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Tony Best

            “Articulate scholar, fearless and erudite lawyer and Queens counsel.”

Add such descriptions as a passionate parliamentarian, a sensitive cabinet minister and a diplomat par excellence to the tribute paid to Dudley Thompson by th

CASTRIES, St Lucia, Wednesday February 1, 2012 – All systems are go for this year’s St Lucia Jazz festival which is expected to kick off from April 30 to May 13.

Now into its 21st year, this year’s festival will encompass 14 days of performances by 5

The Cayman Islands has strongly refuted ABC News' claim that it is "a notorious tax haven" that operates in secrecy. The accusation was made in a news report in which the network claimed Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, took advantage

Tony Best

 As the West Indian American Day Carnival Association tries to calm the turmoil caused by the departure of most of its directors, a determined effort is underway to keep the largest cultural festival alive and well.

 Just as important is th

Enjoying the breakfast street staple — doubles

Elicia Andre, who says she used to be much larger — a sign of affluence in Haiti — is now almost skin and bones.

You can see some progress in Haiti two years since the 7.0-magnitude quake hit. But Port-au-Prince is a tour of unrelenting misery and of

Chicago woman fired for working during lunch! Now, that is mind-boggling. Sharon Smiley, a 48 year old Receptionist and Administrative assistant, punched out of work for lunch on January 28, 2010, but remained at her desk to finish a project assigned

Encouraged by new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's inaugural address welcoming the Diaspora in Jamaica's development, some Jamaicans in South Florida have an urge to return home and be involved in the process. Their motives, however, may seem m

The number two has become quite an aberration in local popular culture. Indeed, a very weird phenomenon and one which is both amusing as it is perplexing.  For the life of me I cannot understand how this simplistic second child of the Greek numeral h

The widening gulf between the rich and everyone else is a growing source of tension in America.

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds the income gap is now seen as a bigger source of conflict in the U.S. than race, age or national origin.

The Jamaican elections have come and gone and the then incumbent Jamaica Labour Party, (JLP), is left cauterizing its wounds as it received quite a thrashing at the polls. Now battle worn and shell-shocked and according to leader, the Honourable Andr

House ladies of St Lucia: From left—Rosella King, Justice Suzie d’Auvergne, Berthia Parle, Jeannine Compton-Antoine, Dame Pearlette Louisy, Virginia Albert-Poyotte and Emma Hippolyte at the Opening of the House of Parliament. (Photo: Marius Modeste)

REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- Two years have passed since a ferocious earthquake leveled much of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and killed about a quarter-million people. It was, as The Times put it, "one of modern times' worst natural disasters,"

Last year it was inaugural… this year it’s an institution! The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation’s  (MCADF) Autism and Disabilities Ambassadors competition 2012; the flagship event of the MCADF to commemorate global Autism month, is on t

American Grammy-winning R&B superstar, Alicia Keys has made Jamaica her temporary home, as she will embark on a recording project in the island.

The songstress, known for several classics such as Fallin, A Woman’s Worth and Superwoman arrived in the

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday January 6, 2012 – Newly appointed Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced plans for the country to transition from a monarchy to a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as the Head of State as provided for in the

Balancing delicately on a surf board, Che Lovelace competed in the championships in El Salvador, recently. On Tuesday, he was far removed from the crescendo of raging waters, in the Medulla Art Gallery Studio at 37 Fitt Street, Woodbrook. The smell