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Dr. Louise Michelle Vital

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With 23 years of sterling contribution to Jamaican and Caribbean Athletes under its belt, Team Jamaica finds itself needing to raise funds more than it did before. The program has grown from under 200 athletes in 1994 to at its peak approximately 650. We provide 3 hot meals daily and transportation which typically begins…

In Final Week Of Preparation 

New York….Team Jamaica Bickle will begin welcoming athletes from across the Caribbean early next week to the annual Penn Relays Carnival held at the University of Pennsylvania, which will take place April 27 thru 29. Athletes will arrive from…

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Vybz Kartel Arrested & Being Questioned About Partially Burnt Body Found In House He Owns!!

Police investigators yesterday revealed that they expect to make more arrests in one of the two murder cases brought against popular Jamaican entertainer Vybz Kartel as the probe against him widens.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Ealan Powell, who heads the Criminal Investigations Branch,…

JAZZ MEETS FASHION

79th birthday celebration for Honorable Dr. Una Clarke, CD

Brooklyn, NY - On Sunday, December 1, 2013 from 4:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m., friends, supporters and well-wishers…

by Dr. Boyce Watkins

I couldn’t help but notice that the rapper JAY finally spoke up on his so-called beef with entertainment legend Harry Belafonte. Harry called out today’s entertainers, many of whom seem to avoid any and all uncomfortable controversy so they can max out their bank accounts. Beyond a few polite, neutered, politically docile charity events, most black celebrities wear voluntary shackles and…

In December 2012 we honored the brightest and Best among us at the Caribbean Fever Music Festival, Barclays Center, Brooklyn and featured their impressive profiles in a Commemorative Magazine. Now, in June,  in celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month, we re-issuing that magazine.  We invite you to celebrate these gems of our community with a tribute ad. Book your ads now to…

(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal raced to a record eighth French Open title Sunday with a straight sets 6-3 6-2 6-3 dismissal of fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in a final briefly interrupted by a protestor brandishing a lighted flare.

Nadal was serving for the second set at 5-1 when a shirtless man with a white mask ran onto the Philippe Chatrier Court and came to within a few meters of Nadal.

He was swiftly tackled by security staff -- Nadal shook the hand of one of them -- but when…

PARIS (AP) — Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt and eight-time Grand Slam champion Arantxa Sanchez Vicario will present the men's and women's winners' trophies at the French Open this weekend.

The French Tennis Federation said Thursday that Sanchez Vicario, who won the French Open three times, will be alongside FFT president Jean Gachassin at Roland Garros on…

WCBS anchor Rob Morrison will be in a Connecticut courtroom tomorrow facing domestic abuse charges. NBC Connecticut, where Morrison once worked, reports Darien, CT authorities responded to the couple’s home at 1:30 a.m. Sunday after Morrison’s mother-in-law called police.

Morrison is accused of choking his wife, Ashley Morrison, a CBS MoneyWatch anchor. Police said he became “increasingly belligerent” over…

Mindy McCready was found dead in Heber Springs, Ark., a source close to the country singer tells E! News. She was 37.

The troubled star had been struggling following the sudden death of her boyfriend, 34-year-old David Wilson, in Jan. 2013. Although she claimed she had nothing to do with Wilson's passing, McCready's two sons Zander, 6, and Zayne, 9 months, were taken by authorities and she decided to…

Picture of Meteor strike in Russia 

(AP) HAVANA —Cuba apparently experienced a phenomenon similar to but smaller than the meteorite that detonated over Russia this week, island media reported, with startled residents describing a bright light in the…

When it came time for the Super Bowl, Clemmie Greenlee was expected to sleep with anywhere from 25 to 50 men a day. It’s a staggering figure, but it doesn’t shock advocates who say that the sporting event attracts more traffickers than any other in the U.S.

"The Super Bowl is the greatest show…

Red is always in fashion, but there is no better time to wear your favorite red dress, red tie, or pair of red shoes than on National Wear Red Day. Each year, the first Friday of February is a day when we call attention to the #1 killer of women: heart disease. It is also a day when we celebrate the women who are taking action to protect…

Honoree, Dr. Velma Scantlebury-White…

Martin Luther King Jr.

This article originally appeared on AlterNet.

One could make the case that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most significant American of the 20th century. He is only the third American whose birthday is commemorated as a federal holiday, a distinction not even granted Ben Franklin, Thomas…

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