Caribbean Fever's Blog – October 2017 Archive (124)

On Monday, John Kelly gave an interview with Laura Ingraham in which he suggested that Confederate General Robert E. Lee was an “honorable man” and that the Civil War was simply a case of two parts of the country that couldn’t compromise.

While Kelly’s comments drew widespread criticism, Roland Martin’s…

8 dead in terror attack after truck careens down a cycle path near Ground Zero before the male Uzbeki driver, 29, runs off and is shot by cops while waving paintball gun and yelling Allahu Akbar…

Dramatic video captured a one-story house being swept away by a raging river in Warren, New Hampshire on Monday

• The house was later filmed crashing into a bridge and smashing into pieces
• No one was in the house at the time and it isn't clear who the homeowners are
• Storm left…

Dramatic video captured a one-story house being swept away by a raging river in Warren, New Hampshire on Monday

• The house was later filmed crashing into a bridge and smashing into pieces
• No one was in the house at the time and it isn't clear who the homeowners are
• Storm left…

Another darling of Hollywood accused of being a predator. Once again everyone knew: How stories of Kevin Spacey's behavior have long alarmed others in the industry

• The Cape and Islands District Attorney's office is not longer pursuing criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 59, for his alleged assault of a teenage boy
• District Attorney Michael O'Keefe filed a nolle prosequi on…

A New Jersey boy who was part of a championship double dutch team was struck and killed by a car in Jersey City as he was walking home.

8-year-old Jeremiah Grant was with a group of other kids on Saturday when he rushed across the street and was hit by a car. Although the boy was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center, he died the next day.

According to…

JAY-Z Responds To Houston Texans Owner Bob McNair's "Inmate" Comments: "That's What They Think About You" (Video)

Jay-Z bared his whole entire soul during an interview with The NY Times and we’re still trying to digest all of the knowledge he dropped in the 35-minute interview.

The music mogul who was just nominated for eight Grammys for his latest project, 4:44, opened up…

• The first charges from the probe of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election were unsealed Monday morning
• Paul Manafort and Rick Gates surrendered to face charges including conspiracy against the U.S. and conspiracy to launder money, and pleaded not guilty…

Omarosa Manigault 

They couldn’t possibly have defended Donald Trump by saying that – could they?

Yes, they could and they did.

Here are 9 times black folk lost their minds trying to defend Trump’s crazy:

Stacey Dash defends Trump following violence at one…

While covering the recent indictments in the Russian investigation, the ladies of The Viewgot into a popcorn-worthy exchange live on-air.

Sara Haines talked about how vindicated she felt, and Sunny Hostin grinned over the indictment, but newbie Meghan McCain broke in to remind everyone that “we don’t know what we don’t know yet.”…

According to a new study by EdTrust–NY, schools in New York are severely lacking in diversity when it comes to their teachers, with one third of all New York schools devoid of any Latino or Black teachers.

The study, See Our Truth, explores statewide data in a series of focus groups as well as around 100 interviews and suggests that there is a worrying gap in representation for educators.…

NYPD cops allegedly told teen they were ‘freaks’ before raping her

• Prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York officially dropped rape and kidnapping charges against two former NYC cops
• Eddie Martins and Richard Hall previously admitted to coercing a teenage girl into having sex with them after they arrested her…

The U.S. Virgin Islands is getting back to the business of welcoming visitors to its shores following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which struck the Territory last month.

Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty reported that the airports on St. Croix and St. Thomas are now open to commercial flights, and one of the flagship hotels on the island of St. Croix, The Buccaneer, has announced it is accepting…

'We will hunt this person down until we find him': Residents are ordered to stay indoors after Tampa serial killer strikes for a FOURTH time as 60-year-old man is shot dead

• Howell Donaldson has been charged with four counts of first degree murder
• Got a tip from a McDonald's staff member Tuesday about a man with a…

A group of the TOP African-American and Latina strippers in New York City have gone ON STRIKE. The dancers are claiming that they will NOT return to work until clubs give them EQUAL TREATMENT with bartenders.

The Trump administration has declared a “War on the Opioid Epidemic,” a fight against the influx of prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs that have made there way into North America and Canada.

As this “epidemic” continues to primarily affect white communities, the Black community and its 40-plus-years war on…

BJORN EBANKS (CENTER) WITH HIS MOTHER, INGRID EBANKS, SPEAKING WITH DR. BINOY CHATTUPARAMBIL AT HEALTH CITY CAYMAN ISLANDS FOLLOWING HIS RECOVERY.

A 33-year-old Caymanian man is breathing again – with a sigh of relief – after the Health City Cayman Islands medical team brought him back from the brink of death.

Bjorn Ebanks’ heart stopped twice, and he underwent CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) for…

DR. RAVI KISHORE, CHIEF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST AT HEALTH CITY CAYMAN ISLANDS

For the first time in the Caribbean, Central and South America, a leading physician has implanted a Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) device to treat heart failure.

Dr. Ravi Kishore, Chief Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Health City Cayman Islands, implanted the device in a…

• Tricky test begins with straightforward sums, before getting more difficult 
• Quiz is by Playbuzz user Bruce Boyena, who says most will be left stumped
• You'll need to do long division and multiplication in order to complete test…