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Beating the rush - Back to School in Barbados

Posted by CaribShout on July 9, 2009 at 10:29pm

Cherie Pitt - Photo ONLY ONE WEEK of the summer vacation has gone, but parents are already getting the jump on back-to-school shopping. Not only do they want to get the necessary chore out of the way, but after last year's fire at Yankee Garments,

Cuba's Fidel Castro honoured with a reggaeton song

Posted by CaribShout on July 7, 2009 at 6:45pm

A banner hangs in Havana of Cuban President Fidel Castro. AFP PHOTO HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Since he swept into power 50 years ago, Cuba's Fidel Castro has been honoured in poems, movies and paintings and now in reggaeton, a form of music widely p

Commission to regulate casino gambling in Jamaica

Posted by CaribShout on July 6, 2009 at 8:56pm

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 6, 2009 - A casino gaming commission is to be established to regulate the industry in Jamaica. Under the Casino Gaming Bill which has been tabled in the House of Representatives, the commission would have regulatory functions

Costa Rica tops list of 'happiest' nations, Jamaica 3rd.

Posted by CaribShout on July 6, 2009 at 7:30pm

(CNN) -- Forget Disneyland! Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world, according to an independent research group in Britain with the goal of building a new economy, "centered on people and the environment." Costa Rica is known for its lush rain

Haiti has best chance in decades, says Bill Clinton

Posted by CaribShout on July 5, 2009 at 5:08pm

Former US President Bill Clinton. AFP PHOTO NEW YORK, USA -- The new United Nations envoy on Haiti, Bill Clinton, on Monday laid out his vision to advance development in the small and impoverished Caribbean nation, stressing that, more than ever bef

Caribbean states fight to ride out economic storm

Posted by CaribShout on July 5, 2009 at 3:00pm

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (Reuters) -- The Caribbean's small island states ride out hurricanes year after year, but they are fighting to stay afloat in a global economic storm that is battering rich and poor nations alike. Tiny nations like twin-island S

Jamaica PM says Casino Gaming Bill coming

Posted by CaribShout on July 3, 2009 at 8:30pm

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) -- A Casino Gaming Bill is to be tabled in Parliament next week, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced on Thursday night. Golding told a Town Hall Meeting in Montego Bay that Minister of Finance and the Public S

Warriors from the East on Fire for Change

Posted by CaribShout on July 3, 2009 at 2:48pm

The St. Kitts & Nevis Democrat: The Campaign to Victory train rolled into Baker’s Corner in the heart of East Basseterre on the evening of Wednesday 24th for a pre Music Festival “Poor Cant Take No More” rally. The People’s Action Movement brought t

Jamaican students receive scholarships to study in Cuba

Posted by CaribShout on July 3, 2009 at 8:31pm

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- A total of 26 Jamaican students have been awarded scholarships to study at universities in Cuba, under the 2009/10 Cuban Scholarship Programme. The scholarship awards, which were presented by Cuba's Ambassador to Jamaica,

Reggaeton fever shakes up Cuba's culture

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

By Esteban Israel HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- To record his next hit El Micha, one of the rising stars of Cuba's reggaeton music blending reggae, Latin and electronic rhythms, just has to knock on his neighbor's door. A microphone plugged into an old

Guadeloupe Demonstrations

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

POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AFP) - Between 1,200 (according to Guadeloupe police) and 3,000 people (according to the organisers), rallied on Saturday in Pointe-a-Pitre in a demonstration concluding the “week of mobilisation” called by the LKP prote