NEW YORK (CMC) - New York police say a man accused of smothering a 14-year-old Jamaican girl to death in Brooklyn, New York, shoving her body in a suitcase and setting it aflame on a Brooklyn beach, murdered the teen because she said she was pregn …
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WTF - Toots Hibbert hit in the head with a bottle at Dominion Riverrock Festival
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Grammy-winning reggae star Toots Hibbert was injured after a bottle throwing incident at his Virginia concert on the weekend.
According to reports, Toots, whose real name is Fredrick Hibbert, was treated at a local hospital for a bloody forehead and laceration.
The video shows the lead singer of Toots and the Maytals being struck by a vodka bottle. (Not sure which brand)!
Nahki Wells First Bermudian to Score at Wembley
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Bermuda is celebrating the achievements of Nahki Wells—with a total of 25 goals for the season, and interested clubs circling, now, he is the first Bermudian to score at Wembley, England’s national stadium.
So there it is. Wells collects his medal, hugs the chairman and goes off to celebrate. Not before he’s made a lot of Bradford fans happy by saying he wants to play in League One with them next season. Still think a big bid might alter things on that front but that speculation is for another day. For now, and in particular for those in Bermuda, it’s a day to celebrate a marvelous achievement by the former CedarBridge Academy pupil.
Wells: ‘It’s a dream come true. We worked so hard together. I think we’ve played the most games in the country, and to come this far and finish it off in this fashion is unbelievable. “It’s a big game and we wanted to come confident, not arrogant. We came and did what we had to do and to win this comfortably is unbelievable.”
Does he want to stay at Bradford? “Absolutely. When you’re doing well you get all the attention but it wouldn’t possible without all the players keeping you going. I’m contracted to Bradford so I will be playing League One next season.”
Nahki Wells is named the man of the match. As if his day couldn’t get any better.
What works when you are a teenager might not be accept-able in the working world or as you grow older.That is the sentiment echoed by various dermatologists who revealed that there has been an increase in the number…
Vybz Kartel Conspiracy Trial Postponed AGAIN, Gaza Slim Sound Off
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Vybz Kartel conspiracy trial was again delayed and Gaza Slim is furious.
The case against the self proclaim Worl’Boss and his co-accused Gaza Slim, real name Vanessa Saddler, and Andre “Pim Pim” Henry was mentioned in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court yesterday.
However, the trial failed to get underway and was subsequently postponed until July.
Speaking with Irie FM, Gaza Slim says the constant delays is getting frustrating.
“Them just constantly putting it off and putting it off,” Gaza Slim said. “But its god we put our trust in and not mankind so what is to be must be.”
Gaza Slim also said she is channeling her focus on her musical career and is hoping Vybz Kartel would be released sometime soon.
Vybz Kartel oft-delayed murder trial is scheduled for May 27, however, fans are keeping their fingers cross that there will be no more delays.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A police corporal in Jamaica has been arrested after authorities say he called a prisoner’s family and stated he could release the inmate in exchange for $10,000.
![Haitian Migrants Flee via Puerto Rico
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Danica Coto and Trenton Daniel report on how Haitian migrants find safer passage to the U.S. mainland through Puerto Rico. They call it “a newly popular route” that has caught officials in the Caribbean by surprise; I had assumed that this route had been a popular choice for years. They write:
Hundreds of Haitian migrants have made their way to Puerto Rico in recent months. They’ve found that if they can make it to the U.S. territory without getting arrested, they can fly on to U.S. cities such as Miami, Boston or New York without having to show a passport, although some kind of identification, such as a driver’s license, is needed. Immigration authorities checking travelers before they leave Puerto Rico for the U.S. mainland sometimes find them carrying fake driver’s licenses or other identification, but counterfeit documents are not always detected.
[…] There are no official statistics on how many Haitians have successfully made their way illegally to Puerto Rico, or how many have traveled on to the U.S. mainland. But the trend worries officials in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, with both countries reporting a jump in arrests of Puerto Rico-bound Haitians.
Migrants reportedly are paying smugglers $1,000-$1,500 for a trip to Puerto Rico, located less than 100 miles east of the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. At the same time, Dominican officials have detained more than 400 Haitians bound for Puerto Rico in the past four months, compared with just a handful annually in previous years, said Victor Pilier, the Dominican Republic’s director of naval intelligence. “It’s an excessive amount,” said Pilier, who oversaw the capture of 78 Haitians headed to Puerto Rico in late April before sending them back home. “It’s unusual.”
U.S. officials in the past six months captured 352 Haitian migrants who were bound for Puerto Rico or were found on or near the island. Coast Guard statistics show that between October 2010 and September 2011, only 13 such migrants were found, and at most five Puerto Rico-bound Haitians were arrested in the two years before that. The odds of reaching the U.S. mainland directly from Haiti have dropped as the U.S. Coast Guard beefs up patrols by Hamilton class cutters, or what Haitian migrants simply refer to as “Amilton.”
Along with trying to sail directly to the U.S. mainland, Haitians in the past attempted to get to the United States through long-established smuggling networks on islands including the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f6b89cc0d255ba119e0e3247a7c7ab5/tumblr_mmxsf7gQ731r9bbqfo1_500.jpg)
Haitian Migrants Flee via Puerto Rico
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Danica Coto and Trenton Daniel report on how Haitian migrants find safer passage to the U.S. mainland through Puerto Rico. They call it “a newly popular route” that has caught officials in the Caribbean by surprise; I had assumed that this route had been a popular choice for years. They write:
Hundreds of Haitian migrants have made their way to Puerto Rico in recent months. They’ve found that if they can make it to the U.S. territory without getting arrested, they can fly on to U.S. cities such as Miami, Boston or New York without having to show a passport, although some kind of identification, such as a driver’s license, is needed. Immigration authorities checking travelers before they leave Puerto Rico for the U.S. mainland sometimes find them carrying fake driver’s licenses or other identification, but counterfeit documents are not always detected.
[…] There are no official statistics on how many Haitians have successfully made their way illegally to Puerto Rico, or how many have traveled on to the U.S. mainland. But the trend worries officials in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, with both countries reporting a jump in arrests of Puerto Rico-bound Haitians.
Migrants reportedly are paying smugglers $1,000-$1,500 for a trip to Puerto Rico, located less than 100 miles east of the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. At the same time, Dominican officials have detained more than 400 Haitians bound for Puerto Rico in the past four months, compared with just a handful annually in previous years, said Victor Pilier, the Dominican Republic’s director of naval intelligence. “It’s an excessive amount,” said Pilier, who oversaw the capture of 78 Haitians headed to Puerto Rico in late April before sending them back home. “It’s unusual.”
U.S. officials in the past six months captured 352 Haitian migrants who were bound for Puerto Rico or were found on or near the island. Coast Guard statistics show that between October 2010 and September 2011, only 13 such migrants were found, and at most five Puerto Rico-bound Haitians were arrested in the two years before that. The odds of reaching the U.S. mainland directly from Haiti have dropped as the U.S. Coast Guard beefs up patrols by Hamilton class cutters, or what Haitian migrants simply refer to as “Amilton.”
Along with trying to sail directly to the U.S. mainland, Haitians in the past attempted to get to the United States through long-established smuggling networks on islands including the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.
