From Africa Intelligence American-Nigerian oil man Kase Lawal‘s legal woes seem to be only just beginning. The liquidation of the Cayman Islands-registered company CAMAC International is being very closely tracked by the financial services division of the country’s Grand Court. On April 9, two of the court’s representatives requested all recorded information relating to the […]
‘Sex cult’ led by Smallville actress Allison Mack ‘held wild parties on Richard Branson’s private Caribbean island in a bid to recruit the billionaire’
From Daily Mail UK Members of Nxivm ‘sex cult’ reportedly held two wild parties on Necker Island Necker is billionaire businessman Richard Branson’s private Caribbean island Members, including co-founder Nancy Salzman, visited island in 2007 and 2010 Former Nxivm publicist Frank Parlato claimed the visits were Nxivm’s attempt to ‘reruit Branson into the organization’ A […]
Ironically enough, the Windrush scandal has brought the British African and Caribbean communities together for the first time
By Funmi Olutoye From Independent UK For decades, British Caribbeans and British Africans have consistently looked down on one another for various reasons, which frankly, are unfounded ‘They were going to send me back to Jamaica. I’ve never been to Jamaica’: son of Windrush immigrant threatened with deportation The Windrush scandal has cut through the […]
Cayman Islands: Robbery on Sunday, 22 April
From RCIPS Yesterday, 24 April, officers received a report of a robbery which had taken place on Sunday, 22 April. A woman reported that she had been walking along South Sound Road at about 11:45PM when she was approached and grabbed by a man who demanded her handbag. The woman threw the handbag down and […]
Caribbean Canadians mark themselves safe amid deadly Toronto incident
From NAN News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Tues. April 24, 2018: Several Caribbean-born nationals in Canada began using the Facebook activated feature to react and mark themselves safe yesterday afternoon, amid reports of a deadly incident on Yonge and Finch in North York, Toronto. Toronto police have yet to release the names of the victim but […]
Lambeth Council calls for action against Home Office Caribbean discrimination
From Wandsworth Guardian UK Lambeth Councillors have written to the Prime Minister demanding action against discrimination against Caribbean people. This comes after reports people who arrived in the UK as children in the first wave of Commonwealth immigrations are facing deportation. Many of them are were originally from the West Indies but have lived and worked […]
Sebastian Woodroffe: Peru orders arrest of two men over lynching
From BBC A judge in Peru has ordered the arrest of two suspects in the lynching of a 41-year-old Canadian man in the remote Amazon region last week. A video uploaded to social media showed Sebastian Woodroffe lying in a puddle while two men put a rope around his neck and then dragged him along. […]
Cayman Islands: Two burglary arrests made for three separate incidents, 23-24 April
From RCIPS RCIPS Officers made two burglary arrests between 23 and 24 April in connection to incidents which took place in the Eastern Districts. Yesterday afternoon, 23 April, officers responded to a report of a burglary at an address on John McLean Drive, East End. A man had entered the home and was discovered by […]