CaribbeanFever.Com's Blog – September 2011 Archive (29)

MORE than a dozen lawmen charged with murder and other crimes are believed to be living abroad, far from the long arm of Jamaican law. When ex-police constable Walter Spike, accused of killing a nine-year-old in 2003, was finally arrested after being deported to Jamaica last month, human rights lobbyists Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) reacted with delight.

Their pleasure came from the fact…

At least 10 bodies were recovered from the seas off the  Turks and Caicos Islands after the captain of a smuggler's boat forced illegal Haitian migrants into an overloaded boat on Sunday.

Government spokesman Kendol Morgan said at least 10 migrants drowned while being transferred to shore by a smaller,…

President Michel Martelly has made his third attempt at getting legislators to accept his nomination of a prime minister three months after he took office in this French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

Martelly has nominated Garry Conille, a former top aide to former U.S. President Bill Clinton as he desperately seeks to get a government in…

Nathan Brown, a coach of the Jamaica Swimming Team, was today charged in connection with the robbery of the Empire Supermarket in Cross Roads, St Andrew.

In a statement tonight, the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) reported that Brown, who is from Kingston, has been charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm.

The…

Lil Wayne is never going to hear the end of this.



The jeggings the rapper wore have taken on a life of their own. They have their own twitter account, and more than a few spoofs like the one below are bound to pop up.



Peep this short clip someone put together using a skit from Dave Chappelle's old show and Lil Wayne's…

CHRISTOPHER 'Dudus' Coke has two previous convictions in the United States, the Justice Department revealed yesterday in a document related to his guilty plea on racketeering and conspiracy charges.

However, the convictions will not factor in the sentence he is scheduled to receive from US District Judge Robert P Patterson on December 8 because they were committed 10 years before the offences now…