Caribbean Fever's Blog – December 2018 Archive (88)

Some of the 124 Haitian migrants boarding a bus to be transported to a detention centre.

A total of 124 Haitian migrants were apprehended early yesterday morning by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) after they were discovered in Bahamian waters.

The Haitians – 107 males and 24 females – were in a 40-foot sail sloop which was intercepted around 3 a.m., approximately eight miles south of…

• Luciana Sinzimbra said that her boyfriend Victor Junqueira beat her during a domestic dispute inside her home on December 15
• Sinzimbra, a lawyer, said Junqueira was angered after she left a gift at the bar of a restaurant they had visited that day with friends in the state of…

• Footage shows the chopper wildly spinning after 'hitting world's longest zip line'
• It then lights up in flames at the side of UAE's tallest mountain Jebel Jais
• Terrified witnesses claim the chopper’s rotors got tangled in the steel wire…

• Forecasters predict major storm to hit New York City by time clock strikes 12am 
• But the temperatures could reach as high as 50 - far warmer than last year's chill
• 1 to 2 inches of rain expected in Northeast which will then clear up…

• Operating rooms at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, NJ, were not properly cleaned and disinfected between procedures
• An inspector saw a stretcher in a hallway with a blood-stained sheet that wasn't properly disinfected even after the inspector pointed it out to staffers…

In this May 10, 2018 photo Richard Overton, the oldest living U.S. Veteran at the age of 111, is back in the east Austin home he has owned since 1948 after a renovation provided by Meals on Wheels of Central Texas and the Home Depot Foundation. (Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman via AP, file)

Having served in an all-black combat unit during World War II, he was honored multiple times for his service inside and outside of the…

• New York skyline turned a bizarre blue on Thursday night after an electrical fault at a Con Edison plant
• Utility said Friday the fault produced what is known as electrical arc flash 
• Electrical arc is a visible plasma discharge between two electrodes caused by electrical current ionizing gasses in the air …

Government MP Charrandas Persaud voted with the opposition on the no-confidence motion.

Guyanese will head to the polls in the early part of next year after the government fell in a no-confidence vote supported by a member of the ruling A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)-Alliance For Change (AFC) coalition.

In a shocking move that his AFC and other parliamentary colleagues described…

• Canadian blogger Farah Dhukai, picked up the skincare hack from her mother
• Says she swears by Penaten and Zincofax 'butt creams', costing under CA$10
• She applied cream to spots before bed and they improved overnight
• Wearing a layer as a face mask on following two nights cleared skin…

Nicole Merseal is suing the St. Louis day care after her 10-year-old son captured video on his iPad of his 4-year-old brother allegedly being forced to fight.…

Whatever your New Year’s Resolution, a healthy and balanced diet will provide many benefits into 2019 and beyond. What we eat and drink can affect our body’s ability to fight infections, as well as how likely we are to develop health problems later in life, including obesity, heart disease, diabetes and different types of cancer.

The exact ingredients of a healthy diet will depend on different…

Illegal 18-Y-O Caribbean immigrant charged with murdering 12-Y-O boy in Connecticut drive-by shooting {VIDEO}

• Tajay Chambers faced a judge Thursday and was charged with murder; murder with special circumstances; use of a firearm during the commission of a felony
• The 18-year-old Jamaican…

• The young boy, nicknamed Guitar, and sister, Kiwi, were born in September 2012
• Parents Amornsan Sunthorn Malirat, 31, and Phacharaporn, 30, from Thailand 
• Both arranged ceremony at great expense on outskirts of Bangkok…

• Michael Bloomberg wrote brutal opinion on Trump's presidency for news site bearing his name on Sunday 
• Former mayor of New York argued that events of the previous week exemplify the 'destructive effect' of Trump's presidency on competent government…