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Wyclef Jean's Memoir to be Published by It Books

Posted by CaribShout on October 19, 2009 at 7:44pm

NEW YORK - It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, today announced plans to publish the memoir of Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum musician Wyclef Jean. Jean will be writing the memoir with bestselling author and Rolling Stone writer An

A taste of Trini Carnival returns to New York City

Posted by CaribShout on October 18, 2009 at 8:06pm

Soca King Machel Montano (left) and Antilia's Simon Khan partnering to promote Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago. NEW YORK, USA -- The spirit of Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival returns to New York on Thursday, November 5, 2009 when the New York-based C

Anthropologist to modern men: ‘You’re not the best'

Posted by CaribShout on October 18, 2009 at 7:30pm

By John Mehaffey LONDON -- Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun the world 100- and 200-metres record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 metres dur

St Lucia to celebrate International Rural Women's Day

Posted by CaribShout on October 18, 2009 at 7:30pm

Sweet potato farmer CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in collaboration with the St Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries and partners will be hosting an Exhibition in comm

Ska, dub bands a hit in Japan. 'E---verybody can do the ska.'

Posted by CaribShout on October 18, 2009 at 9:30am

Japanese ska band, Bon Deluxe, in performance recently in Kumamoto, Japan. (Photo: Holly Samson) You have no way of predicting what will or won't happen in your lifetime. But really, I had no idea of experiencing one of two recent 'firsts' in the co

Review: Miami Carnival 25 - Event brings economic boost to South Florida

Posted by CaribShout on October 18, 2009 at 9:00am

A kaleidoscope of costumes, titillating soca music and hedonistic revelry will dominate, when Carnival lovers from all over the U.S. and overseas descend upon the Bicentennial Park in Downtown Miami for the Miami-Broward One Carnival on Saturday and

Sprint ‘n Sled - JAMAICAN SUMMER AND WINTER SPORTS STARS MEET

Posted by CaribShout on October 16, 2009 at 11:00pm

NEW YORK – Two of Jamaica’s outstanding athletes, triple Olympic and World Champion Usain “Lightning” Bolt and Oswald “Newton” Marshall, musher of the Jamaica Dogsled Team, met recently in New York City during a record breaking celebratory party hel

Reggae Songstress Etana On A Mission to Motivate Youth

Posted by CaribShout on October 15, 2009 at 1:57am

Kingston, Jamaica - Often infused with messages and real life stories, Etana's music is credited with moving all who listen. Riveting songs like "Wrong Address," "Roots," "Not Afraid" and the latest single "August Town" stay true to Etana's signatur

Discovering a scuba diving paradise in Saba, the Caribbean's underwater marvel

Posted by CaribShout on October 15, 2009 at 1:42am

By Barney Calman Gliding silently out of the watery darkness, a grey form caught my torchlight. The bullet-like body, punctuated by a single sharp dorsal fin, was instantly recognisable. I was 60ft under the sea and eyeball to eyeball with one of t

Usain Bolt Gets Another SuperCar

Posted by Troy Porter on October 14, 2009 at 7:09pm

Yesterday after getting his latest toy, a 2010 Nissan GTR, world 100m record holder, Usain Bolt, was invited to take his car this weekend to Dover for a gentlemanly race.

Bolt was

Caribbean Nations Among Hapless Victims of Global Financial Crisis

Posted by CaribShout on October 14, 2009 at 12:05am

We meet at a critical juncture as the world confronts multiple crises –the global financial and economic crises, food, energy and the climate change, joined by the H1N1 pandemic. Both developed and developing countries are affected by these crises.

The Ongoing Saga of Deportees

Posted by CaribShout on October 14, 2009 at 12:01am

In July, 2009, the CaribWorldNews published some detailed data on criminals who have been deported from the United States of America to the Caribbean. Since 1996, changes in American immigration laws have provided the Immigration and Customs E

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

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