March 2011 Blog Posts (294)

 Not everyone is happy with the increasing number of local businessmen who own Jamaican businesses, but Jamaican Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda is encouraging more locals to invest in that country.

Samuda extended an invitation to local businesses while addressing members of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers' Association (TTMA) at the group's annual…

UNITED NATIONS, Tuesday March 29, 2011 (By Cléo Fatoorehchi) - Some 14 months after Haiti's earthquake, activists say there is an ongoing epidemic of rape and gender-based violence (GBV) in the country's more than 1,000 squalid displaced persons camps, where nearly a million people are still awaiting permanent housing.…

Rihanna is one of those women who would be comfortable labeling themselves a "freak."



The singing star toyed with a few sexual themes on past albums, but on her latest effort 'Loud' she lets it all loose.



The song…

BREAKING NEWS: Barbados Cops Charged In Rape of Jamaican Woman!!/"Myrie To ID Immig. Officer In Barbados; Case Needs Investigation:" Says Jamaican Delegation / Jamaicans "Abused" In Barbados Urged To Come Forward/Another Woman Claims Rape/ Barbados To More Jamaicans: Get Out; We Don't Want You Here!! SONYA KING CLAIMS SHE AND HER 14-MONTH-OLD SON (BOTH PICTURED) WERE INITIALLY REFUSED ENTRY TO BARBADOS BEFORE BEING GRANTED A TWO-DAY STAY IN THE ISLAND. AT RIGHT ARE THE STAMPS SHE…

A morbidly obese Ohio man who had to be cut loose from a chair he had not left for two years has died, officials said.



The 43-year-old man had been hospitalized since Sunday after his roommates called 911 when they found him unconscious in the living room chair.



Bellaire police had to cut the man free after finding that his skin had fused to the chair's…

And now for an eye-opening look at the dangers of plastic surgery: a New Jersey woman is suing her doctor, claiming she cannot fully close her peepers after a cosmetic procedure.



Marilyn Leisz showed CBS New York news to what extent her eyelids can touch, explaining, "That's how it is when I sleep. That's how it is 24-7, 365 days a year." She added that she fears scratching her eyes at night and…

ONE BY ONE - Laza Morgan feat Mavado... IN STORES TODAY…

Oral sex: Always guaranteed to raise controversy on a college campus.

This week, the fracas is at the University of North Florida, where student newspaper the Spinnaker published an artful rendering of male-on-female oral sex on the cover of its March 24 edition.

According to the Florida-Times Union, the community has not taken kindly…

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Authorities in southwest Florida say a 17-year-old girl pointed a gun at her mother, pistol-whipped her and forced her to drive to a dealership to buy her a used car.



The sheriff's office in Lee County said Monday that the teen has been charged with aggravated…

You should always be cautious on a blind date, and here's why.



After connecting through an Internet dating service, two anonymous love seekers realized they were in fact estranged siblings when they finally met face to face last week.



Sarah Kemp, a cleaner…

(Health.com) -- Science has finally confirmed what anyone who's ever been in love already knows: Heartbreak really does hurt.

In a new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have found that the same…

A worrying report claims there are 42 disease clusters across 13 states in the U.S. which include numerous types of cancer, birth defects and other chronic illnesses.

The study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Disease…

The remains of Christopher Jacome, 17, were brought in a coffin to General Santander Stadium in the city of Cucuta for Sunday's match between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado.



Jacome, who was a member of a local soccer fan club known for its…

A  man who makes caskets was on his way to deliver one of the coffins when his car broke down. 

Trying not to be late, he put the coffin on his head and began heading to his destination.

 

Some policemen…

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds' former mistress told a jury Monday that Bonds suffered from shrunken testicles, acne, bloating, hair loss and impotence as a result of anabolic steroid use during their nine-year relationship.

At times tearful as a federal prosecutor pressed her for details, Kimberly Bell painted a devastating picture of Bonds while the slugger and his family looked…