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URL: Jamaican drug dealer fights for property in UK courts Jamaican drug dealer fights for property in UK courts Thursday, 15 May 2008 Convicted Jamaican drug dealer Owen Clarke has won permission to challenge the UK s attempt to strip him of his assets. Clarke, 50, popularly known as ‘Father Fowl was the leader of an international drug ring for many years. Clarke s hold on the international illegal drug market spanned at least five countries. In June 2004 he was found guilty in a London court for producing, supplying and possessing crack cocaine. He was sentenced to 13 years which was later slashed to 11 after he made an appeal. In September 2006 he was slapped with a confiscation order with a threat of four more years in jail if he did not pay up. The courts heard Clarke say he made his fortune as a music promoter but never kept accounts, paid taxes or opened a bank account. He led such an elaborate lifestyle that he boastfully burned 50 pound notes, drove a super charged Mercedes motor vehicle and owned a string of properties in Britain and the Caribbean. In Jamaica Clarke drove a Jaguar XKA convertible with the personal license plate ‘007 . The diamond encrusted crucifix he wore around his neck was worth 10,000 pounds. The judge at the confiscation order had ruled that he made 578,403 pounds from his crimes of which just 288,782 pounds was recovered. However last week at the Criminal Appeal Court his lawyers argued that part of the ruling should be overturned as there was no evidence to suggest he owned a house in Jamaica or a valuable Volvo car. The judge agreed Clarke did not own the car after they considered evidence from its new owner to say he had not transferred the relevant documents at the time of Clarke s arrest. Permission to appeal against that part of the judge s findings on the confiscation order was therefore granted. A date for clarke s hearing has not yet been set. Copyright 2008 BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@badgals-radio.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana

Permit Fi Gun - Who Needs One ? - rec.music.reggae | Google Groups WE thought you might find it interesting that We Are often featured in Rec.Music.Reggae - the Newsgroup for Reggae Lovers. this week it s all about our Part Two, of the Warshow -which we call simply - Permit Fi Gun . this pod features a wide selection of music all on the same subject Violence Directed Toward Us .. Permit Fi Gun - Supacat asked for his Permit Fi Gun wayyyy back in the 90 s.. and still today we see violence at an all-time high,, Why ?? with all this murda music on the airwaves; in the dancehall; and on everybody s I-Pods. it s a wonder we are alive still - at the end of the day. we ask the musical question today - in our latest Podcast in the War Series - Permit Fi Gun - REVIVAL ? In This Explosive Follow Up to the War Pod - we feature some hard hitting; and quite thought provoking Vintage Rockers - toe tappers tempered with Tasty Hot Cross Hip Hop Tuneage from the Marleys; Dead Prez; Cocoa Brovaz; Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Nuff Chat - Permit Fi Gun Click In Here Mi Yute There s also an unpublished version of a mysterytooncalledCopShotonthispodcast check it The Musical Assault Includes : General Penitentary - Black Uhuru *Live Youthman Penitentary - Edi Fitzroy Rude Bwoy - Kymani Marley Them Mus Get a Beatin - Peter Tosh I Shot the Sheriff *Live Version - Bob Marley and the Wailers Dem Crazy - HipHop Hybrid - Dead Prez and Stephen Marley Bangarang (Mento Original) - Stranger Cole Murdah Dem a Play - Bryhan Art Gun Music - Talib Kweli and Cocoa Brovaz Mystery Track - Dead Prez and Talib Kweli *Live Rhymin Permit Fi Gun - Super Cat (this pod is rated R for Language) Duration : 45:00 Mins - 64k Digital Download Produced by : Mama ASID / ~RE Ausetkmt for BadGalsRadio.com RE Ausetkmt for ASID. Location of this file: http://badgals-radio.com/permitfigun-pod.mp3 Copyright 2008 BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@badgals-radio.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana

VOA News - Kenya Elders to Curse Officials Over Destruction of Sacred Site Kenya Elders to Curse Officials Over Destruction of Sacred Site By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 25 October 2007 Wadhams report - Download (mp3) 824k Listen to Wadhams report Elders in Kenya s central highlands are planning to place [...]

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Download PODCAST: quot;Mama ASID Meets The Real Mikey Dreadquot;"Mama ASID Meets Mikey Dread"  Yes Yes Yes,, Rumors a fly, and lies a clear up.. When Mama gets down to Nitty Gritty with Mr. Michael "Mikey Dread" Campbell - the Original Dread @ The Controls.  if you want to know the facts Listen To This Podcast, Late last fall we got a note from Mikey Dread on MySpace warning us about a Poser who was doing interviews; shows and appearances pretending to be the Real Mikey Dread.. Oh Heavens to Murgatroid..we nah like dat ! soooooo we asked Mikey Dread to Come bring the Facts on BadGalsRadio live with Mama.. and He Did. We Clear the air on all the little controversies that have clouded the air and added to the mystery of Mikey Dread; both as a Performer and Producer.  we get to the bottom on how and why he Became "Mikey Dread". as well if or not he Produced "The Clash".  also we talk about that mine field between he and former partner "Edi Fitzroy". if you want to know the facts Listen To This Podcast, Mikey Tells the story of how "Barber Saloon", which is one of his biggest hits - is actually a studio out-take. yes, he was just making noise for the producer to tune the mic and riddim and it was so comical "Clement Dodd" decided it would be a novelty release; becoming his first number one hit on the world charts; and introducing the world to a new dj - "Mikey Dread At the Controls" Mikey also defines the truth on what a DJ is, then and now.. this is a must hear definition for those of you who run a soundsystem; and want to become a FoundationSound.  you#39;ll love the "Mikey and Mama Pon di Mic" team wrap up.. and Mikey#39;s PSA for His Fans about the Poser Fake Mikey Dread.  if you Love Dub Style Roots and Culture, this is a pod that you#39;ll want to save to your archives.  Remember This is The REAL "MIKEY DREAD".. so Tune In Here Nah,, As Mikey Says "Good Evenin and Good Nite, I hope you#39;re feelin alright - well here comes a Musical Treat to make you know Roots and Culture is the Theme of the Nite, Flash it now Selector"   This Bounty of Dub includes such world classics as: Knock Knock Barber Saloon Industrial Spy Roots and Culture - Original Version Introduced Live by Mikey Dread Break Down the Walls First Generation Barcoding Inna Foreign Goodbye Duration:   61:46 Mins   64K MP3 Format Produced By: Mama ASID / RE Ausetkmt for BadGalsRadio ASID Hi-Power SoundSystems Copyrights: All Rights Reserved to Original Owners / RE Ausetkmt 06/07 for ASID Soundsystems

Download Standard PodcastIn Observance of the Day Of Silence - BadGalsRadio.com will broadcast programming to focus on the CRB Anti Payola Issue; Beginning at 12:01 am et; we will present music and podcasts to specifically focus on the issue and entertain as well as educate you on your choice.Our regular programming will resume at midnight Wednesday - 06/27/07 Please take a moment and read the stories linked to this item to familiarize yourself with how the issue effects you as a listener of Internet Radio; and your personal choice. Please Support the Internet Royalty Reversal - Help to Save Internet Radio.Bless Up ! ~RE Ausetkmt - Mama ASIDBadGalsRadio.com // FoundationSound.co.uk Enjoy Our Entertaining and Informational Podcast on the whole situation - Anti Web-Payola Pod "Day of Silence" coming to Internet radio on June 26 By Eric Bangeman #124; Published: June 21, 2007 - 10:47PM A number of Internet radio stations will be participating in a Day of Silence on June 26 to protest the retroactive royalty rate increases due to go into effect on July 15. Organized by Kurt Hanson, publisher of the Radio and Internet Newsletter, the protest is designed to remind listeners that silence is "what the Internet could be reduced to on or shortly after" the royalty increase begins.Related Stories        * Webcasters ask appeals court to delay 'Net radio royalty increase        * SoundExchange offers olive branch to small webcasters over royalties        * Internet Radio Equality Act would overturn decision on webcasting fees        * Internet radio royalty hike delayed; last chance to petition CongressIn March, the Copyright Royalty Board announced that it would raise royalties for Internet broadcasters, moving them from a per-song rate to a per-listener rate. The increase would be made retroactive to the beginning of 2006 and would double over the next five years.After the announcement, a group of broadcasters spearheaded by National Public Radio petitioned the CRB for a rehearing, but a panel of judges denied the request less than a month later.In early May, legislation was introduced into the Senate and House of Representatives that would overturn the CRB's decision and mandate a royalty rate of 7.5 percent of total revenues. Neither version of the Internet Radio Equality Act has yet to make it to the floor for a vote. A coalition of webcasters has also asked a federal appeals court to delay the rate hike.Daunted by the prospect of legislation, SoundExchange"the licensing authority backed by the major record labels"offered Internet broadcasters an olive branch. Under SoundExchange's latest proposal, smaller webcasters would remain exempt from the new royalty schedule until 2010. Large, commercial webcasters would have to still have pony up beginning in mid-July. SaveNetRadio criticized SoundExchange's offer, saying that it amounted to throwing large webcasters under the bus while simultaneously ensuring that none of the small webcasters would ever see significant growth.During the Day of Silence next week, Internet broadcasters will broadcast static or silence interspersed with public service announcements asking listeners to contact their congressional representatives and ask them to support the IREA. According to the Radio and Internet Newsletter, webcasters such as Live365.com, AccuRadio.com, and NPR affiliate KCRW will participate. Hanson said that he hopes that larger stations such as NPR, Pandora, Yahoo, and Real Rhapsody will also participate. Enjoy Our Entertaining and Informational Podcast on the whole situation - ASID's Anti Web-Payola Pod

Download ASID SAYS NO to Play-OLA and the CRB Pirates URL: New Webcast Royalty Rules Will Line SoundExchange's Pockets With Billions In 'Administrative Fees' There's been plenty of backlash against the new royalty rates for webcasters, set by the Copyright Royalty Board at the suggestion of SoundExchange, a group spun out from the RIAA to handle royalty collection. The royalty rates themselves were ridiculously high, and would make it untenable for many small webcasters to continue, while taking a huge bite out of bigger players' revenues. Now, four of those bigger companies -- Yahoo, RealNetworks, Pandora and Live365 -- have sent a letter to lawmakers pointing out that not only do they have to pay the inflated royalties, they have to pay SoundExchange more than $1 billion a year in "administrative fees" for collecting them as well. The new royalty deal levies a charge of at least $500 per "channel" on webcasters, which SoundExchange says is to cover administrative costs. For somebody like Real, that adds up quickly, since it says it served 400,000 unique channels to its subscribers last year. Furthermore, since they're not royalties, there's a good chance they'll just line SoundExchange's pockets rather than be distributed to artists. This isn't particularly surprising, given SoundExchange's track record (nor its affiliation to the RIAA), but further illustrates how one-sided this royalty deal is. It was crafted only to benefit SoundExchange, and not the artists it purports to represent -- and it certainly doesn't do much for webcasters, other than decimate their industry. Hopefully the webcasters' letter will give a boost to the bill that's been introduced to overturn the CRB decision and set much more reasonable royalty levels.

Download Mama ASID and Bankraft Buss some Ole#039; Pirates on MySpace Stealing From Artists Bankraft Gets Certified ~ 100%Roots Bankraft The Young Musical Genius from Portmore; starts up the week here at BadGalsRadio.com with a "All Rights Reserved" Yow Big Up Bankraft, Ya Certified. click in to start the celebration with Bankraft now. and while you're at it, add him to your Myspace friends today. He'll let you know how much he appreciates your support - by keeping the great lyrics burning. WE Help Bankraft Celebrate his success this week, as we chat about all kinds of stuff with "His Witty-ness"; we spend quite a bit of time discussing the Portmore Dubplate Theft; and The Idiot Crooks - KingRebel2007/Slykid2007; who looted the Portmore Artist Pool for more than 100 Dubplates. the way we figure it, if he paid for each dubplate at the standard rate of between $150 - $200. us each; he made a considerable dent (100 X $150 = $15,00.00 ) in the income of some of the most talented artists in Jamaica. hmmm, wonder how he plans to ply his trade now that we're ALL on to him - and giving him the full red carpet treatment ? Since this touched us so deeply; we decided to go deeeeeeeeeep, and investigate this crook posse that supposedly originates in Kenya - to expose the massive dimensions of the theft. if you'd like to read the transcript of my chat with the crooks; click here and enjoy their lack of cleverness when dealing with Mama ASID. We have a special fondness for the artists of Portmore; and "we jus couldn't sit back an nah do nuttin.. nooo mon..." so we jumped right in and exposed these crooks. with this we warn all artist - "Never Ever release your work to anyone before you have payment in your hands - or you too maybe become a victim of the new version of CyberPirates, like KingRebel2007 being good global citizens; we're releasing our evidence to the goodfolks at Myspace.com where this theft actually originated. to assist them in eliminating the unfriendliness of pirates and thieves who utilize their network to steal and cheat others globally, with the click of a mouse. WE Also share with you the music of several other 100%Roots Certified Artists, from the Musical Ambassadors' Camp. You may remember Our Favorite Myspace Musical Friend Asante Amen, who just signed on to the Musical Ambassadors Label; our Friend and Favorite Foundation Composer The Great Erroll Organs - of Trenchtown Fame; and the Fabulously Talented Latty Guzang, the Prince of Modern day Melodical Fyre. "Dis Pod Hot Ta Rassssssss Mi Tell Unu," to click in to start the celebration with Bankraft now. and while you're at it, add him to your Myspace friends today. He'll let you know how much he appreciates your support - by keeping the great lyrics burning. Big Up to Our Idrens Franco from Reggae Nostalgia; our Dallas Folks Ras Ridi from Knon and SexyKaye From Royal Radio in NY. click their links and enjoy more of the Finest in Foundation Sound - and tell em Mama ASID / BadGalsRadio sent you. Duration: 62:58 / MP3 Format 64k Producer: RE Ausetkmt / Mama ASID for ASID Hi-Power Sound / FoundationSound UK.Copyright: RE Ausetkmt / BadGalsRadio.com ASID Studios us / FoundationSound.co.uk - All Original Copyrights to copyright holders. all rights reserved. (published - 06/03/07) This project is produced in collaboration with our sister sound - FoundationSound.co.uk and Trevor Elliott of MusicalAmbassador.com. Our Biggest Thanks Y'all.

Download BadGals Anti WebPayola Protest Podcast Party We Started out this week with the Sniper at VA Tech; Bloggers and Internet Newscasts gave us the whole story as it unfolded... Live . Then for Internet Broadcasters things took a nose dive, when the CRB Issued their mandate/vendetta against Streaming Radio Stations like BadGalsRadio.. To quote Michael Smith "..we just couldn't sit back an nah do nuttin " so we've decided to join the fight - we're asking for your help like we've never asked before. Please sign This Petition - we've got to get the attention of the US Congress before May 15th; which is the date that this murderous ruling takes effect. Mama ASID's Anti WebPayola Statement and Protest Party Podcast We're also adding our voice to the many here in the us who are calling for a moratorium on Attacking Free Speech and Internet Rights. We're not Pirates, Thieves or any of the other viscious names that some of our opponents have called us. but we are determined to save Internet Radio; even if it takes us putting all focus on only that issue. This Podcast features some of the finest independant music available globally - and thanks to Independant Streaming Radio, like BadGalsRadio, You Can Enjoy It. Mama ASID's Anti WebPayola Statement and Protest Party Podcast National Front Riddim * Daily Bread - Flash * Mary Joy - Lyricson * Leggo The Herb - Chezidek * A No Nuttin - Chezidek * Live Up Right - Chukky Starr Starkey Banton * Down There - Dasia Lloyd * Where The Money Goes - Magano Crackskull * Alone Again - Alisa * Africanize Dem - Patrice Yanigga - Yanigga * Hey Love - Eryk Moore * Gun - Patrice Blaze Riddim - I Don't Like The Way Your Living - Richie Spice * Coffin For Head of State - Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Afrika 80 * * these are Independant Studio Productions Never Released for Sale Anywhere Duration : 70:13 Format : MP3 Digital 64K Produced By : RE Ausetkmt for BadGalsRadio/ASID Hi Power Sound System Copyright : ~RE Ausetkmt for BadGalsRadio / Original Copyright Holders Retain Rights Mama ASID's Anti WebPayola Statement and Protest Party Podcast

Download HELP - BadGalsRadio Under Assault by DC - RIAA ClownsPlease sign our petition urging your Congressional representative to act to save Internet radio: http://capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541 Internet Radio Threatened by Sky-High Royalty Rates Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 01:36:37 PM Tim Westergren, founder of Oakland-based internet radio pioneer Pandora, is circulating a petition to help save internet radio. A recent decision by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board to nearly triple licensing fees (read all about it in this week's Express) could put Pandora and just about every other internet radio station out of business. The rate hike puts internet radio royalty rates more than four times higher than satellite radio rates, while terrestrial radio broadcasters don't have to pay at all. We all know terrestrial radio's music programming sucks, satellite radio is expensive, and HD radio is a scam. So let's save internet radio! Read Tim's letter after the jump. -- Nate Seltenrich Hi, it's Tim from Pandora,I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC to almost triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites like Pandora. The new royalty rates are irrationally high, more than four times what satellite radio pays, and broadcast radio doesn't pay these at all. Left unchanged, these new royalties will kill every Internet radio site, including Pandora.In response to these new and unfair fees, we have formed the SaveNetRadio Coalition, a group that includes listeners, artists, labels and webcasters. I hope that you will consider joining us. Please sign our petition urging your Congressional representative to act to save Internet radio: http://capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541 Please feel free to forward this link/email to your friends - the more petitioners we can get, the better. Understand that we are fully supportive of paying royalties to the artists whose music we play, and have done so since our inception. As a former touring musician myself, I'm no stranger to the challenges facing working musicians. The issue we have with the recent ruling is that it puts the cost of streaming far out of the range of ANY webcaster's business potential. I hope you'll take just a few minutes to sign our petition - it WILL make a difference. As a young industry, we do not have the lobbying power of the RIAA. You, our listeners, are by far our biggest and most influential allies. As always, and now more than ever, thank you for your support. -Tim Westergren (Pandora founder) Royalty Board Says Internet Radio Needs To Pay Fees April 17, 2007 3:19 p.m. EST Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The Copyright Royalty Board has issued a ruling which will require Internet and streaming radio stations to pay the same royalties that traditional radio stations must pay to the music labels which own the songs they play. Furthermore, the case approved charges retroactively to 2006, meaning many smaller music-streaming and radio-station sites will have to pay far more than they expected, and face shutting down under the enormous costs. Now, only Congress can help smaller web-based radio stations. Currently, Internet radio has been seen as one of the challengers to satellite radio, and actually named as a reason why the Sirius and XM Radio merger wouldn't be an unbeatable trust, since the variety and availability of free Internet radio stations would add competition in the industry. However, now that these stations may go under, Congress may have to intervene. David DeJean, writes on his Information Weekly blog, "Exactly why the recording industry wants to radically restrict Internet radio eludes me... these services are just beginning to offer the music industry a real alternative to the decli

Download HELP - BadGalsRadio Under Assault by DC - RIAA ClownsNet Radio: 'New Song Royalties Will Kill Us' A new coalition of Internet radio stations will take its case to Congress and the courts to stop a new royalty fee hike. Part 1 of a special five-part series. Mark Sullivan, PC World Tuesday, April 17, 2007 06:00 PM PDT Internet radio stations are mobilizing in the wake of a potentially costly new royalty fee structure approved earlier this week by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB). The board decided Monday that commercial Internet radio stations, regardless of their size, will pay a new, higher flat fee to the record labels each time a song is played. The increase applies to songs played in 2007, and retroactively for 2006 at a slightly lower rate. As it stands now, the rates will go into effect in about a month. "The CRB's ill informed decision to increase royalty fees to this unjustifiable level will quite simply bankrupt most webcasters and destroy Internet radio," says the Net radio stations' newly formed coalition, SaveNetRadio.org. SaveNetRadio says the move will increase its member stations' rates between 300 percent and 1200 percent, depending on the station's size. Stations Fear Fees Too Onerous Internet radio isn't a very lucrative affair to begin with, and the fee increase will put many out of business, the stations say. Their royalty payments, they complain, will exceed their revenues. "It makes our business financially unviable," says Tim Westergren, founder of the Internet radio station Pandora. Westergren estimates that his company will end up paying out about 60 percent of its revenues in royalty fees once the new rates kick in. Westergren says his company is funded by venture capital firms and has yet to reach profitability. He says that getting Pandora into the black wouldn't be easy even with the existing royalty fee structure. With the higher rates, he says, it might be impossible. The Royalty Board has no understanding of the Net radio business, Westergren says. "The ruling was a flat per-song rate, and it's set at a level that makes recouping that and building a business on it impossible." Another Net radio broadcaster, KCRW in Santa Monica, estimates that--with the new rates--it will pay $140,000 in copyright royalties for 2006, and $190,000 for 2007 (based on the station's January 2007 traffic levels). Since KCRW is a public radio station that does both terrestrial and Internet broadcasting, the new royalties aren't likely to kill it. But it'll hurt. "It's going to cost us money that we didn't plan for," says KCRW station manager Ruth Seymour. "We will be paying for each song every time it's heard by one listener." Payment Plans Seymour explains that the Internet radio stations appealed to the Royalty Board to adopt a system that exacts royalties that are at least partially based on the revenues of the stations. But, she says, under the influence of the record labels, the board refused. SoundExchange, the organization that collects Internet radio royalties for the record labels, says the radio stations have had it pretty good. John Simson, the organization's executive director, says the station's royalty payments have not increased since 1998, and that the stations knew proceedings to increase the rates were going on. Simson acknowledges that the new rates will make it tough for some. "I think there are a lot of stories being told under one banner here," Simson says. "I think there are services that can easily afford the rates, and then there are some services that will struggle with those new rates." Simson makes it clear that his side is willing to negotiate. "We're interested in discussing business solutions with them, but right now they only seem interested in making noise," he says. Asked what he means by "business solutions," he replies: "I'm talking about sitting down with them and saying 'Okay, let's see if we can reach a business deal that will wor

The Jamaica Star :: Entertainment :: Bertus' time to shine :: April 13, 2007 Bertus' time to shine Bertus - Anthony Minott by Leighton Williams, Projects Coordinator If there's anything that can be said about Marlon Ainsworth otherwise called 'Mr. Bertus' it would be that he wants to become a household name across the world. "The world has not seen me yet but I'm coming to take it full force because I have the talent to become known and that's why I'm working hard to get my name out there," he told The STAR. Mr. Bertus came up with his name after he decided to shorten Robert - his given name. He decided to add Mr. because his friends told him 'Bertus' was 'too dry'. He has been singing and deejaying since he was a child. He said the first time he was ever allowed to touch a microphone was when veteran deejay Josie Wales handed it to him at a party in his area one night. "I used to live in the Waltham area and there was a sound there called Lees Unlimited. Josie Wales was the M.C. I asked for a chance and he gave me the microphone and I started deejaying," he said. Since then, Mr. Bertus has worked to develop his career. He said he later moved to Portmore where his brother deejayed on a sound called Black African. Mr. Bertus said this was his motivation to become involved in the music full time. While he has been involved in the music full time he admits it has been difficult. "I find that when people know that you are aware of the music business you get a fight, but I have been working hard. I direct my own videos and I also try to produce my own stuff," he said. To date, Mr. Bertus has recorded several singles, his most recent being Reckless Life, a single about his lover who walked out of his life because he was spending too much time in the studio. He also has other singles which he has posted on his website and his myspace blog. In addition, he has performed at Sting, in the Turks and Caicos Islands and London. Additionally, he said he has opened for other artistes such as Sanchez and has also written songs for other artistes. He adds that he has secured dates to perform in Curacao later this year. He adds that he has done work with Phillip Arnett from Shore Jam label and is hoping that the new singles and videos will really be a launching pad for success. Download Meet Mr. Bertus - Jamaica#039;s Smooth~ness Aug 05#039;Download RawRootsPodcast - Aug 06 / Happy Birthday Mr. BertusDownload BadGalsNews March 21, 07 - quot;Mr.Bertus is Payola Freequot;

Thank God for Rastafari published: Sunday #124; April 1, 2007 Orville Taylor "Dem all a dispute di truth! Pass di judgment and Jah shall execute. It's impossible for Immanuel to die!" This is the preamble to Capleton's Heathen Rage, and has been characteristic of Rastafarian artistes over the years. It is the first of April but having a 'follicularly' challenged social scientist advocating Rastafari is no (Uncle) Tom Fool Day joke. Don't be fooled by the photograph. It is perhaps the only way that I can show 'brilliance'. Despite my bald head I sure as hell am not a 'Ball Head.' In any event, like Rastafarians, I use no comb and the name 'Dibaba' is Ethiopian. It was seven days ago, and it is clear why it could be called a 'weak end', because one of the most important days in the history of previously enslaved black people was commemorated. March 25, 1807, was the day when the English and American governments agreed that the transatlantic slave trade would end. The Americans saw it fit to do it a year later but the Brits gave it immediate effect. After much scholarship and activism within the body of intellectuals and others, there was finally a committee appointed by the Jamaican Government at the 10th hour in 2005. It is actually a self-appointed committee headed by my colleague, Professor Verene Shepherd. Empowered, without funds, by then Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, this group found a smattering of five million Jamaican dollars from the CHASE fund and had to obtain more than seven times that to research the details of Africans who lost their lives in the struggle against enslavement. Committee appointed At 6:00 p.m. last Sunday morning, a small but powerful group of broadcasters, Africans, intellectuals, activists, ordinary folk and 'whole heap a' Rasta gathered at the Kingston waterfront. The names of scores of victims of the trade were read, while the appropriately named Shepherd, led a tribute that read like an epic eulogy. No words from my lexicon can describe the 'vibe', but it was spiritual, beyond eerie and irie. It was well known that the politicians would be attending the afternoon session when we would have had the burial ceremony starting at 3:00 p.m. After all, that was their camera moment. Needless to say, I was terribly disappointed. First of all, the United Nations (U.N.) did not see it fit to mark the real anniversary but opted for the more convenient Monday, March 26. That is bad enough. But worse, it was such an insignificant day that cricket matches were scheduled. It is shameful that Antigua and Barbuda declared a national holiday to boost attendance at cricket while their celebrations were modest. Here, only one politician, Chief Pearnel Charles, with unblurred 'black and white vision', turned up for the more important morning session. The governing party, totally insensitive to the importance of the day, scheduled and had its National Executive Committee meeting. Bet you, Michael Manley, as white as he appeared, would not have disrespected our ancestors so. Even at the afternoon session, when we had visiting African dignitaries and the Governor-General, the parliamentarians were underrepresented. The nonchalance of our elected political leaders is shameful and shows exactly how 'unconscious' they are of the need to confront our past. Emotive speeches Never mind the emotive speeches by Bruce and Portia. none impressed me because it was them making political mileage. If they were really committed to the continuation and preservation of Marcus Garvey's dream then it would not have taken a last-minute push by Mike Henry to place the issue of reparations on the agenda. Thank Jah for Rastafari, for reparation and repatriation has been on their 'inyu' since their formation in the 1930s. Most people don't even recognise that it was this week in 1930 that Ras Tafari Makkonen ascended the throne of Ethiopi he waited until November for his ultim

Try We Just a Try, is this weeks theme; why ? well listen to the podcast and find out why.. more to the point, we make a point this week in covering what the mainstream media seems to ignore; even though we all know it's going on.. so we say "Try, We Just A Try .." Click Here to Check out this weeks BadGalsNews This week we highlight these issues in the news segment : More Lies Exposed -- Instead of World News, ABC Covers The Fake News - Why ?? Beenie Man and Virgin Are No More Mr Bertus of Portmore is This Weeks Dancehall Don for his stance on Payola - BIG UP MR BERTUS Jacob The Jeweler to stand trial in the 313 alongside Black Mafia Family for Money Laundering Lil John and Guinness Book have a new record When Will Willie Lynch Lay down and Quit Lying ? Snoop Denied UK Visa; Does Amsterdam Talk Show and Says "Fuck O'Reily" Tony Blair Says "He's Sorry" for UK's Role in Slavery Jamaica's Commemoration of the end of African Slavery in the Island John Kufor needs a Lobotomy obviously for his ridiculous statements regarding Slavery Big Up to the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Fund for opening Southern Sudan's Duk Clinic Taiwan Respects the Butterflys role in global survival - so why doesn't Mexico ? Lets Help Liberias' Youth by Supporting Kimmie Weeks Golden Brick Nomination We Shout Out to Our MySpace Friends of the Week This weeks Soundtrack is a mix of New, Un-Released and Classic Hits: Click here to Check out this Weeks Complete Podcast Compared to What - Les McCann Eddie Harris Live at Montreaux Inner City Blues, What's Goin on Live Mix - Marvin Gaye live at the London Palladium License Fi Kill - Linton Kwesi Johnson What a Living - Bunny Izaks * A No Nothing (Swiss Remix) - Chezidek * Live Up Right (Swiss Remix) - Starkey Barkey Chukky Starr * Uprising - Anthony B Senegal - RMX Declaration Universal - RMX C'est Soir C'est Fire - RMX Fire and Roll - RMX Tous Les Massives - RMX Redial Rock - RMX Give a Praise - RMX Produced: March 28, 2007 Producer : RE Ausetkmt - MAMA ASID for ASID HI Power SoundSystem BadGalsRadio.com Copyright: All Copyrights to original owners; BadGalsRadio.com for Our Contributions. All Rights Reserved This Podcast Sponsored by " Ausetkmt.com Your Daily Dose of Truth and Reality” Check Out This Historical Foundation Segment from 06' with Supa D "Paid To BE Played"Download BadGalsRadio.com News for the WeekDownload BadGalsRadio RawRootsPodcast - quot;Try, We A Tryquot;Download Paid to BE Played - We#039;re Anti Payola w/ Supa D of DeReggaeConnectionDownload A Little Something Extra for Those Proof Fans

Detroit Man Sentenced for Child Prostitution 2007-03-16 02:06:52 - WASHINGTON, March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert Lewis Young of Detroit was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison for running a criminal operation prostituting adults and children, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Steven J. Murphy, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan announced. Following the 25-year sentence in federal prison, Young will face five years of supervised release for operating a prostitution ring spanning from Michigan to Hawaii. Young recruited and directed females -- including minors -- to engage in prostitution. Young transported women and children and facilitated their transportation across state lines by car and airplane. Young reaped substantial financial benefit and laundered the proceeds of his illegal prostitution activities with the help of co-conspirators. Young's sentencing comes after his plea of guilt to 26 offenses including sex trafficking of children, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, transportation of a minor for criminal sexual activity, transportation for prostitution, sexual exploitation of children, possession and interstate distribution of child pornography, threatening interstate communications, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, felon in possession of a firearm, money laundering, and use of an interstate facility in aid of racketeering. In addition, Young was also convicted of producing and distributing child pornography for his use on a Web site to advertise the availability of his prostitutes including a 17-year-old girl he exploited. As part of his sentence, Young was also ordered to forfeit property gained through and used in furtherance of his crimes including computer equipment, furs, clothing, jewelry, electronics and cash. Young's co-conspirators have also been convicted of their role in the prostitution operation. Young's Honolulu associates, Mark Luke White and Hae Sun Kim face sentencing later this year. Jeffrey McCoy, one of Young's co-defendants pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Hawaii earlier this year. A second Detroit associate, George Abro, who laundered the proceeds and assisted in the prostitution ring, pleaded guilty to federal offenses in October 2006 and will be sentenced later this year as well. A Chicago dentist, Dr. Gary Kimmel, is under indictment and charged with financial offenses related to his support of Young's organization and is scheduled for trial in September 2007. The investigation is being conducted by the FBI, Michigan State Police, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IRS, the Detroit Major Crimes Task Force, the Detroit Police Department, and the Macomb County Enforcement Team. In Hawaii, the investigation was led by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force comprised of members from the State Attorney General's Office, the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Honolulu Police Department with substantial assistance from Assistant U.S. Attorney Wes Porter of the District of Hawaii. The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Kayla Bakshi of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney John O'Brien of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and Assistant U.S. Attorney Wes Porter for the District of Hawaii. In the spring of 2003, the Violent Crimes and Major Offenders Section of FBI headquarters, in partnership with CEOS and the National Center for Missing Exploited Children, initiated the Innocence Lost Initiative, designed to address the growing problem of children forced into prostitution. To date, the Innocence Lost Initiative has resulted in 275 open investigations, 697 arrests, 160 informations or indictments, and 136 convictions in the federal and state systems. Source: U.S. Department of Justice Press

"BlazeZenn's - Behold, The Voices Of Man" Behold, The Voices of Man Welcome to BadGalsRadio - ASID SoundSystems. we're still celebrating Black Ourstory with Videos, Music and News Updates Daily. This Month we watch Lots of Jazz, Salsa and Hot Caribbean Tunes from all the Fab Stars who headline Miami's Hot "Jazz in the Gardens" festival. you can check Them out anytime right here in our Video Vault This week we focus on "Bad Business and Mens Manners Globally" in the News. If you watched the Oscars, no doubt you saw the reclusive Eddie Murphy strutting his stuff with new gal-pal Tracey Edmonds. Rumors are flying around Ole'Bwoy like bats. betta listen to the news and read the article this week to see what all the BUZZZZZ is all about with Mr Ed,, And Our Favorite BigBaldBadAss Target - "Suge" Knight is back in the news with his recent Repentance and Recognition of how he can pimp his way out of $100 MIL using Jesus,,This proves our earlier point, that he is a "Go All Out" kinda gangsta. WE also explore the Who, What, Whys' of the "Celia Cruz'" Estate Problems. We tell you all about how she was Ganked, in the Grave; and Her Husband Pedro left needy in his last days .. More White Jive Ass Turkey Shit, according to Ms. Foxy Cleoparta.. then we share a moment of advice with our favorite NolaBadBwoy "Juvenile" on his juvenile behaviour while on tour recently.. GROW UP Youngin. Looks like Vibes are level in Jamaica now that "Addie the Teacha" (Vybez Kartel) has formed his new "Portmore Empire" and "Movado" has a 3 Platter deal from V.P Records. Big Ups to both Dons. May Peace Reign. and finally we explore the national tragedys of Zambia Bulldozing hundreds of homes in it's capital; in some apparent emulation of Zimbabwe's Capital Action Displacement in 06'. This week Mugabes' goons beat and killed on sunday at a peaceful prayer vigil - landing "Morgan Tzangerai" in hospital with a Cracked Skull. this even got the attention of Ms Rice who called for an end to the sub human conditions, in Zimbabwe.. Good For U Condi. we wrap it up with our exploration of Bi-Polar Racism in V.A. and it's confusing and contradicting actions. Should we Apologize For Slavery after telling everyone "To Just Get Over It",,, Should we Call for Reparations, Should we Support Juneteenth ????? Co'mon VA Get off the fence and Become a Leader in the fight for the rights of Your Citizens and the repair of the american quilt, As A Whole. Butterah you got to listen to the podcast or this weeks News, to get the real 411; on what the mainstream media doesn't want you to know is going on right now. all of the stories referred to in the Podcast, as well as above are available by doing a search using our friendly atom engine - on the navigation panel. We hope that you've checked out our MySpace Fansite we're producing a nightly blog there of Black History Moments for the year 2007. This podcast is of course all about the sounds - so check out the mix,, Behold - The Voices of Man - this is a keeper, and as always, it's got new artist mixes,, Behold - The Voices Of Man Soundtrack : 60 Minutes of "New" and Classic Reggae and Spoken Word Tunes Hidden Track, EGO - Zion I * Unseen Bullet - Israel Vibrations * The Youths of Eglington - Black Uhuru Divide and Rule - Sizzla and Jah Cure Ghost Town 12" UK Version - The Specials Westbound Train - Freddie MacGregor Jacob Miller * There is a Place - Gyptian Mama Afrika - Akon Konvict Music My Ghetto Girl - Richie Spice I Know a Place - Bob Marley and the Wailers I'm Just a Dread - Jacob "Killa" Miller *   (* Newly Released Tune) Behold - The Voices Of Man Download BadGalsRadio - RawRootsPod quot