Can somebody please tell (former Fugees band member) Pras to shut the eff up?! Seriously, what the eff is wrong with him? Why is this so-called brother always putting negative heat under Wyclef’s arse every time the media push a mic in front of his big, fugly mouth? All I know he should shut his cake hole.

Take for instance Wyclef’s decision to run for the Presidency of his country, Haiti. Here comes Pras like a constant shadow offering his negative vibes while pretending that he’s being objective with his two cents. Clearly his twisted, allegedly former mental patient mind, is just hell bent on filling the kool aid with hatred. Perhaps when they were band mates in the Fugees, Wyclef short-changed his arse and didn’t bless him with enough hugs and love.

When did it become the norm to openly speak ill against your family members to the media no matter the cause.

This crazy fool needs a gag order put on his loose lips ASAP. Grab the brother when you see him and bless him with a hug for Clef or a slap on the head. He seems to have forgotten that “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”

Do you understand his reasons for supporting Wyclef’s opponent Michel Martelly in the race for President?

Korea has the highest suicide rate among all the 30 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries, according to a report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday.

An average 24.3 people per 100,000 die every year from suicide in Korea, followed by an average of 21 in Hungary, 19.4 in Japan and 16.7 in Finland. France and the United States saw an average of 14.2 and 10.1 people die respectively from suicide annually.

The ministry report was based on the latest data from Statistics Korea, which compared suicide rates in Korea in 2008 to other countries.

Korea’s suicide rate has risen drastically in the last 10 years, the study found. In 2008, 12,858 Koreans committed suicide – up 49 percent from the 1998 figure which was 8,622. The data showed suicide as the fourth most common cause of death in Korea in 2008, accounting for 5.2 percent of all deaths. This follows the No.1 cause of death, cancer, with 28 percent, as well as brain and heart illnesses.

Suicide was the leading cause of death for people in their 20s and 30s, accounting for 40.7 percent and 28.7 percent of deaths in the respective age brackets.

Seo Chong-hee, a managing director at the Center for Suicide Prevention in Suwan, Gyeonggi, said the elderly may be swelling the rising number of suicides.

As society changes rapidly, many senior citizens here find it hard to cope. Also, they are oftentimes financially unstable,” Seo said. “In addition, in recent years the suicides of famous people, including late actress Choi Jin-sil and former President Roh Moo-hyun, have spurred similar cases.

The health ministry, together with the Korean Council of Religious Leaders, said yesterday they will wage a public campaign against suicide. In a joint statement, they said “The idea that suicide can never be a solution to a problem or a form of escape from pain, must be spread throughout society.

The ministry said that it plans to implement educational programs so that one can spot signs of depression and/or suicidal tendencies.

To some he is a fisherman, but to Jamaica he’s more. He is revered as an elder of wisdom by Port Royal residents, but he is one of Jamaica’s unsung heroes of the 21st century.

The sea feared by many has been second home to ‘Mani’ Blake. Like other Port Royal residents his staunch commitment to the area, despite deathly threats of storms and hurricanes, is not suprising, as they claim they rise from the sea. And even more for ‘Mani’ Blake a life of adventure emerged, as from the sea, the main source of his livelihood, he earned a spot in noted history.

The fisherman for over 50 years, often diving into the bowels of the sea, has for four years of his diving experience, made significant contributions to world history, at least where Port Royal, Jamaica is concerned.

Uncovering hidden secrets of Port Royal for the pages of history books, and walls of museums, ‘Mani’ Blake was among divers who years ago joined an expedition led by Robert ‘Bob’ Marx, an undersea archaeologist. Their shared purpose during the 1960s to 1970s was in retrieving anything that told tales of the history of Port Royal from their muddy burial, under the sea.

Despite the shifting caused by nature, especially the further burial of the city by the 1907 earthquake, the team retrieved enough artefacts for display across the world.

The challenges they faced were not many, but critical, and included lack of proper equipment, which was often the cause of ‘Mani’ Blake’s ear drums bursting from the pressure under sea. Often times he suffered bleeding eardrums, but he along with Wayne and Popeye, were one with the sea, enjoying their visits to the city that existed down under. He eventually were furnished with a scuba tank and frog mask from Marx, which enabled him to increase his diving time from 5 minutes to hours. He continued for only $1,300 fortnightly.

‘Mani’ Blake’s retreived artefacts from the sunken city include chalk pipes, onion bottles, gold and silver coins, utensils, silver plates, swords and clay pipes.

When two families living in East London reunite after a family tragedy their union exposes a wealth of secret motives, jealousy, insecurities and some very different reflections on a young girl’s short life. A mother’s loss turns into obsession, a father’s ambition turns into contradiction and a child’s innocence is forever lost.

High Life also deals directly with the complexity of dual heritage and explores the impact of dual cultures as a backdrop to how this tragedy is played out.

“There are plenty of social and religious issues that inform this play that are not widely discussed or even acknowledged openly within the African and wider immigrant communities which ought to be addressed both between and within generations on a more visible platform…”

A radical revolution is being brought about in Jamaica by the Winston “Bello” Bell-led group “I am the Change”, which began on Facebook.

The main item of the brief agenda of “I am the Change” is the upcoming “Run-A-Boat” tour. The tour will see group members “running boats” in raw Jamaican terms within communities islandwide.

A travelling kitchen already dedicated will provide meals, while members will play, discuss, motivate and make plans on executing projects for improving Jamaica bit-by-bit.

Recently, Jamaicans had their wish to meet a member of the Jackson 5 family, if not Michael Jackson, the legend,