Posts Tagged ‘tivoli gardens’

Alleged Jamaican drug lord arrives in United States to face charges

Posted by admin on June 24th, 2010 under breaking news, caribbean news Tags: , , , , , ,  •  13 Comments

Tweet Alleged Jamaican drug lord arrives in United States to face charges By the CNN Wire June 24, 2010 8:50 p.m. EDT Christopher “Dudus” Coke is accused of leading a drug ring that pushed narcotics in the New York area and elsewhere. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Christopher “Dudus” Coke will be arraigned Friday Alleged drug kingpin [...]

APARTHEID 2010 IN JAMAICA – See PICS OF The PASS

Posted by ausetkmt on June 10th, 2010 under caribbean news, guest posts, news Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  39 Comments

Tweet Approximately two weeks ago we warned that we saw Tivoli Gardens becoming an armed police facility. well that day has arrived. On Tuesday it was revealed that residents would be required to present permits to exit and enter during the curfew hours of 6pm to 8am. Can you imagine you go out to handle [...]

CIA History Lesson – Who Created the Shower Posse’

Posted by ausetkmt on June 8th, 2010 under caribbean news, guest posts, news, videos Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  1 Comment

Tweet We hit paydirt this weekend while mining for historical data on the Jamaica Tivoli Crisis – We received a history review and had to remember a little remembered fact about the whole Tivoli Crisis – Did you know that the CIA Created The Jamaican Shower Posse’ ? Ahhhhhhh….. so now we understand why the [...]

Barrington Levy calls for peace in paradise

Posted by ladyd on May 31st, 2010 under Entertainment News Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Tweet Barrington Levy calls for peace in paradise “TAKE AWAY THE DARK CLOUDS AND GIVE US THE LIGHT, EVERYONE WE MUST UNITE, BECAUSE ITS NO LONGER NICE IN PARADISE” — These are the infamous words of a Reggae Legend who has been calling for peace on the island of Jamaica now for decades. The legendary [...]

Adams tell Seaga To Shut Up!!!

Posted by ladyd on May 31st, 2010 under news Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  1 Comment

Tweet Shut up! Adams tells Seaga BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, May 31, 2010 CONTROVERSIAL and verbose former Senior Police Superintendent Reneto Adams last week strongly recommended silence for former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, who has come out swinging against the government and military operations into Tivoli Gardens, a community that he built [...]

We Will Miss You O'Neil – Saturday Reggae Updates

Posted by ladyd on May 28th, 2010 under news, reggae Tags: , , ,  •  1 Comment

Tweet O’Neil Jason Charles Edwards – May 08, 1974 – May 26, 2010 – Higher and Higher When he sang the words “Mr. Wacky is gone but his dancing lives on…”, O’Neil Edwards could never have known that his end would be equally tragic. He was named O’Neil Jason Charles Edwards at birth, an event [...]

Jamaica is in the Thickest Drama

Posted by ausetkmt on May 26th, 2010 under guest posts, news, reggae, videos Tags: , , , , , ,  •  8 Comments

Tweet Jamaica, Give Bruce an Oscar – He Earned It Politicians never remember their humble beginnings for some reason. we were looking for the early beginings of the Don Culture and found a great article in the Gleaner archives from July 2004. this is clipped from that article, which can be found here Dr. Hutton [...]