Caribbean Fever's Blog – February 2015 Archive (93)

Award-winning American actor Johnny Depp and his new bride Amber Heard were reportedly the happiest couple under the sun on Saturday when they exchanged vows for the second time on a beach named after Heard on Depp’s private island in the Bahamas.

The newlyweds, who met in 2011 on the set of “The Rum Diary,” celebrated their engagement the following year, going on to wed in a small civil ceremony at…

West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago batsman Lendl Simmons is being sued by a woman for posting intimate photographs of her on social networking sites. This lawsuit will be considered a landmark case as it is the first time an act of internet "revenge porn" has been litigated in Trinidad and Tobago. Revenge porn is defined as the distribution of a sexual image of someone without their permission with the intent to cause them…

Is the 30 year mortgage really a bad option? 

Financial guru, Dave Ramsey, certainly thinks so.  According to the well-known expert, he believes you're better off with a 15 year mortgage:

[T]he 30 year mortgage robs your future. […] It simply enabled borrowers to buy more house than they could afford by spreading the payments out over…

• Driver Reshad Abdul Fedahi, 44, also had two traffic convictions 
• It is believed Feadhi hit the gas instead of the brake after hitting the other car in the crash
• Bob Simon, 73, was not wearing a seat belt at the time and reportedly broke his…

Mentawai Tribe Sharpened Teeth Women

Beauty most certainly is in the eyes of the beholder, so we won’t argue that certain cultures take beauty to all kinds of different extremes. In Indonesia, the Mentawai tribe believe that sharp, dagger-like teeth are the epitome of sexy. As soon as the women of this tribe hit adulthood, they undergo a rigorous dental process to file and sharpen their…

• Retired NBA writer Peter Vecsey tweeted the 48-year-old athlete suffered congestive heart failure and had four surgeries
• New York Knicks tweeted: 'Our thoughts and prayers are with Anthony Mason and his family' 
• Mason played for six different teams between 1989 and 2003, including five seasons with Knicks…

• Seven workers for Matheson Trucking and Matheson Flight Extenders Inc. in Denver, Colorado won the $15 million payout on Wednesday 
• Their lawsuit claimed that black employees worked on one side while white employees worked on the other, and staff regularly used racial slurs…

Irving McKenzie, the chief dental officer in the Ministry of Health, is warning that Jamaica faces an increasingly high risk of persons developing oral cancer because of a growing appetite for oral sex.

"Oral sex in today's society is becoming very prevalent," McKenzie told The Gleaner, while adding that from an oral-health perspective it was an unsafe practice.…

• Charles Tan, 19, allegedly shot dead his father at their home in New York
• He then 'walked outside and waited on his driveway for deputies to arrive'
• He was in company of mother; it is unclear where she was during…

February is Black History Month. President Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976. Since then a lot has changed when it comes to race relations. Jimmy Kimmel thought that might be a good area for tonight’s Pedestrian Question.…

Bruce Jenner facing manslaughter charges 'after new video shows he DID cause crash that killed 69-year-old widow in front of him'

He is set to reveal the details of his transition into a woman during an interview with Diane Sawyer, airing this Friday.

And after reports Bruce Jenner has already undergone breast augmentation, the former Olympic athlete appeared to be wearing a supportive undergarment during an outing on…

Diddy and Snoop Dogg hosted Hot 97’s “Tip-Off” concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening (Feb 12). The show which kicked off NBA All-Star Weekend, featured a lot of surprise guests including Nas, Dr.Dre, Kanye…

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Harold Phillip is sending a clear warning to female masqueraders who wear only body paint on their upper bodies that it is an offence and considered public nudity.

At the police weekly media briefing yesterday DCP Phillip said persons must not get carried away for the Carnival season as nudity is against the law.

He also called on masqueraders to…

Mariah Carey's HORRIBLE New Year’s Eve Performance, stops singing {VIDEO}

*In a story truly based on the phrase the rich get richer, a U.K.-based charity says the wealthiest one percent will own more than the rest of us combined by next year.

Oxfam International’s study released Monday morning ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos showed the world’s global elite increased their share of wealth from 44 percent in 2009 to 48 percent last year, a number Oxfam’s executive…

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A Jamaican teenager has written her name in the history books by becoming the country’s first female fencer to be crowned Pan American champion.…

The findings of a new American study suggest that many of us are not getting enough sleep to maintain optimal health and wellbeing.

With previous studies indicating that insufficient sleep can shorten life expectancy by increasing the risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes, the latest study set out to determine exactly how much sleep a person needs at each stage of life.

Conducted by…

*Recently, Charles Barkley came for Dwyane Wade on “Inside the NBA” and said he shouldn’t have made the all-star team. His wife Gabrielle Union didn’t take too kindly to Barkley’s remarks, according to Dime Magazine.

“Dwyane’s great, he’s a Hall of Famer,” Barkley said when discussing Dwade’s inclusion at the Eastern Conference. “But he didn’t deserve to make the All-Star team.”…

Did Brian Williams LIE about being mugged at gunpoint, saving a PUPPY from a burning house & looking down the tube of an RPG that had been fired in Iraq?

• Brian Williams sat down with Matt Lauer on Today for his first interview since he was suspended for fabricating stories 
• 'I said things that weren't true,' Williams told…