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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

ECFH continues to push adult literacy in St. Lucia

Posted by CaribShout on January 26, 2010 at 10:35pm

Adults head back to school to as part of literacy programme. The month of January is back to school for hundreds of primary, secondary and tertiary students. But it’s also back to school for another group of students whom we sometimes overlook but s

Pineapples have potential!

Posted by CaribShout on January 26, 2010 at 10:31pm

Close to a dozen pineapple farmers responded to an invitation from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Banana Industry Trust (BIT), to be apprised of the findings of a rapid assessment of the Pineapple sector.

Wyclef to Oprah: "Haiti Don't Need No More Photo Ops"

Posted by CaribShout on January 24, 2010 at 4:00pm

Where Wyclef Jean goes, awareness of and aid for Haiti's earthquake- (and now aftershock-) wrought devastation, follows. This morning, the erstwhile Fugee and briefly scandal-plagued Yelé Haiti founder appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was s

Valentine's Day is near, The Many Ways to Say I love you

Posted by CaribShout on January 24, 2010 at 2:59pm

HUMANS are social beings, we have love needs and these needs must be met. In fact, in order to survive, our love cups must have a consistent source from which love flows. The fuller the cup, the better it will be for our souls, our sanity, and our s

Britain Hails Jamaica for Response to Haiti Crisis

Posted by CaribShout on January 24, 2010 at 2:52pm

BRITAIN'S new high commissioner to Jamaica, Howard Drake, yesterday praised Jamaica for its quick and positive response to the Haitian earthquake crisis. Drake, during his courtesy call on Prime Minister Bruce Golding at Jamaica House, said Britain

The Secrets To Happiness, Good Health and Wealth Revealed?

Posted by CaribShout on January 24, 2010 at 2:40pm

Here are the secrets to happiness, good health and wealth! There are no secrets only information you have not been told or you have forgotten! People are basically good and successful people are always willing to share what they know because they wa

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

ENERGY BILLS TOO HIGH?? - GET A FIXED RATE ON YOUR ENERGY BILL!!!

Posted by Arlene Farrier on January 14, 2010 at 11:46am

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