Miss Jamaica World shows athletic side

Miss Jamaica World, Kerrie Baylis, placed a close second behind Miss Japan at the Miss World Sportswoman 2009 finals in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday. The contestants took part in a series of tests of their sporting abilities, including sprinting, assault course and a thrilling penalty shoot-out in one of the World Cup venues.

The Miss World pageant takes place on December 12.

Party for autism

RAW events, organisers of Amani Kode, has partnered with The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation, and will donate proceeds from the event to the foundation.

The party will be held on Wednesday, December 23 at Devon House. Music will be provided by ZJ Liquid, Karyzma, Ali Patch and Richie Ras.

According to Maia Chung-Smith, "Our board sees this move to be as important as any of our other donor inputs, as it shows that the youth market, which will have to deal with the growing number of autistics as the decades elapse here in this nation, is becoming aware of the issue and the needs. This is like when the World Wrestling Entertainment linked with Jenny McCarthy to help raise awareness and funding for the cause of autists in the USA."

Spanner Banner moving with 'Rolling Stones'

Spanner Banner

Bonner Cornerstone Music recording artiste Spanner Banner is currently enjoying a wave of success with his single Rolling Stones. He is currently moving up the local reggae singles charts and the music-video charts with this track.

Spanner Banner is booked for several events that will take place during the upcoming festive season such as The Bonner Brothers In Concert (Culture In The City), West Kingston Jamboree, GT Taylor's Christmas Reggae Extravaganza, Dancehall Jam Jam and Sting.

Charge dropped in Hilton assault case

TORONTO (AP):

Lawyers say assault charges against Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio Molina, accused of punching celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, have been dropped.

Molina allegedly punched Hilton outside a Toronto nightclub last summer after a video awards show.

As part of an agreement read in court yesterday, Molina has written a letter of apology to Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira.

Molina has also agreed not to contact Hilton except through his lawyer and cannot carry any weapons for 12 months.

He is also prohibited from coming within 100 metres (100 yards) of the nightclub where the dispute took place and must donate CAN$500 (US$476) to charity.