Articles Posted in the News Category
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CONGRATS: Dominica’s PM – Roosevelt Skerrit marries longtime girlfriend!
JAYBLESSED.com would like to extend congratulations to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on his weekend nuptials to longtime girlfriend, Melissa Poponne. The Prime Minister of Dominica, 40, married his “his sweetheart for many years” at the Bourne Roman Catholic Chapel, followed by a private reception at the Prime Minister’s private residence in Vieille Case, according to [...]
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Guyana grants Caribbean Airlines (CAL) “flag carrier status”
Guyana is providing “flag carrier status” to the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) allowing the airline to provide direct flights between Georgetown and New York and Toronto. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, said the decision to afford CAL flag carrier status would be communicated to the regulatory bodies in New York and Canada. [...]
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Jack Warner’s Chaguanas West seat declared vacant
Speaker of the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, Wade Mark, Friday declared the Chaguanas West seat vacant, more than a week after former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner tendered his resignation as a legislator. In his April 26 letter, Warner, 70, gave no indication as to why he had tendered his resignation, except to say [...]
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NO BRAINER! U.S. Immigration Reform Will Boost Economy
The Social Security Administration estimated Wednesday that a Senate bill to overhaul immigration laws and legalize 11 million unauthorized immigrants would boost the retirement program’s trust fund and help the economy. In a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the members of the Senate “Gang of Eight” that is pushing for the overhaul, [...]
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TV mogul, former Tourism Minister jailed in domestic violence case
After an interrogation of more than one hour, former Dominican Republic Tourism minister Frank Jorge Elías was escorted from a Justice Ministry branch office in the sector Bella Vista to the National District Office of the Prosecutor, where he was taken directly to a courthouse cell. The cable TV mogul arrived in an unmarked black [...]
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Malcolm X’s Grandson Killed in Mexico
Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of the late civil rights activist Malcolm X (Grenadian heritage), was killed in Mexico on Thursday during an apparent robbery, his family’s spiritual adviser, friends and Islamic associations said. Shabazz, 28, had traveled to Mexico to meet with a leader of a California activist and rights group known as Rumec, according to [...]
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OH BACCHANAL! Caribbean NY Senator charged with embezzlement in U.S.
United States federal prosecutors have charged a powerful Caribbean American legislator with embezzlement. PHOTO: Anthony Lanzilote for The New York Times New York State senator, John L. Sampson, who represents the largely Caribbean 19th Senatorial District in Brooklyn, had been charged with stealing funds from the sale of foreclosed properties and using the money to [...]
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Puerto Rican native Ariel Castro charged with Cleveland kidnappings says: I’m “coldblooded”
In case you missed it… Cleveland resident and Puerto Rico native, Ariel Castro, was charged on Wednesday with raping and kidnapping three women who were rescued on Monday after nearly a decade in captivity at his home. Investigators say he held three young women captive for years, binding them with ropes and chains in his [...]
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Dominican MP Julius Timothy recovering from stroke
Dominica’s health minister, Julius Timothy, is back home after he was airlifted to Martinique for treatment due to a mild stroke. Timothy returned to Dominica on Monday. He was rushed to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 1 after he collapsed, reportedly from a stroke. Timothy was taken to Martinique [...]
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Guyana wins big at 2013 CTO Sustainable Tourism Awards
For the second consecutive year, Guyana has emerged as the biggest winners at the 2013 Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)/TravelMole Sustainable Tourism Awards, winning won three of the six awards at the annual ceremony held recently at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The 2013 awards comprised six categories covering all aspects of [...]
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U.S. Vice President and Wife to Travel to Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago
Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Brazil, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago during the week of May 26th, 2013. In each country, the Vice President will meet with key leaders to discuss the full range of bilateral and regional issues. In Brazil, he looks forward to the opportunity to meet [...]
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U.S. judge rules Cuban spy can stay in Cuba if U.S. citizenship renounced
A Cuban spy on probation after 13 years behind bars in the United States can remain in Cuba, where he returned on a court-approved visit last month, if he renounces his U.S. citizenship, a federal judge in Miami ruled on Friday. Rene Gonzalez, 56, one of what Cuba calls its “Five Heroes,” returned to the [...]
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Brazil to deploy 6,000 Cuban doctors in remote areas
Brazil plans to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors to serve in remote parts of the country where medical services are deficient or nonexistent, despite controversy over the quality of their training. Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said today negotiations were under way involving the Washington-based Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) to allow the Cuban doctors to practice [...]
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CONGRATS: Dr. Cecile Le Grenade sworn in as Grenada’s First Female Governor General
The first ever female Governor General of Grenada was sworn into office today with Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell saying that her inauguration serves as a “beacon of hope that can inspire a whole nation”. Former head of the Public Service Commission, Dr Cecile La Grenade, took the oath of office before Justice Margaret Price-Findlay [...]
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WHOMP!!!! T&T PM rejects Jack Warner as candidate for UNC by-election
Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has indicated that her former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner is not an automatic choice of the ruling United National Congress (UNC) to contest the parliamentary seat he vacated in the wake of a damning report of his activities as an international football executive. Warner, who launched his campaign [...]
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U.S. Supreme Court overturned ruling against Jamaican man deported for 1.3 grams of marijuana.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that a legal immigrant is not subject to mandatory deportation after being convicted of possessing a small amount of marijuana. The court held on a 7-2 vote that Adrian Moncrieffe, a Jamaican citizen, could not be subject to mandatory deportation because basic marijuana possession is not a felony under federal law. The federal [...]
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Who shot media mogul Anthony Chow Lin On aka Chinese Laundry AND WHY???
On April 25th, the Caribbean music and media fraternity was in shock when news that popular DJ turned businessman, Anthony Chow Lin On, better known as Chinese Laundry, was shot multiple times on his way home. According to reports, Chow Lin On was driving his black BMW sedan along the Western Main Road heading to [...]
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DRAMA!!!! Wyclef Jean’s scandal-ridden charity Yele Haiti hit with $100K lawsuit
Wyclef Jean’s scandal-scarred Yele Haiti foundation is being sued by a hospitality firm that says the now-defunct charity owes it $108,972. According to the NY Daily News, Yele stiffed HVS Global Hospitality Services for job training it gave to Haitians in 2011 at the charity’s request, HVS claimed in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme [...]
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NYPD accused of manufacturing misdemeanors for Caribbean immigrants
A United States federal civil rights lawsuit claims that New York City police officers routinely stop Caribbean immigrants without cause and then charge them with low-level misdemeanors when their pockets are emptied and small amounts of marijuana are found. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of five Bronx men in United States District Court for the [...]
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CONGRATS: Ato Boldon nominated for Sports Emmy
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards and a Caribbean Olympian is vying for an award at tonight’s ceremony at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York. Back on March 20th, more than 170 nominees were announced [...]
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Sir Viv Richards joins Delhi Daredevils as advisor
In case you missed it… Legendary West Indies batsman Sir Vivian Richards has joined Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Daredevils in an ambassadorial and advisory role for the rest of the season. The 61-year-old, the most outstanding batsman of the 1970s and ’80s era, met with the team for the first time in April. “I [...]
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Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro calls President Obama’s ‘the grand chief of devils’
Venezuela-U.S. relations took another hit over the weekend, after President Obama called “ridiculous” the notion of an American detained in the country as a spy and government heads lashed back, demanding the White House quit its meddling. Venezuela is detaining Tim Tracy, 35, an American they say they’ve been tracking since 2012 and accuse of [...]
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Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO
Cuba has launched a legal challenge to Australia’s tobacco packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based trade body said in a statement on Monday (today). Cuba has never before launched WTO litigation. Its challenge follows similar complaints about Australia’s tough tobacco packaging rules by Ukraine, Honduras and Dominican Republic. By taking the first [...]
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Curacao politician Helmin Wiels assassinated on beach!
A prominent politician on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, Helmin Wiels, has been shot dead. Witnesses said he was killed on the beach by gunmen who sped off in a car. Mr Wiels, 54, led the Pueblo Soberano party, which campaigns for independence from the Netherlands. Local media say it is the first time [...]
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Will Blacks Be Screwed by Immigration Policy Reform?
Special thanks to Rennie Bishop who forwarded this very interesting article written by Professor Dr. Ron Daniels about the presently discussed U.S. Immigration reform suggestions and how it will affect Black and Caribbean immigrants. As the “Gang of Eight” Senators in the U.S. Congress prepare to outline their proposals for comprehensive immigration reform, there is [...]
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