A hotel resort in Les Cayes, Haiti, where tourism had been growing before the 2010 earthquake. Entrepreneurs are now trying to revive Haitian tourism. (Clement Sabourin, AFP/Getty Images / June 9, 2012)
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Grade 5 students from every corner of Saint Lucia battled to the finish on Wednesday June 13, as the 2012 National Primary Schools Spelling Bee Finals were held at the St Mary’s College auditorium. After nearly four gruelling hours, Xanther Donnelly
June marks the beginning of the hurricane season and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) through its Agricultural Disaster Risk Management (ADRM) programme is prepared and ready to help farmers in disaster prevention and mitigation.
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Tuesday June 19 2012 - As a boy, Hilson Baptiste remembers going to his neighbour’s home and giving them a large slice of pumpkin grown in his family’s backyard garden. In return, he would be given two fish for his family.
But Bap
: BBC News Cuba
In many Latin American countries, traditional names like Jose or Isabel remain popular, but in Cuba anything goes. Parents just love to experiment.
As a journalist in Cuba, posing certain questions can be tricky, but
Join me and Philanthropist David "Squeeze" Annakie on Jamaica's CVM at Sunrise this Monday June 11 - 2012 as we discuss how he has saved The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation! 6:30 a.m. watch via net at www.cvmtv.com 6:30 a.m.Photo Capti
Two of the greatest sprinters the world has ever seen. London will be sizzling this summer as Jamaican pride takes over. If you believe Penn Relays was a Jamaican event wait until you see London during the Olympics.
Go Asafa, Go Usain, add Blake and
“When I was about four or five,” Rebecca Foster remembers, “my grandmother gave me this massive canvas and some oil paints, and let me loose. That was my first piece.” She adds with a rueful grin, “I had no idea what I was painting.” That masterpiec
Aarti Gosine’s second children’s book was recently launched at Nigel R Khan Booksellers La Romaine office on March 17. Her book More Adventures in the Magic Cave is the second instalment of the Magic Cave triology, which has garnere
By: Lisa Jessamy
When Dianne John changed her career path a decade ago, she did not know that the world of beauty would actually become a reality. The former banker left her demanding job (which she loved) to follow her childhood dreams to become a p
by Robert Sullivan - Vogue Magazine | photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Model Joan Smalls trails the World's fastest sprinter, Usain Bolt, as a documentary crew tracks his every stride.
To hear him tell it, Usain Bolt wins the race at the beginnin
Courtesy of UniverSoul Circu - By:Andrea Hsu
The Shaolin Warriors, from Shaolin Monastery in central China, put on a demonstration of traditional kung fu fighting techniques, with some crowd-pleasing stunts thrown in. They had never performed with a
Photo Caption: Entertainer High A Ziya (l) Maia Chung Managing Director of The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation (c) and Chino McGregor Jamaican Reggae Music Star... at the Wyndham Kingston Jamaica where the inaugural Autism and Disabilit
“I love being a mother,” says Carla Furlonge-Walker, Marketing Director at Carib Brewery. “It’s been challenging and rewarding.” She strives for greatness every day, both as a mother and as an executive, knowing that it
takes constant vigilance not
- BBC Havana
There are huge ants crawling all over the front of a theatre in the Cuban capital, a naked man tethered to the sea wall, and two women crocheting non-stop in the sweltering sunshine.
It is all part of the Havana Bienal
Members of Parliament were treated to Jamaican singer Gyptian’s “Hold Ya” during the morning session of the first day of Debates on the Estimates when someone’s cell phone rang. The ring tone interrupted Arsene James’ address to the House and caught
Wespe-Pou-Ayiti will perform May 13.
For the average person, the name Haiti conjures scenes of poverty, civil unrest, voodoo and in more recent times, devastation caused by the catastrophic earthquake of January 12, 2010. But the followers of history
Lise Bouffard straining goat milk during the process of making cheese. - File
GAINING ADDED benefits from the value chain connected to goat farming is easy.
A primary product that fal
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt shattered world records in the 100 and 200 meter races at the 2008 Beijing Ol
