By Sarah Rainsford - 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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Carlton Cowell of One Stop Computer in Jamaica hands over an AOC Breeze Tablet/handheld compter to Sicourney Jackson the 14 year old winner of the Autism and Disabilities Ambassadors Competition 2012 - at the Inaugural Autism and Disabilities Banquet

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BY MARK CUMMINGS Editor-at Large, Jamaica Gleaner Western Bureau Thursday, May 03, 2012

LUCEA, Hanover  Jamaica —

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has allocated $7 million to undertake much-needed repairs on the Rural Agricultural

The much anticipated celebrations for Jamaica's 50th anniversary of independence will be dramatically downsized, according to Jamaican Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna. The Minister confirmed that the budget has been drastically reduced from

Monday, April 30, 2012 - Updated: 2:24 AM

BY NADINE WILSON Observer staff reporter wilsonn@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, April 30, 2012 

EXACTLY four years after it was launched to help children diagnosed with autism, the Maia Chung Autism and Disabiliti

A man runs along Havana's waterfront. Cubans increasingly are divided over the path their nation is taking. A 19-year-old summed up his future: “The only option is to leave the country. But we aren’t allowed to do that.” Responded a woman, 76: “Peopl

“I believe that Autistics should still be treated with the same level of respect. They have the same rights that any normal person has and even though they have a disability, it doesn’t mean they are not capable of anything. They deserve to be trea

Pope Benedict XVI meets former Cuban leader and fellow octogenarian Fidel Castro in Havana. The photo was provided by the Vatican's newspaper. (L'Osservatore Romano / European Pressphoto Agency / March 28, 2012)

Kevin Turner of UK-based Company Chameleon answers a question during a Q&A session after their performance at Rites at the Little Carib Theatre on April 1. Also pictured are, from left, Lou Lyons and Muhammad Muwakil of Freetown Collective, Anthony M

Ladies and Gentlemen we have found our awardees for this year's Autism and Disabilities Competition!!!!!!

Again we have managed to motivate some of Jamaica's young people to get involved in caring for the less fortunate at a really young age!

A pattern

We need your help to fund our outreach to the Autistic and the Disabled ...we feed people who can't work, we help with wheelchairs, we help with diagnostics if we have your help financially, we earn no money so we have to beg you to help us. Please d

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday April 04, 2012 – Guyana’s mining and quarrying sector is booming, recording growth of 19.2 percent in 2011 with a 17.7 percent increase in raw gold declarations, according to a government report.

This marks the highest l