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Bahamas outlook clouds for Haitians

Posted by CaribShout on September 21, 2009 at 7:08pm

Thousands of Haitians see the Bahamas as a land of promise. By Nick Davis - BBC News, The Bahamas Row after row of taxis are lined up along the street, their drivers milling about as tourists stream off the latest cruise ship to have docked in Nass

Jamaican Author

Posted by Margaret Cezair Thompson on September 22, 2009 at 1:31pm

To find out more about me & my books go to my website www.margaretcezairthompson.com I also welcome comments, questions and discussion at -- http://www.myspace.com/thepiratesdaughterThe Pirate's DaughterSet in Port Antonio, Jamaica, winner of the Ess

Volunteers pick up several thousand pounds of trash and recyclables from Hellshire public beach.

Posted by Delroy A. Whyte-Hall on September 20, 2009 at 5:04pm

By Delroy A. Whyte-HallFreelance Writer/BloggerOn Saturday, September 19th, from 8:00am till 12 noon, over 500 volunteers from Kingston and St. Catherine took action to rid the Half Moon Public Beach at Hellshire in St. Catherine of unsightly and har

Bermuda Triangle plane mystery 'solved'

Posted by CaribShout on September 19, 2009 at 12:07am

Two of the so-called Bermuda Triangle's most mysterious disappearances in the late 1940s may have been solved. Scores of ships and planes are said to have vanished without trace over the decades in a vast triangular area of ocean with imaginary poi

St Vincent ponders change to republic

Posted by CaribShout on September 11, 2009 at 9:47pm

Ralph Gonsalves wants a 'home-grown' constitution Guyana, Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago among Commonwealth Caribbean nations have done it. Now St Vincent and the Grenadines is being asked to follow suit and ditch Queen Elizabeth of Britain as th

Possible 'beginning of the end' to Montserrat volcano eruptions

Posted by CaribShout on September 14, 2009 at 7:00pm

BRADES, Montserrat: The volcano has had a quiet six months since the last report and there was no extrusion of new lava and no explosions in that period. Surface activity was restricted to rockfalls and occasional small pyroclastic flows from the do

Six quit Bermuda's opposition; plan to form new party

Posted by CaribShout on September 14, 2009 at 7:26pm

HAMILTON, Bermuda, September 14, 2009 - Six members of the opposition United Bermuda Party (UBP) - including three parliamentarians, one Senator, the party's chairman and former deputy chair - have severed ties with the party and are planning to form

Caribbean improves business climate

Posted by CaribShout on September 11, 2009 at 9:30pm

Two reports this week cast a light on the climate for doing business in the Caribbean and the evidence suggests an improving picture. Both the World Bank and the World Economic Forum both issued their assessments of how countries around the world ar

UWI campus planned for Grenada

Posted by CaribShout on September 11, 2009 at 7:30am

Grenada government is aiming to have a University of the West Indies (UWI) campus on the island within another three years. That was one of the plans outlined for education by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas in an address to the nation last night. He

Reggae Conference to Celebrate Marley's 65th Birthday

Posted by CaribShout on September 7, 2009 at 11:02pm

The Institute of Caribbean Studies and the Reggae Studies Unit at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona will play host to the International Reggae Conference (formerly Global Reggae Conference). This year's theme will be labeled 'Current an

Caribbean region aims for broadband revolution

Posted by CaribShout on September 2, 2009 at 10:00pm

A 2009 World Bank report has said that access to affordable high-speed Internet and mobile phone service is key to economic growth and job creation in developing countries. And the Bank has offered to help the Caribbean improve information and tele

Gramps Morgan's Star Still Shining

Posted by CaribShout on September 1, 2009 at 9:30pm in Entertainment

Gramps Morgan performing in Charlotte N.C. GBurkeImages Photo Reggae’s fastest rising star Gramps Morgan has just achieved a rare enviable feat of moving over 12,000 units of his blazing hot debut album “2 Sides of My Heart Vol. 1” on the Dada Son E

Ziggy Marley Searching for His Duet With Michael Jackson

Posted by CaribShout on August 30, 2009 at 9:47pm

With Michael Jackson gone, fans are no doubt curious about the unreleased music the King of Pop left behind. At least one of those tracks features the vocals of Ziggy Marley, according to the reggae singer. Jackson called Marley shortly after 9/11,

Cuba: At crossroads of change?

Posted by CaribShout on August 30, 2009 at 10:41am

By Michael Voss, BBC News, Havana Cuba is facing the 50th anniversary of the revolution confronted by an uncertain future. Fidel Castro, who led the revolution and ruled the country for almost half a century, has not been seen in public since underg

Tourism banking on recovery

Posted by CaribShout on August 27, 2009 at 9:00pm

Signs that the international recession may be bottoming out has led to cautious optimism in Caribbean tourism circles that the worst for the industry is over. In stock markets in Europe this week, for example, many exchanges hit 2009 highs on risin

Usain Bolt makes the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Posted by CaribShout on August 26, 2009 at 10:06pm

Great honor for the fastest man alive! I wonder how far behind is the Wheaties box! Congratulations Usain, you have made your family, your country and the Caribbean region very proud of you. Keep your feet well grounded except when you are blasting

Dominica's PM Skerrit confirms $35 million loan from China to build state-of-the-art college

Posted by CaribShout on August 26, 2009 at 7:30pm

Prime Minister Skerrit - Sean Douglas Photo At the 2009 Orientation Ceremony of the Dominica State College on Monday, Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit confirmed that the Government of China has agreed to provide a concessionary loan of EC$35 mi

New Veterinary School for Antigua and Barbuda

Posted by CaribShout on August 23, 2009 at 9:34pm

A new Veterinary School will be established in Antigua and Barbuda through an association between the American University of Antigua and Virginia Tech. An official signing ceremony has already taken place in New York to bring effect to the establish

Cuba: Gardening its way out of crisis

Posted by CaribShout on August 23, 2009 at 9:30pm

By Christina Conell and Tara Patel COHA Research Associates Sunlight brightens the paved streets and historic buildings of Havana, Cuba, bouncing off the tents of vendors and the tin drums of a street band. Once stricken by poverty and inequality,

The Caribbean party in Berlin

Posted by CaribShout on August 23, 2009 at 9:00pm

Jamaica's men's and women's relay teams brought home more gold at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday to wrap up an amazing - and historic - achievement for the country, and the Caribbean. Trinidad and Tobago got the silver medal in the me