CaribbeanFever.Com's Blog – August 2011 Archive (68)

AT the age of 15, the girl suspected of stabbing to death her six-year-old brother at their father's home on August 2, has experienced more life-altering trauma than most people go through in a lifetime.

"People are crucifying her but they don't know the half of it, to know what she was going through. She go through it for a little girl," her mother Marcia Campbell said amid tears and lengthy pauses, during an interview with the Sunday Observer last…

Police have launched a massive manhunt for two men who opened fire on patrolling officers in the upscale Navy Gardens, Christ Church neighbourhood late Saturday night.

Up to late last night, squads of plain clothes and uniformed officers, heavily armed and using tracker dogs, combed several districts across the island, looking for the wanted men, who remained at large up to the time of…

A drive-by shooting in Kingston over the weekend has left two people dead and another six nursing gunshot wounds.

Dead are 33-year-old Kino Mitchell, otherwise called 'Ninja' of Tower Street, and 17-year-old Romario Myers of Stephen Lane, both in Kingston 16.

According to the Elletson Road police, about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, a group of persons were gathered at the intersection of Tower Street and South Camp Road when a grey Toyota…

Kanye West took the stage at the Big Chill Music Festival in Herefordshire, England on Saturday (August 6) feeling ill. But the rapper had a lot on his mind.



Telling the crowd he was sorry for being late, West then launched into a seven minute long speech. At the end of which, he said something that in retrospect he might not have.…

 Franchise holder of the pageant Darcy Dear and judge Angela McGeary

comforting each other. (Picture by Sharon Harding.)

The gay community was plunged into mourning Sunday when a contestant in the Miss Galaxy World 2011 contest died in the midst of the show.

Shawn Bubbles Waterman was leading the competition on points when he collapsed…

LONDON (AP) -- Police in London raided houses to round up more rioting suspects Thursday as Britain's big cities remained largely quiet after four days of rioting and looting that drew thousands of police officers onto the streets.

Big Boi, 1/2 of the rap group Outkast, was busted in Miami for three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance today.



TMZ is reporting that Big Boi, real name Antwon Patton, was caught with MDMA powder, ecstacy pills, and viagra, which he didn't have a prescription for.



According to law enforcement, the…

The Grenada Government will provide EC$90,000 (US$33,333) of

the half million dollars to help LIAT pay the workers.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit St. Lucia on Sunday followed by a number of aftershocks, the Trinidad-based…

But luckily for Smith, it was far…

Barbados, Fri. Aug. 5, 2011: Sexy Bajan singer Rihanna performed in her native land tonight as part of her “Loud” tour.

The tour was produced by the Barbados Tourism Authority and Roc Nation and the 23-year-old is reportedly was not paid for the performance due to the high cost of producing the show.

Some critics of the event are also saying the pre-promotion may have…

Congress - Time for a change

An elderly man and his son-in-law were killed last night in St George by two masked gunmen.

Dead is 79-year-old Arthur “Fred” Chaderton of Salters and Metamara Stock, a 42-year-old Austrian who was on holiday with family members.

Reports indicate that Chaderton was shot to death at the entrance of his home around 7:25 p.m., while his son-in-law died minutes after arrival…

One man is dead and a woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting Saturday night at Toronto's Caribbean Festival.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) was called in to probe the shooting in which both victims…

A taxi got on the scene of the crash before any emergency personnel, according to media reports. Yes, a taxi got to the scene of the crash before any emergency personnel.

The landing guidance systems and lighting is poor at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. No ambulance, no emergency response vehicle, no fire service, no emergency lighting equipment, nothing. A taxi got…

Party celebrations among a group of gay men who were seen stripping and throwing water at each other along Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston was brought to a premature end by the police yesterday morning.

"You should a see dem, some inna bottom rider shorts and all a wear brassiere," an alleged eyewitness told THE STAR.

Information reaching THE…