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Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies Monday for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood last year, prosecutors said.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

Prosecutors allege that during an argument on November 6, 2021, Mayers pointed the handgun at the victim, then in a subsequent confrontation drew the gun again and fired twice in the direction of the man, who sustained a minor injury. His name has not been released.

Mayers has not entered a plea to the charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. An email seeking comment from representatives was not immediately returned.

“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offence that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” said District Attorney George Gasc?n in a statement.

Mayers and two other men fled the scene after he fired the gun, police said. He was first arrested for the incident at Los Angeles International Airport on April 20, and was released on bail the same day.

A member of the Harlem hip hop collective A$AP Mob, A$AP Rocky first made his mark in music with the single “Peso” in 2011. His 2013 debut album, “Long. Live. A$AP,” went to No 1 on the Billboard 200, as did its 2015 follow-up, “At. Long. Last. A$AP.” He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.

He is in a relationship with Rihanna, and the two had a son in May.

Mayers released his last studio album four years ago, and like Rihanna has become as known for fashion trendsetting as he is for music.

He was the focus of international attention in 2019 after being detained for nearly a month in Sweden following a street brawl. He was found guilty of assault and given a “conditional sentence” that meant no additional time in jail.___By ANDREW DALTON

AP Entertainment Writer

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Sagicor Group says its subsidiary, Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited, has completed the purchase of the securities dealer book of business of Alliance Investment Management Limited (AIML).

This follows the completion of the purchase of 100 per cent of the shares in Alliance Financial Services Limited (AFSL) in April 2022.

The purchase consideration includes an initial cash consideration of $2.6 billion and contingent cash consideration of up to $3.4 billion, based on specified performance criteria, it was disclosed in Sagicor’s financial report for the second quarter ended June 2022.

Total goodwill and purchased intangibles arising from the Alliance acquisition was $3.49 billion.

Commenting on the purchase of the securities dealer book of business of Alliance Investment, Sagicor CEO Christopher Zacca said: “This client portfolio purchase expands the business of Sagicor investments, offering an opportunity to serve a wider client base.”

Zacca added that Sagicor is delighted to “welcome our clients to the Sagicor family and look forward to giving them stellar service, personalised attention, sound financial advice and diversified investment products and services to meet their investment goals.”

Meanwhile, Sagicor said Alliance Financial is showing encouraging revenue growth in its remittance and cambio segments.

Sagicor Group, in its recent financial report, noted that the Alliance Financial acquisition represents a move into a new business segment and affords the group an opportunity to expand its product offerings to its customers.

The company reported stable results for the six-month period, producing net profit attributable to stockholders of $6.04 billion, a 25 per cent increase over the prior year.

The individual life insurance segment continued its exceptional performance and was supported by growthin the employee benefits and commercial banking segments.

Sagicor Group’s results were generated from total revenues of $46.88 billion, which included year-over-year growth in revenues from core operations, being net premium income, net investment income andfee income.

Arising from the AFSL acquisition, new business for Sagicor includes cambio, remittance, and microfinance.

AFSL, which is now fully enabled on the international MoneyGram platform, recently entered into an agreement with Unicomer Jamaica.

The partnership allows MoneyGram customers to pick up their money transfers at Courts stores island-wide and will see Alliance’s agent network expand by almost 50 per cent.

“We are excited about this new development because it means our clients can conveniently collect their money at additional locations,” said Omar Brown, CEO of Alliance Financial Services.

“Partnering with Unicomer means that in addition to our over 52 sub-agents and five Alliance offices, these 28 Courts stores island-wide will greatly expand our network,” Brown said.

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It’s unfortunate that the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Airport Authority has resigned on account of policy differences with higher authority. Has she left to take up a better job offer? CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.

The job of the CFO is to keep good accounting and make recommendations to higher authorities. But, if her recommendations are not considered, that, by itself, is not a good reason to resign. As you can see, the workers took industrial action because they did not receive the promised salary increases.

When it comes to the APUA Minister, Sir Robin Yearwood, he is the best APUA Minister ever. As an auditor representing an international audit firm, I audited his books when he was Accountant of Horizon’s Hotel at the same time when he was campaigning for his first seat in Parliament in the 1970’s. And, I can tell you, he was a damn good Accountant: my audit did not result in a Management Report being issued, because Sir Robin Yearwood was the cleanest Accountant I ever audited and the first and only audit job I performed in my entire auditing career spanning forty years that was not followed by a Management Report.

I subsequently worked for him as Accountant with APUA, with responsibility for the Water Division for eighteen (18) months during 1981-82, and, I can tell you, he is the damn best Minister of Public Utilities Antigua and Barbuda could ever have, in the past or in the future. Sir Robin will not be removed from APUA. Maybe they can give the Airport Authority to a different Minister if they want.

While I audited Sir Robin’s books at Horizon’s Hotel and he told me about the Election Campaign during our lunch breaks, I never told him that I was a supporter of the then opposition Progressive Labour Movement (PLM). Sir Robin and I always retained our respect for each other: now, I can say that we are friends for life. Don’t point your dirty fingers at Sir Robin Yearwood.

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Moruga dancehall artiste Daniel Hamilton-

Moruga dancehall artiste Daniel Hamilton spent the last moments of his life chatting and laughing with a “close friend.”

Then the unthinkable happened.

The police believe the friend shot Hamilton dead before getting into a car and driving away.

The 26-year-old Hamilton lived with his father at Poui Road in St Mary’s Village. He died in the yard of the family’s home at around 8.30 pm on Monday.

Relatives told Newsday Hamilton was in the house with his girlfriend, got a phone call and walked outside.

The friend walked into the yard, and they were heard talking and laughing. A relative saw them chatting, but paid no mind until gunshots were heard about 15 minutes after the friend arrived.

People then heard a car screeching as it headed towards the Moruga Main Road.

Unaware that Hamilton had been shot dead, his father and girlfriend went outside to see what was happening and found his body. He had wounds to the head and face.

Hamilton worked as a scaffolder.

About three years ago, he started a singing career, under the name was Daniel. The Protect My Life singer was not married and did not have children. He was his father’s only child.

An eyewitness who asked not to be named said on Tuesday, “It was only when we heard his girlfriend screaming that we recognised that Daniel was shot.

“The place was dark, so we did not see anything. We heard about six shots, and he collected four,

“He was a cool person. He did not like drinking. Sometimes we had to beg him to drink a beer with us.”

No one else was injured.

Hamilton’s cousin Kershon Hamilton and other relatives and friends gathered at the roadside and shared memories of him.

Kershon, who was not present when Hamilton ws killed, said, “I opened Maddawg Entertainment studio at my home about a year ago, just to record him – I am a mixing engineer. We did a lot of work. Daniel was popular in the community and was hoping to make it big in the industry. I would be releasing his music sometime.

The police do not yet have a motive for the killing.

Kershon Hamilton said, “He hardly used to leave his house. He was never in trouble with anyone. He never had an altercation with anyone.”

ASP Persad, Insp Ribeiro, PC Latchman and other police from the Homicide Bureau Region III as well as ASP Bertie, Insp Phillip, Sgt Haitool and other Southern Division police, visited the scene.

The killer was still at large on Tuesday.

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