As various polls monitoring the Florida Republican primary predicted over the past week, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney soundly defeated former House Speaker Newt Gingrich by 14 points, 46 to 32 percent, on Tuesday night.

Despite Gingrich's massive Florida defeat, when he addressed his supporters Tuesday night after Romney's victory was assured, he remained resolute. He confirmed that he would not be leaving the primary race and even spoke of how he would commence his presidency "when elected"' in November.

With the campaign in Florida boiled down to a battle between Romney and Gingrich, the other rival candidates were overshadowed. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum received 13 percent of the votes while Texas Congressman Ron Paul received seven percent. Both men also indicated they had no intention of dropping out of the Republican nomination race, and both also virtually ignored the Florida primary to focus on campaigning in states holding contests in February.

A coalition of Broward County citizens, the Broward Citizens for Fair Districts, has announced their lawsuit recently against the Broward County Commission over the approved re-districting of the 2011 Broward County voting map. The group argues that the new map is unconstitutional towards Black voters, violating the Federal Voting Rights Act.

Broward Citizens for Fair Districts are joined in their suit by State Senator Christopher Smith, State Representative Perry Thurston, Mayor Eric H. Jones, Jr., the T.J. Reddick Bar Association, and representatives from the Broward Black Elected Officials organization.

But how does the new district map change the way Blacks can vote in Broward County? Are black voters really being disenfranchised? The National Weekly looks at the numbers, and how the Black vote and Black local government representation could change under the controversial district map.

Disputes over the Jamaica 50th independence anniversary celebrations are brewing in Jamaica, as new Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna, calls for an audit into the funds being used by the Jamaica 50 Secretariat, the organization overseeing this year's celebrations.

Consul General of Jamaica in Miami, Sandra Grant Griffiths, however assures that funding for the independence celebrations for the Jamaica Diaspora in South Florida will not be affected by the audit. Although the official Florida celebrations are registered with the Jamaica 50 Secretariat, the events are not funded by either the Secretariat or the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture in Jamaica.

"The projects in Florida will be funded by private sponsors and community partnerships," the Consul General confirmed to the National Weekly.

Less than two months after Air Jamaica, operated by Trinidadian-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL), resumed flights from the Miami International Airport (MIA) to Jamaica on December 5, Caribbean airlines has announced that they will again be suspended effective February 1.

Kay Chong, Air Jamaica/Caribbean Airlines representative in South Florida confirmed the suspension of the service. She informed the National Weekly that the airline confirmed that the suspension of the Miami/Jamaica route was an operational adjustment, to maximize the route's future effectiveness and viability.

Staffers at the Miami International Airport however said they were not surprised by the cancellation, as the passenger load remained "extremely poor" since the service resumed in December.