Before there was Michelle Obama, there was a Trinidadian woman by the name of Kashia Cave, who started her own fight against childhood obesity, in the form of My City Kitchen. On March 31st, My City Kitchen held it’s 1st Culinary Fundraising Extravaganza at the historic Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Organized [...]
CHILDREN as young as four years old have been treated for gonorrhoea, syphilis, herpes and HIV at the Bustamante Hospital for Children after being raped by close family members including their fathers. So overwhelming is the number of cases seen at the hospital yearly that one doctor is speaking out in the hope that more [...]
Mel B’s sister, Danielle Brown, caused a media storm when she expressed concerns about the “mental state” of the singer and safety of her children. Is something going on in Mel B’s family life that’s meticulously hidden from the public? Danielle, who happens to be an actress, wrote a series of shocking messages on Twitter [...]
Born May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, this fiery black nationalist leader was a charismatic spokesman for the Nation of Islam until breaking with the group shortly before his 1965 assassination. Born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, he was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, [...]
Sir Paul McCartney knows how to keep his woman happy…take her to the tropics! The 69 year old Beatles legend was recently spotted with his newest wife Nancy Shevell, 51, in Jamaica. The couple who got married last October in London, is on a family vacation with Paul’s kids Stella, 40, James, 34, and eight-year-old [...]
According to TMZ, “Bob Marley’s widow is smoking mad over a relative pimping out the family name to sell everything from concerts to fish, poultry, energy drinks and booze — and she’s suing to stop him. Rita Marley and nine of Bob’s kids filed a federal lawsuit against Richard Booker — Bob’s bro from another [...]
This year they’re doing it again! The Second Annual ‘Union-Nostrand Street Festival’ will take place on Saturday, August 27th, 2011 at 12 NOON. Last year the Office of New York State Assemblyman Karim Camara in partnership with City of Hope Economic Development Corp. hosted a successful festival in the 43rd Assembly District . This year [...]
Millions of children in East Africa are facing starvation at this very moment. In an effort to alleviate the suffering of these children Bob Marley & The Wailers‘ 1973 track entitled “High Tide or Low Tide” has been released as a download via iTunes. In addition to, a moving short video has been created to [...]
Puerto Rican beauty Jennifer Lopez tells Vanity Fair magazine that she still believes in love despite her split from her husband of seven years, Marc Anthony. Lopez says she is an “eternal optimist” and describes love as her “biggest dream.” If history dictates the present , then we know that “Jenny from the Block” is [...]
It is a sad situation, not only in our black community but our Caribbean culture, when our men neglect to take care of their family…especially their children! I read the most interesting tweet ever from a Caribbean celebrity and it came from International soca artiste Ian Alvarez aka Bunji Garlin. Take a read below: Not [...]
Check out Vybz Kartel and pictures of some of his kids in his record Good Father off the Broken Hearts Riddim.
My TOTD was a short daily encouraging text message that I started sending to my closest contacts over the last four years and now I’ve decided to make it a tad bit longer and post on the site. It is my personal experience and/or opinion, written daily to encourage you, inspired you or to tell [...]
Here’s an interesting article from Trinidad Guardian: Some teachers are having sex with their pupils in the nation’s schools and they are allegedly getting away with it. Senior educators believe the red tape within the Teaching Service Commission Tribunal allows these miscreants to commit their crimes without fear. Because the officers in the commission are [...]
MANY of the world’s recording and performing artiste fathers have had the pleasure of watching their children follow in their footsteps in the music industry. American singers Nat King Cole, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Nina Simone come easily to mind when one examines the slate of legendary entertainers in North America. Actor/rapper Will Smith, [...]
Check this astounding statistic…. 33% of men tested during a 2002 UWI study to prove paternity was, (in the my Maury Povich voice) —- “not the father!” In my old job, I came across two adult children (male and female in their thirties) on separate occasions, who found out that after their “father” had petitioned [...]