Caribbean Fever's Blog – January 2013 Archive (75)

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Ambassador Colin Murdoch

 

The Antigua and Barbuda government has denied international media reports that the island is seeking permission from the World Trade Organization (WTO) to run a website that would sell music,  movies and software,…

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The main opposition Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) scored a slender one seat victory in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) election, according to the preliminary figures released here on Tuesday night.

The preliminary results showed that the CCM, led by Vance Amory had defeated the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led by outgoing Premier Joseph Parry.

Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs in the Federal…

Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas

Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas has called on two of his senior Cabinet ministers to either resign or be fired if they intend to vote against government policies and programmes.

“That is very, very constitutionally acceptable. In fact, it is the right of anyone in a political party or anyone who is not in a…

As part of his 2009 guilty plea, James M. Davis admitted  that he was aware of Stanford’s misuse of SIB’s assets, kept the misuse hidden  from the public and from almost all of Stanford’s other employees.

The former chief financial officer for jailed Texas financier Allen  Stanford has been jailed for five years.

The Justice…

NEW Calvin E. Butler, also known as Tamieka Butler, is pictured in a series of arrest mugshots dating back to 2001. His most recent (bottom right) was taken after he allegedly practiced plastic surgery from a motel in West Palm Beach, Florida where he charged patients as much as $400 a session. At least two of his 'clients' have been hospitalized with severe infections and one needed sections of his buttocks removed.…

After the comments made on a previous post reporting President Obama's second-term inauguration, it appeared that some have the "same s***, different day" attitude.

Consequently, we are providing five reasons for why the commander-in-chief was granted an over the top extravaganza another time around.

1. To show that having an African American…

Lance Armstrong blames cycling’s governing  body for the spread of the cancer that nearly killed him and told a team-mate  that it was his ‘card to play’ if he ever faced any ‘doping problem.’

The startling allegation is made in former  U.S Postal Service team-mate Jonathan Vaughters’s sworn affidavit to the United …

• Men did not find it difficult to maintain  erections when putting on condoms, according to a U.S study
• Experts hope message will help stem tide of  sexually transmitted infections…

Bass Reeves, one of the first African Americans to become a Deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River, could have been an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s fictional character Django. Reeves, who was born a slave, arrested 3,000 felons, killed 14 men and was never shot throughout his 32-year career as a federal lawman.

• Bass Reeves was born a slave in 1838 and  later…

{VIDEO+PICS} Lance Armstrong's shocking confession to Oprah as he finally admits deceiving the world and doped his way to victory in ALL 7 Tour de France wins

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• With tears welling up in his eyes, Armstrong  spoke about telling his young son not to defend him anymore at  school…

The Newtown, Connecticut shooting massacre last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 26 people dead, including 20 children has created a firestorm of debate about whether armed guards should be put in every school across the United States.

Leading the call has been the National Rifle…

UPDATED The tear-jerking story of Notre Dame football standout Manti Te'o (right), the emerging football star who excelled on the field in spite of the death of his girlfriend and grandmother was revealed yesterday as an 'elaborate hoax' and Te'o quickly came out to say he was the victim of 'online predators'. But journalist Timothy Burke, who exposed the hoax, said today he found it hard to believe the linebacker was duped for so long and did not…

Soldiers from the Saharan state attacked the gas field where dozens of Westerners including Americans were being held. Helicopters began strafing the plant in In Amenas (top right) this morning, hours after the rebels had threatened to blow up the hostages if they intervened. Fifteen kidnappers, who had semtex strapped to their vests, were also reportedly killed, including terrorist ringleader Mokhtar Belmokhtar (left), a one-eyed Islamist known…

Lebron James crushed the Cleveland Cavaliers fan's hearts in 2010 when he made the decision to leave the team that drafted him out of high school in 2003 to make a run for a championship by joining Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade in Miami.

As crazy as it might seem, the Cavs appear ready…

A 23-year-old man charged with threatening to assassinate Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will re-appear in court on March 19, after the prosecution said it was not prepared to start the case, when it was called for the fourth time on Tuesday.

Nicolai Marfan, an airport employee, is alleged to have sent a message by telephone which was menacing in character on October 10 last year.…

Two armed men are reported to have entered the May Pen Hospital where

Adif Washington was a patient and shot him at least four times as he slept.

The Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA) has condemned what it labelled “the gross disregard for staff at public health care institutions” after gunmen shot and killed a…