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Junior Warner, popularly known as “D Juiceman”, has made his mark as a Port of Spain phenomenon through his business of selling exotic juices. The 51-year-old operates the family business just opposite the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NA

Managing Director of the Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation, Maia Chung-Smith, addresses the launch of her organisation’s Autism Splash event on November 7 at Emancipation Park in Kingston.

Families affected by autism will, over the next t

It is my great honor this evening to participate in this August occasion; that of your recognition of the outstanding performance of  the Farmers from Coleyville.

  I wish to extend hearty congratulations to those farmers that will be recognized this

The World Bank has approved US$255 million for a new 12-month reconstruction strategy for Haiti.

The funds would be utilised next year to support the return of 22,500 people to safe housing, improve neighborhoods, finance tuition for 100,000 children

Meet three young women - Lisa, Nicole and Lynda Tilluckdharry - sisters, physicians and graduates of Naparima Girls’ High School. They unanimously say, “It is not about what we have achieved but more about where we started.”

For them, the legacy of

Former prime minister and president Arthur NR Robinson is the first recipient of Tobago’s highest award— the Tobago Medal of Honour. Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Presiding Officer, Ann Mitchell-Gift, presented the award to Robinson, the first chai

One of the reasons slaves were separated from common tribes at the time of their capture and shipment to various colonies was to cut any form of communication among them to ensure no plan of escape or revolt would take place. Slaves were not allowed

There’s more to Jamaica than just scrumptious food, stunning beaches and vibrant nightlife. The island is bejeweled with fascinating hidden gems and natural wonders suited for anyone looking for an off the beaten path adrenaline rush or simply a tra

Trinidad Muslim League (TML) School, San Fernando has shown that it does not just excel in the academic field, having consistently produced numerous top 100, top ten and number one performances in the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) primary scho

T&T’s Shenika Fernandez, Guyana’s Amanda King and Antigua’s Krystal Benjamin are the winners of the regional final of the 2011 Elite Model Look Caribbean Fashion Competition. The event, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain last Saturday,

Jamaica’s rich history and culture are equally appealing as its white sand beaches and vibrant nightlife. Across the island visitors will find various monuments and relics that speak to a plantation era of both hardship and triumph. In the 1800’s he

Jallim is 30, inspired, articulate, sincere.  He trained as a sculptor under his father, the venerable Joseph Eudovic, now in his 60s and still directing daily goings-on at Eudovic’s Studio on the Morne, easily one of St Lucia’s most successfully sus

Ten years ago recruiters from the New York City Department of Education wooed Carib­bean teachers. It was an inviting offer that many of the region’s most seasoned and q

KINGSTON, Jamaica

Three renewable energy projects include a solar panel production facility, a waste-based energy production facility, and self-contained sustainable shrimp farming modules, has been announced for Jamaica by the Hampden Kent Group.

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The annual Women At The Control fund-raiser got off to a galloping start with Jamaica's only female jockey, Georgina Sergeon, who entered 38A Trafalgar Road pillion style on a motorbike with whip in hand and getting the crowd warmed up with a great

The local fashion industry will get a further boost next month as a New York-based industry expert will facilitate a one-day workshop on trends, marketing and exports of fashion products. The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTC

As Jamaica seeks to slash high import food bills, the country and its farmers are reaping success with greenhouse technology.

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES

jcharles@MiamiHerald.com

Cubans react to the news that they are now allowed to buy and sell houses

Cuba has approved a law allowing individuals to buy and sell homes for the first time since the early days of the revolution, official media say.

The law, which takes effect o

Impeach the Monsters is a searing and combustive poetic masterpiece exigently sewn unto paginated raiment. Walter Harris III, commonly referred to by his sobriquet, Mankh, is a missionary of sort—not in the classical religious sense. He is a messeng

Forty-four year old Camille Selvon-Abrahams is indeed a trailblazer in the field of Animation in Trinidad and Tobago, and certainly the Caribbean.  As one of the country’s well known animators, she now juggles many hats of Program Coordinator and Le