Boxer Floyd Mayweather’s Women Don’t Mind Sharing Him!

 

Champeen boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. got back together with his baby mama, Josie Harris — at least for one night.  
 
Floyd Mayweather, Jr with Josie Harris (left); and with Shantel Jackson (right)


We know this because Harris Instagram’d a photo of herself under the covers with the sleeping ex-convict, who was sent to prison for assaulting her in front of their children.




 
Harris made sure that Mayweather’s fiancée Shantel Jackson saw the photo. Not that Jackson cares. The future Mrs. Mayweather has his money and abundant leather goods to keep her company at night. 




Like a typical well-kept gold digger, Jackson Instagram’d photos of her luxury stash; including a department store size walk-in closet and over a hundred high priced designer handbags. 







Women such as Jackson knows that she can never truly have a baller to herself. She is smart enough to know that he’s a man, and men are always on the hunt for fresh meat.

Floyd is worth about $140 million so you understand why the women don't mind sharing him. Meanwhile, Josie won this round.

Bangladesh To Raise Pay For Garment Workers!

Bangladesh's government, facing pressure to improve standards in the garment industry following the collapse of an eight-story Rana Plaza, in which the death toll stood at 1,118 on Sunday. 

According to Workers' groups, the current $38-per-month minimum wage, being half of what Cambodia's factory workers receives, is barely enough to scrape by on. 

Bangladesh's workers trooped in their tens of thousands to protest for higher remuneration on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh's largest and capital city.

Bangladesh's textile minister, Abdul Latif Siddiqui, said the government will soon start talks with labor groups and factory owners to agree on a new minimum wage for the sector. The increase, he added, will be applied retroactively on May 1st, 2013.

It is believed that wages are unlikely to go much higher. Factory owners, who are in opposition to the hike, say they can't afford to pay significantly more to workers because Western consumers have become accustomed to cheap clothing. "If we are to pay higher wages, we may have to go to the retailer and say, 'Stop doing 'Buy one, get one free,'" said Abdus Salam Murshedy, co-owner of Envoy Group, a large Bangladeshi garment manufacturer.

Due to the lack of alternatives, a lot of factory said they have no intention of quitting, pay raise or not.

Saira Banu, a seamstress in her 20s, from a factory in Rana Plaza who suffered broken ribs in the collapse, says she would like to quit. "I'd like to find alternative work, ...But I don't know what I can do." she said. 

Banu stated that she does not want to return to a previous job as a housemaid, an informal position that isn't covered by a minimum wage and pays about $20 per month.

Bangladesh has built a huge garment industry over the past decade, using the lure of cheap wages to undercut China, which is still the world's largest producer. Presently, Bangladesh exports about $20 billion in clothes annually to United States and European based retailers.

The boom, since the early 2000s, provided jobs for women who previously had few opportunities in Bangladesh's male-dominated villages. Out of estimated four million people employed in the garment factory sector, more than 90% of workers are reportedly young females from the countryside.

Another victim of the buidling collapse, a 21-year-old seamstress identified as Rozina Akter, who worked at Phantom Apparels, a factory on the fourth floor of Rana Plaza, at the time of the disaster, said the industry offered her family a salvation of sorts, as they faced starvation in her village.

She attempted to run for a stairwell when the building shook on April 24, 2013. Next thing she knew, she was falling down into pitch blackness. Two days later, rescuers pulled Akter out of the rubble and took her to the hospital, where she is recovering from a fractured leg. Despite this, Akter said she is keen to find another factory job. "I'll go back to work as soon as I get better," said Ms. Akter. "Not all buildings will collapse." she said. 

According to report, the last time Bangladesh increased its minimum garment-worker wage was in late 2010. The first minimum wage for garment workers was set in 1994, when the sector came under international scrutiny as foreign retailers began to buy more from the country. It was raised again in 2006.

Workers say that with inflation of 8%, it is hard to make ends meet. These workers sew the clothes that earn the country foreign currency, so they deserve better. Workers in Bangladesh, those with little schooling in particular, lack leverage to demand higher wages. Other jobs, such as those of chemical factories or ship-breaking yards, are viewed as more hazardous. 

A 27-year-old garment worker, identified as Mominur Rahman, fractured his spine when he attempted to jump down from the third floor of Tazreen Fashions factory outside Dhaka, which claimed about a hundred lives, is still recovering, from the injury. 

According to him, he is currently living off the $1,250 compensation he got from an association of factory owners. Despite 12-hour shifts, sometimes even longer periods, Mr. Rahman said he plans to stick with the industry. When big orders come through, the job offers better opportunities than those in his native town, 175 kilometers outside the capital. Rahman said. 

Angelina Jolie writes about her double mastectomy in the New York Times!

Actress Angelina Jolie had a preventative double mastectomy and writes about her decision to undergo the procedure in an opinion in the New York Times.

Jolie’s mother died of breast cancer when she was 56 and fought cancer for over a decade before that.

“She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was,” writes Jolie.

Jolie says she carries the “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Jolie finished the three months of medical procedures on April 27, and was able to keep the whole ordeal private.

“But I am writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action,” she writes.

According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer kills about 458,000 people each year.

New Orleans police release photos of Mother's Day shooting suspect!

 

New Orleans police on Monday released photos that they said show a suspect in the shooting at a Mother's Day parade in which 19 people, including two children, were wounded.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters on Monday that investigators are making significant progress on the investigation, although no one has yet been arrested.

"I can assure whoever did this, we know a lot more about you than you think we do," Serpas said at a press conference. "And my recommendation to you is to collect yourself and turn yourself in."

The image singling out the suspect does not clearly show the face, and police, who released the photographs on YouTube, asked for the public's help in identifying and finding the person. A reward for information that might help find the shooter was increased from $5,000 to $10,000.

Ten men, seven women and a girl and a boy, both 10 years old, were hit when one or more people opened fire at the parade on Sunday.

Serpas said he has not ruled out that the shooting was gang related.

Investigators on Monday were still trying to figure out if there was more than one shooter and more than one weapon, Serpas said.

The photographs, taken from a surveillance video, first show crowds of people in a street, and then the crowd is seen scattering and ducking.

The final image focuses on what appears to be a man in a white shirt leaving the scene on foot as other people are lying on the pavement. The image does not clearly show his face.

Two victims underwent surgery and the children were grazed but in good condition, police said. It was unclear if the victims were marching or watching the parade.

Violent crime in New Orleans ranks above the national average in FBI surveys. A poll of residents in 2010 found crime to be their greatest concern.

Father Stands By 12-Year-Old Son Arrested in Sister Leila Fowler's Stabbing Death!

The father of a 12-year-old boy arrested in the stabbing death of his 8 year old sister, Leila Fowler, said he supports his son and believes he is innocent until evidence proves otherwise.

Barney Fowler told The Associated Press today that his family is standing behind the boy "until they have the proper evidence to show it's my son."

On April 27, Leila's 12-year-old brother, who has not been identified because he is a minor, told Valley Springs, Calif., authorities he found his sister stabbed to death after an intruder broke into their home.

The 12-year-old said he called his parents, who alerted sheriff's deputies. The boy told authorities the intruder, who he described as a tall man with a muscular build, fled the scene. The boy's description launched a 15-day manhunt that included door-to-door searches and divers in a reservoir.

The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office in Northern California announced the arrest of the 12 year old boy late Saturday. He is expected to be charged with homicide.

Neighbors in Valley Springs, Calif., where the family lives, said they feared all along that Leila's brother -- not a mystery man the boy described -- might be responsible for the girl's stabbing death. Community members were both relieved and saddened by the news of the boy's arrest.

Barbara Barron, who lives two doors down from Leila Fowler's home, said she suspected the brother from the beginning and found it unusual that he allegedly called his parents before calling police when he found his sister.

"It made us sadder, because he's just 12 years old," Barron told News men. "The family has lost two children now."

She described the neighborhood as "really quiet" and "very somber."

"Everybody speculates, and everybody said this and that, but I just prayed," Mary Gallagher, a friend of the Fowler grandparents, said. "I prayed it wasn't him."

Neighbors said they had not seen Leila's family since her death, but Leila's grandfather said the family is struggling.

"I don't know what to think. They had been trying to make a case for a while now," grandfather Dennis Fowler said. "It's been really hard on the family."

Several knives were taken from the Fowlers' home to determine if one of them had been used in the murder, The Associated Press reported. In the days after the stabbing, a neighbor, who told police she saw a man flee the home, also recanted her story, the AP reported.

Authorities initially said Leila's brother was not a suspect, but acknowledged they were continuing to talk with him.

"We are continuing to talk to him, which would be normal because he was the last person with the child," Calaveras County Sheriff's Capt. Jim Macedo said at a news conference last month.

Macedo said at the news conference that investigators had collected fingerprints and what they believed to be DNA at the crime scene.

Authorities have not said what led to the arrest the 12-year-old boy on Saturday.

After a tense two weeks, Calaveras County Sheriff Gary Kuntz said he hoped the arrest would bring some peace of mind to a community that has been on edge.

"Citizens of Calaveras County, you can sleep a little better tonight," he said.

Private jets used to smuggle cash, fugitives – FG!

Nigeria:


The Federal Government on Sunday said illegal consignments and cash in local and foreign currencies were being smuggled on daily basis in and out of the country aboard private jets.




 It also said some persons that securities agencies had declared wanted were being airlifted out of the country aboard private and chartered jets.

As a result, it insisted that pilots flying such jets must declare the passenger manifest before being allowed to take off.

An aircraft manifest contains the names of all persons aboard the plane, among other things.

The Coordinating Information and Communications Manager for aviation parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati, told reporters in Lagos on Sunday that the order for the declaration of passenger manifest was necessary to check the abuse of the use of private and chartered jets.

He said for security reasons, especially the need to arrest those who had constituted security threats to the country, the government would not renege on its decision for pilots of private jets to file their manifests before being given Air Traffic Control clearance.

Dati said security operatives had disclosed that many wanted persons were being smuggled out of the country with private jets.

He also stated that some wanted persons were being sneaked into the country without appropriate checks as many private jets take off from private facilities at airports.

Dati spoke on the heels of the criticism that have trailed the introduction of some new policy measures for the private jet sub-sector in the country.

The government had through the National Civil Aviation Policy, 2013 unveiled two weeks ago directed pilots of private jets to file their manifests before obtaining ATC clearance.

It also said foreign registered private jets could only spend 15 days in the country, just as the policy also barred private jet owners from carrying friends and business associates.

Aviation stakeholders as well as the Action Congress of Nigeria had, however, severely criticised the policy, saying most of its provisions were not obtainable in any other part of the world.

An aviation expert and former Military Commandant, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Group Captain John Ojikutu, said the demand for passengers’ manifest on private aircraft could only be done by the State Security Services.

“The need for passengers’ manifest on private aircraft, if required, can only be the responsibility of the State Security Services, and in the case of private aircraft on international flight, the Nigerian Immigration Service,” Ojikutu said

But Dati insisted that what the government wanted to do was to monitor the operations of unscheduled flights as well as their manifests due to the current security situation in the country.

According to him, charter services by private jets have become a lucrative business in the country and 80 per cent of the private jets have private licences, but carry out commercial operations.

This, he said, constituted safety challenges because aircraft with private licences were not being subjected to compulsory maintenance checks as those with commercial licences were made to do by the regulatory body, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.

He also regretted that about 80 per cent of the 150 private jets operating in the country were registered overseas; a situation he said exempted them from paying taxes and five per cent charges to the NCAA.

Dati said, “So, when you collate what government agencies lose by the illegal operations of these aircraft, it amounts to over N25bn in a year. And I can authoritatively tell you that it is now a lucrative business that businessmen bring in aircraft to operate as private jets, while they are actually used for commercial purposes.

“So, it makes nonsense of those charter operators who follow the laid down processes and whose business has now been taken away by the illegal private operators.”

Missing 78-yr-old Woman’s Corpse Found In Son’s Wardrobe 10 Years After!

The sleepy Ejemekwuru community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State has been thrown into turmoil over the strange discovery in the home of Dr. Chimezie Osigweh, a retired school principal; when the remains of his 78-year-old mother who was declared missing for a decade was discovered in a wardrobe in his home.

The lid was blown off the scandal by a 22-year-old boy who was searching for his credentials in his father’s closet.

As he opened a wardrobe, he was confronted with the grim sight – the stiff and embalmed body – of his grandmother, who was thought to have been missing since 2003. He tipped off the police, who arrived the scene and threw open the wardrobe to reveal the body of Madam Lucy Osigweh.

Dr. Chimezie Osigweh was arrested after confirming the claim.

According to Mr Musa Katsina, the Commissioner of Police in Imo the woman, Mrs Lucy Osuigwe, was declared missing since 2003.

Katsina told newsmen at the house in Ejemekuru in Oguta Local Government Area on Monday that the embalmed body had been kept in that condition since 2003.

“The corpse of Mrs Lucy Osuigwe, who was declared missing in 2003 was found in a large cupboard inside a shrine in a private room in a circumstance depicting ritual practice.

“The embalmed body, which was kept in that condition for about 10 years is believed to have been placed in the wardrobe by her son, Dr Chimezie Osuigwe, a devotee of the guru maharaji Sect.

“Preliminary assessment of the scene of crime revealed that the woman must have been murdered by the son for ritual purposes,” he said.

The commissioner said that plans were on to arrest other members of the sect who visit Osuigwe’s shrine.

He said the body would be handed over to the forensic team of the command to determine the cause of death.

He also said the suspect would be held for first degree murder until the cause of death was established.