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Reggae legend, the late Peter Tosh was known for possessing a rebellious nature. Commonly referred to as the 'original stepping razor', Tosh was unwavering in his support of certain issues and was an advocate for poor people not just through his music but through the way he lived his life. Carrying on his musical legacy may seem like too much pressure for some but for his grandson, Dre Tosh, picking up the baton is as natural as it is an honour. In an interview with THE STAR, the 22-year old up-and-coming reggae singer revealed that like his grandfather, he too has a rebellious nature and will take great pride in standing up for equal rights and justice. "I'm not only rebellious but I'm also love and I preach love and unity in my songs. I'll also push people to show love because me affi strike a balance," he said. Dre Tosh revealed that though similar to his grandfather in many ways, he is his own person. For example, he is not an avid smoker b

Marsha Gay Reynolds Following news that Marsha Gay Reynolds' partner in crime fled to Jamaica days after she arrested for drug trafficking crime in the United States, Jamaica's law enforcement officials say they could initiate criminal investigation with a view to taking him before the courts. Reynolds, a former JetBlue flight attendant who kicked off her Gucci shoes and ran after she was caught attempting to smuggle nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through the Los Angeles International Airport, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine on Monday. In court documents, the US Government identified her co-conspirator as G.B. The Government said G.B. was not legally in the United States, would steal the identities of mentally disabled individuals including M.W. and J.B. so that he could obtain passports and driver's licenses in their names that he, in turn, would use to fly on commercial airlines with

Lydia Rose Foreigners have been collecting the bulk of royalties paid over by local radio stations for playing music. This is according to Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers Limited (JACAP). The entity's general manager Lydia Rose said JACAP collected $94.6 million in royalties in 2015. She said that after deducting a $32 million administrative and other costs, a total of $39 million remained for distribution among rights holders. Of this sum, a mere $7 million was paid to JACAP members while $32 million was paid to overseas societies. Sponsor Music Video “Radio play is not geared towards our local members,” said Rose at a press conference held the Knutfords Court Hotel in Kingston Wednesday. JACAP collects license fees from music users and distributes the money as royalties to writers and publishers of music. “Too much foreign music is played, and hence, we have to remit quite a lot of our distribution to foreign societies. In 2015, 82 per cent of the r

A FARC guerilla is seen near Conejo, department of La Guajira, in northern Colombia, on December 6, 2016. The Colombian government has pardoned 110 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) group as part of a landmark deal between Bogota and the rebel group. The country’s Minister of Justice and Law Jorge Londono made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday, adding that some “300 pardons could be granted in all.” According to the minister, all the pardons, along with an amnesty law currently before the Colombian Congress, only applies to “political crimes” and do not include more major offenses such as killings, rape and torture. All pardons must also be reviewed by a judge before taking effect, Londono further explained. He said some 5,500 government troops, police officers, and other provincial agents, who are currently behind bars for the conflict-linked crimes, could also be discharged from prison providing that they had committed minor crimes. Dismis

A doctor attends to a malnourished child at a refugee camp in Yola, Nigeria. The UN children’s fund has warned that nearly half a million kids may face starvation this year in northeast Nigeria, which is gripped by a devastating humanitarian crisis created by Boko Haram terrorist group. “What is already a crisis can become a catastrophe,” UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake said on Tuesday. UNICEF said in the report that around 400,000 children in Nigeria are at risk of famine, adding that 80,000 of the kids could die from hunger within months. The UN agency voiced alarm over the high number of hunger-related deaths in the town of Bama in Nigeria’s Borno State, a Boko Haram stronghold. Large areas of the states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe are completely inaccessible and cannot be reached by aid agencies due to an insurgency by militants. People in the three states are reportedly in need of emergency food aid. Sponsor Music Video The UNICEF official added that if the hunger

The regime in Tel Aviv is continuing its illegal settlement expansion in the occupied territories despite international calls to stop them. More than half a million Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlement colonies built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds. It seems that Israel is taking advantage of the occupation due to the world’s distraction from the issue because of other conflicts in the Middle East. Press TV has spoken to Kevin Barrett, American scholar and editor of Veterans Today, as well as Ian Williams, senior analyst at Foreign Policy in Focus, to discuss the issue. Barrett believes the Tel Aviv regime is the biggest force behind the wars in the Middle East, adding that they have been created “consciously” as part of the Oded Yinon Plan which calls for balkanization of Israel’s neighboring countries along ethnic and sectarian lines. He also stated that the Zionists have created these wars using their mas

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini speaks during a debate on Syria and Turkey at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on November 22, 2016. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the US will have to face Russia if President-elect Donald Trump decides to back away from the Iran nuclear deal. Mogherini made the remarks in a Wednesday interview with The Wall Street Journal, adding that it was impossible for Trump to demand fresh concessions from Iran in relation to its nuclear program. “It is an international agreement in the framework of the United Nations,” she said. “There is no way the agreement can be reopened bilaterally,” she added. During his presidential campaign, Republican Trump, who defeated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the November 8 election, had promised to annul the deal, which he referred to as a "disaster" and "the worst deal ever negotiated." “I think it is in the interest of the United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin President Vladimir Putin was “personally involved” in a covert Russian effort to intervene in the 2016 US presidential election, NBC News has claimed, citing two unnamed American intelligence officials. US intelligence officials believe with "a high level of confidence" that Putin became involved in hacking during the American election campaign as part of a “vendetta” against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, NBC News reported on Wednesday. The anonymous officials, purportedly having direct access to the information, told the news network that Putin personally instructed how material hacked from US Democratic lawmakers was leaked and otherwise used. The officials argued that the Russian president was not only seeking a "vendetta" against Clinton but also wanted to expose massive corruption in American politics and to "split off key American allies by creating the image that [other countries] couldn't depend on the US to

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on the liberation of Aleppo, saying it is the Islamic Republic's duty to support the "flag-bearers" of the fight against terrorism. In a telephone conversation with Assad on Wednesday, Rouhani said Aleppo's liberation was an important step towards Syria’s ultimate victory over terrorism in the Arab country. Syrian forces have almost completed the liberation of Aleppo, with militants having surrendered most of their remaining territory. Hundreds of foreign-backed militants have laid down arms in Aleppo in the past 24 hours. Almost 6,000 civilians have also left militant-held districts of the northwestern Syrian city over the past day. Sponsor Video Rouhani reaffirmed Iran’s support for Syria’s anti-terror battle and said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran will stand by the Syrian government and

Buses wait at the Ramousseh crossing point to take people from eastern Aleppo Rebel sources said a new truce had been in effect from 03:00GMT and evacuations would take place on Thursday.Hopes have risen that a planned evacuation of rebel-held parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo will begin soon, after an earlier deal collapsed. Russia's defence ministry and sources from Syria's army and the Hezbollah group said preparations were under way. One convoy of ambulances did try to leave but was shot at and had to turn back, rebel sources said. Rebel fighters and civilians had been due to leave the city early on Wednesday, but a ceasefire collapsed. Syrian state TV said "4,000 rebels and their families would be evacuated from eastern districts on Thursday", adding that "all the procedures for their evacuation are ready". Media captionMilad al-Shehabi, filmmaker in Aleppo tells BBC Newsnight: "This could be my last message" A media unit run by Hezbollah, t

Pressure on Mr Jammeh to step down is increasing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be "strongly sanctioned" if he tries to stay in power, the UN's regional envoy, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, along with the US, also urged the Gambian security forces to leave the country's electoral commission office, which they seized on Tuesday. The army could compromise "sensitive electoral material", Mr Ban said. Mr Jammeh initially conceded defeat to Adama Barrow before changing his mind. A visit by the leaders of Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone on Tuesday failed to convince him to hand over power. Mr Ban said taking over the electoral commission building was an "outrageous act of disrespect of the will of the Gambian people and defiance towards the international community at a time when a high-level delegation was in the country to broker a peaceful transfer of power". Sponsor Video The US embassy in B

Joshua Samuel Aaron had been living in Moscow, US officials said FBI and US secret service agents have arrested a man charged with the largest cyber-attack of financial firms in America's history. US national Joshua Samuel Aaron, 32, was held at New York's JFK airport and will appear in court on Thursday. He is one of three men accused of illegally accessing the personal information of 100 million people in 2012-15. Twelve major institutions were victims of the hacking, including JPMorgan. Mr Aaron had been a fugitive living in Moscow, but flew to the US voluntarily to face the charges, his lawyer said. Sponsor Video In a statement on Wednesday, US Attorney Preet Bharara said: "Joshua Samuel Aaron allegedly worked to hack into the networks of dozens of American companies, ultimately leading to the largest theft of personal information from US financial institutions ever." The other two suspects are Israeli men: Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein. They were a

A Facebook post by 24-year-old Indian woman on her dos and don'ts for those embarking on arranged marriages has resonated with many - it's been shared more than 2,000 times. Writer Nazreen Fazal , who now lives in Riyadh with Ameen, her husband of four months, says that she was thorough from the onset with her prospective groom. "When I was first introduced to my husband, I sent him a two page profile of myself by email. On one page was 'who I am' and on the next was what I am looking for in a partner," she wrote. The two then exchanged around 80 emails over the course of one week. "We weren't flirting or indulging in small talk," says Fazal. "These were serious back and forth discussions about our priorities in life, where we see ourselves in a few years, our expectations of a partner etc." Fazal, an graduate of the London School of Economics who is originally from southern India, admits that she "bombarded" her future hus

Yahoo has said more than one billion user accounts may have been affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013. The internet giant said it appeared separate from a 2014 breach disclosed in September, when Yahoo revealed 500 million accounts had been accessed. Yahoo said names, phone numbers, passwords and email addresses were stolen, but not bank and payment data. The company, which is being taken over by Verizon, said it was working closely with the police and authorities. Yahoo said it "believes an unauthorised third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one billion user accounts". The breach "is likely distinct from the incident the company disclosed on September 22, 2016". However, the three-year-old hack was uncovered as part of continuing investigations by authorities and security experts into the 2014 breach, Yahoo said. Account users were urged to change their passwords and security questions. The California-based company has more th