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St. Kitts: Cool Kids Go Green

Posted by CaribShout on October 13, 2009 at 11:59pm

“Cool Kids Go Green” is the slogan being used by a group of young people in St. Kitts, as they try to get peers and the general public more conscious of caring for the environment. The group was featured on this week’s SKNIS Perspectives, as part of

Ambassador Brenda La Grange Johnson awarded the International Humanitarian Award by the American Friends of Jamaica

Posted by CaribShout on October 13, 2009 at 11:36pm

Florida Secretary of State Ambassador Sue M. Cobb (ret) gives the 2009 International Humanitarian Award to former United States Ambassador to Jamaica,Brenda La Grange Johnson. Photo credit: Zakia Ferracho and Errol Anderson NEW YORK – Successfully

G WHizz n0 1 on Hype CHart

Posted by Paula-Anne Porter Jones on October 11, 2009 at 5:14pm

Hype TV Top 20 Singles Chartwww.hypetvjam.comOctober 9th– October 15th, 2009TW LW WOC ARTISTE - TITLE - LABEL - Peak Position01 01 10 G Whizz – My Life – TJ Records-2wks@102 03 13 Unicorn & Macka Diamond –Think Bout Mi – Notice03 04 09 Vybz Kartel –

US and Cuba in high-level talks

Posted by CaribShout on October 11, 2009 at 3:59pm

A senior American diplomat held high-level talks with the Cuban government during a visit to Havana earlier this month, US officials have confirmed. It was the highest-level contact between the two sides in years. State department official Bisa Will

Bottling company secures lucrative contract to export to US market

Posted by CaribShout on October 11, 2009 at 12:05pm

ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 11, 2009 (CUOPM) – Days after the Office of the Prime Minister reported that St, Kitts and Nevis is the leading exporter of goods and services in the OECS and Barbaods to the United States market, a local manufacturer has announc

Tough economy can't stop thousands of Carnival revelers in Miami

Posted by CaribShout on October 11, 2009 at 11:30am

This is the moment that Dania Joseph has been saving for. She has skimped on new clothes, clipped coupons and squirreled away a few dollars here and there. All so she can sojourn to Miami this weekend and be among the revelers in a Super Bowl-like d

The road to recovery - Caribbean Tourism

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

Recession-hit Caribbean tourism destinations are still struggling to overturn what have over the past several months been declining prospects. But the signs are better globally, and the region expects that to filter down to its own industries sooner

Soufriere not quite "dormant"

Posted by CaribShout on October 7, 2009 at 10:22pm

It was just a matter of weeks ago when Montserratians, at least some of them, were beginning to think they could breathe a sigh of relief and relax their guard. That's because scientists monitoring the Soufriere Hills Volcano had been speculating t

Historic Haiti trade mission by Bill Clinton fuels conversation, optimism

Posted by CaribShout on October 6, 2009 at 6:24pm

Bill Clinton, UN special envoy to Haiti and former US president, center, shakes hands with people during his visit to a private port where a new free trade zone will be located in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Clinton and a trade delegation

NEW RISING STAR G-WHIZZ MAKES IT TO THE TOP WITH MY LIFE

Posted by Paula-Anne Porter Jones on October 5, 2009 at 1:16pm

Hype TV Top 20 Singles Chartwww.hypetvjam.comOctober 2nd – October 8th, 2009TW LW WOC ARTISTE - TITLE - LABEL - Peak Position01 02 09 G Whizz – My Life – TJ Records-1wk@102 01 13 Queen Ifrica – Lioness On The Rise – Penthouse-2wks@103 04 12 Unicorn &

Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival set to rock Montego Bay for 7 days in 2010

Posted by CaribShout on October 4, 2009 at 6:00pm

Lady Saw captures the attention of, Cat Coore, Donahue Jarrett, Walter Elmore and David Shields. Kingston, Jamaica - The Jamaica Tourist Board, Rose Hall Developments and Air Jamaica have partnered once again with TurnKey Productions to bring an aw

Inaugural flight of JetBlue Airways arrives in Barbados

Posted by CaribShout on October 4, 2009 at 5:00pm

JetBlue Airway's all-Barbadian cabin crew poses with pilot Captain Carter. By Joy-Ann Gill BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The inaugural flight of jetBlue Airways touched down October 4th at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) with an al

The Caribbean and global warming

Posted by CaribShout on October 4, 2009 at 1:30am

Dramatic new projections for global warming have raised fears of the severe consequences for low-lying areas of the world, including in the Caribbean. The results from computer modelling used by the British Met Office and released this week at a co

St Kitts PM says economic crisis requires quick move to economic union

Posted by CaribShout on October 1, 2009 at 9:11am

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, September 30, 2009 - St Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas says pressing forward with a meaningful economic union can help ameliorate many of the risks faced by Eastern Caribbean countries in the global financial

Caribbean countries urged to invest more in agriculture

Posted by CaribShout on October 1, 2009 at 8:57am

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 30, 2009 - Barbados' Agriculture Minister Haynesley Benn has urged the Caribbean to invest more in their respective agricultural sectors, in order to bring about the transformation and diversification needed to give

Cherine Anderson Charts on Billboard!!!

Posted by CaribShout on September 28, 2009 at 10:30pm

Cherine performing in Los Angeles, CA 09/23/2009 Cherine Anderson may be the first Jamaican female artist in recent times to hit not one but five Billboard charts simultaneously. The feat brings about another first in Anderson’s short career, as sh

Haitian-American to lead diversity sales at hotel group

Posted by CaribShout on September 28, 2009 at 9:59pm

Caroline Racine By: Bevan Springer NEW YORK, USA -- Haitian-American travel executive Caroline Racine is climbing the corporate ladder at Choice Hotels International. Racine, who ran the company's Caribbean Franchise Development efforts for two and

Caricom pays tribute to Caribbbean literary icons

Posted by CaribShout on September 28, 2009 at 9:30pm

Trevor Rhone. GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (Caricom) governments have paid tribute to three internationally renowned literary figures who died earlier this month. In a statement, the Guyana-based Caricom Secretariat said the region had l

Colombia seeks eco-tourism boost

Posted by CaribShout on September 28, 2009 at 9:00pm

By Henry Mance Residents of the town of La Macarena frequently toss a phrase into conversation: "Cuando estaba la guerrilla..." - "When the guerrillas were here..." It is an understated way of describing the region's past troubles. Between 1998 and

Offshore centres hit back

Posted by CaribShout on September 28, 2009 at 9:00pm

Offshore jurisdictions in the Caribbean have hit back at what they called a 'witch hunt' against them, even as they sought to be removed from an international list of non-compliant tax havens. Financial centres in the region and elsewhere have been