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Rasta church

Posted by CaribShout on March 2, 2010 at 7:35pm

A Rastafarian church in Jamaica is continuing its 14-year fight for legal recognition by the country's lawmakers. The Church of Haile Selassie I the first submitted its petition for incorporation in October 1996. But despite pleas by the church and

Sandals Foundation launches with call for more compassion

Posted by CaribShout on March 2, 2010 at 7:00pm

Prime Minister Stephenson King and Chairman of Sandals Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart look on at the proceedings.

Prime Minister Stephenson King has sounded a call for the most fortunate in our society to show more compassion for those in need and are langu

Una Morgan Makes Break-Through Progress With New Solo Album

Posted by CaribShout on March 1, 2010 at 8:00pm in Entertainment

Photo by: GBurkeImages

Una Morgan is the sole female sibling of the Reggae band of this decade, Morgan Heritage. Despite having ten studio albums under her belt with her family band, having performed for stadium-sized audiences across the world, and

Amazing Woman's Day Jamaica Launched!!!

Posted by Maia Chung on February 28, 2010 at 5:29pm

February 18 2010 saw the official launch of the Jamaican leg of the
Amazing Woman's Day 2010 at the Hilton Hotel in Kingston Jamaica.
Thelaunch marked the first international extension of the Amazing Woman's
Day activities and selections, from the US sh

Elephant Man warms up Charlotte with performance

Posted by CaribShout on February 28, 2010 at 12:30pm in Entertainment

GBurkeImages Photo
On CIAA weekend in Charlotte, NC. Elephant Man provided his many fans with an entertaining concert at the Neighborhood Theater. The event put on by Brightworks Promotions was well attended and Elephant Man had his fans especially

St. Lucia's Drag Wars thrills!

Posted by CaribShout on February 26, 2010 at 7:32pm

The star of the show was a St Lucian car under the name Chaos which got the best time of all local cars.
Written By: Kayra Williams on Feb 26th, 2010

It was a day for lovers of cars and speed, and for those simply looking for something out of the ord

Buena Vista Social Club: Cuban band or brand?

Posted by CaribShout on February 26, 2010 at 7:00pm

By Michael Voss BBC News, Havana
Sunday night in Old Havana and dozens of tourists pack into a club on a corner of the colonial Plaza Vieja to hear the sounds of the Buena Vista Social Club. Leading the night's entertainment is 67-year-old "sonero"

Caribbean battles drought

Posted by CaribShout on February 20, 2010 at 1:00pm

Several Caribbean nations are battling prolonged low rainfall that is hurting residents and economic sectors. And the pattern could continue for some weeks yet, according to forecasters. The drought has been affecting countries from Jamaica to Guyan

Beyonce does Trinidad

Posted by CaribShout on February 20, 2010 at 12:54pm

Carnival spectators take shelter near this massive Beyonce billboard promoting the event.

Even though it was carnival and “palancing” fever in Trinidad and Tobago all of last week into Mardi Gras on Tuesday February 16, there was no stopping the feve

Building national pride for Independence

Posted by CaribShout on February 20, 2010 at 12:49pm

Activities to mark St Lucia’s 31st Independence have already started unfolding all over the country with schools being among the first to unveil demonstrations of national pride. The STAR visited the Anglican Primary School on Tuesday, February 16 a

Bolshoi performs in Cuba for first time in 30 years

Posted by CaribShout on February 15, 2010 at 2:40pm

Russian dancers from the Navoi Bolshoi Ballet. AFP PHOTO
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) - Members of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet danced in Cuba for the first time in 30 years on Saturday in a joint performance with the Cuban National Ballet at Havana's Karl Ma

Saint Lucia's Volleyballers celebrate successful year!

Posted by CaribShout on February 11, 2010 at 8:00pm

The major award recipients at the recent St Lucia Volleyball Association Recognition Evening.
The St Lucia Volleyball Association (SLVA) recently held their sixth consecutive Recognition Ceremony at Glen Castle Hotel. During the evening the associa

Caricom calls for UN health summit

Posted by CaribShout on February 8, 2010 at 7:25pm

One Barbadian a day suffers a stroke, more than half are overweight and one in five suffers from hypertension, local media reported last month. A statistic like that is one of the reasons behind a push by Caribbean nations for a United Nations summi

Local Scotiabankers walk for Haiti

Posted by CaribShout on February 8, 2010 at 7:17pm

Saturday January 30th at 6.05am, 30 local Scotiabankers with their Country Head Mr Chester Hinkson, Scotiabank Pensioners with family and friends including some colleagues from RBC Royal Bank of Canada, RBTT,ECFH and EC Global insurance, walked to P

LIME gives Bouton School a boost!

Posted by CaribShout on February 8, 2010 at 7:15pm in Community

Bouton gets connected: Principal of the Bouton School Marian Southwell with Country Manager Sean Auguste (left) and a member of the LIME technical team. No more can Bouton be the butt of every joke in St. Lucia. This quaint community can be found in

St. Lucia's Agriculture Ministry battling new threat to bananas

Posted by CaribShout on February 8, 2010 at 7:13pm

Farmers could do without this new threat to their crop. As if local farmers don’t have enough to worry about now they have ‘Black sigatoka’ on their minds. The fungal type of leaf spot disease was confirmed in the neighbouring isle of St Vincent lat

Rex Nettleford: Death of a cultural icon

Posted by CaribShout on February 5, 2010 at 8:00pm

“I cannot conceive yet of a world without him.”

It was the sentiment expressed by Professor Barry Chevannes, two days after the death of his colleague and friend, Rex Nettleford. While many knew of Nettleford’s passion for dance and culture, his c

Science an intriguing affair at St. Lucia's Montessori Centre!

Posted by CaribShout on February 2, 2010 at 10:30pm

Ariana Beaubrun all smiles with her project. Science Fair time is an exciting and much anticipated period for students at the Montessori Centre as they get the opportunity to take science straight out of the textbook and bring it to life through ha

A chance for Haiti to be great again by Wyclef Jean

Posted by CaribShout on January 30, 2010 at 10:00pm

UK TIMES ONLINE - The morning after the earthquake in Haiti, I arrived in my mother country and I walked into Armageddon. I want to tell you that story, but that is not the story I want to tell you first. The earthquake is Haiti’s present, and I wan

Jamaican Skier gets ready for 2010 Winter Olympics

Posted by CaribShout on January 26, 2010 at 10:41pm

Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Mr. George Ramocan (right), with Jamaican skier, Mr. Errol Kerr (centre) and his coach, Mr. Eric Holmer; after Mr. Kerr qualified for a World Cup event. TORONTO, Canada - Twenty-three year-old freestyle skier, Mr

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