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Jamaica hijacker declared fit to stand trial

Posted by CaribShout on July 5, 2009 at 3:23pm

Soldiers stand near the hijacked CanJet 737 as it sits on the tarmac at the airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in late April 2009 (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP) -- A man who hijacked a Canadian plane full of tourists and held

Forum to address broadband connectivity for small island states in the Caribbean

Posted by CaribShout on July 5, 2009 at 3:16pm

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A major initiative taken by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in conjunction with the government of Trinidad and Tobago is to address the requirement for national broadband connectivity for small island s

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

Air Jamaica sold - First murmurs about who has bought the national carrier have surfaced

Posted by Troy Porter on July 4, 2009 at 1:20am

The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines , have bought the country's national carrier, Air Jamaica. It is further understood that Air Jamaica's name might be changed to Spirit

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,

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

UK visa fees hiked in Jamaica

Posted by Troy Porter on July 3, 2009 at 1:53pm

The British High Commission has announced significant increases in the application fees for UK visas. Some of the new fees are almost twice what currently exist. In a release last night, the British High Commission said the new fees will take effec

New cervical cancer vaccine available in Jamaica

Posted by Troy Porter on July 3, 2009 at 12:31pm

New cervical cancer vaccine here Published: Friday | July 3, 2009 Mitchell A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is now available in the island. The drug Cervix has been made available through pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, which officiall

Haiti's ruling party takes Senate elections

Posted by CaribShout on July 2, 2009 at 12:02pm

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 1, 2009 - The ruling Lespwa party of Haitian President Rene Preval has taken the lion share of the 11 seats up for grabs in Senate elections, preliminary results have indicated. It took five, while five other parties won

Judge throws out challenges to election victories

Posted by CaribShout on July 2, 2009 at 11:30am

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, July 1, 2009 - The ruling United Progressive Party (UPP) has come out on top in an Antigua Labour Party (ALP) challenge to two of its election victories, but the Opposition also scored a victory when a judge said a case involving

Daily sex may improve men's fertility

Posted by CaribShout on July 2, 2009 at 1:27am

Photo Credit: Getty Images Until now doctors have debated whether or not men should refrain from sex for a few days before attempting to conceive with their partner to improve the chance of pregnancy. But a new study by Dr. David Greening of Sydney

Antigua puts offshore sector under scrutiny

Posted by CaribShout on July 1, 2009 at 4:17pm

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, June 25, 2009 - Offshore companies in Antigua and Barbuda are now under the scrutiny of local authorities as a consequence of the criminal charges filed against the former boss of the country's financial regulatory body over his i

Bermuda joins UWI

Posted by CaribShout on June 30, 2009 at 10:30pm

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- At the recently concluded Annual Business Meeting of the University of the West Indies' Council, which was held for the first time at the St Augustine Campus, the petition by Bermuda to be recognised as a full contributing countr

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