'Lizard Williams' will be heard in the Home Circuit Court this afternoon.However, two...

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Bon Jovi laughs at death claim

RED BANK, New Jersey (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi wants fans to know he's not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it.False reports of the New Jersey-born musician's death spread online after a fake news release surfaced on social media sites.BON JOVI... fake news release surfaced on social media 1/1 Bon Jovi is shown in a picture on...

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Ms Venezuela 2000 is dead

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall, whose struggle with breast cancer was closely followed by Venezuelans, has died at age 28.Her family said Ekvall died Saturday at a hospital in Houston.CARACAS, Venezuela — In this photo taken on September 9, 2000, Eva Ekvall reacts after winning the Miss Venezuela 2000 beauty pageant....

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'Reggae treated unfairly'

LACK of commitment by the government was a sore point brought out at the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association's (JARIA) press conference at the Bob Marley Museum in St Andrew yesterday."If reggae is seen as a bright vibrant music, why is it being treated like this? This is our country," said Freddie McGregor at the function.Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper...

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3 priests sentenced in sex abuse of minors

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — A juvenile court judge in Brazil's north-eastern state of Alagoas has sentenced three priests for sexually abusing minors for years.Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa was sentenced to 21 years in prison yesterday, while Monsignor Raimundo Gomes and priest Edilson Duarte were given 16 years and four months in prison.Three former altar boys said they were between 12 and 16 when they began to be assaulted....

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Kartel to spend Christmas in jail

Dancehall deejay Adijah Palmer, more popularly known as Vybz Kartel, and his five co-accused will spend the remainder of the year behind bars after they were all ordered remanded when they faced the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court and the Home Circuit Court, respectively, yesterday.Palmer, Cairo Jones, Calvin 'Moonie' Haye, and...

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Subaltran Studies

Subaltran Studies  IntroductionHistory writing is an important process.‘Subaltran studies’ is a new trend of writing histo r y, lik e o th er tr en d s i.e. I mp er ialis m,Premitivism, Nationalism, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, Feminism, Ambedkarism. The need of rewriting and revoluation on the basis of narration of history is being expressed.Objectives1. Explain the meaning and nature of the Subaltern History. 2.  A study...

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