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St. Lucia pan players off to Panorama in Trinidad

Posted by CaribShout on January 14, 2010 at 8:07pm

The St Lucia contingent for T&T Panorama get set to compete. A contingent of fifteen pan players from St Lucia are off to Trinidad to take part in Panorama 2010. The group, which leaves the island this week, comprises twelve pan players from Leverag

Bird Book for Caribbean Schools to be launched

Posted by CaribShout on January 14, 2010 at 8:04pm

The green throated Carib. The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in collaboration with the government of Saint Lucia will be launching a Bird Book of Saint Lucia for Caribbean Schools (including two DVDs) Wednesday 13th January 2010 at the Ad

Caricom mercy mission heading to Haiti

Posted by CaribShout on January 14, 2010 at 7:59pm

What's being described as a Caricom mercy mission is to make a first-hand assessment of the earthquake devastation in Haiti. Caribbean leaders offered their sympathies to the people of Haiti and said they were making immediate relief and financial a

Haiti Earthquake Disaster

Posted by CaribShout on January 13, 2010 at 6:58pm

The Caribbean reacted swiftly to news of the earthquake with initial responses coming from Haiti's immediate neighbours - the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. The airport outside the Dominican Republic capital, Santo Domingo, became the scene of

Wyclef Jean lends voice to Haiti earthquake cause

Posted by CaribShout on January 13, 2010 at 7:01pm

Haitian-born rap star Wyclef Jean has urged fans to donate to relief efforts in the wake of the huge earthquake that struck the Caribbean state on Tuesday. "Your money will help with relief efforts," he wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter. "They ne

China in the Caribbean: The New Big Brother

Posted by CaribShout on January 8, 2010 at 7:16pm

Prime Minister Stephenson King (St. Lucia) calls on President Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan as locally based ambassador Tom Chou looks on. When Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Wu Banggou arrived in the Bahamas in

The Maldives: Paradise threatened?

Posted by CaribShout on January 10, 2010 at 3:30pm

Reporting from Malé, Maldives Here's what happens when you travel to the Maldives with someone who followed an Indian guru for 20 years: You find yourself convinced that the dazzling liquid topaz ocean surrounding you is energizing your chakras and

Getting the best of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)

Posted by CaribShout on January 6, 2010 at 8:03pm

Port of Miami From the American perspective, the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) remains a vital element in US economic relations with Central America and the Caribbean. The Office of the United States Trade Representative says the CBI is intended

NY based Saint Lucian releases third book

Posted by CaribShout on December 21, 2009 at 7:42pm

New York based St Lucian born writer Demedrius Charles has released his third book. The publication is a collection of poems called “Dancing with the Imagination”. Charles says that the book invites readers to get out of their safety zones by explor

Shaggy and Friends 2010 a Hit- Minus a Few Glitches

Posted by CaribShout on January 4, 2010 at 9:33pm

Shaggy made the call for charity and Jamaica responded... again. This year's Shaggy and Friends concert, held on Saturday night on the lawns of Jamaica House, was a sold-out affair, with host Shaggy declaring that "every ticket has been sold". Accor

Skincare Tips for Women of Color

Posted by CaribShout on January 3, 2010 at 3:00pm

We all know that color really matters, so why don't you keep your skin healthy. There's one step a woman can take to look and feel her best and that's to practice good skin regimen everyday. However, you can really get back your youthful appearance

Melanie Fiona - A star in the making

Posted by CaribShout on January 3, 2010 at 2:47pm

By Zandile Blay Melanie Fiona. The Canadian born R&B singer is at that brief stage in an artists career where she's not instantly recognizable but vaguely familiar. Her debut album, The Bridge, which is already racking up rave reviews is about to ch

R&B/Soul singers Erykah Badu and Babyface added to Jamaica Jazz & Blues

Posted by CaribShout on December 30, 2009 at 10:01pm

The line-up of the 14th staging of the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival has been expanded to include the multi-platinum singers Babyface and Erykah Badu. The now weeklong Festival takes place at multiple venues islandwide starting on Sunday, January

OECS establishes economic union

Posted by CaribShout on December 30, 2009 at 9:30pm

Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), except Montserrat, have signed a new treaty establishing the OECS Economic Union. The framework for the new free trade area was formalised in the St Kiits capital, Basseterre on Tuesday

HOPE facelift for St. Lucia's Inner City

Posted by CaribShout on December 19, 2009 at 2:56pm

Extensive drainage repair works are currently being carried out by the Hope project on two major waterways in Rose Hill. The Holistic Opportunity for Personal Empowerment (HOPE) project is infusing optimism into the inner-city through several proje

Not even the rain could put out the Festival of Lights in St. Lucia!

Posted by CaribShout on December 19, 2009 at 2:30pm

Traditional dancing with a modern twist! Music rang out from a beach party at Vigie. A get together was well underway opposite the Vigie Playing Field. Nashville Palace was swinging with country lovers. And yet the combined number of participants di

Will our politicians learn from the banana nightmare?

Posted by CaribShout on December 21, 2009 at 7:39pm

Spare a thought this Christmas for our banana farmers in Micoud, Babonneau and Dennery, the island’s main banana producing communities. The longest international trade dispute is over: the European Union (EU) is no longer prepared to fight for the p

Cubans "Get Down on It" with Kool & the Gang

Posted by CaribShout on December 21, 2009 at 8:00pm

"This is an honourable event for us," said one band member of the free concert The main road along Havana's seafront, the Malecon, was sealed off on Sunday as thousands of Cubans flocked to a free open air concert by the veteran American funk disco

Deluged in toyland?

Posted by CaribShout on December 19, 2009 at 3:30pm

By Deborah Netburn. How do you limit the collection of playthings around the house for your little one? Here are some success stories and one misstep. Popular children's author and illustrator David Shannon put out a book last year that made kids la

Negril, Jamaica

Posted by CaribShout on November 26, 2009 at 7:07pm

Jamaica's shrine to permissive indulgence, NEGRIL has metamorphosed from deserted fishing beach to full-blown resort town in little over two decades. American hippies first started visiting what was then a virgin paradise in the 1970s, setting the t

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