NEWS
  • Queen celebrates 60 years on throne

    LONDON, UK (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II marked 60 years on the throne today with a message thanking all those who have supported her over her reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people.  Tributes from British officials poured in to honour the 85-year-old monarch on Accession Day. She ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on February 6, 1952 and is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more....

  • Elephant Man gets bail

    DANCEHALL artiste Elephant Man was on Wednesday offered bail in the sum of $400,000 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on sex charges.   This is the artiste’s first appearance in court since his arrest on Monday following a reported incident involving a 31-year-old woman at his Hillcrest Avenue home in St Andrew last month....

  • Elephant Man to face court today

    POPULAR dancehall entertainer Elephant Man is expected to appear in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer charges of grievous sexual assault and rape.  The entertainer, whose real name is Oneil Bryan, was arrested at his St Andrew home on Monday after a woman filed a police report alleging that she was sexually assaulted by the artiste....

  • Winston Riley is dead

    RECORD producer and songwriter Winston Riley is dead. Riley died in hospital yesterday from the effects of a gunshot wound he received last year. He was in a coma since he was attacked and shot in the back of the head in November last year....

PYV EXCLUSIVE
  • Alicia Keys Recording New Music At GeeJam Studio In Portland,Jamaica

    Alicia Keys Recording New Music At GeeJam Studio In Portland,Jamaica
    R&B Superstar Alicia Keys is currently in Jamaica doing work at Geejam Studio in Portland.
    According to the multiple reports, Alicia Keys who arrived on the island recently, has been....

  • NFL PLAYOFFS

    New England Patriots looked dominant on Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Do you think the Baltimore Ravens have the personnel to match up with Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski? How can they slow them down? Their much malign defense seemed to be imp...

  • Dancehall Cross Over In To Politics- Top Sound System CEO Headed To Parliament

    KEITH Walford, owner of sound system Bass Odyssey, has now turned his attention to the political arena. In the December 29 general election, he defeated his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) counterpart, Ernest Smith, to win the St Ann South West seat for the People's National Party. And, he is now ready for new challenges.....

  • I-Octane EP Comes Straight from the Heart

    BOSTON, MA ( Wednesday, November 16, 2011 ) There is a steadily increasing buzz as Reggae artiste I-Octane prepares to release his EP "Straight from the Heart". "Straight from the Heart" features seven carefully chosen tracks that will undoubtedly resonate with people despite their class, color or creed.....

SPORTS
  • NFL PLAYOFFS

    New England Patriots looked dominant on Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Do you think the Baltimore Ravens have the personnel to match up with Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski? How can they slow them down? Their much malign defense seemed to be imp...

  • Tsunami coming? - Warner plans telling revelation on FIFA corruption today

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Austion 'Jack' Warner has promised that he will reveal the details of corruption within FIFA that would "turn stomachs", perhaps finally delivering his vow two months ago that he would unleash a tsunami on the shady dealings of the world governing body of football.  The former FIFA vice-president said in a letter to the Trinidad Guardian newspaper yesterday that he will speak out also about his role in the sport's world governing body and the changes he sought while he served on the executive committee....

  • Bolt aims for season-best 100 meters in Diamond League finale

    BRUSSELS — Usain Bolt will try to improve his start in the 100 meters Friday at the Van Damme Memorial.  The Olympic champion, who was disqualified from the 100 at the world championships because of a false start, will look to beat Jamaican teammate Asafa Powell’s world-leading time of 9.78 seconds at the final Diamond League meet.  Despite a poor start in Zagreb on Tuesday....


  • Bolt blasts 9.85 - Cruises to 100m win at Zagreb

    ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Usain Bolt made a cautious start in his first 100 metres since his disqualification at the World Championships last month, and still ended up winning in a season-best 9.85 seconds at the Zagreb World Challenge yesterday.  Bolt, who false-started in Daegu to end his hopes of defending his world title, shaved 0.03 seconds off his previous fastest time this year — 9.88 at Monaco in June — on a warm, still night....

EDITORIAL

  • Sound-clash Proposal!?

    Andre Porter
    HOT QUESTION! ARE U A HARD CORE DANCEHALL FAN? DO U REMEMBER WHEN SOUND SYSTEMS USE TO MAKE THEIR DUB PLATES AND NOT THEIR MOUTH EARN THE TITLE? I JUST READ AN ARTICLE ON A WEB SITE BASED ON AN EVENT HELD LAST WEEK CALLED THE SELECTORS BALL IN PHILLY AND HAD TO SMH. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PETER BLACKS AND SKILLI WHILE SAYING DJ SEGIE IS #1 IN PHILLY. WHAT DO U THINK ABOUT A SOUND CLASH TO SETTLE THIS?

    Response:

  • Reflections on WikiLeaks

    In the past few months WikiLeaks has released hundreds of thousands of private documents from the classified depositories of the government of the United States and has promised a similar flood of releases from private commercial companies. Since the original communications were supposed to be confidential, there has been a minor furore over the propriety, and in some cases the possible illegality of the releases. Around the world common folk have been provided with a glimpse of the seamy side of diplomacy.  Some newspapers have jumped on the releases as an opportunity to embarrass certain governments, and have selectively sensationalised parts of the reports. Some governments have even explored the possibility of taking legal action against the head of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, who finds himself fighting extradition from Great Britain for apparently unrelated sexual misconduct charges brought by the Swedish government....

  • The mobile phone and the possibilities for Jamaican farmers

    THE GLOBAL information, communication and technology (ICT) industry has evolved at an astonishing pace over the last two decades. One way in which the ICT industry has had a particularly significant impact is addressing food security and agricultural development. The synergy between the ICT industry and food security....

  • Champs: Give credit where it is due

    The past students of other schools began to follow suit and to challenge the KC dominance. This competition became fierce and at times frenetic. But it resulted in a series of excellent performances. By then, quite a few other principals had realised the benefits to their schools' esprit de corps when a sports team performed well in competition with others.....

BASHMENT/ENTERTAINMENT

  • Elephant Man to face court today

    POPULAR dancehall entertainer Elephant Man is expected to appear in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer charges of grievous sexual assault and rape.  The entertainer, whose real name is Oneil Bryan, was arrested at his St Andrew home on Monday after a woman filed a police report alleging that she was sexually assaulted by the artiste....

  • Alicia Keys Recording New Music At GeeJam Studio In Portland,Jamaica

    Alicia Keys Recording New Music At GeeJam Studio In Portland,Jamaica
    R&B Superstar Alicia Keys is currently in Jamaica doing work at Geejam Studio in Portland.
    According to the multiple reports, Alicia Keys who arrived on the island recently, has been....

  • I-Octane EP Comes Straight from the Heart

    BOSTON, MA ( Wednesday, November 16, 2011 ) There is a steadily increasing buzz as Reggae artiste I-Octane prepares to release his EP "Straight from the Heart". "Straight from the Heart" features seven carefully chosen tracks that will undoubtedly resonate with people despite their class, color or creed.....

  • Heavy D is dead

    According to website TMZ, rap legend Heavy D - one of the most influential rappers of the '90s - died yesterday. Heavy D - real name Dwight Arrington Myers - was rushed to an LA hospital around noon and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 p.m. He was 44 years old.  The website later explained that a 911 call was placed from Heavy D's Beverly Hills home around 11:25 yesterday morning to report an unconscious male on the walkway.....

BLOGS

  • NFL PLAYOFFS

    New England Patriots looked dominant on Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Do you think the Baltimore Ravens have the personnel to match up with Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski? How can they slow them down? Their much malign defense seemed to be imp...

  • There's no place like home-notwithstanding alarming violence

    I feel compelled to respond to the article in the Jamaican Observer, “Jamaicans fights for dreams in Canada”, written by Kimone Thompson. Ms Thompson carefully outlined the injustices in education and employment faced by many people of Caribbean descent who reside in North America.

  • Vivian Blake, Founder of Jamaica's infamous Shower Posse dead

    The founder of a cocaine-smuggling gang blamed for about 1,400 slayings has died of illnesses at a Jamaica hospital, a year after returning to his native island following a prison term in the United States. Vivian Blake, 53, died Sunday at University Hospital of the West Indies, where he had been admitted a day earlier after suffering a heart attack, according to attorney George Soutar. The lawyer said Blake also had kidney disease and had been receiving dialysis treatment...

  • Japanese assistance to Jamaica significant

    CHARACTERISTICALLY, Japanese are humble people and do not like to publicise themselves. Yet Japan's contribution to Jamaica's development has been significant. The three main areas of Japan's contribution to Jamaica are through....


18 Comments

  1. Comment by jl:
    Friday, March 4th 2011 at 11:23 pm | 

    y every time mi log in mi caan vote fi bigstone y is that

  2. Comment by yardy123:
    Saturday, March 5th 2011 at 7:20 pm | 

    you can only vote once per ip

  3. Comment by reno911:
    Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 at 5:53 pm | 

    When is the sound clash, I want to vote for Skilli, no DJ in philly can walk near or even close to kill Skilli in a sound clash

  4. Comment by Mommanuclear:
    Sunday, April 3rd 2011 at 7:34 pm | 

    When will the voting start for hottest hot gyal

  5. Comment by uguycheat:
    Thursday, April 14th 2011 at 12:58 pm | 

    Philly yard vibes is a sham! Ive been here with 11 people constantly voteing for dija and lashana is mysteriously still ahead..which judge or who at phillyyardvibes she fuckin?im puttin yall on blast!lashana and or pyv is cheating!! Sess seh so!

  6. Comment by uguycheat:
    Thursday, April 14th 2011 at 1:00 pm | 

    Anyone who been paying attention will notice lashanna has mad a 50 something vote increase over a 3 hr time space for two days in a row!! I dont think its lashanna alone.someone from pyv is tampering with the votes!that broke bitch shit! Yo…u wanna make the winner one of ur friends so u wont have to pay out that cash!! Im on to u philly yard vibes.this is the reason that philly dhq’s are not recognized to go to JA. Let the women dual it out without tampering with the contests votes! STOP CHEATING!!

  7. Comment by uguycheat:
    Thursday, April 14th 2011 at 1:08 pm | 

    dijah is the only one who is doing something in the dancehall and did not fuck or freind her way to get where she at….she play this fair and you cheat….same as Selectors Ball,,,dijah desever to win something….and i hope she get something

  8. Comment by uguycheat:
    Thursday, April 14th 2011 at 1:14 pm | 

    THE ONLY REASON DIJAH SIGN-UP BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT THE CONTEST WOULD BE FAIR BUT THE TAMPERING WITH THE VOTE I SIT UP LAST NITE AND WATCH IS JUMP FROM 101 TO 294

  9. Comment by reno911:
    Friday, April 15th 2011 at 6:58 pm | 

    Dijah PYV would never do anything like that, your votes are coming in really nice keep up the good work.
    Good luck!

  10. Comment by porceetmoet1:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 4:40 am | 

    omg..smh..number one i dnt need to fuck nobody to get were eva im goin..number two this is a HOT girl contest, not a dancehall competition..hot girl meaning: cute, poplular, sexy, got things going for herself etc..so whhoeva is sayn something about somebody sleepn with somebody, that dont apply to me. if people cant take competition than they shouldn’t compete.and as far as some1 tampering with the votes, i dnt know anything about that, cuz as far as i was told u can only vote once per computer. i personally dont know the girl who im up against and honestly the competition is not that serious, for someone to be catching feelings about.Its not like its the miss america pagent or the winnings is a million dollars. I entered just for fun, jus as i did last year. also, im commenting because everyone is talkn about the post that was made on here, i knew nothing about the smart remarks. and who sits up and watches the computer to see how many votes a person gets.lmfao

  11. Comment by porceetmoet1:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 4:43 am | 

    i most certainly don’t need to cheat, and if someone wins over me, i do not care.give credit were credit is do, i am most certainly not a hater..
    this is how shit gets started with people.people assuming, running off there mouth etc..

  12. Comment by porceetmoet1:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 4:45 am | 

    and trust me even if i was friends with the people from phillyyardy and i won, they would still have to pay regardless, because thats what they advertised.

  13. Comment by brian:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 5:59 am | 

    Usually I try my best to stay away from these types of uncalled for remarks to people especially where women are concerned, but seeing that whagwaan entertainment has made it their business to sponsor lashana in this supposed friendly competition, I feel it necessary to defend her. You are definitely right about one thing, someone is definitely without a doubt tampering with the votes. That someone happens to be me. I’ll now explain to you in the modern world how we do business. Whagwaan has a mailing list of over 5000+ , what that means is I can email anything I want to any number of people on this list and because they are fans and supporters of what we do we will always have that support. Now in most competitions from what I know, there are usually sponsors who do all the work and campaigning to insure the person being sponsored wins. Again that would be me. Not everything in life is achieved by sexual favors. Now instead of bashing lashana for being in the lead of a contest , where the name clearly states Hot gal, That time should have been spent doing a video some advertising, networking, maybe even going on a social networking place like Facebook and advertising to help increase the votes. Just some of the mediums we have used.Also from what i understand you can only vote once from one computer because it’s 1 IP address per vote, so constantly trying to vote with 11 people might be hindering that plan, just a thought. You are more than welcome to google Whagwaan Entertainment and/or Ghetto Force Music/sound to check our resume. So I hope this has helped to clear up some of these misconception and any questions I would be more than willing to answer face to face even. I’m at 611 S. 60th street Philadelphia, Pa 19143 (60th & Cedar) or send us a friend request at http://www.facebook.com/whagwaanentllc. Hopefully we can all come out Saturday night and listen some good music and enjoy ourselves. Bless up. Yuh Zeet

  14. Comment by porceetmoet1:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 6:32 am | 

    xoxo thank you brian for the clarification…

  15. Comment by maddanca:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 5:47 pm | 

    Lol. O.k.. I will admite the comment Sess made was a bit harsh. Sry ’bout that. But, the facts are pointing to him being right.Who are you? i understand networking…my boyfriend works out of a recording studeo, Resaec studios(google us), and i have a Promotion team that makes sure my name is known.We do the mass email thing, street team’s,video ad’s…the whole show!!And we also understand how to munipulate things like the voteing program that was used for this contest. You’r votes seem a bit fishy to me…sry. Plus, Whagwaan ent. doesnt hold the best track record with being honest….sry, but true. So to me, everything around you’re sudden vote “spikes” are subject to questioning. Anyone in the first place position, like i held for a week and two days during this contest, would SCRUTINIZE the sudden vote increases you recieved! Sry…but true. Your a pretty girl, I believe you could really gather these votes honestly…but the clues point otherwise. Sry…but true! I will attend tonights event in good graces, no ghetto attitude. I don’t come out to fight and carry news. Thats not how I built my name. But, it’s sadly sickening to see the things that take place in Philadelphia’s dancehall scene and i chose to bravely address this one as it happens so the facts can be proven as it happens. You don’t need to cheat. so dont. If you’ld like me to lay out all the clues before tonights event, i can gladly film and post a “response video” doing that for you. If not, we can let this cool till tonights Festivities. Love,love,love.

  16. Comment by maddanca:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 5:56 pm | 

    ….oh, and just a point of note, Dancehall pink should have the vote numbers you recived. She’s very well liked and known….jus sayin’…”Popularity contest”, right??

  17. Comment by porceetmoet1:
    Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 6:15 pm | 

    ur totally right..and she is my like ma sisiter but just because dancehall pink is a dancer, does not necessarily means she is goina be poplular.everyone likes who they like. but im not goina go back and forth..good luck to whoever whens.and credit should be given to were credit is due..and maybe she didnt find it that important, to advertise her self and ask people to vote or go to the extreme as you did to go all out to market herself. i told people i knew to vote, and of course they are goina inform there friends and family to vote for me.like i said it shoulda been taken up with phillyyardyvibes..but anyway good luck..xoxo

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