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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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CHRISTMAS has arrived early
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
cash and of American Air-
line tickets back home to the
Caribbean.
Digicel is committed to
keeping family and friends
abroad connected to those
at home in the Caribbean. As
a global telecommunications
service provider, Digicel pro-
vides convenient and easy
top-up methods for those
abroad so they can send
minutes back home.
All top up transactions dur-
ing the 8-week promotional
period qualify whether
customers send Digicel min-
utes to friends and family
in Jamaica, Haiti, Guyana,
Trinidad, St. Vincent, St. Lu-
cia and Grenada, via www.
DigicelGroup.com or from
any authorized retail loca-
tion. The more they send,
the higher their chances to
win.
Comedy star Oliver Samuels
(centre) popped in to see the
operations at Taj Traders on
West Green Road, Totten-
ham during his recent visit
to London for the play Dolly
House.
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
Money Transfer custom-
ers who sent money via Taj
traders. Surfraz, the Man-
ager for Taj Traders said: As
a Jamaica National Money
Transfer shop, we wanted
to do something special for
our customers, by inviting
Oliver down to celebrate with
our customers as they are
like family. Taj Traders is a
one stop shop for custom-
ers shipping, Digicel top ups
etc. Lloyd Leon MBE, for-
mer Mayor of Lambeth also
greeted customers and en-
joyed the celebration. Surfraz
and Gulfraz of Taj Traders are
both planing a trip to Jamai-
ca in the near future.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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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