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IT WAS supposed to be a sum-

mer afternoon of watery fun for

Jahlil Crutchley and his school

buddies, when a friends mum

agreed to take them to their lo-

cal swimming pool for a bit of

frolic.

But what started out in eager

excitement ended in tears

and dismay as Jahlil literally

drowned after spending five

minutes submerged and un-

noticed.

His mum Sonia told Ja-

maica Times the story of

how the bubbly six year old

miraculously survived the

ordeal and is once again

bright and bubbly.

Jahlil was bouncing

around in what was sup-

posed to be the shallow end

of the pool for nonswim-

mers. There was no notice

that there was a gradual

steep incline. The water

got too deep for him and

he went under. It was af-

ter five minutes that one of

his friends noticed he was

missing and that was when

the lifeguards were alerted.

They fished him out of the

water and tried to perform

CPR. He was unconscious

and not breathing so basi-

cally he was dead.

The London Air Ambu-

lance was called and they

arrived in swift time tried to

resuscitate him. They even-

tually got his pulse back and

took him to Kings College

Hospital where doctors in-

duced a medical coma.

Jahlil remained in a coma

for over a week while the

doctors worked hard to sta-

bilise his system and even-

tually safely bring him back

out.

Jahlil is still undergoing

treatment and observation

but his recovery has been

described as nothing short

of miraculous by the air am-

bulance crew and doctors at

Kings College.

FIVE MINUTES UNDER WATER

AFTER SLIPPING IN POOL

STOPPED BREATHING, NO PULSE

SEVEN DAYS IN A COMA WITH MUM

AND DAD BY HIS BEDSIDE

NOW JAHLIL IS FIT AGAIN AND GETS

TO VISIT THE CREW WHO SAVED HIS

LIFE

Jahlil Crutchley takes the pilots seat in

the London Air Ambulance as he was giv-

en a tour by the crew that saved his life.

By Alphanso Clue

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THE DEATH of Dr Myles Munroe

in a tragic plane crash in the Ba-

hamas on Sunday 9 November

2014 has led to an outpouring

of grief among the Pentecostal

and Charismatic Christian com-

munity in Britain and around the

world.

All nine people on board the

Lear 36 Executive Jet died

in the crash, including Dr

Munroe, his wife Ruth and

members of his Bahamas

Faith Ministries International

leadership team. Munroe

was an internationally re-

nowned bestselling author,

lecturer, teacher, life coach,

government consultant, andleadership mentor. He was a

frequent visitor to the UK.

Paying tribute, Dr Eric

Brown, Churches Together in

England Pentecostal Presi-

dent says, It was my distinct

privilege to invite Dr Munroe

as keynote speaker to sev-

eral of our Pastors and Key

Leaders Conferences and

on every occasion he spoke

professionally and propheti-

cally into the lives of our

leaders. Indeed he was a

frequent keynote speaker

to many of the Evangelical,

Pentecostal and Charismatic

churches in this country. He

was a gifted communicator,

effective motivator, a man of

faith and great courage and

full of the Holy Spirit. He was

a giant of our time and his

unique place in the history

of the Christian Church is se-

cured.

President of CiC Interna-

tional and Free Churches

Moderator Dr Hugh Osgood

recalls hosting Dr Munroe in

London: I know that many

British church leaders have

been deeply impacted by the

warmth and encouragement

he brought with him every

time he visited the UK. Myles

and his ministry will be great-

ly missed.

And Dr Joel Edwards, In-

ternational Director of Micah

Challenge says: Dr Myles

touched so many lives on so

many issues across so many

communities. As comfort-

able with Prime Ministers

as he was the people, he

walked with Kings without

losing the common touch.

The world mourns the loss of

a man who revealed the mind

and heart of God.

Dr Munroes ministry tran-

scended racial, cultural, de-

nominational and nationalboundaries with a message

aimed at empowering others

to discover their God-given

purpose. In his own words,

The greatest Tragedy in life

is not death, but a life without

purpose.

May he and all who died

rest in peace.

Pentecostals pay tribute to Dr. Myles Munroe

Diaspora

Conference

Set For June

14-18, 2015

THE SIXTH biennial Diaspora

Conference will be held at the

Montego Bay Conference Centre,

June 14-18 2015.

It will be held under the

theme, Jamaica and the Di-aspora: Linking for Growth

and Prosperity. Among the

main activities and areas of

discussion will be; Business

Matchmaking, Investment

and Trade Discussions, Busi-

ness Tours, Networking, Im-

migration and Deportation

Symposium, Jamaica Dias-

pora Policy, Education and

Health Philanthropy, Dias-

pora Awards and Golf Tour-

nament.

A TEENAGE boy who shot his girl-

friend dead on his birthday has

been sentenced to nine years

detention for her manslaughter.

Shereka Fab-Ann Marsh, 15,

was hit in the neck by a sin-

gle bullet from a fake 1930s

Italian Beretta pistol which

the boy was looking after in a

mire of violent gang confron-

tation, a court heard.

The 15-year-old boy - who

cannot be named due to his

age - was cleared of murder

after jurors hears he lovedShereka and fired the gun by

accident.

But the jury convicted him

of manslaughter and pos-

sessing a firearm with intent

to endanger life.

Judge Charles Wide told

the Old Bailey it was plain

from the evidence that he

had been pointing the gun at

Shereka to frighten her.

During the trial, the boy in-sisted that he loved his girl-

friend and had no reason to

hurt her.

After the gun went off in

the bedroom of a house in

Hackney, east London, the

boy phoned 999 but she was

pronounced dead later that

afternoon.

On his arrest at the house,

the boy told officers it was

an accident and exclaimed:

Am I going to hell?

Later he said: My girl died

on my birthday.

Police later found two

pictures of him posing with

handguns on his mobile

phone, one of which was

pointing at the person who

took the photograph.

Soon after the shooting,

the boy said he and his girl-

friend were sitting on the bed

and holding the gun together

to feel how heavy it was.

But he changed his story and

admitted in court that he had

been standing in front of her,waving the gun around with

both hands, not thinking it

was loaded.

The defendant also initially

claimed to have found the

gun on Hackney Marshes,

but later said he had been

given it to hide for a man in

his 20s - who he refused to

name.

Judge Wide took account

of his previous violent be-haviour - two convictions for

robbery, one armed with a

screwdriver.

The court heard that the

boy had been excluded from

school three times, twice for

violence.

A text message referring to

shanks - thought to mean

homemade knives - showed

he had been involved in an

incident of violence in thepast, the judge said.

Sherekas family were in

court as her killer was sent

down to begin his sentence

without showing any emo-tion.

Her mother Shyrine Mills

issued a statement saying:

Guns are not toys.

Sherekas life was tragi-

cally cut short because of

the negligent actions by one

of her peers who took it upon

himself to involve himself in

activities that no child should

ever be involved with, she

added.Guns are not toys and

should only be handled by

trained professionals in ex-

treme circumstances.

Shereka and the defend-

ant should be in school pre-

paring for their GCSEs, and

we all should have been go-

ing about our normal daily

business, while the courts

deal with hardened crimi-

nals.

NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHEREKAS KILLER

Shyrine Mills, Sherekas mother

Shereka Marsh

Dr Myles Munroe and his wife


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Frank Chege, a nurse who

specialises in emergency

medicine on the air ambu-

lance said: In comparison to

other patients, Jahlil is a rare

success case. The most re-

warding bit of this job is see-

ing an outcome like his.

Mum Sonia describes his

recovery as nothing short of

a miracle: God was at work.

There was a woman at the

pool named Hannah who got

involved as quickly as the in-

cident happened. She was

talking to the air ambulance

crew and kept them trying to

revive him even after the rec-

ommended time had passed.

God placed her there that

day to work through her.

Jahlil was five at the time

the incident happened. He

recently celebrated his 6thbirthday, on bonfire night;

said he had a ball. He told

Jamaica Times his memory

of the ordeal and said: I feel

weird. My friends and my

teachers talk about it.

Remarkably, he now thinks

that hes the best swim-

mer. Hes such a brave little

boy, said mum Sonia. Even

though he knows what hap-

pened to him he has beenwilling to face it, whereas

most people would not even

think of going near to water

again. I am taking him to

proper swimming lessons

with the proper equipment.

He is still being observed to

ensure all is motor skills are

fine. When the doctors re-

late to me what his body had

experienced and the whole

process it confirms that God

was at work

Jahlil was invited by the

London Air Ambulance crew

to see their base and explore

the helicopter.

MIRACLE CHILD

Jahlil Crutchely, third from left with members of the London Air Ambu-lance team

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for Digicel customers in the US,

Canada and the UK. The telecom-

munications company launched

its Christmas is on us cam-

paign on November 3rd, 2014

in market until December 28th.

We are beyond excited to

be able to reward our cus-

tomers. These migrant he-

roes have been loyal to their

families in the Caribbean and

to our brand all year long. It

is now the time to give back

to them and declare that

Christmas Is On Us, said

Declan Cassidy, CEO of Digi-

cel Diaspora.

Digicel is giving away a

brand new car to the grand

prize winner of the campaign.

But theres more! There will

be weekly winners of 3,000

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line tickets back home to the

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Digicel is committed to

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Comedy star Oliver Samuels

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operations at Taj Traders on

West Green Road, Totten-

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Taj Traders presented a pair

of tickets to the show to

lucky winners Mrs. Nadine

Sewell and Mr. Omar Purcell.

The competition was staged

in honour of Mr. Samuels

65th birthday.

The draw was opened

to all Taj Jamaica National

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traders. Surfraz, the Man-

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our customers, by inviting

Oliver down to celebrate with

our customers as they are

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HEALTH MATTERSA SHOCKING new figure releasedin Black History Month by thehealth charity Prostate CancerUK reveals that one in every four

Black men in the UK will be di-

agnosed with prostate cancer at

some point in his lifetime.

Thats double the overall

1-in-8 cradle-to-grave riskfaced by all men in the UK.

Its like Russian Roulette

but with only four players

chancing the bullet. This

statistic is a wake-up call to

Black men about the unique

danger they face - and were

warning them to act on it.

Fathers, brothers, partners,

sons - with every fourth

Black man or boy in the UK

destined to get this poten-

tially fatal disease at some

time, its vital that everything

possible is done to identify

and catch aggressive can-

cers early, said Cordwell

Thomas, who heads Prostate

Cancer UKs partnership with

Britains African and African

Caribbean communities.

Calculation of the specific

lifetime risk to Black men

was undertaken by Prostate

Cancer UK as part of its con-

tinuing drive to support the

men of Britains two million

strong African and African

Caribbean population in rec-

ognising both the threat to

their prostate health and theirresponsibility to be proactive

in seeking out advice and

support.

Cordwell Thomas contin-

ued: Many health profes-

sionals are not even aware

that Black ancestry is a

prostate cancer risk factor.

Whats more, Black guys of-

ten dont claim their rights

to health care. Theyre not

first in line to see the GP or

to call our helpline to discuss

concerns like erectile dys-

function or problems peeing.

With so many lives at risk, we

all have to work together to

ensure that Black men wise

up to the issue and those af-

fected seek and receive ap-

propriate healthcare.

With the backing of its major

funding partner, Movember,

Prostate Cancer UK provides

support to thousands of men

facing prostate cancer and

it has consistently empha-

sised the higher risk faced by

Black men. The urgent need

to help Britains Black com-

munities act upon their raised

risk means Prostate Cancer

UK is bringing together the

community leaders and cli-

nicians who can encourage

Black men to face up to their

heightened prostate cancer

risk, engage with it, and take

the necessary action.

Its your life and the mes-

sage is know your risk and

know your responsibility. Its

about taking charge of your

own health. As a Black man,

youre already in a high risk

group, so the worst thing to

do is to ignore the risk. Con-

front it, speak to your wife,

partner or friends about it,

and consult your GP over

whether a test is advisable

in your case. Even when you

have no actual symptoms,

you are entitled to a test if

you are over 50 and have

spoken to your GP, says

Cordwell Thomas.

Football legend, sports

broadcaster and ambas-

sador for Prostate Cancer

UK, Mark Bright said: Im a

black man and I am over 50.

My risk of being diagnosed

with prostate cancer is sig-

nificantly higher than that of

a white man of the same age.

Now we know that one in fourblack men will be diagnosed

with prostate cancer at some

time in his life, we owe it to

ourselves and our loved ones

to take responsibility for our

health and understand our

risks.

If youre a black man and

over 50, speak to your GP or

call the Prostate Cancer UK

helpline to find out about

your risk and what you can

do about it.

Prostate Cancer UK volun-

teer Phil Kissi MBE is a survi-

vor of the disease: It is ter-

rifying to think that I could so

easily have carried on with-

out knowing anything about

prostate cancer despite it

being the most common

cancer diagnosed in men in

the UK. Luckily my GP was

very supportive when I raised

my concerns with him and I

caught the cancer in time to

have successful treatment

but it saddens me to think

that others may not have this

chance.

Ultimately it is up to usmen to respect and take re-

sponsibility for our health

but I needed a lot of support

from my friends and family,

he says.

2013 is the 65th anniver-

sary of the Windrush Land-

ing. It is ironic that young-

sters who arrived on that

ship a whole lifetime ago and

have won countless battles

over the decades still face a

major public health inequality

based on nothing but ethnic-

ity. Thats why Prostate Can-

cer UK puts in the research,

services and support that will

help more Black men like Phil

to survive this disease, said

Cordwell Thomas.

TWO WORDS describe Yvonne

Dunkley - Simply Amazing!

It would be impossible to tell

that she has been on the kind

of journey shes had by sim-

ply looking at her. She faces

life with a smile and effuses

positivity, belief and triumph.

And is because those were

all the weapons she had in

her arsenal as she battled

the big C.

Tough as the battle was,

she has beaten back breast

cancer and is now a senior

warrior in the fight against a

womans worst nightmare.

On April 27, 2010, she was

diagnosed with breast can-

cer. The story between that

time and now is as interest-

ing as any survival story gets

and Yvonne is here in the UK

to share that tale of hope andinspiration and to instil belief

in those who are facing simi-

lar trials.

She has a book out called

Smiling Through Breast Can-

cer, which chronicles her

diagnosis, treatment and re-

covery. She is one of those

rare human beings. Having

been given a second shot at

life, she is now making sure

that she makes every mo-

ment quality time. So she is

happy to share a word withthose who need it, giving and

extending herself to improve

the plight of others.

This is her story: My name

is Yvonne Dunkley and I am a

Jamaican who lives in Atlanta,

Georgia. I am also a survivor

of breast cancer. I was diag-

nosed with breast cancer on

April 27, 2010. My course of

treatments were 6 rounds of

chemo with 3 different drugs

and 35 sessions of radiation.

After finishing my treatment itleft me disabled. I had diffi-

culty processing things and I

had neuropathy on my entire

right side (constant nerves

pain). Through all that I went

through, I wanted something

positive to come from all this

pain. I was not sure what the

outcome would be but I knew

that if I could help one person

not to go through this pain I

would do whatever to help in

the fight against cancer. For

the past year and a half I havebeen in Jamaica, my birth

country doing breast cancer

awareness work. I mainly

focus on the western region

of Jamaica where Jamaica

Cancer Society does not re-

ally go and the awareness is

less among the people.

So. I stay west of Jamaica

doing the awareness and

I initiated a mammogram

screening program in private

companies, government cor-

porations, schools, churches

and clubs. It is within this

time I realized that the Ja-

maican government does

not own a mammogram ma-

chine or a radiation machine.

When a lady goes into the

public health system to do

a pap smear it takes her 12

months before she gets her

result. Cancer is something

that grows.

I have done the parishes of

St. James, Hanover, a part of

St. Ann and now in the parish

of Westmoreland. We have a

mammogram campaign go-

ing on right now, where we

would like all the ladies 40

and over to registered to do

their mammogram and pap

smear screenings and we are

seeking your help. The long

run is to get a mobile mam-

mogram unit for Jamaica.

The Jamaica Cancer society

owns the only mammogram

machine on the Island which

is 15 years old.

www.facebook.com/FeedThe-

FightBreastCancerAwareness

I Chose to be Better, Not Bitter...Hey World, I Beat Breast Cancer!

PROSTATE CANCER

AND YOU

Former footballer

Mark Bright


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JOE

ALDRED Whose spirituality is it...anyway?

RECENTLY I have been reflecting

on how to retain my spirituality

in the midst of a busy life. Jesus

teaches us that a persons life

does not consist of the things he

or she possesses.

Put another way, the mate-

rial does not define a person.

This being so, I find it neces-

sary to carefully contemplatethe non-material, the element

of me that transcends the

materialism that surrounds

me. Now, if you know any-

thing about me you will know

that I work very long hours

and seems to some and to

myself most of the time to be

always busy. So how in the

midst of extreme busyness

does one find time to nurture

ones spiritual side?

Spiritual Orientation

My spiritual orientation be-

gins with a concept of God.

I ponder God a lot. Who or

what is God? As a teenager

I decided to agree with the

Psalmist that the heavens

declare the glory of God and

the firmament shows Gods

handiwork. I rejected theidea of a creation without

a creator. In the same way

I marvel about the creation

of a jumbo jet carrying 400

passengers across the At-

lantic for nine hours, and

know for certain that some

great minds are behind its

concept, design, building

and flying; so too I am full

of wonder about the kind of

mind that can conceive, de-

sign and build the amazing

universe we find ourselves

in. Who or what is this that

we call God who can think up

a design as sophisticated as

a human body among a uni-

verse full of wonder? And if

as we have come to accept

this transcendent being is

present everywhere, knows

everything and is all power-

ful why does God allow some

of the terrible atrocities that

happen? And what does God

make of my feeble attempts

to intercede and plead for

divine intervention in the af-

fairs of life that concern me

so? I do not know the an-

swers to my questions and

so I continue in wonder and

amazement and gratefulness

at who I am, the world I find

and the God behind it all.

Prayer

A second aspect of my spir-

ituality is prayer. I pray all the

time. As Ive got older I have

knelt less and less at my bed-

side in the mornings when Iwake and in the nights before

I sleep. For a long time when

our daughters were young

we had family worship once

per week. And still today

my wife and I read the

bible and pray to-

gether once a day

as often as we

can. We dont

always succeed,

but we keep try-ing. For many

years when I was

young I routinely

knelt by my bed-

side before going

to bed and when I

woke up in the morn-

ing. It was good disci-

pline but was also a ritual

and maybe even a crutch to

lean upon - to guard against

accidents during the dayand nightmares while I slept.

If that is what it was meant

to do it didnt always work.

I slowly realised that while

there is nothing necessarily

wrong with prayer times I

dont need prayer times to

communicate with the God

of the universe. Pray with-

out ceasing, men ought

always to pray and not to

faint, are a couple of bibli-

cal texts that I have probably

badly interpreted allowing

me to believe that I can pray

while Im in the shower, while

getting dressed, while Im

driving or travelling by public

transport...in fact I find a God

who is everywhere is always

in communication and I can

be in touch 24/7!

Divine

A third aspect of spirituality

for me is what I call abandon-

ing or throwing myself on the

divine. After all, the ways of

God are so unpredictable, so

strange, I cant work God out

so I stopped trying some time

ago and just say, God, what-

ever. The writer of the book

of Proverbs got there too and

concluded that all was van-

ity. The rich die, the poor die,

the old die, the young die,

healthy people die, sick peo-

ple die, some with money

are happy, some with money

are miserable, some with-

out money are happy, some

without money are miser-able, all is vanity. Recently

when

the Ma- l a y -

sian plane disappeared out ofthe sky a Jamaican preacher

on TV preached a sermon

titled, check...is Jesus on

board. He was clear that for

that flight they had checked

everything but forgot to

check if Jesus was on board,

and thats why the plane van-

ished. Had Jesus been on

board the plane would have

been safe. Yet as I write the

evangelical world is in shock

because one of its favourite

sons Dr Myles Munroe with

his wife and church execu-

tives died, all nine of them,

in a plane crash. Was Jesusnot on board? So I find God

quite unpredictable in a man-

ner that tells me that the rain

falls on the just and the

unjust yet their out-

comes are never

predictable. This

doesnt make

me want to

quarrel with

God, quite

the opposite,I say, God,

whatever. I

do all I can

but never take

God for granted

that God will just

do all I want, yet like

a great Father this God

is working everything for

my good. So, whatever! Like

Jesus, I say, nevertheless not

my will but yours be done.

Contentment

In the hustle and bustle of my

life doing all the good I can

for all the people I can yet

never expecting any thank

yous, though always happy

to receive them, I have dis-

covered a peace and con-

tentment with life. By this Idont mean that I dont get

irritable with stuff like unpro-

fessionalism, lack of ambi-

tion, lackadaisical attitudes

and such like. I do. What I

mean is there was a time I be-

lieved I was so spiritual that

those not going my way were

the objects of my quiet or not

so quiet ire. I was impatient

for people to be and do right,

as I understood right. I wasoften more against sin than

God seemed, more demand-

ing for righteousness than

God seemed. Now I realise

that spirituality means follow-

ing God, not trying to predict

or lead or out-God God. So

in a world of believers and

atheists, of multiple faiths

and no faith, of lifestyles of

various kinds, I look to see

and hear what is Gods heartfor all of this and of us. I

know that when this God of

the universe speaks or acts

or instructs then thats the

right time. And if the Creator

is tolerant of all I am intoler-

ant of, I ask myself, whose

world, whose church, whose

humanity is it anyway? Cer-

tainly not mine! Who cares

more about the world, me or

God?

Creator

So here is a spirituality root-

ed in the awe and wonder ofGod, Creator, Sustainer and

the parent of us all. God

cannot be placated by me or

anyone else no matter how

much we pray, fast and be-

come self righteous. I smile

every time I hear of prayer

school, prayer strategy, etc

etc and I wonder when did

we feel the need to develop

strategies to contact an al-

ways listening God or to per-suade God to do what we

want or think God should be

concerned about or do? At

the same time, I am working

my socks off, persuaded that

when I do my part God does

Gods but all in Gods time

at Gods pace and accord-

ing to Gods will. Spiritual-

ity is realising that I am not

in charge, God is! Most of all

Ive learned that I can neverbe too busy to be spiritual

because God is in me and in

my busyness.

Bishop Dr Joe Aldred is an Ecu-

menist, Broadcaster and Author

Recently when the Malaysianplane disappeared out of thesky a Jamaican preacher onTV preached a sermon titled,check...is Jesus on board.He was clear that for thatflight they had checked eve-rything but forgot to checkif Jesus was on board, andthats why the plane van-ished. Had Jesus been onboard the plane would havebeen safe.


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WHEN WILL they ever learn?

Lonely, British women that is. Yetagain we hear another sorry tale

that some women of a certain

age have fallen for the charms of

an online lover whose only in-

terest is to relieve them of their

hard-earned dosh.

These women dont just fall in

love and give their hearts away

willy-nilly to some stranger but

it appears they are just as eager

to part with their money. The lat-est scammer is a Maurice Asola

Fadola from Ghana who passed

himself off as a dashing American

major general who charmed the

unsuspected with stories of his

bravery dodging bombs and sav-

ing lives. He scanned 800,000

out of his victims based on vari-

ous lies. Like needing money

to pay for a legal dispute to get

his war medals and buying his

way out of the army. What a

load of tosh. Why would any

self-respecting man want my

money to bail him out and he

hadnt even met me? Thats what

Id be asking. Doesnt he have

friends or family? Why ask me? As

a result of this scam some wom-

en have been left penniless and

homeless, having re-mortgaged

their homes to help out lover-boy.

They wont be getting any sym-

pathy from me. Where do these

women get the idea that they are

supposed to give men money, an-

yway? Especially ones they have

never clapped eyes on. But thiscrook Fadola, he did send them

poetry. Thats a red flag flying

right there.

Now, Im no meanie. I have given

pennies for the guy in Bonfire

season and I have rewarded carol

singers who came a-carolling but

Ive never given money to a man I

was dating. Not even a bus fare.

What were these women thinking

of?

But it doesnt end there. When an

elderly Cardiff woman befriended

a young Tunisian waiter whilst on

holiday in Tunisia, she told him

that if he ever visited the UK heshould drop in to see her. Well,

there was an invite he could hard-

ly refuse! It appears that even if

he was on his way to Mars he

would be sure to go via Cardiff, so

as not to disappoint this old dear.

Two twos he finds himself in Car-diff and takes up residence in the

ladys house and before you know

it the young Tunisian waiter had

eaten her out of house and home.

Ive never been duped by any man

in such ways, so theres no point

telling me that these situations

could happen to anyone. As my

mother used to say duppy know

who fi frighten. And no duppy is

frightening me. All I can say is,

women, wise up! And if you haveany money you dont what to do

with, call me.

As schoolboy William Cornick is

sentenced to life imprisonment

for killing his teacher Ann Magu-

ire I wonder if this tragedy could

have been averted. I think so.

Chief Superintendent Paul Money

of West Yorkshire police said no

person acting in authority could

have reasonably foreseen the

events of April 28. I dont agree

with his assertion. This was no

spur of the moment madness. It

was premeditated and the boy

had made his

deadly inten-tions clearly

known. It

was common

k n o w l e d g e

in the school

c o mmu n i t y

that he had

a grudge

against Mrs

M a g u i r e

and that

he plannedto do her

significant harm, at the very least.

Yet when he turned up at school

with knives on that fateful day

he was not taken seriously. What

did they think he was going to do

with those knives? To say that

nobody could have foreseen what

would happen is ludicrous. An an-

gry boy bearing a grudge armed

with knives spells trouble. Very

serious trouble. That boy should

have been searched every time

he set foot on school premises

and should have been monitored

more closely. Never mind about

his human rights, he forfeited that

when he decided to take a life. Let

this tragedy be a lesson to other

schools that if they have a pupil

who threatens to kill or cause

grievous harm to staff or pupils,

deal with them. Seriously.

Joyanna Lovelock

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DEPENDING on which expert you

consult, there are between 656-

850 muscles in the body. And

each one is vitally important in

aiding normal body functioning.

Muscles by and large are re-

sponsible for giving our bodies

the ability to move.

Therefore, when you have

major issues with any of

them, you can be severely

impaired. There are also

three types of muscles: skel-

etal, smooth and cardiac.

A fourth type has now been

discovered: financial.

This new and exciting

discovery has the ability to

revolutionise the condition

of mankind. We now have adirect answer to what ails our

finances. We now know why

we, and most of the people

we know, struggle with fi-

nances: we were not exercis-

ing our financial muscles. As

a matter of fact, we were not

even aware that there was

such a thing, until now.

Believe it or not -- financial

awareness can be likened to

a muscle. Furthermore, once

you discover it, you will real-

ise that there are prescribed

ways to go about developing

it. This also forever eliminates

the complaint: I didnt know.

The first step to building

your financial muscles is to

educate yourself on all things

financial. One great place to

start is to read the new finan-

cial awareness section of this

newspaper. Furthermore, a

quick scan of the business

section of any newspaper

will reveal at least one storythat can improve your fi-

nancial awareness. You can

read it from the perspective

of how the information con-

tained within it might impact

your life.

The internet is also another

vast reservoir of financial

awareness information. Put

the term in your favourite

search engine and a wealth

of information will appear.After this discovery you will

wonder why you ever thought

financial awareness informa-

tion was difficult to find.

Also, why not make it a

family project? If you have

children of an appropriate

age, get them to find the

story. You could then have

a meaningful family discus-

sion, say around the dinner

table. Discussing finances

within the family is a great

way to build financial mus-

cles for the entire family.

Another great way to build

financial muscles is to ask

your financial advisor to as-

sist you. A good one knows

all the ins and outs of finance

and will cause your knowl-

edge to grow quickly. How-

ever, you must be prepared

to ask the questions.

This could also be the time

to review all aspects of your

finances to see how strong

or weak it is. The recom-

mendation is to do this at

least annually, so that you

can establish how well you

are performing against your

budget. And yes, financially

aware persons are expected

to have a budget that guides

their financial lives.

Reviewing your finances

with a trusted friend is also

an acceptable alternative,

if you dont have a financial

advisor. The important thing

here is being willing to take

on the challenge of truly and

deeply understanding what

is going on with your financ-

es. Sharing your financial sit-

uation with an independent

person is an amazing way to

build your financial muscles.

Financial muscle build-

ing can also be fun! Why not

make it a group activity? Why

not start a group that meets

monthly and let financial mat-

ters be the main topic of dis-

cussion? This way it is possi-

ble to encourage each other

in this building process. After

all, no man or woman for that

matter is an island, and no

man stands alone.

The benefit here is that

the combined power of thegroup can assist with build-

ing much stronger financial

muscles much more quickly.

As a matter of fact, the re-

sults coming back from this

experiment have been as-

tounding. Why not start your

group today!

Another powerful way to

build your financial muscles

is to educate yourself to the

point where you can teach

it. What you will discover is

that teaching will vastly im-

prove your understanding of

the financial muscle building

process. It will also strength-

en your muscles at the same

time. You will also be doing

the community a massive

service, as this kind of train-

ing is sadly lacking at the

moment. This is your chance

to make a difference. As the

old saying goes, the harvest

is plentiful but the workers

are few. There is a massive

shortage of financial muscle

building educators on the

planet at the moment.

If teaching isnt for you,

then perhaps you can experi-

ence the pleasure of being a

personal coach. This way you

can connect directly with in-

dividuals and assist with their

growth. It is no coincidence

that the most successful

sport stars employ a coach.Similarly, people attempt-

ing to build their financial

muscles can benefit greatly

from coaching. As a matter

of fact, financial awareness

coaching should be the next

growth industry. Why not join

us and start a trend?

Muscle building has been

used as an analogy here, but

I am sure you get the point.

There is nothing really myste-

rious about financial aware-

ness, once you understand

that there are prescribed

ways of dealing with it. The

path to the end is certainly

varied, but with persistence,

and a lot of help from the fi-

nancially astute, you will get

there in the end. Make im-

proving your financial aware-

ness your new mission right

now. This is critical. Your

future depends on it, and so

does the future of those who

depend on you.

Albert Forbes and Jamaica

Times

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Jamaica


COMMENT

Another party conference season in Jamaica is now firmlybehind us, and we can begin to contemplate the prospect

of the next general election. Yes, we know it isnt constitu-

tionally due for another two years, but we want to be pre-emptive

and begin the discourse now. Failure to begin right away would

only put us in the busy campaign season -- which is bound to

start at least within the next twelve months. So what would we

like to see for the next general election season in Jamaica?

Our first call is for the two major political parties, JLP and PNP,

to dust off the code of conduct by which the election will be con-

tested. We are calling for this to be the freest and fairest election

that Jamaica has ever seen. This is particularly important as we

seek to consolidate whatever gains we have made since inde-

pendence. We dont believe that an election campaign should be

a time for tearing down, but rather a time for building up.

To take it further, this is one area in where we would like to see

the politicians in Jamaica imitate the UK. We would like to see an

election season pass by where was if not for the lively debates

and the actual day of voting, you would hardly even notice that an

election was taking place.

We also believe that it is time for the Jamaican UK Diaspora to

play a bigger role in the politics of Jamaica. It is estimated that

approximately 800,000 Jamaicans live in the UK and we believe

the countrys politics could benefit greatly from this group. Pres-ently their main role seems to be confined to sending remittances

and barrels, but this we believe is a missed opportunity. We would

also like to start a debate on whether overseas Jamaicans, who

have not taken up citizenship of another country, should be given

a postal vote in the next general election.

We have a lot of respect for the contribution made by veteran

politicians to Jamaicas political life, but we believe that some

of them have stayed so long that they have simply lost the im-

petus to generate new ideas. It is for this reason that we will be

championing youth for the next general election. The world has

also evolved to the point where internet and perhaps more impor-

tantly social media has taken over. The youth have grown up inthis environment and are therefore very knowledgeable and very

articulate about what works for them. We are demanding that

they be given a chance to enter the political arena where they

can share their ideas.

Another passion of ours is campaign finance reform. We would

like to see greater transparency in this area of Jamaicas political

systems. Our objective would be to remove any undue financial

influence from the election process and let ideas and plans of

action be the main drivers.

The lack of adequate finance is a major reason why some of

the very able stay away from the political arena. We will there-fore lead the debate in the UK as to how better the Jamaican UK

Diaspora can channel their financial resources to have a greater

impact on the politics of Jamaica.

We believe that with strong leadership the Jamaican UK Diaspora

can powerfully impact the politics of Jamaica. You now have the

platform for making your views known and we look forward to

hearing what you have to say.

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By

Sundjata Keita

THERE HAS been a marked in-

crease in the number of white

children being adopted since

the coalition governments re-

newed focus on shaking up the

adoption system.

But there has been abso-

lutely no change in the tiny

number of black childrenbeing adopted each year.

The latest figures for

adoption in England, show

that there was a 27% in-

crease in the number of

white children being adopt-

ed over 12 months to the

end of March 2014. But over

the same period there was

a 0% increase in the num-

ber of black children being

adopted.This is a real crisis facing

looked after children from

our community. Only 100

children from an African or

African-Caribbean back-

ground were adopted last

year. These figures show

that things are not working

for this group of children.

The 2014 adoption data

also shows that so-calledpolitical correctness of so-

cial workers is not the main

reason why black children

in England are not being

adopted because the num-

ber of mixed race childrenbeing adopted over the

same period went up by a

staggering 30%.

It is clear that the changes

made to the adoption sys-

tem are failing black chil-

dren in local authority care.

Organisations working in

the field of adoption know

what needs to be done but

it seems that there little will

to help this specific group of

vulnerable children.

It is an ongoing concern.

While mixed ethnicities chil-

dren are being adopted,

black boys of African and

African-Caribbean descent

are waiting for families.

BAAF believes there should

be better engagement with

the different BME commu-

nities; financial incentives,

specific training for BME

applicants and post place-

ment support packages,

says Savita de Sousa from

the British Association forAdoption and Fostering.

One senior social worker

told the TAFW campaign

that prospective adopters

prefer to adopt a child that

matches their family.It is understandable that

a couple with different eth-

nicities might want to adopt

a mixed race child and it is

also understandable that

white couples would prefer

a white child to match their

wider family. But this means

that there is a chronic short-

ages of people who prefer

to adopt a black child as a

match to their family unit.

The Afrikan Family Works

has launched an independ-

ent campaign to encourage

more African and African-

Caribbean people to come

forward and adopt children

waiting for a permanent lov-

ing home.

We are doing what we can

to mobilise our community

but we need central govern-

ment and local government

to take this issue seriously.

The Afrikan Family Works

is organising a free foster-

ing and adoption seminar

on Saturday December 6,

where people can learn

about the process of adop-

tion and fostering. The day

is supported by the forward

thinking London borough

of Wandsworth, and the

voluntary adoption agency

Cabrini Children Society.

At the December event

Cabrini will inform people

about the process of how to

become an adoptive parent

through voluntary agencies.

There are many Afri-

can and African-Caribbean

children waiting for place-

ments, Cabrini would like

to offer these children the

opportunity for them to live

with a family from their own

ethnic, cultural or religious

background. The highest

percentage group of chil-

dren waiting for a placement

is from BME background,

says Ian Forbes, director of

adoption and fostering ser-

vices at Cabrini.

The Event

Fostering & Adoption Semi-

nar

Date

2pm, Saturday 6 December

2014

Venue:

St. Giles Centre 81 Camber-

well Church Street, London,

SE5 8RB (Oval Station then

take buses 12, 36, 436)

Contact:

Free tickets available

Call Sundjata on 07783 188

100

Web: www.stgilescamber-well.org.uk / www.theafri-

kanfamilyworks.net

Give Black Children a Fair Chance at Adoption

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AUDLEY Shaw has described

events surrounding the Outameni

saga as a web of deception and

said that prior to the $180-mil-

lion spent last year for the pur-

chase of the Trelawny property,

the Government-owned Devel-

opment Bank of Jamaica (DBJ)

wrote off $80 million in liability

owed by the company.

Shaw levelled the charge at

the Jamaica Labour Partys

(JLPs) 71st Annual Confer-

ence at the National Arena

in Kingston where he joined

JLP and Opposition Leader

Andrew Holness in drawing

attention to the issue and ac-

cused Prime Minister Portia

Simpson Miller of misleading

the country in her answers

to questions in the House of

Representatives.

They threatened to extend

the scope of their investiga-

tions and revelations on the

controversial deal between

the State-run National Hous-

ing Trust (NHT) and film-

maker Lennie Little Whites

Orange Valley Holdings Lim-

ited, which owned the nine-

acre property.

Shaw produced new in-formation from documents

relating to the transaction,

which showed that prior tothe March 2013 purchase

of the tourist attraction, the

Government owned National

Investment Bank of Jamaica

(NIBJ), which was later sub-

merged into the DBJ, invest-

ed US$500,000 ($56 million)

in the Outameni project.

The investment was by

way of preference shares,

which required an annual

dividend payment of eightper cent per year over a five-

year period and should have

yielded a US$200,000 or $23

million gain. However, Shawsaid that there was no gain

from that first bailout, as

from day one, not one red

cent of dividend was paid by

Outameni to NIBJ.

He said that an outstand-

ing liability of US$700,000 or

approximately $80 million,

which remained on the books

of DBJ, representing its equi-

ty in the Outameni company,

has now been written off bythe DBJ.

Both Holness and Shaw

promised more questions

and disclosures as more

documents become avail-

able.

Holness told the confer-

ence that the JLP now has

information that shows

that Prime Minister Simp-

son Miller misled the House

when she said that she was

not aware of the purchase

of the tourist attraction until

she read it the press. Now

we see that the prime minis-

ter had intimate knowledge

of what was happening, he

told the JLP crowd.

He said that for Simpson

Miller to have said that she

was ignorant of the deal,

meant that: (1) she was neg-

ligent in her duty to super-

vise the board of the NHT,

in which case he suggestedthat she should resign as

prime minister; or (2) if she

never knew, as she claimed

in answers to questions in

the House of Representa-

tives last week, and if she

agrees that the action was

not right, then she has a duty

to fire the board chairman

and fire the board.

But she didnt do that.

She came to Parliament and

she tried to obfuscate, con-

fuse It appears to me that

because she has not acted

against the board, the only

thing that we can conclude

is that she agrees with and

possibly knew and author-

ised Outamenis purchase,

Holness said.Shaw also concluded that

the prime minister had mis-

led the House in her answers.

He said that, in both cases,

when she said that the NHT

had not purchased the Ou-

tameni Experience, and that

the first time she had heard

about the transaction was in

the press, she had misled the

House and the country. The

entire sordid affair has turned

out to be nothing but a web

of deception, Shaw told the

conference.

Government Under Fire Over NHT and Ooutameni Affair

JAMAICAN Judge Patrick Rob-

inson has been elected to the

panel of judges which will serve

the International Court of Justice

(ICJ) in The Hague starting Feb-

ruary 25, next year, for a nine-

year period.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairssaid that the elections were

marked until the final round

by differing results in the

United Nations 197-member

General Assembly and the

15-member United Nations

Security Council, both of

which are required to record

a majority vote for the win-

ning candidate.

Over the course of the

elections, Judge Robinson

consistently received more

than a two-thirds majority ofvotes in the General Assem-

bly, while Argentinas can-

didate Susana Ruiz Cerutti

received the required major-

ity in the Security Council, a

news release from the Minis-

try said.

The deadlock between

the Security Council and the

General Assembly was ul-

timately resolved following

the withdrawal of Cerutti onWednesday, November 12.

This paved the way for the

election of Judge Robinson,

who received a total of 185

votes in the General Assem-

bly and 15 votes in the Se-

curity Council in the elections

today.

Jamaican Judge to serve ICJ

THE JAMAICAN police have

seized 15 kilograms of cocaine

during a routine search with

customs officers at the Kingston

port on Saturday.

Reports from the policesCorporate Communications

Unit (CCU) are that the team

noticed discrepancies with

the seal of a container origi-

nating from Suriname.

During the search, two

black knapsacks were seen

among cargos of rice. The

knapsacks were checked

and each found to contain

seven parcels wrapped in

masking tape containing co-

caine weighing a total of 15

kilograms with an estimated

street value of J$21 million,

CCU says.It was the third drug sei-

zure in less than a week on

the Wharves, as on Tuesday,

November 11, the police

seized 1,483 pounds of ganja

(an estimated street value of

J$5.2 million) and 69 pounds

of ganja on Friday, November

14.

Cocaine seized at Kingston Wharves

Failed attraction Outameni and right, Opposition Leader Andrew Holness

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AROUND

THE CARIBBEAN

THE GOVERNMENT of Barbados

is committed to the implementa-

tion of global standards for the

supervision and regulation of

the international business and

financial services sector.

This affirmation came from

Minister of Industry, Interna-

tional Business, Commerce

and Small Business Devel-

opment, Donville Inniss, prior

to signing a Foreign Account

Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

Agreement on behalf of Bar-

bados with the United States

of America. The agreement

was co-initialled by Ambas-

sador to Barbados, Dr Larry

Palmer, at the US Embassy.

The signature of this FAT-

CA agreement represents

one of the salient pillars in

the transformation of how we

as an international business

and financial services centre

interact not only with other

jurisdictions on the sharing

of vital information, but is an

indication of the transforma-

tion of how we interact with

our clients and apply greater

due diligence in an ever-

changing environment, In-

niss stated.The Minister, however,

cautioned that the signing

was not a deviation from

Governments belief thatbusinesses and investment

must be allowed the flexibil-

ity to thrive.

However, it must do so in

an environment not fraught

with uncertainty and arbitrary

regulation. This agreement

therefore seeks to strengthen

this regulatory framework,

he emphasised.

Ambassador Palmer wel-

comed Barbados com-

mitment to intensifying its

cooperation with the US to

improve international tax

compliance, and hailed the

signing as a significant stepforward in efforts to work col-

laboratively to combat off-

shore tax evasion.

The FATCA introduces

reporting requirements for

foreign financial institutions

with respect to certain ac-

counts held by US taxpayers.

Because access to informa-

tion from other countries is

critically important to the full

and fair enforcement of do-

mestic tax laws, information

exchange is a top priority for

the United States.

By working together to

detect, deter and discourageoffshore tax abuses through

increased transparency and

enhanced reporting, we

can help to build a stronger,

more stable and accountable

global financial system, Dr

Palmer stated.

The signing is the culmina-

tion of discussions between

Barbados Task Force and

Negotiating Team, chaired by

secretary to the board of the

Central Bank, Elson Gaskin,

and the US Treasury Depart-

ment. (BGIS)

Minister of International Business Donville Inniss (right) co-initials the FATCA Agreement with United StatesAmbassador to Barbados, Dr Larry Palmer. Looking on is foreign service officer Tricia King. (GP) -

Barbados and United States Sign Historic AgreementST LUCIAN prosecutors have re-

sponded to the widow of a Brit-

ish man murdered on the Carib-

bean island, admitting that the

trial of the suspected killers is

caught up in a backlog of cas-

es that could take years to clear.

Roger Pratt, 62, was beat-

en and left to drown in Janu-

ary after a gang of robbersboarded the yacht where he

and his wife Margaret were

sleeping.

In her first interview since

the murder, Mrs Pratt told

The Telegraph she was frus-

trated by the glacial pro-

gress of the criminal courts

and fears a potential five-

year wait for justice.

Her comments have been

widely reported in St Lucia,whose island economy is

heavily dependent on Brit-

ish tourism, and forced the

countrys prosecution ser-

vice to respond.

In a statement, the Of-

fice of the Director of Public

Prosecutions (DPP) denied

that the legal process had

stalled or that the matter

is taking a long time to come

before the courts.

However, they acknowl-

edged Mrs Pratts frustration

and did not deny claims that

the case could take up to five

years to finally reach trial.

The fact is that the Crimi-

nal Justice System does not

have the resources ... to han-

dle this volume of cases ex-

peditiously and so there is a

backlog, the DPP said.

Lorne Theophilus, the

minister of tourism, also re-sponded, saying the St Lu-

cian government could do

nothing to interfere with the

judicial process.

At this stage the wheels of

justice have to turn. At times

they turn slowly, he said.

British diplomats have

raised the issue of the court

backlog with St Lucian au-

thorities in recent weeks.

Mrs Pratt said she was en-

couraged that her case was

helping to spark a debate in

St Lucia over reforming the

judiciary.

I feel very supported by

the warm response of theSt Lucian people to my case

and I know many of them are

waiting for justice just like I

am, she said.

I would never expect the

government to give my case

special treatment but it is the

governments responsibility

to make sure the judiciary is

properly resourced.

Four men were arrested

and charged with murdershortly after Mr Pratts death

in January. Since then they

have appeared in court for

a number of pretrial hear-

ings on the murder charges.

All four are due to appear on

Friday for a hearing related

to the robbery charges, the

DPP said.

No date has been set for

their trial.

Mrs Pratt, who was the

only witness to the attack

on-board her yacht Magnetic

Attraction, is expected to be

called as a witness in the

eventual murder trial. How-

ever, she has not been asked

to identify the suspects and

said she was worried she

would be unable to if the trial

was delayed for years.

The DPP said it was cur-

rently facing a backlog of

2,000 cases and detectivesare said to have 400 unsolved

murders on their books.

The Caribbean island has

only one prison built for 500

people but is currently hold-

ing more than 600, according

to figures from the St Lucian

opposition.

Wife of murdered British man putsSt Lucian courts under the spotlight

PRIME Minister of Antigua and

Barbuda Gaston Browne says

his country will collaborate with

Jamaica to increase the Carib-

bean regions market share ofthe lucrative global shipping in-

dustry, through ship registration

services.

Browne pointed out that

although the Maritime Au-

thority of Jamaicas (MAJ)

counterpart agency in An-

tigua was contributing in a

significant way to that coun-

trys treasury, through ship

registration, he would like tosee the contribution increase

exponentially and as such,

collaboration with other Car-

ibbean territories would be

explored.

I am quite sure we can

continue to co-ordinate our

efforts and Im sure that there

are many opportunities to be

exploited for our mutual ben-

efit, he said.

The prime minister was

speaking during a visit to the

offices of the MAJ on No-

vember 13, ahead of deliver-

ing the keynote address at

the Caribbean Maritime Insti-

tutes graduation ceremony

at the Jamaica Conference

Centre.

Meanwhile, Director Gen-

eral of the MAJ, Rear Admiral

Peter Brady, said Jamaicalooks to Antigua and Bar-

buda for expertise in ship

registration, as that country

currently holds the number

two position in the Caribbean

behind the Bahamas.

It was further explained

that under the Maritime Au-

thoritys developmental man-

date, the ship registry is to be

used as a means of generat-

ing income for the economy.

Jamaica currently has 145

international vessels on the

register and 833 domestic

vessels.

The top three Caribbeanregisters are included among

the top 35 in the world. They

are the Bahamas, Antigua

and Barbuda and St Vincent

and the Grenadines. With

that distinction, however, the

Caribbean region collectively

accounts for just six per cent

of the global fleet.

Antigua to help Jamaicas Shipping Industry

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Jamaica Ex-Soldiers Association Dinner

Scenes from the Jamaica Ex-Soldiers Association Dinner held recently. Part proceeds from the event will be donated to sickle cell charities, Macmillan

Cancer Care and Curphey Home in Manchester Jamaica. The event was sponsored by Victoria Mutual, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Times and the Jamaican

High Commission - Vajira Photos

THE STAR AND THE HC

REGGAE STAR FACTOR winner

Chardel paid a courtesy call on

Jamaican High Commissioner to

the United Kingdom, Her Excel-

lency, Aloun Assamba following

her win in the talent contest.

The Star Factor winner ex-

changed pleasantries with

the High Commissioner and

spoke of her delight to have

won the competition.

She beat a strong field of

talented contestants includ-

ing first runner-up Jay Jay

Born to sing, second runner-

up Bianka Jaguar, Kitty Cor-

bin, Katty Small Axe and Tee-

jah Praze.

The competition was

staged by Launch Pad Arts

whose principals are Jack

Reuben, Ken Martin, Caro-

line Williams and bass player

Empress Diane. It was spon-

sored by Mediacom, Roots

FM, Jamaica Times, Jam TV.

The series was hosted by ra-

dio DJ Bobo El Numero Uno.

The judges on the series were

singers Sylvia Tella, Kareem

Shabazz, Carol Thompson,

musician Bigga Morrison and

journalist Andrew Clunis.

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REGGAE STAR FACTOR WINNER CHARDEL WAS BORN A STAR

SHE HAS been described

as the Beyonce of reg-

gae music but Reggae

Star Factor 2014 winner

Chardel is more than just beauty

with a great voice. She is a super,

multi-talented and gifted musi-

cian, singer, songwriter, sound

engineer among other things.

She emerged winner of Reg-

gae Star Factor from a field

of six extremely talented per-

sons at the finals of the com-petition on November 7. And

life has been looking up since

that historical moment.

She told Jamaica Times: I

would like to thank Launch

Pad Arts, Jack, Ken, Diane

and Caroline and all the peo-

ple who made this possible

including the judges and the

band and all who played a

role.

It feels amazing. It feelslike redemption and it is so

empowering. I am actually

proud of myself and I feel

fulfilled. My future is looking

bright. My mum has always

prayed for the barriers and

obstacles to be removed and

I feel like a big barrier and an

even bigger obstacle have

been cleared from my path.

I feel energised and ready to

rock the world.

To put her response into

context, it is important to un-

derstand the reason for the

passion behind her words.

Chardel is not a wannabe.

It has taken many years of

hard work and dedication

to get her to this point. She

took her quest for a suc-

cessful musical career so

seriously that she pursuedand successfully completed

a Bachelor of Arts Degree in

Commercial Music at West-

minster University. One of

her tutors was music aca-

demic Mykael Riley, one of

the founding members of

Steel Pulse. Among the dis-

ciplines she learnt were mu-

sic industry, copyright law,

stage management, touring,

preparing a business plan,sound engineering, record-

ing techniques and perfor-

mance.

Its perhaps a safe bet

that performance was her

strongest module as she

distinguished herself in this

area at Reggae Star Factor.

She is a multi-instrumentalist

who plays the guitar, bass,

piano, clarinet, recorder and

she knows her way around

the studio very well having

engineered and mixed many

of her own recordings and

others she has produced.

It is easy to understand why

she won the Reggae Star

Factor; she has an incredible

ability to bring it all together!

Another interesting side

to Chardel is her ability to

sing in French and Arabic.

A world tour with Natacha

Atlas helped her to develop

those skills and gave her the

chance to appear on stages

in the Middle East including

Lebanon and Turkey, Croatia,

France, Netherlands, Bel-

gium, New York, Canada and

many other countries.

It was the most amazing

experience for me. I have

never had another job that

allowed me to use my tal-

ents in the ways I did. I even

learnt Egyptian dancing. I

was the only backing vo-

calist and I was rapping as

well. With Natacha, because

she was singing in Arabic, I

had to write out the melody

and then learn the words. It

sometimes took me a while

to understand what I was

singing. It was a fascinating

experience.

Chardel is the product of

Jamaican parents who met

in Harlesden, North West

London, where she was

born. But the story gets even

more interesting. She is the

first cousin to hit-making DJCutty Ranks and the niece

of Jamaicas top classical

pianist Orrett Rhoden. There

have been many other musi-

cal influences in her family.

It was Cutty Ranks who

introduced her to legendary

reggae producer King Jam-

mys, during a trip to Jamaica

in 2007. This led to her work-

ing with big names like Mykal

Rose, Mavado and Capleton.It was out of that experience

that Buss International Re-

cords was born.

None of the wide and var-

ied experiences she has had

compares to winning Reg-

gae Star Factor. She said:

I wanted to win so bad. I

was totally focussed. I had

auditioned for the X Factor

and the Voice and did not

get through and I thought

that surely, this must be my

time. During the competition

every sinew of my body was

focused. It was something I

had to do.

Now that she has the offi-

cial title of Reggae Star Fac-

tor Winner 2014, whats next

for Chardel and what does

the longer term future hold?

In ten years time I wouldlike have at least three suc-

cessful albums, meaning

they have made it to the top

10 internationally. I want to

be the UKs number one reg-

gae artiste and be winning

prestigious awards. I would

also like to be touring and be

fulfilled in my life and enjoy-

ing the love and delights of

my children.

Among her imminent en-gagements is appearing in

a guest slot on the Sanchez

and Etana show on Novem-

ber 23. She is quite eager

to take up her Reggae Star

Factor prizes of a recording

contract, a management deal

and a touring deal through

Mediacom.

In ten years time I would

like have at least three suc-cessful albums, meaningthey have made it to the top10 internationally. I want tobe the UKs number one reg-gae artiste and be winningprestigious awards. I wouldalso like to be touring andbe fulfilled in my life and en-joying the love and delightsof my children.

Chardel, right, in her winning performance at Reggae Star Factor

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