Caribbean Fever's Blog – January 2017 Archive (119)

Outgoing US President Barack Obama is being urged to draft policies to assist Caribbean immigrants before he leaves office this month.

Cities for Action, a coalition of over 100 mayors and county executives from across the United States, is calling on Obama to commit to further protections for Caribbean and other immigrants in their communities.

In a letter to the American…

Chaos at Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing: Protesters dressed as the KKK crash Senate committee to call Trump's pick for attorney general a 'racist' as he's joined by his young grandkids

Attorney General Jeff Sessions had two conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign season last year, contact likely to fuel calls for him to recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into…

After a Virginia waitress didn’t receive a tip from a couple she served simply because of her race, other people have rallied to her support after her story went viral.

On Saturday, Kelly carter served a white couple but received this handwritten note instead of a tip: “Great service don’t tip black people.”

She said she was surprised, because the couple seemed like…

Markeith Loyd (left) is a suspect in the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, as well as the shooting death of Orlando police officer Debra Clayton (right)

A massive manhunt was underway Monday in central Florida as authorities searched for a man accused of shooting and killing an Orlando police officer.

The Orlando Police Department announced…

Photo from Left to Right: Tracee Ellis Ross, Director Barry Jenkins, Viola Davis and Donald Glover

Black Hollywood won big at Monday night’s 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards, including Tracee Ellis Ross’ historic win for Best Actress in a TV Comedy or Musical…

Saint Lucia-born beauty Mala Bryan is currently getting a lot of attention for her Malaville Toys collection, a line of dolls inspired by her Caribbean heritage, and a desire to inspire little girls through self-visualization.

What little girl doesn’t love a pretty doll? Mala herself is a self-confessed doll-collecting addict. When she isn’t building a business empire, which includes the restaurant Carne SA in Cape Town,…

Morbid: Alisa Massaro, 18, allegedly has a necrophilia fetish and engaged in three-way sex on the corpses of two murdered men

An 18-year-old woman with a necrophilia fetish had three-way sex on the corpses of two men who she and her sexual partners strangled, it was claimed today. …

The Central Bank of Barbados is issuing yet another warning of the need for further “painful” fiscal measures to stave off currency devaluation.

In his January economic letter released on the bank’s website Wednesday, Governor Dr Delisle Worrell said Barbados had repeatedly failed to achieve the balance between its foreign exchange outflows and inflows, necessary for a stable economy.…

A video has gone VIRAL showing two teens in a street fight with one of the mothers egging on the violence.

The video surfaced on social media and shows an older woman standing near the two girls fighting. As blows are exchanged she can be heard telling her…

The history of cricket as a subject could be added to the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations Physical Education curriculum if the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has its way, the Jamaica Star has reported.

WICB Marketing and Communications Manager Carole Beckford says that the body wants to have the subject added, saying the intention is to have the younger generation understand how…

PLACENCIA, THE LAID-BACK BEACH TOWN IN SOUTHERN BELIZE, OFFERS SEVERAL ECO-TOURISM OPTIONS.

The New York Times, one of the leading newspapers in the United States, has listed three Caribbean destinations among its Top 52 Best Places to Go in 2017.

Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, is at number 24; northwest Puerto…

BREAKING NEWS: Gunman in custody after killing 5 and injuring 6 at Florida's Airport

            Surveillance footage from inside the terminal shows Esteban Santiago open fire 

• The horrifying video starts as the 26-year-old appears to be walking calmly away 
• He then reaches into his waistband and pulls out the handgun and starts firing…

You might not cook with it, but you almost certainly eat or use palm oil, and new research suggests that consuming it while suffering from cancer makes the disease more deadly.

A key ingredient in palm oil, which is found in hundreds of foods – including chocolate, bread and ice cream, as well as in many toiletries and lubricants – stimulates a protein called CD36 in humans.…

• Massachusetts teen Emmie Smith, 18, came out as trans on Facebook two years ago and her family - including her identical twin - has been very supportive
• Her mother, an Episcopal reverend, was at the hospital for her sexual reassignment surgery this summer, as was National Geographic 
• Emmie's surgeon explained just what the surgery…

President Obama condemns black teens who live-streamed tortured of white disabled man on Facebook while yelling 'f*** white people' - but DENIES race relations are getting worse

• The family of the 18-year-old in the Chicago race torture video tell DailyMail.com how he is badly mentally scarred - and asking why his friend was involved
• Vulnerable teenager's aunt tell DailyMail.com…

The family of a 6-year-old boy with leukemia lost their home to a fire on New Year’s Eve, but more upsetting was the fact that they say they found racial slurs and racist graffiti painted on the charred remains of their home.…