Caribbean Fever's Blog – April 2012 Archive (90)

The bad news keeps piling up for prominent Dancehall entertainer, Vybz Kartel as his common law wife nearly became the subject of a robbery on Friday. 

Tanesha Johnson aka Shorty has been coping in recent months since Kartel was arrested and later charged with murder, drug and obstruction of justice related charges as she tries to garner strength for their…

President Barack Obama scattered the barbs during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as he poked fun at White House races past and present, the Secret Service and Donald Trump.

Even the entrance to his speech Saturday night was part of his schtick. The president walked off stage just before he took the podium with an alleged “hot mic,” making fun of getting caught last month on an open…

Seven people are dead after a van careened off the Bronx River Parkway and fell 100 feet into the Bronx Zoo today, CBS News reported.

All victims were passengers inside the van, CBS News reported. Fire Department spokesman Jim Long said the victims -- an 84-year-old man; three women, ages 80, 45 and 30;…

Scientists warn it is a matter of "when, not if" a tsunami will strike the Caribbean, the UNESCO official said

A leading expert at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is urging the…

A final year Guyanese medical student in Cuba on Friday allegedly killed a Cuban in a house during an altercation, a senior government official confirmed Saturday.

Public Service Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford said her office was trying to confirm the identity of the suspect who is the custody of Cuban police.

She explained that two Guyanese have the same names and are a studying in Havana. It is important for authorities to first confirm which one of them…

Workplace romances are nothing new by any means but having that relationship revealed to the world via cellphone footage taken by a student at the school both parties are employed at certainly is.

The shocking scandal unfolded at The Scholars Academy in Quartzsite,Arizona.

The cell phone video was captured last week by 16-year-old Myranda Garber.

"At first we could only see their legs, but they were obviously doing something. I got my phone out…

Barbados government owes the equivalent of 74% of GDP to private sector

Barbados pension funds, insurance companies, and other domestic investors are the primary source of funds to prop up the island’s public debt.



This was revealed by Governor of the Central Bank of…

A couple's marital woes were the highlight of the proceedings in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, after he admitted that he beat his wife with a hockey stick for sex.

Mike Turner, who told the court that he is a carpenter, has been charged with assault occasion bodily harm, malicious destruction of property and larceny of…

Doctors at Pakistan's National Institue of Child Health say that a six-legged infant born earlier this month is alive and recovering well, after surgeons removed the baby's extra limbs in an eight-hour surgery last Thursday.

It's almost hard to believe that the child, who appears otherwise normal in the post-surgery photograph featured up top, was actually born…

Rihanna and Gabrielle Union Nude Photos Leaked By Celebrity Hackers

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• Nude photographs of Ukrainian politician Olga Lyulchak leaked online
• She says her nude images are fine art, comparing them to Van Gogh
• It follows mass-leak of images of female celebrities after an iCloud hack

A Ukrainian politician claims have been a…

At least 12 American Airlines passengers who were scheduled to depart the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston to Miami, this evening refused to board the aircraft which had mechanical and electrical problems earlier today.



Flight AA2038 was scheduled to depart at 8:45 yesterday, but never left until 7:53 p.m.…

Premier McKeeva Bush

The main opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) says it is giving Premier McKeeva Bush until Thursday to leave office as pressure mounts on the embattled government leader to quit amid confirmation that police are conducting investigations…

Police shot and wounded a man as he fled a Harlem apartment after allegedly killing his 13-year-old sister and wounding his mother.

A call to police at around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday reported a woman shot inside the Polo Grounds Houses at 2971 Eighth Ave. Officers arrived inside a 12th-floor apartment to find a 44-year-old woman who had been shot multiple times. Her 13-year-old…

Former Miss Jamaica and first runner-up at Miss Universe Yendi Phillips and baby father Chino Mc Gregor responds to harsh criticism for being pregnant [VIDEO+PICS]

Yendi and Chino welcome baby girl…

A man seemingly 40 years of age, is counting his lucky stars after his testicles were sliced by a pair of scissors. One of his sacks was sliced open and it fell out, the incident occurred in St. Elizabeth and he was admitted to the Mandeville Regional Hospital and was discharged on Wednesday. Police and residents reported that the man was in a dispute with his common law wife when she sliced his testicles, the…

George Zimmerman was released around midnight Sunday from a county jail on $150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

The neighborhood watch volunteer was wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and carrying a paper bag. He met a man in a white vehicle and drove away. His ultimate destination is…

The police statement follows confirmation by Governor Duncan Taylor on Friday that there are two police investigations concerning Bush.

According to the police, two of the investigations involve allegations of financial irregularities in relation to a land deal while the third relates to the…

ASP Ajith Persad scuffles with television host

Ian Alleyne as he tries to arrest him on Thursday night.

Police have slapped four charges against television talk show host, Ian Alleyne, six months after he broadcast a tape showing…