Featured Blog Posts – December 2011 Archive (131)

The cliff where Sarah fell over. Newlyweds Kevin and Sarah Thomas (right).

Laborie police are investigating the death of a UK National whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff near her residence at Piaye on Sunday 25December 2011 at about 10am.

Preliminary reports indicated that 46-year-old Sarah Pickering Thomas had jumped to her death…

Lakeasha Monique Rutledge Draft "courageously faced lung cancer, showing us all with every breath that we all need to hold onto life and love with both hands for as long as we can" her husband and former NFL star Chris Draft wrote on his foundation's website last week, honoring his wife who died from lung cancer on December 27, just one…

There might have been two Damion Crawfords in the race but the voters in East Rural St Andrew knew which one they wanted to vote for and when the preliminary count ended last night, it was the People's National Party's (PNP) candidate who came out on top by the slimmest of margins.

The PNP's dreadlocked Crawford turned back his namesake who ran as an…

A line of Charleston firefighters, wearing black bands over their badges, walk into a memorial service for nine fallen comrades at the North Charleston Coliseum June 22, 2007 in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images)

As a child, I can remember my favorite toy at my local New Haven Head Start was a firefighter helmet. I was convinced that when I grew up that I would be put on a…

This year has come and gone, but unfortunately, racism is here to stay. Our Black president has given racists a good target in the political realm, but we still see racism from teachers, police officers and even athletes. Here are the Top 10 racist quotes of 2011.

10. Ann Coulter Says, “Our Blacks Are Better Than Their’s”

When comparing…

There's nothing like the holiday season. It's a time where friends and families get together to catch up with each other, celebrate and be thankful for another year.

Sean Kingston and his family certainly know how to throw down.

Check out footage from their Christmas get together with guests Soulja Boy, Romeo,…

The party led by Portia Simpson Miller has returned to government after taking the majority of the 63 seats. The PNP have taken 41 and the JLP 22 of the 63 seats. It had been expected to be a close race, but in the end the PNP secured a strong win. The economy was key to the campaign, with unemployment…

While Rihanna may be known as the Princess Of Pop, she is the undisputed Queen in the digital sales department.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, the Barbados born beauty has moved an incredible 47.5 million digital sales since she hit the scene back in 2005.

Black Eyed Peas, who claim the top digital selling song of all time moving 7.68 million downloads of ''I…

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Tragic: Hiroyuki Joho, 18, died when he ran in front of a 70mph Amtrak train at Edgebrook Metra station in Chicago in 2008

A man killed while crossing train tracks can be sued for injuries caused to a woman on the platform, when one of his severed body parts hit her, a court has ruled. …

The Jamaica Labour Party and the Peoples National Party are locked in a near dead heat in their favourability rating. That's the findings of the latest RJR/TVJ/Boxill Poll.We asked 1482 enumerated Jamaicans in 216 communities to rate the parties. 47 percent of the respondents had a favourable view of the JLP...this compares to the 44 point 7 percent for the PNP. But with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent, both parties could actually be dead even. This…

JAMAICANS WILL today journey to approximately 7,000 polling stations across the island to cast their votes to determine the party which will form the next government.

Beyoncé is reported to be getting ready to check into a New York hospital to give birth to her first child.

The heavily pregnant R&B star, who revealed back in August that she and rapper hubby Jay-Z are to be parents, is claimed to have booked half a floor at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Urban music gossip…

By VC | December 27th, 2011

The youtube video "Sh*t Black Girls Say" has gone viral with over 1.2 million views since being posted on December 16. The clip is a spoof of another popular series of videos "Sh*t Girls Say," but not everyone is laughing.

The Elijah "EK" Griffin directed video features actor Billy Sorrels dressed in drag, playing the role of "Peaches," a black woman who pats her itchy weave and constantly complains.

“We were just trying to amuse ourselves. We didn’t expect it…

A purchase made at a gay sex shop in Toronto then billed to taxpayers as a work expense has prompted a Republican politician in the United States to reveal he is gay.

Greg Davis, the mayor of Southaven, Mississippi, is at the centre of a spending scandal after a local newspaper revealed the politician had billed taxpayers for an…

On a night when many patrons expected several Dancehall/Reggae stars to grace the STINGstage in to their pleasure, fans ponder one question on Tuesday. Where were the stars?

STING 2011 took place Monday night in Portmore, St. Catherine, with promoters and fans alike hoping for a much improved stage show following last year's debacle which witnessed a half empty arena at Jamworld.…

20 year old Taylor Giresi of Belmar,NJ is being held in the Monmouth County jail in lieu of $135,000 cash bail, while his cohort, the unnamed juvenile, has been released to a parent. Giresi faces aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit assault for the two separate beating incidents as well as robbery and theft offenses.

The 17-year-old, who authorities say videotaped the attacks, has been charged with conspiracy to commit assault and is expected to be hit…

LOS ANGELES — Hip-hop pioneer Heavy D died from a blood clot in his leg that traveled to his lungs after a long flight from Europe, officials said Tuesday.

The Los Angeles County Coroner said deep leg vein thrombosis led to the pulmonary embolism that took the life of the 344-pound entertainer at age 44 last month.

"Yes, (the flight) is the connection. He had reportedly…