Caribbean Fever's Blog – January 2015 Archive (69)

Three general elections and continued socio-economic problems may have made the headlines in the Caribbean in 2014, but it was the Chikungunya virus, the mosquito borne disease that really caught the attention of the region over the past 12 months.

In addition, while no cases had been recorded, Caribbean countries were putting in place various measures to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that have killed more than…

• Deon Joseph is an LAPD officer who has worked the Skid Row neighborhood for 17 years
• Skid Row is one of the poorest areas in the country, with 2,000 people sleeping on the street every night and rampant, and open, drug use…

Heisman candidate and Florida State QB Jameis Winston will NOT face charges after a woman claimed Winston sexually assaulted her last year {VIDEO}

Several Oregon players are facing team discipline after celebrating their Rose Bowl win Thursday night by mocking Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston and allegations of sexual assault that have followed the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner the past two…

• Lewisburg, West Virginia police pulled over a white SUV around 4pm
• The driver of a red truck, working in tandem with the first, drove past the scene and opened fire on the officers
• Both suspects fled--who some reports say were father and son--fled but were…

Police have launched an investigation into a video that has gone viral showing two Trinidad police officers abusing a man in a wheelchair.

The incident is reported to have taken place over the weekend in San Fernando, south of Port-of-Spain, and shows a plain clothes officer slapping the unidentified man in the wheelchair, while a police woman is seen disengaging the brakes on the wheel chair and pushing it…