(Kingston, Jamaica 25th, Aug 2010) Driving Cellie Users are at risk of fatally injuring themselves and taking the life of others and should not only be mindful of this trendy habit and kick it to the curb! Recently, Dancehall artiste Bramma, became a victim of the treacherous act but thankfully his life has been spared. He was driving his car when he noticed another vehicle heading towards his. Bramma stopped his car, held on the horn and feverishly indicated to the other driver to stop but that did not prevent a head on collision. The driver later told Bramma that he was actually on his cell phone speaking to his girlfriend, WOW! Bramma got the shivers and headache, he drove to the hospital where he was checked and sent home, so he is fine. As for his vehicle the front was damaged but both he and the driver of the other vehicle are in dialogue. ‘Driving Cellie Users’, ‘we need to kick this habit, its DANGEROUS!!’

FORMER Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is now in police custody.

The fugitive was handed over to police by Reverend Al Miller and is prepared to commit himself to due process and waive his right to an extradition hearing.

Early reports suggest that Coke is being held at a police station in St Catherine.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaican security forces kicked down doors and arrested dozens of residents of a bullet-pocked slum on Thursday, and said the death toll from four days of fighting sparked by the search for a reputed drug lord has risen to 73.

The target of the manhunt, Christopher "Dudus" Coke, was nowhere to be found.

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Latest official reports are indicating that the casualties from the stand-off in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston between members of the security forces and gunmen have climbed to 44.

This is significantly more than the 26 that were reported earlier today by the Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

Golding did indicate however that the figure could climb.

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The U.S. Embassy in Kingston announces that the Consular Section will be closed to the public on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. American citizens and other individuals with appointments to apply for passports, non-immigrant and immigrant visas, or other routine consular services should not come to the Embassy on May 26. The Consular Section will contact these individuals to reschedule their appointments.

American citizens in Jamaica requiring emergency assistance on May 26 should contact the American Citizens Services Unit at (876) 702-6450 or e-mail that office at KingstonACS@state.gov.

THE Jamaica Constabulary Force is reporting that 26 civilians have been killed and 25 injured in the West Kingston operation. The report — the first official confirmation from the police — was issued this morning.

One member of the security forces was also killed and seven injured, the police said.

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A man and a woman with babies scamper after getting caught in a crossfire between gunmen and the police at the intersection of East and East Queen streets in downtown Kingston yesterday.

Police whisk away men detained on Mannings Hill Road as crime dens loyal to alleged drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke launched a rash of attacks on the state.

Soldiers race across Park Lane - an enclave where gunmen are holed up - to give support to policemen during a firefight in the Red Hills Road area of St Andrew yesterday.

Soldiers and police yesterday launched a bloody offensive on Tivoli Gardens where heavily armed thugs barricaded themselves to protect the mini-republic of a reputed crime overlord, causing street battles to ripple across Jamaica's capital.

At least three members of the security forces have been slain in gunfights and 14 others injured in two days of wide-scale violence that has swept western Kingston and other areas where rogue alliances exist.

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AIRLINES have cancelled a number of flights to and from Jamaica's capital, Kingston, as violence erupts between security forces and armed gangs.
Air Jamaica said it was calling off three flights from violence-wracked Kingston, two of which were headed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the other bound for New York.

American Airlines called off service between Kingston and Miami.

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News report state that four men in black car near Curnation Market downtown were shot, don't know if it was fatal.

Don't know if men were gunmen or part of the police force.

News on the radio stated that woman was shot on the road. No news wheather if ot was fatal.

Three members of the Jamaica Defence Force were reportedly shot and killed in West Kingston a short while ago.

The soldiers were shot about an hour after the security forces launched their operation.

A short while ago, a resident of Tivoli Gardens called our newscentre apparently crying and appealing to the Prime Minister Bruce Golding for help.

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Kingston, Jamaica – April 7, 2010 – Albert Einstein famously stated that ‘energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can only be transformed from one state to another’. It seems only fitting that an energy company, Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP), would be at the forefront of converting Jamaica’s negative use of energy in fiscal stagnation, staggering crime and social indiscipline into its more efficient and positive application in growth and nation building.

At JEP, we believe in engaging and strengthening the social and economic pillars of the society in which we operate,’ said Wayne McKenzie, General Manager & CEO, JEP. ‘Our community development policy is built on education and skills training, sports and cultural engagement, environmental awareness and charity donations,’ Mr. McKenzie continued.