With the year soon coming to a close, St. Kitts has just received two more honors to add to its growing list of awards and recognitions for tourism excellence. The Huffington Post has named St. Kitts & Nevis as one of the Top 15 Emerging Travel Hotsp
A US and a Cuban flag hang from the same balcony in Old Havana, Cuba, on Friday, December 19, 2014. (PHOTO: AP)
By:Mark Wignall
ONCE Barack Obama took office as US president in early 2009 he was not yet cast in the light of the 'Kenyan socialist' th
Julian Yuri Rodriguez, right, and Andres Rivera have produced a "virtual reality" film for the Borscht Film Festival that puts the viewer in 360-degree images of Havana sites with the help of the Oculus viewer on Julian's head. PATRICK FARRELL MIAMI
Cyndy Corcho is one of the almost 120,000 Cubans who have traveled to Ecuador in the last five years hoping to build a new life. Travel reforms on the island — combined with Ecuador’s lax immigration policies — have made the Andean nation a hotbed f
EASILY, one of Ms Alia Atkinson's most endearing qualities is her humility.
Shortly after she created history last Saturday by taking gold and equalling the world record in the World Championship short course 100m breaststroke in Doha, Qatar, Ms At
Marcia Rowe, Gleaner Writer
If you ever wondered what it was like to hang several letters of 'O' on a string, think no more. Just have a look at the last word in the title of The Little Theatre Movement's (LTM) 2014 Pantomime, Princess Boonoonoonoo
Marcia Rowe, Gleaner Writer
From the young to the elderly, persons of all ages braved Saturday's inclement weather to participate in and be entertained at Angels4U's inaugural staging of Timeless, billed as a pre-Christmas senior soirée for the en
Randy Bowman and Jody-Anne Lawrence, Staff Reporters
Kerry-Ann Clarke of ManWomanHome and her team secured another notch in their fashion belt with the third instalment of The Collection MoDa fashion show held on Friday, November 21, in the ballroo
Coffee Industry Board Chairman Delano Franklyn displays what he says is a package of counterfeit Blue Mountain coffee at a news conference yesterday. (PHOTO: MICHAEL GORDON)
THE Coffee Industry Board says it will be cracking down on the sale of f
San Fernando is alive and well and 2015 will be “one of the most memorable Carnival seasons the city has ever experienced,” promised deputy mayor Junia Regrello, the convenor of Carnival 2015.
Regrello said one of the exciting events planned for 20
Andre Woolery - Freedom of Expression, "Bossman"
Wi lickle but wi tallawah
It is a common expression in Jamaica that means despite its small physical size the island of Jamaica is powerful, fearless and strong-willed. Visual artist Andre Woolery ha
American reggae band SOJA is confirmed for the 19th annual Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival scheduled for the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium in Falmouth from January 29-31.
This marks the band's first performance and visit to Jamaica.
"SOJA has been
Jamaica hosts a wealth of biodiversity found in the tropical forests, wetlands and other eco-systems that stretch across the island. One particularly rich area is the Cockpit Country, over 500 square miles of Karst limestone topography, spreading acr
The culmination of the dramatic Stolen Inner-Sense.
THE choreographers for the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble were indeed very busy as they prepared for their 2014 season of dance.
Of the seven works showcased this year, five were new works with the
Three Grenadian men who were caught up in what was widely publicised as a drug fracas on the high seas in Grenada, and were later held for ransom in Venezuela have been reunited with their families.
The three men Ricardo Prescott, George Redhead an
Adrian Frater, News Editor
Western Bureau: On a night when excellence shone like a beacon at the Montego Bay Conference Centre, St James, veteran star Karen Smith was a gem, lighting up The Gleaner's Hospitality Jamaica 10th Anniversary Awards with
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Tristan Browne, an Antiguan and Barbudan student currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership, is a recipient of this year’s West Teaching Excellence Awards. The prestigious award is bestowed on the 20 best teac
Edson “Kingman Ajamu” Mitchell is Grenada’s new Calypso King. The seven time Calypso King came out of a 14-year retirement to capture the 2014 Monarch title on Sunday at the Grenada National Stadium.
Bracing the competition stage for the first tim
