President Barack Obama turns 53 years old today Monday, and celebrates in part with a light public schedule. Obama, born Aug. 4, 1961, has a string of meetings with aides throughout the day. The economy will be the major topic when the president sits down in the afternoon with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. Monday also marks the start of the first-ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. While Obama is scheduled to address the summit Tuesday, he may drop in on some of the meetings set for Monday. … Read entire article »

By Livern Barrett– KINGSTON, Jamaica: Scores of persons were sent running for cover in Half-Way Tree square, in St Andrew this afternoon after a man, believed to be of unsound mind, reportedly grabbed a policeman’s gun and began firing wildly. When the shooting ended, three persons, including a woman clutching her infant child, were found suffering from gunshot wounds. Eyewitnesses say the shooter was challenged minutes later by a team of police personnel and shot several times. He has been rushed to hospital. According to one eyewitness, the policeman was writing a motorist a ticket when the man of unsound mind approached him and grabbed his firearm from its holster. … Read entire article »

  Tessanne Chin— After dismal first month sales, Tessanne Chin’s Count on My Love has been named in yahoo.com’s ignominious ’15 Albums that bombed in 2014′ list. The album was named among several high-profile projects including singer Robin Thicke’s Paula, Jennifer Lopez’  AKA, Me. I Am by Mariah Carey, rapper 50 Cent’s Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire to Win and Corazon by Santana. Count On My Love is Chin’s major label album debut. Released July 1 by Republic Records (an affiliate of Universal Music), it sold under 7,000 copies at the end of last month. The album is part of Chin’s prize package for winning season five of the NBC talent show, The Voice. Tumbling Down, the first single from Count on My Love, failed to chart. So too the second single, Everything Reminds Me of … Read entire article »

Reggae artist I-Octane sprained his right arm in a horrible fall at the end of his set at Reggae Geel 2014 in Belgium late Friday. Octane shared a photo of him standing with the injured arm in a sling on Facebook, commenting that: “If it ain’t rough, it ain’t right. Fell off stage at the end of my set but thanks to the most high, I only sprained my arm but it won’t stop me.” The ‘Lose A Friend’ artist who hails from the parish of Clarendon is slated to perform at the Reggae Jam Festival on Sunday. He is known for songs such as Nuh Love Inna Dem, Nuh Ramp Wid Wi, L.O.V.E. Y.O.U, Puff it, My Life, Different Page and Missing You. … Read entire article »