CaribbeanFever.Com's Blog – December 2010 Archive (123)

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The head of Haiti's voodoo religion appealed to authorities Thursday to halt bloody lynchings of voodoo priests by people who blame them for causing the Caribbean country's deadly cholera epidemic.



Since the epidemic started in mid-October, at least 45 male and female voodoo priests, known respectively as…

A third-year student of a tertiary level institution was forced to flee the dorm and the school recently, after a tape on which…

The recent successes of local medicinal researchers have

turned the spotlight on local laws that fail to protect Jamaica's

rich biological diversity.

The recent successes of local medicinal researchers have turned the spotlight on local laws that fail…

*An extensive Q&A with Oprah Winfrey is featured in this Sunday’s Parade magazine, where the daytime queen discusses everything from her new cable venture to supporting Obama, to her thoughts on Sarah Palin –specifically whether or not the thought of a Palin presidency scares her.

“It does not scare me because I believe in the intelligence of the American…

First the Fatboys break-up, and now this.

TMZ is reporting that Jermaine Jackson, older brother of the late, legendary Michael Jackson, may bring in 2011 homeless.

Jackson's 5 bedroom, 6 bathroom Calabasas home is set to be sold for a minimum bid of $2,184,233 January 21st on the steps of a Pomona, Calif., courthouse. After leasing the home for just under 18 months, pursuant to California law, he has 60 days from the time of foreclosure to vacate.

This is…

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - An Argentinean tourist is dead while 13 other visitors to Jamaica have been admitted to hospital in the northern parish of St. Ann suffering from suspected food poisoning.



The group, which comprises tourists from the United States, Japan, Italy, as well as four visiting Jamaicans, was staying at a villa in the neighbouring parish of St. Mary when…

*Nicki Minaj is the latest celebrity to have a sex tape surface on the Internet after the private video was reportedly leaked online.

Although too grainy to completely make out, the flick shows a topless woman, resembling Minaj, sporting the rapper’s signature jet black wig with bangs.

Mediatakeout.com reportedly screened the tape, which is being hawked…

Former prime minister Lester Bird is among

seven members of the main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) found

guilty of contravening sections of the Public Order Act.

Senior Magistrate Ivan Walter fined the seven EC$1,500 (US$555) each. The Magistrate told Bird, parliamentarians Gaston Browne and Molwyn Joseph, ALP secretary Mary-Claire Hurst, Vere

Bird Jnr, Sharon Kentish, and Jim Galloway that they pay two-thirds of

the…

by Sir Ronald Sanders

(The Writer is a Consultant and former Caribbean…

After 25 years on television, Oprah Winfrey will leave her popular hour-long daily daytime talk show to go 24/7 on January 1, 2011, with her channel called OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network and featuring a prime-time show called 'Oprah's Next Chapter'.

“Kim Kardashian was the alleged winner of an alleged online poll for “World’s Best Bum 2010″ that The Sun claims took place recently. The Sun says they spoke to the publishers of the cryptically unnamed contest that they probably made up for a slow news week.

Still we get to talk about people’s butts, so we’re game. Kim’s win marks the dethroning of Jennifer Lopez who allegedly came in second.…

Will Gramps, an established reggae crooner who has performed at sold out stadiums around the world, trade his career in music for an opportunity to play pro ball? If Gramps has his way, he could be suiting up for a team and a shot at a championship for the 2011 season. Apparently the singer who grew up playing high school football in Springfield, Massachusetts with his parents and 29 other siblings will try out for Semi Pro American football teams in Georgia and…

As we reported yesterday, 2 burglars broke into 50 Cent's Connecticut Mansion and were caught hiding in the closet drinking wine. 

The guys who were arrested inside 50 Cent's Connecticut mega-mansion weren't trying to steal anything -- they just wanted to get hammered in the lap of luxury ... at least that's what they're telling…

There are worries that there could be a fallout in the tourist sector this winter following last night’s attack by gunmen on a prominent all-inclusive hotel in Negril Westmoreland.



None of the visitors were injured, but it is understood that a staff member was hurt in the attack which also triggered widespread panic at the hotel.



According to reports at about 10:30 p.m. three armed men entered the hotel and demanded that the receptionist direct them to…

A year after a Sunday Observer investigation exposed dancehall music-laced sexual behaviour among high school students on some passenger buses plying routes in Kingston and St Catherine, a new and equally disturbing practice has taken root on some of those buses.

Conductors have confessed to the Sunday Observer that the new craze is all-inclusive parties, labelled ‘Happy Fridays’ and…

Jennifer Lopez is being sued by Claudia Vazquez, the girlfriend of her ex-husband Ojani Noa, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.

The $10 million lawsuit was be filed in Los Angeles last Wednesday.

Vazquez charges that JLo interfered with a motion picture contract between Vazquez, Noa and Ed Meyer.

JLo has been caught in a litigation nightmare with her ex, as she has sought to keep him from making public home video of the beautiful…