FOUNDATION reggae and dancehall artiste, Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott passed away Saturday night at the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew.

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Not a whole lot of kind words were said today.

Jesse James and second ex-wife Janine Lindemulder spent Monday trading barbs in an Orange County courtroom as the fight over custody of their 6-year-old daughter Sunny continued.

While Lindemulder maintains that it’s James—and, at times, Sandra Bullock—who has kept her from speaking regularly with her child on the phone, the now thrice-divorced West Coast Choppers owner continues to argue that his porn-actress ex is just plain unstable.

Though James didn’t go into it on the witness stand, his attorney told Family Court Commissioner Thomas Schulte during today’s hearing that Lindemulder once threatened to kill his client.

James testified, meanwhile, that Lindemulder admitted to him in a phone conversation that she was on strong antidepressants and had a bad reaction when she tried to change meds.

But she counters that she’s been there all along for her daughter—minus the four months she spent in a halfway house for violating probation on a tax-evasion charge—and that it’s James who hasn’t kept up with her court-approved visits and phone calls.

Her attorney, Richard Masson, said that James had promised his client $4,000 a month in support and offered to fly Sunny to Oregon to visit her mom during her stint in the halfway house.

James has said no such conversation ever took place.

As for Sunny’s famous former step-mom:

Lindemulder is arguing that Bullock has tried to poison her own daughter against her and that James’ decision to move to Austin with Sunny is “wholly unjustified.”

She has filed court papers contesting James’ plan, arguing that Bullock would have stayed in California if she wanted to be close to Sunny. (So which is it, cares too much or not enough?)

James has said that he hopes Bullock and Sunny continue to have a relationship, but also that his family doesn’t have the paparazzi problem in Texas that they have here.

James testified today that Bullock took care of Sunny while he spent time in an Arizona rehab facility after the Michelle “Bombshell” McGee story erupted.

His daughter has her own phone now and Bullock, who’s splitting her time between Austin and New Orleans, knows how to get a hold of her, he said.

A teacher from Sunny’s school testified Monday that Bullock once told her, “Quite frankly, I’m glad Janine is in jail. She can go ruin someone else’s life.”

“Both Miss Bullock and Mr. James made derogatory comments,” said Alex Bon of Carden Academy in Huntington Beach. “Sunny looked in shock.”

Bon said that she was instructed not to send any of the child’s artwork to Lindemulder, whom she decribed as “very loving towards Sunny,” while she was in jail.

James also acknowledged that Lindemulder has had four clean drug tests recently, and that their daughter loves her mom very much.

Schulte requested that both sides start coming up with some visitation scenarios should James relocate to Texas with Sunny and ordered everyone back in court tomorrow.

(CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS–MONDAY, JULY 12, 2010) Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry gave God thanks for guiding Nevis through economic challenges the island had faced.  He made the statement when he delivered remarks at a Thanksgiving Service, in celebration of the 4^th Anniversary of the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led government. The service was held at the Charlestown Wesleyan Holiness Church on Sunday.

“We appreciate how good God has been to the people of Nevis and the island of Nevis.  So we are here today to give thanks in every way, “commented Premier Parry.

The Premier noted that the NRP has had four years of hard work, four years of being together and four years of positive changes, which he said could have not been done without the presence of God.

During the ceremony, the Premier stated that the Four Seasons Resort Nevis has been closed for two years and things had been tough financially for the island.

Despite the loss of jobs and economic hardships in Nevis, the Premier ensured that a number of Four Seasons workers were employed in the construction of homes, in the housing development of Cherry Gardens where 115 homes have been built.

A number of Four Seasons workers have also been employed in the civil service.  According to the Premier, it was important to note that while workers were laid off regionally and internationally, the NRP led Administration managed to keep on its employers with full pay.

“While a number of countries have been seeing financial cuts, starvation, distress and riots, Nevis has not seen soup kitchens or hand outs because many have been able to do well and survive and to that we must give God thanks,” said the Premier.One of the highlights of the speech was when the Hon. Joseph Parry mentioned that the re opening of the Four Seasons Resort, Nevis would be on December 15, 2010.  He also noted that the opening would coincide with the return of the American Eagle airline. Flights would resume from Puerto Rico to Nevis also on December 15^th.

“We give God thanks because along with the efforts of the Government, God is rewarding not just the Administration but especially the people of Nevis,” said the Premier.

St. Kitts & Nevis – July 12, 2010: Over sixty drivers have been caught violating the tint laws, just in the past two weeks alone.  “Over those two operations we have had fifty-five vehicles ….actually had their tints removed at the site,” Head of the Police Traffic Department, Inspector Cromwell Henry said. “Last Friday we had a smaller operation where we had 10 vehicles asked to remove their tins so over the last two weeks we have had 65 vehicles removing tint,” Henry said. and the last operations we have been assisted by the police force,

          The law prescribes that windscreen and window tint, not be darker than 35%, but additionally dictates that even with a tint on windscreens and windows, the interior of a vehicle must be visible to a person standing outside. “There are two basis why we require tint to be at a particular level. One: safety in terms of the driver being able to clearly see the road, especially in poor lighting conditions or bad weather conditions and security. We don’t want people to use the tint as their shield to do their criminal acts,” Henry said.

          The tint violation carries a hefty fine and could see uncooperative violators having their vehicles seized. “(The officer) can summons you to appear before the court where I think the penalty is $1500…. Or the officer can have you remove the tint; retain the vehicle until the violation is corrected,” explained Inspector Henry. He said that he spoke to a person who provides tinting for vehicles and he at times advises his clients when the tint is too dark. But the motorists in question still go ahead with the dark tint.