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Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography

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Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography by InfosysTV The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Black Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel changes in their 40-plus-year history. The first reggae band to win a Grammy award, for their 1983 album Anthem, Black Uhuru was called "The most dynamic and progressive reggae act of the 1970s and early '80s." The band, whose name comes from the Swahili word meaning "freedom," was formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston by Don Carlos, Rudolph "Garth" Dennis, and Derrick "Duckie" Simpson. When the group experienced difficulties securing a record contract, Spencer left to pursue a solo career and Dennis joined the Wailing Souls. Simpson, who remained the thread throughout Black Uhuru's evolution, reorganized the band with Errol "Jay" Wilson and quivery-voiced lead vocalist Michael Rose. Accompanied by the rhythm section of Sly Dunbar on

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US$100,000 reward for Rodigan's Killer - FBI

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The image of Robert Davis, otherwise called 'Rodigan', being painted on a wall along Maxfield Avenue in St Andrew shortly after his death in October. A US$100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of a man believed to be a Jamaican, who the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) lists as one of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. THE WEEKEND STARunderstands that investigators are calling him 'Marlon Jones' while acknowledging the identity and nationality is still uncertain. The fugitive is wanted in connection with the killing of four people, including Jamaican gang leader Robert 'Rodigan' Davis, in Los Angeles, California on October 15 this year. Investigations have revealed that 'Jones' is part of a Jamaican criminal group, based on the US East Coast, that is involved in the illegal distribution of ganja. violent criminal Sponsor Link In a statement posted on the FBI's website, FBI Special Agent Scot

Army Ramping Up Recruitment To Help Crush Western Crime

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left), congratulates Major General Rocky Meade, chief of defence staff, on his new appointment during yesterday’s swearing-in at King’s House in St Andrew. The new head of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Rocky Meade, plans to deploy a battalion of soldiers - normally between 500 and 600 - to the crime-plagued western section of the island but made it clear that the army would have to recruit to support the deployment. This disclosure, in an interview with The Gleaner immediately after he assumed command of the military, seemingly highlights Meade's own sharp focus on Jamaica's crime problem, which is in keeping with what the Holness administration says is one of its key strategies for driving economic growth. Meade took over from Major General Antony Anderson, who has been appointed as Jamaica's first national security adviser. Meade didn't give a timeframe for the deployment but suggested that a full battalion could be buil