What's Up Jamaica

Poor poor West Indies :(
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A ray of sunshine from a young educated young Jamaican living abroad ... appealing to young people to stay in Jamaica (or return) to help build the country. So very true! There are far too many educated Jamaicans helping to making the U.S., Canada, Britain etc. bigger, stronger and more wealthy and not back in Jamaica land we love helping to build it up! Almost 3 million Jamaicans in Jamaica itself but an estimate 8 million Jamaicans live abroad. No space for all of them but we could do well with a few of the more ambitious and bright ones.

Why would Bogle bring roosters to a dance so they could have a cockfight, basically mocking Beenieman and John Hype? Strange news.

If you're into dancehall music, then you've probably heard of 'Bogle', the dancer (a.k.a Mr. Wackie). Early Thursday morning (January 20), he was shot and killed at a gas station, after leaving a local dance (Weddy Weddy Wednesdays) - see report here.

He's said to have been involved in an altercation then decided to leave; while at the gas station, two men road by on a bike, apparently with guns blazing. Bogle was the only one killed ... others in the vehicle were injured.

A popular dancer he may have been, but unfortunately, right now, he's just another victim on Jamaica's ridiculously long list of murder victims - ALMOST 100 DEAD IN THE FIRST 3 WEEKS OF 2005!

Meanwhile, Bogle's one-time student turned arch-rival, John Hype, along with popular local and international deejay Beenie Man (who has actually offered a reward for the capture of the killers) seem a bit nervous and worried because the rumor mill is linking them to Bogle's death. John Hype's house was even firebombed and burned to the ground just hours after news spread that Bogle was dead.

What a ting! Bere excitement (whether negative or positive) in Jamaica all the while, trus mi! May "Mr. Wackie" and the many other victims of senseless murders rest in peace; hopefully they are in a better place. For their sake I hope Beenie and John Hype are really not party to it because the vigilantes seem to be anxious to get on the case.

Definitely been SO busy for the past few months. Now I'm back with lots of time on my hands to devote to talking about WHAT'S UP JAMAICA!